The BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit President Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday lashed out at the state's Samajwadi Party government in the state, and asserted that lawlessness in the state would come to an end if his party was voted to power. ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said that President-elect Donald Trump's views on climate change might change when he "assumes office" and the Paris Agreement has a framework that is "built to last"....
People waited in long-winding lines outside bank offices and ATM kiosks for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday to deposit or exchange spiked currency notes or draw cash, the marking of indelible ink at cash counters to prevent multiple transactions making a marginal effect. ...
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil on Wednesday questioned the central government's decision to "write off debts of 63 industrialists,Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil on Wednesday questioned the central government's decision to "write off debts of 63 indust...
Refusing to accept the recent Supreme Court ruling on the SYL canal which held the termination of water sharing agreements as "unconstitutional", the Punjab government took a defiant stance with an assembly resolution on Wednesday stating clearly that Punjab would not spare any water for Haryana. ...
Nearly 40 deaths -- including suicides, cardiac arrests in long queues, hospital casualties and a murder in a fit of rage -- in the past few days have been attributed to demonetisation. The move has caused a huge cash crunch in the country and turned life upside down for the lower middle class and poor families in India....
The opposition on Wednesday tried to corner the government in the Rajya Sabha over the demonetisation issue on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament, accusing it of leaking the information of demonetisation beforehand to a select few and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the matter. ...
Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and leaders of three other parties including the Shiv Sena on Wednesday sought President Pranab Mukherjees intervention over the problems faced by people following the "financial calamity" unleashed by the demonetisation move....
BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday questioned the government's preparedness for the demonetisation of high-value bank notes, accusing it of spending the last ten months on settling the black money of its people....
One civilian was killed and two others were injured when unidentified gunmen fired at a vehicle near a forested area in Tinsukia district of Assam on Wednesday, police reports said. ...
