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Agra, Nov 20: In poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his demonetisation decision had severly hit the parties whose leaders seek money in lieu of tickets for contesting Assembly polls, in a veiled attack on BSP chief Mayawati who has been facing such allegations. Addressing a rally here, he said the decision to scrap notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination was not

Agra, Nov 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said political leaders behind multi-crore chit fund scams are attacking him as they have been hit hard by demonetisation, in remarks seen as sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He also hit out at the Congress saying governments in the past 70 years kept quiet on blackmoney because they were worried about losing power

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was on Saturday shifted from the Intensive Care Unit to the normal ward in Apollo Hospital. The official twitter account of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) tweeted this information. This is the first time that Jayalalithaa has been moved out of the ICU since she was admitted on September 22 with complaints of fever and dehydration

Pukhrayan (UP), Nov 20: Over 115 passengers were killed and more than 200 injured, nearly half of them grievously, in the worst train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed here in Kanpur rural area in the wee hours today due to suspected rail fracture. The disaster took place just a little after 0300 hrs when the passengers were jolted out of their sleep as

Mumbai, Nov 19: Shiv Sena today came out in support of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is under attack from BJP for drawing a comparison between the Uri terror attack casualties and the deaths after demonetisation, saying an apology by him for the comments will not change the truth. BJP has sought an apology from Azad, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, for his remarks but he has

New Delhi, Nov 19: A ‘mysterious letter’ delivered at Jawaharlal Nehru University four days ago claims that the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad was held captive in a village in Aligarh, reportedly. According to media reports, the Delhi Police is probing the letter that was apparently sent by a woman in Aligarh. She claimed to have important information about Najeeb. The letter that was addressed

Guwahati, Nov 19: A group of ULFA(I) and NSCN(K) militants today ambushed an army convoy at Pengeri in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, killing three Army jawans and injuring four others seriously. The group of 15 militants attacked the army convoy early this morning and damaged two vehicles killing one jawan on the spot and seriously injuring six others, a Defence Spokesman said. Two of the

Vadodara, Nov 19: Lauding government's decision to demonetise high value bank notes, yoga guru Ramdev today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing threat to his life from drug mafia, terrorists and other economic offenders in the wake of this "historic" move. Ramdev also urged people to cooperate with the government and bear the pain for a few days and said the whole exercise would ultimately

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court warned on Friday that people standing in long queues for hours every day for scarce cash could turn riotous, as it asked the Centre to take urgent measures to end their ordeal. "It is a serious issue. This affects the entire population. You (the government) cannot deny there is a serious problem. There could be riots," a bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and

New Delhi, Nov 18: Government today cautioned Jan Dhan account holders, housewives and artisans that they will be prosecuted under the I-T Act for allowing misuse of their bank accounts through deposit of black money in Rs 500/1,000 notes during the 50-day window till December 30. The directive comes against the backdrop of reports that some are using other persons' bank accounts to convert their