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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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Twitter)

Note ban: Modi hints at more action to curb black money

Modi termed the demonetisation as Swachhata Abhiyan' and hailed the undaunting spirit of people despite their hardship.

12 Nov 2016 2:41 PM IST

The notes were found to be torn and thrown into the river (Representational photo: file)

Boatmen trade blows over invalid Rs 1,000 notes floating in Ganga

Nineteen Rs 1,000 notes in a torn condition have been recovered from the river.

12 Nov 2016 2:08 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban surgical strike on people's small savings: Kejriwal

He said a BLP leader was seen with new notes of Rs 2,000 on social media days before Modi announced withdrawal of high...

12 Nov 2016 1:27 PM IST

People queue up outside an ATM in Kochi on Friday. (Photo: DC)

Chaos grows, queues get longer at banks, ATMs on weekend

To add to the misery still half of the ATMs are non-functional.

12 Nov 2016 1:17 PM IST

Banks and ATMs on weekend witnessed more chaos and even longer queues as cash-starved people jostled to exchange and withdraw money. (PTI Photo)

Demonetisation: Chaos grows, queues get even longer at banks, ATMs on...

People including elderly and women in large numbers were queuing up to get the valid currency notes needed to meet their...

12 Nov 2016 12:33 PM IST

Sex workers of Sonagachi, South Asias largest redlight area are seeing brisk business as they are accepting the banned notes as demonetisation hit small businessmen across Kokata. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Note ban: Brisk business for Kolkata sex workers

Sex workers who charge below Rs 500 are facing tough time as they have hardly got any customers in the last two days.

12 Nov 2016 11:34 AM IST

The government has extended use of old defunct 500 and 1,000 notes for paying household utility bills, fuel and medicines till November 14. (Photo: PTI/File)

Rs 500/1,000 notes valid for utility payments till Nov 14

Payments towards utility bills will be restricted to only individuals or households for arrears and/or current bills.

12 Nov 2016 11:18 AM IST

Shahi imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid Noor-ur Rahman Barkati at a press meet in Kolkata. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Barkati sacked as head of Tipu Sultan mosque

Barkati, however, refused to step down, asserting, Nobody has the right to remove me .

18 May 2017 6:54 AM IST

The government has proposed a penal tax rate of 50 per cent to incentivise black money hoarders to switch to formal economy.

Demonetisation effect transitory, says UN expert

The revised report projected that India will achieve an impressive 7.9 per cent GDP growth in fiscal 2018.

17 May 2017 1:30 PM IST

Under the PMGKY after payment of tax, 25 per cent of the unaccounted money will have to be mandatorily parked with the government for 4 years as non-interest bearing deposit.

India added 91 lakh new taxpayers after note ban

Around Nov 8 last year, there were 5 crore taxpayers in country who now stand at 5.91 crore.

17 May 2017 11:07 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Rs 16,000 crore undisclosed income discovered

CBDT chairman Sushil Chandra said there was 22 per cent growth in e-filed returns post demonetisation.

17 May 2017 4:19 AM IST