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New Delhi, Nov 10: The government will unveil more measures to tackle the menace of black money, including restrictions on the use of cash for high value transactions, a top official said on Wednesday, a day after the Modi administration scrapped high denomination currency notes. "There will be many more follow-up steps. Of course, it is a continuous drive and we have been taking different

New Delhi, Nov 10: A day after announcing the withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, the Modi government made it clear that deposits of old currency would not enjoy immunity from tax. “This is not an immunity scheme. This (deposit) does not provide any relief from taxation. The law of the land will apply (on source of fund),” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters here when asked about

New Delhi, Nov 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on being elected as US President, saying he looks forward to working with him closely to take India-US ties to a new height. "Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on being elected as the 45th US President," Modi said in a tweet. He said the country looks forward to working closely with Trump to strengthen bilateral

New Delhi, Nov 9: Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for declaring Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes invalid, wondering as to how bringing in the new Rs 2000 note is going to make black money hoarding a lot harder. In remarks laced with sarcasam, the Congress Vice President said "well done Mr Modi"."Real culprits" who have stashed black money are "sitting tight" while lives

Mumbai, Nov 9: Stock markets tumbled today with an estimated Rs 6 lakh crore getting wiped off from the invested wealth within seconds of opening trade as Sensex plunged 1,689 points on the US election trends showing lead for Donald Trump and the withdrawal of high-denomination notes worth billions. Rupee also lost value, but gold appeared to be a gainer as an investment option with sovereign gold

Mumbai, Nov 9: On frantic selling, stock market benchmark BSE Sensex crashed nearly 1,689 points and Nifty plunged by over 541 points on early US election trends showing Donald Trump's lead while government's move to withdraw notes of higher denominations cast shadow on cash-focussed sectors. Consequently, the Sensex nosedived by 1,688.69 points or 6.12 per cent to slip below the crucial 26,000

Raipur, Nov 8: A Delhi University professor and a JNU professor have been booked along with Maoists and others on charges of murder of a tribal villager in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. "An FIR was lodged against DU Professor Nandini Sundar, Archana Prasad (JNU Professor), Vineet Tiwari (from Delhi's Joshi Adhikar Sansthan), Sanjay Parate (Chhattisgarh CPI (Marxist) State

United Nations, Nov 8: India has strongly criticised the Security Council for taking months to consider sanctioning leaders of groups it has itself designated as terror entities, in an obvious reference to the "technical hold" on India's bid to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN. Asserting that the Security Council is stuck in its own "time warp and politics", India's Permanent

New Delhi, Nov 7: Members of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party, today pitched for Rahul Gandhi's elevation as its president. Member after member suggested that heir apparent to Congress president Sonia Gandhi should helm the party at a meeting of the CWC which was chaired by Rahul Gandhi. The Congress president did not attend the meeting as she was said

New Delhi, Nov 7: Eyeing India as a key trade partner after exiting from the European Union, the UK today announced a first-ever easier visa regime for Indian businessmen that will come with swifter passage through British airports and access to EU. India had in past also sought easier visa regime for its nationals and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his counterpart Theresa May to provide