Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "anti-people", the AAP on Wednesday asked him to take responsibility for the hardships that people are facing due to the demonetisation decision even after the expiry of the 50-day deadline. Addressing the media here, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh said that over 100 people lost their lives, while hund...
The Centre should work towards bringing down the cash-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to around 7 per cent from the current 13 per cent in three years, a retired top bureaucrat has said. Former Revenue Secretary M.R. Sivaraman also said the central government should make it clear that the new 500- and 2,000-rupee notes would...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi again and demanded the release of a "white paper" on demonetisation to bring out the truth about the note ban. Daring Modi to reveal the actual amount of cash recovered since the announcement to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, Gandhi said, "...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a scheme aimed at improving rural road connectivity in 44 worst Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected and adjoining districts in different states. Under the project -- Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Ar...
Hyderabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Posing as CBI officials, four unidentified persons looted 45 kg gold from Muthoot Finance in Hyderabad on Wednesday, the city police said. The con men escaped with gold ornaments valued at about Rs 12 crore after threatening the staff with weapons at the Ramachandrapuram office of the company on the outskirts here. A...
Amid the steady 4G adoption growth, 53 per cent of Indians bought their smartphones online while 39 per cent of smartphone owners still preferred retail stores to buy a new device in 2016, a Deloitte survey revealed on Wednesday. According to the 'Mobile Consumer Survey 2016', 4G adoption is expected to grow strongly over ...
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday advocated changes in laws and regulations pertaining to online transaction fee as he found it odd that a fee was levied on digital transactions but not on cash payments. "Suppose I withdraw cash (from ATM) and pay in cash, there is no transaction fee, but if I pay directly or by credit car...
In yet another attack on the BJP, ally Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to "yank off the undergarments (chaddi-banian) of the public" in the name of exposing "benami" properties in the country. "After demonetisation, now the Prime Minister has targeted 'benami' properties and this is an extremely ...
Domestic mobile wallet platform MobiKwik on Wednesday announced that its users will now be able to pay their utility and convenience bills using the wallet across India. The company has got an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a Bharat Bill Payments Operating Unit (BBPOU). "We are determined to serve the ...
Trying to solve call drops, the telecom service providers have installed more than 130,000 additional base transceiver stations (BTS) across the country between June to October and plan to install more than 150,000 more BTSs till March 2017, an official statement said here on Wednesday. "In order to obtain direct feedback from subscribers...
