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RBI announces maximum exchange limit of Rs 2000 notes per account holder at a time
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday made an announcement about the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination notes from circulation. As a part of this decision, the RBI has instructed banks…
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Russia bans entry to ‘500 Americans’ including former US President Obama
Washington: Former US President Barack Obama is among 500 Americans banned by Russia from entering the country in response to sanctions imposed by America, CNN reported on Saturday. Russia stated on Friday…
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SC-appointed committee report on Adani Group predictable: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday slammed the Centre, saying that the Supreme Court-appointed committee’s conclusions were “predictable” and all its limitations to spin the committee’s report as having given a clean…
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AAP govt, LG lock horns over services verdict; Kejriwal, ministers meet Saxena
New Delhi: The Delhi government and the lieutenant governor locked horns on Friday over the Supreme Court verdict on services matters, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging a “conspiracy” to overturn the…
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Rs 2000 note ‘band-aid’ to cover up ‘foolish’ demonetisation: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at the government after the RBI announced withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation, saying the Rs 2,000 note was…
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Hizb ut-Tahrir case: 10 suspects sent to ATS custody till May 24
Hyderabad: The Additional Sessions Judge Raghuveer Patel at Bhopal on Friday has sent 10 alleged members of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) to ATS custody til May 24. The three arrested from Hyderabad Mohammed Saleem,…
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BJP leader’s daughter to marry Muslim man, Hindutva groups protest
Kotdwar: Hindutva outfits on Friday here at Jhanda Chawk burnt the effigy of BJP leader Yashpal Benam in protest against his daughter marrying a Muslim. The VHP, Bhairav Sena, and Bajrang Dal…
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‘I beg you..Aryan doesn’t deserve jail…’: SRK’s purported texts to Sameer Wankhede
An alleged series of conversations between Shahrukh Khan and Former Mumbai Zonal Director of NCB Sameer Wankhede have come to light after the Bollywood superstar’s son, Aryan Khan, was detained in the…
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Bombay HC grants protection to NCB officer who arrested Aryan Khan till May 22
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to refrain from taking any coercive action against Narcotics Control Bureau ex-Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in the alleged…
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‘Hindu activists fear Taliban govt taking over Karnataka’, says BJP MLA
Dakshina Kannada: BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Friday stated that Hindu activists “fear that Taliban government is taking over Karnataka”. Talking to reporters after visiting Hindu activists admitted to a hospital…
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SC pushes to later date scientific survey of ‘Shivling’ at Gyanvapi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the “scientific survey”, including carbon dating, of the “Shivling” said to have been found at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi during a videographic…
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KCR launches month-long programme for BRS expansion in Maharashtra
Nanded: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday launched a month-long programme to expand his party’s network in over 45,000 villages in urban civic bodies in the state. Rao made the…
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Assam mosque committee asks people not to join burial of drug addicts
Morigaon: In a bid to tackle the drug menace, a Kabristan Committee in central Assam’s Morigaon district has decided not to allow and to participate in the funeral of people who died…
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‘Produce original records’: SC to Bihar govt on Anand Mohan’s release
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Bihar government to produce original records in connection with the remission granted to former MP Anand Mohan, who was sentenced to life term…
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Aryan Khan case officer owns Rolex watch, 4 flats at Rs 22L yearly income: NCB
New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau deputy director general Gyaneshwar Singh has mentioned in his report on the Aryan Khan drug case that the annual income of Sameer Wankhede, the former Mumbai Zone…