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December 15, 2016 1:57 PM

Old Rs 500 Notes acceptable till today: Finance Ministry

People can use old 500 rupee notes for paying utility bills or buying medicines till midnight tonight. In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said, exemptions for use of old 500 rupee notes will end on the midnight of 15th December. He clarified that sections of media are wrongly rep...

December 15, 2016 1:13 PM

There should be thorough probe into allegation of power project scam: Rijiju

Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju has said, there should be a thorough probe into the allegation of scam related to power project in Arunachal Pradesh. Congress is attacking the Minister over the issue alleging that he had influenced Power Ministry to clear bills of the project.<br/>&lt...

December 15, 2016 12:47 PM

Old Rs 500 Notes acceptable till today: Finance Ministry

People can use old 500 rupee notes for paying utility bills or buying medicines till midnight tonight. In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said, exemptions for use of old 500 rupee notes will end on the midnight of 15th December. He clarified that sections of media are wrongly rep...

December 15, 2016 12:28 PM

Both houses of Parliament adjourned till noon

Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon today. When the Lok Sabha assembled in the morning, treasury bench members displayed newspaper clippings on the alleged kickbacks in the Agusta Westland case.<br/><br/>Both the treasury and opposition members indulged in sloganeering...

December 15, 2016 12:26 PM

Centre must provide relief to farmers: Mayawati

BSP chief Ms Mayawati has demanded that the Centre must provide relief to the farmers and should waive off their loans in view of the implementation of demonetisation process.<br/><br/> Talking to media outside Parliament today, she said, the farmers are not able to purchase seeds and fe...

December 15, 2016 12:20 PM

BJP rejects charges of unaccounted money use in purchase of motor bikes

<br/>BJP has rejected the charges of the use of unaccounted money by it in the purchase of motor bikes in Gorakhpur for campaign in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.<br/><br/> Talking to reporters outside Parliament, party state president Keshav Prasad Mauyra said, the...

December 15, 2016 11:53 AM

PM Modi reviews post demonetisation situation with Cabinet colleagues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the situation post demonetisation with his Cabinet colleagues in New Delhi last evening. Sources said, just after the Cabinet meeting, Mr Modi discussed ways to fast track digitisation to enable larger cashless transactions. Issues like digital wallet services a...

December 15, 2016 11:46 AM

Old Rs 500 Notes acceptable till today: Finance Ministry

People can use old 500 rupee notes for paying utility bills or buying medicines till midnight tonight. In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said, exemptions for use of old 500 rupee notes will end on the midnight of 15th December. He clarified that sections of media are wrongly rep...

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