No decision on phasing out Rs 2,000 note: Top official

New Delhi (IANS) Amid reports of gradual phasing out of Rs 2,000 notes, the government on Friday clarified that there had been no decision on the printing of the high denomination note "recently", while hinting that their printing…

Citizenship Bill will be passed soon: Modi

Silchar (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2016, will be passed in Parliament soon even as he said that the government will make sure that no genuine Indian citizen is left out of the National…

Fake currency racket busted in Kolkata, four arrested

Kolkata (IANS) Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of Rs 4,25,000 face value were seized and four people arrested by the city police from a Kolkata neighborhood on Friday, police said.

The city police's Special Task Force caught…

Dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Kerala over Sabarimala row

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS): A dawn-to-dusk Kerala shutdown call, given by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS) to protest against the visit of two women to the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, evoked a mixed response in the state on Thursday.

The…

Modi adds 'Jai Anusandhan' to Shastri's slogan

Jalandhar (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday added 'Jai Anusandhan' to the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' given by the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, hailing the power of research to propel the nation…

Congress cheating farmers in name of loan waivers: Modi

Gurdaspur (Punjab)(IANS): In a frontal attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress was cheating farmers in the country in the name of loan waivers.

"The Congress earlier cheated the country in the…

Rajasthan government doing 'Congressisation' of education system: Ex-Education Minister

Jaipur (IANS) Former state Education Minister Vasudev Devnani on Thursday accused the Rajasthan government of doing "Congressisation" of the state's education system by following a policy of minority appeasement.

Addressing…

Kamal Nath changes tune, restores singing of 'Vande Mataram'

Bhopal (IANS) The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday took a U-turn to announce that reciting "Vande Mataram" will be restored at the state secretariat from next month but added singing of national…

India may have welcomed maximum new borns on New Year: UNICEF

New Delhi (IANS) India is estimated to have welcomed 18 percent of the total babies born globally on January 1, 2019, UNICEF said on Tuesday.

According to the UNICEF, 69,944 babies were expected to be born on the New Year Day…

BJP hits out at MP government for stopping Vande Matram recitation

Bhopal (IANS) The BJP criticized the new Congress government in Madhya Pradesh for suspending the practice of reciting the national song, Vande Mataram, in government offices on the first day of every month.

Chief Minister Kamal…