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November 11, 2016 9:11 PM

34 of 77 names cleared for HC judges appointment: Govt to SC

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it has cleared 34 names out of the 77 recommended by the collegium for appointment as judges in various high courts in the country.<br/><br/>The government also apprised the bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur that as of now no file with ...

November 11, 2016 8:33 PM

ED seizes Vijay Mallya's fresh Rs 1,620 cr assets

With a special PMLA court allowing its plea for further attachments, Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized liquor baron Vijay Mallya&apos;s fresh assets worth 1,620 crore rupees in connection with money laundering case against him and others.<br/><br/>Officials informed that orders for the...

November 11, 2016 8:00 PM

SBI receives deposits worth Rs 53,000 cr after demonetisation of notes

State Bank of India today said it has received deposits worth 53,000 crore rupees after the government scrapped 500 and 1,000 rupees notes and has exchanged currency worth about 1,500 crore rupees so far. The bank got deposits of 31,000 crore rupees yesterday.<br/><br/>SBI Chairperson Ar...

November 11, 2016 7:57 PM

SC issues contempt notice to Markandey Katju

In an unprecedented action, the Supreme court today issued notice to former Justice Markandey Katju for using intemperate language and scandalising judiciary.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi, P C Pant and U U Lalit said, Katju's statement in a recent blog constitut...

November 11, 2016 7:50 PM

Health cards to be provided to farmers by next year : Radha Mohan Singh

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said, soil health cards will be provided to all 14 crore farmers in the country by next year. Addressing the valedictory session of the Global Rajasthan Agritech meet in Jaipur.<br/><br/>He said the Centre is working to double the farmer...

November 11, 2016 7:42 PM

2nd meeting of Communication Ministers of BRICS concluded today

The second meeting of Communication Ministers of BRICS countries concluded in Bengaluru today, it adopted a declaration to encourage joint efforts towards promoting e-government systems among BRICS members. <br/><br/>Announcing this at the concluding session of the meeting, Communication...

November 11, 2016 7:35 PM

Long queues of people outside ATMs of various banks

Long queues of people were seen outside ATMs of various banks in the national capital for withdrawal of cash to meet their daily expenses. The ATM counters opened this morning after a two-day break following demonetisation of high value currency notes of 500 and 1000 rupees.<br/><br/> Th...

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