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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates. (Photo: PTI)

Bill Gates meets top BJP leaders, backs demonetisation

Government transitions are never managed perfectly and never easy, Bill Gates said.

18 Nov 2016 10:34 AM IST

New Rs 2000 notes

India may go totally cashless within a year: experts

People would have to pay 1-2 per cent tax on the amount credited or deposited in their bank accounts, instead of income...

18 Nov 2016 9:55 AM IST

A bank official applies indelible ink on the finger of a customer queued up for exchanging old currency notes at the Punjab National Bank. (Photo: PTI)

Govt insulting people by inking them: Congress

'The decision to put indelible ink on fingers of account holders is a senseless, Fascist and Nazist act of branding...

18 Nov 2016 7:56 AM IST

A ban on gold imports would also lead to large-scale unemployment as this sector has a huge workforce, with most of them on contract.

Buzz over gold curbs: It's a bad idea, avoid

At present around 30-40 per cent of gold is recycled.

18 Nov 2016 6:48 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

Madhya Pradesh bypolls spell BJP's first test after cash drive

BJP spokesperson Hitesh Bajpayee dismissed the talks of demonetisation move having any impact on the two byelections.

18 Nov 2016 4:29 AM IST

People will have to pay 1-2 per cent tax on the amount credited or deposited in their bank accounts.

Will banking transaction tax be next?

RSS mouthpiece Organiser credited the think-tank for being instrumental in the demonetisation initiative by the...

18 Nov 2016 3:59 AM IST

A senior citizen shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after he exchanged old notes. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

People change notes but say it won't impact BMC poll votes

Reserve Bank of India asked people to not hoard currency as there is a sufficient supply of notes.

18 Nov 2016 3:10 AM IST

An elderly woman sits despondently outside a closed bank in Currey Road. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Stuck realtors find no takers for Rs 500, Rs 1,000 currency

It is risky to go ahead with such a deal as various agencies could be tracking it.

18 Nov 2016 2:48 AM IST

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Depressed money lender commits suicide in South Delhi

People close to the deceased claimed that he was in depression after he failed to exchange his demonetised currency...

18 Nov 2016 2:31 AM IST

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad along with other members protesting in Rajya Sabha during the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Both Houses stalled as Opposition corners govt

After a total of five brief adjournments, the deputy chairman adjourned the Rajya Sabha for the day.

18 Nov 2016 2:00 AM IST

PM Modi announced demonetisation of high-value currency notes, following which the common man has been facing a lot of inconvenience.

West Bengal government staff demands November salary in cash

Call demonetisation arbitrary step, seek urgent solution.

18 Nov 2016 1:54 AM IST

People stand in queues in a bank to deposit Rs 1000 and Rs 500 currency notes in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

FICN: A real threat, and collateral damage

The terrorists have great faith in the destruction of India through fake Indian notes.

18 Nov 2016 1:26 AM IST