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women waiting in a long queue at Bankipur Post office for exchanging their old 1000 and 500 rupee notes in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Post offices collect, exchange scrapped notes worth Rs 435 cr

The postal department had initially witnessed some problems in distribution of newly-printed currency notes, but it was...

12 Nov 2016 8:32 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Demonetisation: Pak, ISI, most troubled, says Rajnath

The Union Minister said that Pakistan and ISI, who were running terror activities with fake currency, are the worst hit...

12 Nov 2016 8:16 PM IST

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47-year-old in line to exchange currency notes dies of heart attack

Long queues were seen outside banks even today as people jostled to exchange the demonetised Rs 1,000 and Rs 500...

12 Nov 2016 8:05 PM IST

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Increase in Jan Dhan account deposits draws govt scrutiny

An unprecedented Rs 2 lakh crore of cash flooded the banking system within just two days of demonetisation.

12 Nov 2016 7:33 PM IST

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Baby dies after Mumbai hospital rejects payment in Rs 500 notes

The father of the new-born, a carpenter by profession, has filed a case against the doctor who refused treatment.

12 Nov 2016 6:47 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Arun Jaitley refutes salt shortage rumours

The Finance Minister says some of these rumours started on day one of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

12 Nov 2016 6:31 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI)

Ready to work with CPI(M) to counter NDA: Mamata

The TMC chief said that she was ready to work with CPI (M), SP, Cong, despite ideological differences, in order to save...

12 Nov 2016 5:43 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley defends note ban, says sorry' for inconvenience

Jaitley also hit back at political parties who criticised the govt's move, accusing them of making irresponsible'...

12 Nov 2016 4:42 PM IST

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Demonetisation: Angry customers break bank's glass door in Kerala

Due to the huge surge of customers, the SBT branch at Kollam downed its shutters, as around 200 persons were inside.

12 Nov 2016 4:54 PM IST

People queue up outside an ATM to withdraw money in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI/File)

Note ban: ATMs run dry on cash in Mumbai

People left homes as early as 6 am to try out their luck to get cash in hand leading to serpentine queues outside ATMs.

12 Nov 2016 3:55 PM IST

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Cash-strapped customers allegedly loot groceries from price shop in MP

A purported video of the incident, showing villagers taking away groceries from the shop, was circulated widely on...

12 Nov 2016 3:27 PM IST

New notes of Rs 2000 issued by the Reserve Bank of India. (Photo: PTI)

It was a prank!': Gujarat paper flooded with calls after it foresaw'...

The paper had carried an article on April fool's day claiming that the government was planning to scrap Rs 500 and Rs...

12 Nov 2016 3:13 PM IST