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Margao, Dec 17: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed to have "busted" the demonetization myth saying it was an ingenious "method" devised by the "super planner" Narendra Modi to "snatch money from the poor and channelize it to the super rich". Speaking at Fatorda at the concluding function of the Jan Jagruti Yatra organized by the state unit of the Congress party, Gandhi in his

New Delhi, Dec 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly defended demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes and ripped into the opposition over Parliament logjam, saying unlike earlier when opposition parties stalled the House against scams, Congress-led parties are now doing so against government's steps to curb black money and corruption. "We needed to do it in 1971. We have caused

Mumbai, Dec 16: In what may be one of the biggest defamation claims filed in India, Nusli Wadia, an independent director in three Tata companies, has sought Rs 3,000 crore in damages from Ratan Tata, Tata Sons and its directors, excluding Cyrus Mistryand Farida Khambata. The defamation suit filed in the Bombay high court comes after Tata Sons sought Wadia's removal from Tata Chemicals, Tata Motors

Chennai, Dec 16: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DML) President M Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital again on Thursday night due to throat and lung infection, said the hospital. In a statement issued in Chennai, the hospital said Karunanidhi was readmitted with breathing difficulty due to throat and lung infection. "The treatment has been initiated to clear his infection. He is stable and is

New Delhi, Dec 15: Finance Ministry today exuded confidence that supply of new currency notes will considerably improve in next 2-3 weeks even as it asked the RBI and banks to "countercheck" the data regarding deposit of now-defunct currency notes to ensure there is no double counting. The RBI has already pumped in Rs 5 lakh crore worth 500 and 2,000 rupee notes and by month end about 50 per cent

New Delhi, Dec 15: To promote digital payments post demonetisation, the government will give daily, weekly and mega cash awards totalling Rs 340 crore for consumers as well as merchants beginning the Christmas Day. Announcing 'Lucky Grahak Yojana' and 'Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana', Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said both the schemes will cover small transactions between Rs 50 and Rs 3,000 to encourage

Chennai, Dec 15: The ruling AIADMK today strongly backed late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide V K Sasikala to succeed her as party General Secretary, saying she qualifies to be elected "automatically" and "unanimously" to the post by virtue of being the departed leader's "conscience" for long. Party spokesperson C Ponnaiyan said while Jayalalithaa was the "conscience" of AIADMK founder

New Delhi, Dec 15: "I feel like resigning". An anguished BJP veteran L K Advani remarked in Lok Sabha on the penultimate day of the Winter Session of Parliament today, exasperated over its virtual washout on the note ban issue. The veteran parliamentarian gave vent to his pain and anguish soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House for the day amid trading of charges between the

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Centre will not extend the deadline of December 15 to use old 500 rupee notes for certain activities such as paying utility and hospital bills and purchasing cooking gas cylinders. "Exemptions for use of old Rs 500 notes will end on 15 Dec midnight," economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das tweeted. "There will be no extension," Das told TOI and said people can deposit the

New Delhi, Dec 14: After claiming that there will be an "earthquake" if he speaks, Rahul Gandhi today alleged that he has detailed information about "personal corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which he wants to present in Lok Sabha but is not being allowed to do so by the PM. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar rejected Gandhi's allegation as "false and baseless" and "very