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Nagrota (J&K), Nov 30:Bravery of the wives of two army officers who were staying in the family quarters helped in averting a major hostage crisis during the encounter that took place in Nagrota area of Jammu today. Soon after the heavily armed terrorists disguised in police uniform entered an army unit located within three kms from the headquarters of the 16 Corps, they wanted to enter the family

New Delhi, Nov 30: The government on Tuesday stunned the Opposition by getting a bill, which seeks to tax unaccounted income up to 85%, passed by the Lok Sabha within 24 hours of its introduction. The Taxation Laws (2nd Amendment) Bill was introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley only on Monday in the Lok Sabha, where the ruling NDA enjoys full majority. On Tuesday, the bill was again moved by

Lucknow, Nov 29: Charging the Prime Minister with flouting the constitutional rights of people by bringing in demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who today took her protest to Uttar Pradesh, dared him to declare his bank account details before seeking information from other BJP leaders. "Modiji has surpassed (Muhammad bin) Tuglaq and Hitler...he has flouted the

Ahmedabad, Nov 29: In a shot in the arm for BJP after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation move and ahead of Gujarat elections next year, the party swept local bodies elections by capturing 107 seats out of total 123 seats which went for polls in different parts of the state. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani hailed the victory as people's endorsement of Modi's two recent steps -

Jammu, Nov 29: Two major terror attacks rocked Jammu region today in which 7 army personnel, including a Major, were killed and eight other securitymen, including a BSF DIG, were injured, before six heavily-armed terrorists were eliminated in the separate fierce encounters. In one incident, a group of heavily-armed terrorists in police uniform stormed an army unit in Nagrota, about three kms from

New Delhi, Nov 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked BJP MPs and MLAs to submit their bank account statements of transaction between November 8, the day he announced demonetisation, and December 31 to party chief Amit Shah on January 1, 2017. Modi's direction at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting came following allegations by opposition parties that the BJP had tipped off some of its own

Mumbai, Nov 29: Around 60% of the value of the demonetised notes (Rs 14 lakh crore), has already been accounted for, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday. While deposits of the demonetised notes in banks since November 9, when the decision kicked in, total Rs 8.11 lakh crore (57% of the total value of demonetised notes), notes worth Rs 33,498 crore (3%) have been

New Delhi, Nov 28: Providing a window to black money holders, the government today proposed to levy a total tax, penalty and surcharge of 50 per cent on the amount deposited post demonetisation while higher taxes and stiffer penalty of up to 85 per cent await those who don't disclose but are caught. Nearly three weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced junking high denomination 500 and

New Delhi, Nov 28: Seeking to break the deadlock, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today told Lok Sabha that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak on demonetisation if the Opposition wanted, but the rival parties demanding debate with a provision for voting remained unimpressed, forcing the House to adjourn for the second time. A number of opposition leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge (Cong)

New Delhi, Nov 28: On a day they were observing 'Jan Aakrosh Diwas' to protest demonestisation, opposition parties today held a strategy meet where they decided to continue their stir in Parliament till Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to their concerns and a JPC probe is announced in alleged leak of the decision. A meeting of all the opposition parties, barring JD(U), was held in the chamber