The demonetised Rs 500 and 1,000 notes can be used for deposits in post office savings accounts, the Finance Ministry clarified on Wednesday. “The deposits into Post Office Savings Account are excluded from the bar imposed therein (on deposits of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in small saving schemes),” a statement from the […]
Pakistan on Wednesday officially confirmed to India that its top diplomat will attend a global conference on Afghanistan in Amritsar early next month amid intensifying deadly military tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Islamabad confirmed that Sartaj Aziz, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, would visit […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened flat on Thursday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 26,051.81 points on Wednesday, opened lower at 26,049.14 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 25,910.28 points, down 141.53 points, or 0.54 per cent. At the National […]
The counting of votes in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol parliamentary constituency and Nepanagar assembly constituency began amid tight security on Tuesday morning, an official said. Polls here were held on November 19. Initially the postal ballots were being counted which would be followed by the votes recorded in the EVMs, said an official from the Chief […]
Two foreign militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Tuesday, an official said. Following specific information about militant presence in Bonikhan village, troops of the 13 Rashtriya Rifles and the special operations group (SOG) of the state police launched the operation, the police said. As the surrounding […]
Nepal has decided to terminate all memoranda of understanding (MoU) and decisions reached with an Indian consortium that was preparing to build the Kathmandu-Nijgadh expressway. The Himalayan state was now preparing to build the project on its own as reported by the Kathmandu Post. The 76 km long proposed highway had remained on the government’s […]
The death toll in one of the worst rail disasters in the country that took place when the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur, rose to 130 on Monday, officials said. The toll was confirmed by the Kanpur District Magistrate Office. So far, 58 victims have been identified. Over 150 people were injured in the tragedy […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked NDA parliamentarians to reach out to people over the government’s demonitisation move and explain to them decisions taken by the Reserve Bank of India and Finance Ministry to negate charges being levelled by the opposition, said informed sources. Sources said a communication has been sent by the BJP parliamentary party, […]
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao on Friday offered his kidney to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is suffering from kidney failure and on the lookout for a suitable donor. In a letter to Sushma Swaraj, Rao said: “I am very sorry to hear about your health problems and that you have […]
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay, for now, the petitions against demonetisation pending before different High Courts and subordinate courts. “It indicates the magnitude of the problem is serious. People are going to the High Courts for relief. This is a serious issue. Let them go,” said a bench of Chief Justice T.S. […]