India

New Delhi, Dec 1: Reeling under shortage of currency stock, banks across the country have resorted to rationing of cash in order to handle the huge pay day rush at branches. Although claims were made by various banks that adequate arrangement would be in place to tide over cash crisis on pay day, branches are seen rationing cash depending on their currency stock position. Branches are compelled to

New Delhi, Dec 1: Amid reports of misuse, government today put an end to the use of old Rs 500 notes for buying fuel at petrol pumps and purchasing tickets at airports from Saturday, while exemption for payment of toll on highways will also end tomorrow. Earlier, these facilities and the toll exemption were to continue till December 15.All toll plazas on National Highways have been equipped with

Tirichirappalli (TN), Dec 1: Ten persons were feared killed and 15 injured in a fire at an explosive-making unit at Murugapatti, about 40 km from here, today, police said. The reason for the fire was not known immediately, police said, adding, three fire fighting units and 10 ambulances were pressed into service. The fire was noticed in one of the manufacturing wings of the factory and it soon

Chennai, Dec 1: DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, who had been suffering from an allergy, was today admitted to Kauvery hospital here for "check up", party sources said. The 93-year-old former Tamil Nadu chief minister was taken to the hospital early morning, they said. The hospital authorities said that Karunanidhi was "admitted for optimisation of nutrition and hydration." "He is stable and being

New Delhi, Dec 1: Breaking the Bofors jinx, India and the US inked a nearly Rs 5,000 crore deal for 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers, which will be mostly deployed near the borders with China. This is the first deal for artillery guns since the Bofors scandal in 1980s. "India has today signed the Letter of Acceptance which formalises the contract between India and US for these guns," sources said

New Delhi, Dec 1: With Thursday being the pay day, banks are gearing up to face a huge rush as people will queue up at branches across the country to withdraw salaries amid the ongoing cash crunch following demonetisation. Making matters worse, a large number of ATMs are still dry even 23 days after the government scrapped 500 and 1000 rupee notes earlier this month to crack down on black money

New York, Nov 30: Four leading India-born CEOs including Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Mastercard's Ajay Banga who delivered big in taking their companies ahead have featured in Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list topped by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Nadella has been ranked fifth among 50 global corporate heads by Fortune Magazine in its annual 'Businessperson of the Year' compilation

Pune, Nov 30: The SIT probing the Govind Pansare murder case has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Sanatan Sanstha member Virendra Tawde at a court in Kolhapur. The over 400-page supplementary chargesheet was filed in Kolhapur sessions court yesterday. Tawde, earlier arrested by CBI in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case, was in September taken into custody by Kolhapur police in connection

New Delhi, Nov 30: Opposition today said it is ready for a debate on demonetisation in the Lok Sabha under any rule that entailed voting but the government refused to budge from its stand against division of votes as the impasse in the House continued, causing frequent adjournments. The House saw two adjournments due to the noisy protests before Speaker Sumitra Mahajan called it a day. When the

New Delhi, Nov 30: BJP chief Amit Shah today appointed party MPs Manoj Tiwari and Nityanand Rai as party's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents respectively. While Tiwari replaces Satish Upadhyay, Rai replaces Mangal Pandey. Their tenures were long over and new appointments were awaited for the past few months. Rai is a Yadav, a community over which RJD chief Lalu Prasad has a strong hold. His