India

In yet another move to lessen woes of people facing cash crunch, the RBI on Monday directed banks to waive ATM charges on all transactions done by savings bank customers till December 30.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, during a press conference on Monday, when asked by a journalist about how much money he had, laughed and pulled out Rs 250 from his pocket.

After nailing a four-tier rate structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, the GST Council at its meeting on November 4 failed to reach a consensus on which category of assessees would be governed by the Centre and which by states.

The incidents took place at Sabji Mandi (vegetable market) and Jiwajigang Market under Kotwali Police Station area around midnight, eyewitnesses said.

While the country struggles to withdraw enough money from banks, preparations for the wedding of mining baron Janardhana Reddy's daughter are in full swing.

A top Indian diplomat will be re-appointed to the only independent external oversight body of the United Nations system following his endorsement as the sole candidate of the Asia-Pacific Group.

Delhi Police on Saturday received nearly 4,500 calls till 6 PM today as cash-strapped people standing in long queues outside banks and ATMs resorted to violence in Roop Nagar locality of the city.

More than 100 students of Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU) sat on a hunger strike on Saturday alleging a cock-up in the checking of their papers by the examiners, resulting in an unusual number of students failing.

Concluding his three-day visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for India from the Japanese city of Osaka on Saturday.

Social media was abuzz with rumours following the demonetisation of high currency notes, even as Delhi Police officials urged people not to spread or come under their influence and said action would be taken against the accounts spreading rumours.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday lauded the Centre for its "bold and revolutionary" decision of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, saying it will curb black money.

The decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes has come at a time when assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are due and parties normally keep aside a substantial amount of unaccounted funds for campaigning.

One militant was killed on Thursday when an infiltration bid was foiled on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

Rejecting Rahul Gandhi's charge that the demonetisation move has hit farmers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the Congress leader must "apply his mind" and understand that those in farming will not face any tax whether they keep their mone...

NCP President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said he welcomed the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes in a move to unearth unaccounted money as well as counterfeit curreny.

An army jawan was killed as Pakistani troops resorted to shelling on Indian posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir.