26 crore acounts open under Jan Dhan Yojana across country
Over 26 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across the country till date. The Scheme was launched by the Prime Minist...
Mulayam Singh Yadav calls an emergency convention on Jan 5
The crisis has further deepened in the ruling Samajwadi Party as party patriarch Mulayam Singh has called an emergency convention on 5th January. Mula...
New Year will arrive a second late
The first dawn of 2017 will come a second late as India will join the rest of the world to add “one leap second” to its official time on the morning o...
PM Modi launches BHIM app for easy digital transactions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a new mobile app ‘BHIM’ named after Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar — that does not need Internet or a hi...
PM Modi to address the nation today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation this evening. In his address, he is expected to spell out the roadmap ahead after the expiry of t...
President Pranab Mukherjee approves promulgation of Specified Bank Notes Ordinance
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday gave his assent for the promulgation of the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016. The ...
Cash withdrawl limit from ATMs increased to Rs.4,500 per day
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the daily limit of ATM withdrawal to Rs 4500 from current Rs 2500 with effective from January 1, 2017.RBI in a n...
Six die of suffocation as fire breaks out in Pune bakery
Six workers were suffocated to death when a fire broke out in a bakery shop whose only exit was locked from outside in Kondhwa area here in the wee ho...
Deadline to deposit old notes in banks ends today
The 50-day deadline to deposit the old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in banks comes to an end today, however, people, will still have time to exchange the...
PM Modi likely to address nation soon
With the 50-day period for depositing of demonetised notes expiring tomorrow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation before the daw...
Over one crore rural citizens enrol for digital payments under Digi Dhan Abhiyan
Over one crore rural citizens have enrolled for digital payments under the Digi Dhan Abhiyan programme within 20 days of the start of the digital fina...
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative to be launched today
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative, aimed at strengthening health centres in open defecation-free blocks, will be launched today by the Union Health Mi...
Govt to Ministries: Complete probe into sexual harassment cases within 30 days
The Centre has asked its Ministries and Departments to complete the inquiry cases related to sexual harassment of women at workplaces within 30 days a...
ISRO to launch record 83 satellites in one go in Jaunary
ISRO today said it would launch a record 83 satellites in one go using its workhorse PSLV-C37 toward the end of January."We are working for a January ...
Cabinet approves ordinance to penalize over old currency notes
The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared promulgation of an ordinance to penalise persons holding demonetized Rs 500, 1,000 notes.The ordinance is to extingui...
Home Ministry cancels licences of 20,000 NGOs for FCRA violation
The government has cancelled licences of 20 thousand NGOs for violating various provisions of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. Now these NGOs will...
15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express derails; 2 killed
At least two people were killed and 43 injured when 15 coaches of the Ajmer-Sealdah express train derailed near Rura railway station in Kanpur dehat d...
NITI Aayog to meet today to discuss economy post-demonetisation
The governing council of NITI Aayog will meet in New Delhi today to take stock of the economy and other important issues post-demonetisation. Source...
Modi to lay foundation stone of all-weather roads in Dehradun today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a network of all-weather roads to Chardham in Dehradun today.The 12,000 crore rupee pr...
India's most potent missile Agni 5 successfully tested
India today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable, inter-continental ballistic missile Agni 5, that has a range of over 5,000 km covering whole ...
Former IAF chief S P Tyagi gets bail in AgustaWestland case
Former Indian Air Force Chief S P Tyagi, who was arrested in connection with Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scam case, got bail on Monday.SP Tyagi grante...
Literature plays vital role in national integration: Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 89th Annual Literacy Conference of the Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan in Bengaluru Yesterday. Karnata...
Lucky Grahak Yojana, Digi Dhan Yojana launched
Government has launched Lucky Grahak Yojana for Consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana for Merchants to promote digital transaction. The schemes are ai...
No birth certificate needed for passport
The Ministry of External Affairs has done away with the mandatory requirement of the birth certificate as proof of date of birth (DOB) when applying f...
Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to Enemy Property Ordinance
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fifth Ordinance 2016. It will guard against claims of...
PM Modi to arrive in Mumbai today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Mumbai today on a day-long visit to Maharashtra, where he will lay the foundation stones of Chhatrapati Sh...
Sachar Committee report should be implemented: Muslim leaders
Muslim leaders on Thursday demanded implementation of the Sachar Committee report.Addressing a seminar on ‘Ten years of Sachar Committee Report’, Jami...
NIA arrests fake currency racket mastermind deported from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has deported a ring leader of a fake Indian currency note racket, Abdul Salam, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA...
Centre allows use of old notes for tax payment under PMGKY
The Centre has allowed use of old bank notes of 500 and 1,000 rupees for payment towards tax, surcharge, penalty and deposit under the Pradhan Mantri ...
No chance of earthquake now that he has spoken: Modi taunts Rahul Gandhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, saying now that a “young leader” had spoken, there...
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