Scrapped Notes

Noting that he had never said that a decision taken cannot have a shortcoming, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the opposition parties of "spreading lies" over the electoral bonds scheme, which has been struck down by the Supreme Court, and s

The RBI started printing the Rs 2,000 note in November 2016 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped high-value Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes overnight.

The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo Chandrababu Naidu on Friday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's decision to withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination bank notes from circulation.

Elon Musk on Wednesday scrapped a new grey "Official" label for high-profile accounts on the platform, hours after the feature was added. "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn't," Musk said, to explain the U-turn. The latest move will invite further scrutiny of his plans ...

Two days before it is to table a bill in Parliament to scrap the farm laws, the government issued a note on 'Objects and Reasons' for its U-turn over laws that triggered a nearly 15-month protest and led to severe criticism of the ruling BJP.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to quash a case registered against a 58-year-old man for allegedly posting an offensive message on a WhatsApp group noting that "prima facie the post was objectionable".

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

Demonetised currency notes with the face value of Rs 4.76 crore were recovered in Gujarat's Godhra town and two persons were held in this connection, police said today.

The tribunal noted that draft guidelines for setting up, authorisation and operation of Vehicles Scrapping Centres have been uploaded on MoRTH website for public comments and have been suitably modified in reference to inputs.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn a press release that said the Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that has brought the country to a standstill. Last year, Amarnath yatra pilgrims had to cut short their stay in the holy shrine in Jammu and Kashmir after there were intelligence inputs of terror t...

A controversial order by the food ministry threatening officers and staff with sacking for not showing up at work amid the coronavirus crisis will be withdrawn, Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the opposition, saying history will have a mention of those who ridiculed the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Scrapped currency notes with Rs 99.65 lakh face value were recovered in Aurangabad on Thursday and three men were arrested in this connection, police said.

The Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari recently said that the Cabinet will soon decide on the proposed vehicle scrapping policy. The union minister stated that he has cleared a cabinet role on the proposed policy and the finance ministry has also approved the same. "I have signed the file for the cabinet note on the polic...

A number of priceless handwritten letters, diaries, nazm, and black and white photographs of legendary Urdu poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi were found at a scrap shop in Mumbai, and has been bought by an NGO for just Rs 3,000 for preserving it.

Noting that he had never said that a decision taken cannot have a shortcoming, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the opposition parties of "spreading lies" over the electoral bonds scheme, which has been struck down by the Supreme Court, and s

The RBI started printing the Rs 2,000 note in November 2016 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped high-value Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes overnight.

The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo Chandrababu Naidu on Friday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's decision to withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination bank notes from circulation.

Elon Musk on Wednesday scrapped a new grey "Official" label for high-profile accounts on the platform, hours after the feature was added. "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn't," Musk said, to explain the U-turn. The latest move will invite further scrutiny of his plans ...

Two days before it is to table a bill in Parliament to scrap the farm laws, the government issued a note on 'Objects and Reasons' for its U-turn over laws that triggered a nearly 15-month protest and led to severe criticism of the ruling BJP.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to quash a case registered against a 58-year-old man for allegedly posting an offensive message on a WhatsApp group noting that "prima facie the post was objectionable".

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

Demonetised currency notes with the face value of Rs 4.76 crore were recovered in Gujarat's Godhra town and two persons were held in this connection, police said today.

The tribunal noted that draft guidelines for setting up, authorisation and operation of Vehicles Scrapping Centres have been uploaded on MoRTH website for public comments and have been suitably modified in reference to inputs.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn a press release that said the Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that has brought the country to a standstill. Last year, Amarnath yatra pilgrims had to cut short their stay in the holy shrine in Jammu and Kashmir after there were intelligence inputs of terror t...

A controversial order by the food ministry threatening officers and staff with sacking for not showing up at work amid the coronavirus crisis will be withdrawn, Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the opposition, saying history will have a mention of those who ridiculed the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Scrapped currency notes with Rs 99.65 lakh face value were recovered in Aurangabad on Thursday and three men were arrested in this connection, police said.

The Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari recently said that the Cabinet will soon decide on the proposed vehicle scrapping policy. The union minister stated that he has cleared a cabinet role on the proposed policy and the finance ministry has also approved the same. "I have signed the file for the cabinet note on the polic...

A number of priceless handwritten letters, diaries, nazm, and black and white photographs of legendary Urdu poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi were found at a scrap shop in Mumbai, and has been bought by an NGO for just Rs 3,000 for preserving it.