Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation but they will continue to remain as legal tender. It has advised banks to stop issuing Rs 2000 denomination banknotes with immediate effect. Meanwhile,RBI said that citizens will continue to be able to […]
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New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday left for Japan to attend the G7 Summit in Hiroshima in the first leg of his three-nation visit during which he will also visit Papua New Guinea and Australia. India has been invited as a guest country for the G7 summit. The broad […]
Read MoreNew Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday administered the oath of office to Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan as judges of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India Chandrachud administered the oath of office to the new judges in a swearing-in ceremony at the […]
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New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) Ending days of suspense, the Congress on Thursday announced Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of Karnataka and D K Shivakumar as his only deputy in the soon-to-formed cabinet. The two leaders, who were in a tight race for the top post, would take oath along with other ministers on […]
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New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): In a major Cabinet reshuffle, Arjun Ram Meghwal has replaced Kiren Rijiju as the Union and Justice Minister, a communique from President’s Secretariat said on Thursday. Meghwal will also get existing portfolios of Rijiju apart from the Law and Justice Ministry as a part of this reshuffle. Kiren Rijijiu […]
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New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Srichand Parmanand Hinduja,eldest of the four Hinduja brothers and Hinduja Group chairman, passed away in London on Wednesday.Close friends and family confirmed that Srichand Parmanand Hinduja passed away at the age of 87. As of May 2020, together with his brother Gopichand, Parmanand Hinduja was the UK’s richest man. […]
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New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at more than 100 locations in six states of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh in terror-narcotics smugglers-gangsters nexus cases. The anti-terror agency in close coordination with state police forces conducted these raids since early Wednesday at […]
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New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Tuesday that changes brought by his government in the recruitment system have ended the possibility of corruption and nepotism as he gave away appointment letters to over 71,000 people at a ‘Rozgar Mela’. From applying for government jobs to the announcement of results, the […]
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New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at the premises of RJD MLA Kiran Devi and Rajya Sabha member Prem Chand Gupta at nine locations in multiple states in connection with the land-for-jobs scam, officials said. The searches were conducted after the alleged role of the two leaders emerged in the scam, […]
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New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Panic gripped a school in the national capital after it received a bomb threat on Tuesday morning via e-mail, informed Delhi Police officials. Soon after receiving the information, Delhi Police and other teams rushed to Pushp Vihar’s Amrita School and conducted a thorough search operation. “A thorough checking of […]
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