On the eve of the deadline for citizens to deposit demonetised currency in banks, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel said that demonetisation will have a transformative effect on the economy going forward, despite some short-term disruptions and "public hardship"....
In a virtual rebellion against his father and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav late on Thursday released his own list of 235 candidates for the 2017 assembly elections....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly defended his widely-criticised demonetisation move, calling it a "difficult" but apolitical decision that was taken to rid the Indian economy and society of the "menace" of black money, corruption, and terrorism...
V.K. Sasikala, a close aide of the late Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa, has agreed to head the party, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said on Thursday....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his predecessor Manmohan Singh's reference to "organised loot" during his speech on demonetisation in Parliament must have been in the context of his own government. ...
The Congress has formed a national campaign core committee to assist the existing party structure to implement a pan-India campaign activities at the grassroots to highlight "the plight of the nation caused by the anti-people policies of the BJP-led government". ...
In a virtual rebellion against his father and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav late on Thursday released his own list of 235 candidates for the 2017 assembly elections...
Sharpening the attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation and graft charges, the Congress on Thursday announced launching a nationwide protest campaign from January. its also questioned Modis alleged links with a Gujarat businessman being probed for black money, promoting the BJP to threaten legal action....

President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that the freedom to doubt, disagree and dispute intellectually must be protected as an essential pillar of Indian democracy....

Has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under its new governor, Urjit Patel, surrendered its hard-fought autonomy? ...