Fake Notes

Police on Wednesday busted a fake currency note gang and arrested six persons in Mizoram's Champhai district.

Twitter is rolling out its much-awaited Community Notes feature to all its users across the world. It’s a renamed version of crowdsourced fact-checking feature ‘Birdwatch’ introduced in January 2021 to deal with the spread of fake news. The feature is now live for all allowing Twitter users from anywhere in the world to see and rate notes as ...

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today criticised the government's November 2016 decision to demonetise high-value currency notes, claiming the move did not meet the desired goals as cash in circulation and fake currency have gone up.

The 2016 demonetisation was a "well-considered" decision and part of a larger strategy to combat the menace of fake money, terror financing, black money and tax evasion, the Union government has told the Supreme Court.

A photo-shopped 200 rupee note with an image of Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji -- that was BJP leader Nitesh Rane's contribution to the row over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's suggestion on changing the look of Indian currency.

The Rs 200 notes that came out of the ATM machine had "Children Bank of India," and "Full of Fun" written on them.

Police here on Saturday said they have seized bundles of fake currency in the denomination of Rs 2,000 from a house near Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore.

One person was arrested in Nashik in Maharashtra on Friday allegedly with fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 5.08 lakh, a police official said.

Malaya Hembrom, the wife of former BJP MLA Putkar Hembrom, was sentenced to four years in jail by a court in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district for circulating fake currency notes.

A Special Court in Kerala on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 71-year-old man to five years' imprisonment for possessing fake currency notes and trying to distribute them nearly 18 years after he was arrested for the crime.

A 59-year-old man was arrested in West Bengal's Bankura district after fake currency notes and a printer were found at his house, police said on Thursday.

The number of fake currency note of Rs 500 denomination detected by the banking system more than doubled to 79,669 pieces in 2021-22 over last year

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claim that demonetisation would push digital transactions and wipe out fake currency

The government has clarified that the proximity of Mahatma Gandhi's image to the green stripe on a Rs 500 note does not indicate whether the currency is fake or not.

The Mumbai police have arrested seven persons and seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 7 crore after busting an inter-state gang involved in printing and distribution of counterfeit notes, an official said on Wednesday.

Police on Wednesday busted a fake currency note gang and arrested six persons in Mizoram's Champhai district.

Twitter is rolling out its much-awaited Community Notes feature to all its users across the world. It’s a renamed version of crowdsourced fact-checking feature ‘Birdwatch’ introduced in January 2021 to deal with the spread of fake news. The feature is now live for all allowing Twitter users from anywhere in the world to see and rate notes as ...

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today criticised the government's November 2016 decision to demonetise high-value currency notes, claiming the move did not meet the desired goals as cash in circulation and fake currency have gone up.

The 2016 demonetisation was a "well-considered" decision and part of a larger strategy to combat the menace of fake money, terror financing, black money and tax evasion, the Union government has told the Supreme Court.

A photo-shopped 200 rupee note with an image of Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji -- that was BJP leader Nitesh Rane's contribution to the row over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's suggestion on changing the look of Indian currency.

The Rs 200 notes that came out of the ATM machine had "Children Bank of India," and "Full of Fun" written on them.

Police here on Saturday said they have seized bundles of fake currency in the denomination of Rs 2,000 from a house near Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore.

One person was arrested in Nashik in Maharashtra on Friday allegedly with fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 5.08 lakh, a police official said.

Malaya Hembrom, the wife of former BJP MLA Putkar Hembrom, was sentenced to four years in jail by a court in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district for circulating fake currency notes.

A Special Court in Kerala on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 71-year-old man to five years' imprisonment for possessing fake currency notes and trying to distribute them nearly 18 years after he was arrested for the crime.

A 59-year-old man was arrested in West Bengal's Bankura district after fake currency notes and a printer were found at his house, police said on Thursday.

The number of fake currency note of Rs 500 denomination detected by the banking system more than doubled to 79,669 pieces in 2021-22 over last year

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claim that demonetisation would push digital transactions and wipe out fake currency

The government has clarified that the proximity of Mahatma Gandhi's image to the green stripe on a Rs 500 note does not indicate whether the currency is fake or not.

The Mumbai police have arrested seven persons and seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 7 crore after busting an inter-state gang involved in printing and distribution of counterfeit notes, an official said on Wednesday.