Amartya Sen slams PM Modi over demonetisation
Nov 30, 2016, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS): Noted economist and Nobel Prize winner, Amartya Sen on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government's move to demonetise higher currency notes.
Cash withdrawal limit from Jan Dhan accounts to Rs. 10,000 a month
Nov 30, 2016, at 06:58 pm
Mumbai, Nov 30 (IBNS) : The Reserve Bank of India has issued a notification restricting withdrawal from rural Jan Dhan accounts to Rs. 10,000 a month.
National anthem must be played in cinema halls before screening of movies : Supreme Court
Nov 30, 2016, at 06:56 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that national anthem must be played in theatres before movie screenings.
BJP: Nityanand Rai, Manoj Tiwari appointed as new unit presidents
Nov 30, 2016, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday appointed Nityanand Rai and Manoj Tiwari as their Bihar and Delhi unit president respectively, media reports said.
National anthem must be played in theatres before screening of movies : Supreme Court
Nov 30, 2016, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS) : The national anthem must be played in theatres before movie screenings, the Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday, according to reports.
Demonetisation: Manik Sarkar declines Jaitley offer
Nov 30, 2016, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has declined Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's offer to be in a committee to examine the impact of demonetisation and chalk out a blueprint for the road ahead, reports said.
WB child trafficking: 2 Kolkata-based doctors held, arrests mount to 20
Nov 30, 2016, at 05:48 pm
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IBNS): After being grilled for hours at West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Bhabani Bhaban, two doctors were booked by the state probe agency on Tuesday late night in connection with its ongoing probe into a Bengal-based child trafficking racket, officials said.
Nagrota terror attack : RS adjourned,Cong stages walkout in LS
Nov 30, 2016, at 05:40 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS) : In a shift of focus from note ban to the Nagrota incident in which seven army personnel were killed, the Opposition on Wednesday raised a storm in both Houses of Parliament, refusing to let the proceedings continue and demanding a debate on repeated terror attacks on the country's military bases.
Delhi: Dense fog affects visibility
Nov 30, 2016, at 04:43 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS): A dense fog greeted people in Delhi on Wednesday morning, reducing visibility on the streets, reports said.
Lalu Prasad is ‘Voice of India’, Nitish has different ideology, says Mamata Banerjee
Nov 30, 2016, at 04:29 pm
Patna, Nov 30 (TheBiharPost/ IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has heaped a new title on RJD president Lalu Prasad.
Nagrota attack leave 7 Indian Army men killed
Nov 30, 2016, at 04:37 am
Nagrota, Nov 29 (IBNS): In a major strike, three-heavily armed militants stormed army headquarters in garrison town of Nagrota in Jammu and killed seven army men including two officers on Tuesday.
Govt to not extend Dec 30 deadline for depositing old notes
Nov 30, 2016, at 03:17 am
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): The Government on Tuesday made it clear that there will be no extension of the deadline to deposit old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes.
Mamata Banerjee arrives in Patna to protest against currency ban
Nov 30, 2016, at 02:26 am
Patna, Nov 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday arrived in Bihar capital Patna to protest against the Centre's decision to ban Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 currency notes on Nov 8.
Outgoing Pakistan Army chief warns India
Nov 30, 2016, at 01:22 am
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IBNS): Outgoing Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif warned India and said it should not consider the neighbouring nation's 'policy of restraint' as 'weakness'.
Nov 30, 2016, at 12:41 am
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the note ban issue and said bank branches do not have 'enough cash'.
Rabri asks BJP leader Sushil Modi to marry his sister with Nitish Kumar
Nov 29, 2016, at 11:06 pm
Patna, Nov 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was left in a really embarrassing situation on Tuesday after former chief minister Rabri Devi suggested a senior BJP leader to take away chief minister Nitish Kumar and get his sister marry with him.
President's message on the occasion of Liberation Day of Albania
Nov 29, 2016, at 09:40 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) : President Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Republic Albania on the occasion of their Liberation Day (November 29, 2016).
After Maharashtra, BJP sweeps Gujarat civic by-polls
Nov 29, 2016, at 09:39 pm
Ahmedabad, Nov 29 (IBNS) : In what could signal the people's support to the NDA Government's demonetisation policy, the BJP followed up its success in the Maharashtra civic elections with a landslide victory in the by-elections to local bodies in Gujarat as results were declared on Tuesday, reports said.
Pranab Mukherjee wishes Albania on Liberation Day
Nov 29, 2016, at 08:52 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Republic Albania on the occasion of their Liberation Day.
Colombia plane crash : At least six survivors, 25 bodies found
Nov 29, 2016, at 08:28 pm
Bogota, Nov 29 (IBNS) : At least six survivors were pulled from an aircraft wreckage after the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian football team among 72 passengers and nine crew members crashed south of Medellin in Colombia late Monday, media reports said.
Sonia Gandhi admitted to hospital
Nov 29, 2016, at 08:02 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) : Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Tuesday admitted to hospital, NDTV reported.
TCS techie among four terror suspects arrested in Tamil Nadu for targeting PM Modi
Nov 29, 2016, at 07:43 pm
Chennai, Nov 29 (IBNS) : A joint team of security forces has apprehended four terror suspects, inspired by al Qaida, who reportedly planned to target at least 22 VVIPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Times of India reported.
Three soldiers killed in in terror attack on army camp near Jammu
Nov 29, 2016, at 07:25 pm
Srinagar, Nov 29 (IBNS) : Three soldiers were killed when terrorists attacked an army artillery unit in Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota on Tuesday morning, media reports said.
Nitish Kumar bewafa hai, says message on note on Bihar CM's support to demonetisation
Nov 29, 2016, at 07:03 pm
Patna, Nov 29 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): A ten-rupee note with “Nitish Kumar bewafa hain†(Nitish Kumar is unfaithful) written over it has suddenly gone viral on the social media after the Bihar Chief Minister's support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's note ban move, sending out to many the hint of closeness with the BJP.
Demonetisation: PM Modi orders BJP lawmakers to share bank records
Nov 29, 2016, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): In a new move to help the ruling BJP come clean, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered his party lawmakers to share their bank records post the note ban on Nov 8, report said.
Notes ban effects: Nitish Kumar, Manik Sarkar among other CMs invited by Jaitley to be on panel
Nov 29, 2016, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) : In a significant move, the Narendra Modi Government has invited Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his Puducherry and Tripura counterparts respectively V Narayanswamy and Manik Sarkar, among others, to be on a panel that will suggest measures to move to a cashless economy and mitigate the effects of cash crunch on the people following the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes, media reports said.
Demonetisation: Hyderabad postal dept head, two others booked by CBI
Nov 29, 2016, at 05:34 pm
Hyderabad, Nov 29 (IBNS): The CBI on Monday booked three postal workers, including the head of Hyderabad Postal Department, in connection with the exchange of banned currency notes worth 36 lakhs, reports said.
J&K: One soldier dead as terrorists attack Army camp in Nagrota
Nov 29, 2016, at 04:49 pm
Srinagar, Nov 29 (IBNS): At least one soldier died while another was seriously injured as a group of terrorists opened fired at an Army camp in Nagrota near Jammu, media reports said.
Rajnath Singh to attend Fidel Castro's funeral in Cuba
Nov 29, 2016, at 04:11 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Cuba to attend former Cuban President Fidel Castro's funeral.
Partly nude BJP lawmaker barred from entering Bihar assembly, registers protest
Nov 29, 2016, at 03:16 am
Patna, Nov 28 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A BJP legislator was on Monday barred from entering the Bihar Assembly as he had reached the House in partly naked.