Demonetisation of high-value currency notes is a result of lack of foresight, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Friday while taking part in a discussion on the issue in the state assembly. ...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a waiver of loans given to farmers and also urged him to halve their electricity bills....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had no courage to expose Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged corruption....
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday promised to continue the war against terrorism in his message on the second anniversary of the attack on an army-run school, in which over 150 people were killed, mostly students. The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed the brutal and bloody attack on the Army Public School in Pesha...
Reiterating his support for demonetisation, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to go for 'total a cleanup'. Rao said the Centre should initiate many more steps towards elimination of all forms of black money like diamonds, gold, shares and foreign currency and black money generation th...
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the house worked only for 19 hours in the entire winter session due to repeated disruptions. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly defended demonetisation, a decision he said should have been taken in 1971 when Indira Gandhi was heading the government. ...
The Haryana government on Friday said it will honour visually impaired girls and women on Republic Day. "During the Republic Day functions in all educational institutions, villages and cities, the honour of unfurling the national flag as chief guest will be bestowed upon a visually impaired woman or girl," a spokesman said here. A notice has been...
A 20-year-old woman was raped in the national capital by a cab driver on the pretext of giving her a ride, police said on Friday. The driver has been arrested. The 30-year-old driver, identified as Aman, is a resident of the Moti Bagh slums in south Delhi. He was nabbed on Thursday noon from his residence. According to police, the woman, a resident of N...
DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Friday underwent tracheotomy procedure to optimise breathing and his condition is now stable, doctors said. Karunanidhi, 92, was admitted to Kauvery Hospital on Thursday night due with breathing difficulty as well as throat and lung infection, said the hospital. He underwent tracheotomy to optimise breathing. "H...
