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New Delhi, Dec 13: RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy, who is among those who are regularly consulted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since demonetisation, has said the new Rs 2,000 notes will be phased out within the next five years. Gurumurthy, who is addressing meetings in the city in support of the note ban, said in a TV interview that the government is “committed” to moving towards smaller

Chennai, Dec 12: Heavy rains accompanied by high- velocity winds pounded the city and coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu as severe cyclonic storm "Vardah" commenced its landfall through the coast, killing two persons and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from low-lying areas. The cyclone, that triggered strong winds of nearly 100 km/h, uprooted hundreds of trees and disrupted power

New Delhi, Dec 12: India and the world's most populous Muslim nation Indonesia today decided to expand their defence and maritime security ties and resolved to effectively deal with terrorism, calling for "zero tolerance" towards it. The two countries, among the very few fast growing large economies globally, also decided to boost bilateral trade and investment in areas of oil and gas, renewable

Chennai, Dec 12: Heavy rains today pounded the city and north coastal districts of Tiruvallore and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, inundating low lying areas, while high velocity winds uprooted hundreds of trees as the severe cyclonic storm Vardha reached about 60 kms northeast of Chennai and was likely to make landfall in the next couple of hours. According to the IMD bulletin at noon, by the time

Chennai, Dec 12: Very severe cyclonic storm Vardah is on its way to making landfall close to Chennai by Monday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department said. The latest IMD bulletin released at 3.30am said, "The very severe cyclonic storm Vardah now lies at 220km east-northeast off Chennai. It likely to cross close to Chennai by Monday afternoon." Chennai and nearby areas have been receiving

Kathua, Dec 11: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today accused Pakistan of "conspiring" to divide India on religious lines but said it will not succeed. "Pakistan is conspiring to divide India on religious lines but it will not succeed. We were divided in 1947 on religious basis. We have not been able to forget that... All Indians are brothers, whether they are born from the womb of a Hindu mother or a

Mumbai, Dec 11: A helicopter crashed and caught fire in Aarey Colony today, killing 2 people and injuring two others. The chopper crashed in an open ground in Aarey Colony, a green belt in suburban Goregaon, a Fire Brigade official said. Four persons, all occupants of the chopper, suffered burns and were rushed to a hospital where one of them succumbed to injuries, said DCP (Zone 12) Kirankumar

New Delhi, Dec 10: A Delhi court today sent former Air Force Chief S P Tyagi, arrested in Rs 450 crore Agusta Westland bribery case in procurement of 12 VVIP helicopters, to police custody for four days after the CBI said he was needed to be quizzed to unearth a "very large conspiracy having international ramifications". His cousin Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie and advocate Gautam Khaitan, also

Deesa (Guj), Dec 10: Acknowledging the difficulties thrown up by the note ban decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cautioned that the coming days may even be tougher but the situation will gradually move towards normalcy after the 50-day period. He also slammed the Opposition for disrupting Parliament saying he has been forced to speak out in 'jan sabha' (among people) as he was not

New Delhi, Dec 10: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on issues like whether district cooperative banks could be allowed to accept deposits in demonetised notes with some stringent regulations and why banks are unable to allow minimum weekly withdrawals of Rs. 24,000 to customers. The hearing, in which the Centre accused some advocates of politicising the issue in the garb of