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PM Should Remove Withdrawal Limit for PMC Bank Depositors: Congress

Agencies
October 17, 2019

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Congress party on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show "courage" and announce the removal of cap on withdrawal of money by depositors of scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank.

Otherwise, it said, he should stop giving challenges to other parties on "non-issues".

The statement from Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh came at a press conference in New Delhi and appeared a response to Prime Minister Modi's repeated dare to the opposition party to declare it will reverse his government's decision to nullify Article 370 if it is voted to power.

"We, the Congress party, challenge you that...if you have the courage, you should announce that the account holders of the PMC Bank - just like before - would be able to withdraw the money and update their account," Mr Singh said.

"It is their (depositors) money. They can utilise it. Modiji should accept this challenge. If you have the courage, then you must accept this challenge and within 24 hours you should make an announcement that PMC Bank account holders can use their accounts just like before," he said.

The Congress spokesperson said his party will congratulate PM Modi "if you can get it done otherwise stop giving challenges on non-issues".

"You have got the public's mandate. You have got the responsibility. The one who gets the responsibility is the one who is held accountable...It not the opposition who has to answer questions. You should stop asking questions and start answering questions."

Following the discovery of an over Rs. 4,000-crore scam at PMC Bank, which has deposits of over Rs. 11,000 crore, the Reserve Bank of India last month appointed an administrator and capped withdrawals at Rs. 1,000.

A day later on September 25, the RBI increased the withdrawal limit to Rs. 10,000 and on October 3, this limit was increased to Rs. 25,000. And now it has been hiked to Rs. 40,000.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear on October 18 a plea seeking seeking directions for interim measures to safeguard the money of customers blocked in the bank.

The top court agreed to hear the plea amid three deaths linked to the crisis in the bank.

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February 22,2020

Feb 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to accompany US President Donald Trump and his family members during their visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday, official sources said.

The US President will arrive in Ahmedabad at around noon on February 24 for a less that 36-hour visit to India. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including First Lady Melania Trump, the President's daughter Ivanka Trump, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a galaxy of top US officials.

After attending an event at Ahmedabad, the Trumps will travel to Agra on Monday afternoon to visit the Taj Mahal before arriving at the national capital for the main leg of the visit.

When asked about reports that Modi may accompany Trump to Agra, official sources said there was no such plan.

They said the visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra by the US President and his family members will afford them the opportunity to view the historical monument suitably. Therefore, no official engagements or presence of senior dignitaries from the Indian side is envisaged there, the sources said.

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Agencies
June 19,2020

Srinagar, Jun 19: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh, arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Friday, his lawyer said.

Singh and another accused in the case - Irfan Shafi Mir - were granted the relief by the court in a case filed by special cell of Delhi Police, noting that the probe agency failed to file charge sheet within 90 days from his arrest, as prescribed under law, their lawyer M S Khan said.

The bail was granted on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of like amount.

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May 20,2020

Washington, May 20: The United States recorded another 1,536 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tracker said.

That figure, tallied as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT), raises to 91,845 the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the US.

The US tops the global rankings both for the highest death toll and the highest number of infections, with more than 1.5 million cases.

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