India

A man in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh set himself ablaze after pouring kerosene on himself after not being able to exchange old currency notes despite repeated attempts in past few days.

Delhi Police will be rolling out advertisements in print and on FM radio stations asking people to share information regarding missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed.

Acting swiftly, the Income Tax department has issued hundreds of notices seeking "source" of funds from individuals and firms who have deposited huge amounts of cash in banks using the scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes after November 8.

The demonetisation of high value currency notes has adversely affected the sale of liquor across Odisha with most of the outlets reporting a decline in sales even as queues outside ATMs and banks continued to swell.

Unfazed by criticism of the demonetisation move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said replacing 86 per cent of the currency in circulation with new bank notes could not have been executed in a better way than currently being implemented.

A 70-year-old man standing in the queue for getting his now-invalid notes exchanged died after he was taken seriously ill.

The Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed multiple adjournments during the first-half of the day, with opposition parties continuing with their protest against the government's move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

Around 1,000 OLM Bank Mitras are now working at GPs and village levels. Almost each village has one or more SHGs linked to the bank. Most of the branch post offices are located in rural areas.

Abhay is an advanced active-cum-passive integrated sonar system designed and developed for the smaller platforms such as shallow water crafts and coastal surveillance/patrol vessels.

As campaigning ends on Thursday for the November 19 by-elections to the Shahdol Lok Sabha and Nepanagar Assembly seats, ruling BJP will face its first litmus test since demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

Ahead of the Universal Children's Day on November 20, groups of marginalised children are petitioning the government to end child marriage and child labour similar to their recent drive against black money.

Putting to rest speculation on ‘will he, won’t he’, Karnataka state BJP president and former chief minister BS Yedyurappa has made an appearance at the opulent venue at the Bengaluru Palace Grounds where the daughter of controversial mining baron and part...

After providing indelible ink to the Election Commission since 1962 to mark voters, the Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited has a new task at hand.

Schools located in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir which were ordered to shut after Pakistani shelling reopened on Tuesday.

Talking to reporters later, Parrikar said those who sponsor terror will be affected by the demonetisation.

There may be chaos on the streets and anger at ATMs but hearing Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak at a political rally in Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh brought home the power of the demonetization move and its potential to win elections for the BJP.