Chimaji Appaji remains one of the foremost military generals of the Maratha Empire who inflicted a crushing defeat on the Portuguese. IMAGE: The Maratha siege of Vasai, 1739. Photograph: Kind......
'Cultural property crimes have been linked by the United Nations and others to terrorism.''These links show the perpetrators to be associated with major criminal and terrorist networks like ISIS.'......
Possession of more than 10 pieces of the old notes by individuals and more than 25 pieces for study, research or numismatics purpose is now a criminal offence. The government has notified the law......
The phrase for this month is – Who made it 'first' to the finish line? Keeping in line with this spirit, we bring you a few world's first. Take this quiz to find out how much you know about......
The 50-day deadline to deposit the old Rs 500/1,000 notes in banks comes to an end on Friday but the cash crunch and queues before ATMs are likely to continue for some more time as currency......
The government on Friday introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill that makes holding, transfer and receiving of old 500 and 1000 currency notes a criminal offence, punishable with a minimum......
The ordinance on demonetised currency does not propose a jail term for those holding more than 10 junked notes, but imposes a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. The draft ordinance, which will be sent......