Prime Minister Narendra Modi while hiting out at the criticism over demonetisation, said on Friday the opposition was charged up not because the government was not prepared for its implementation but because it did not get time to prepare itself. “A lot of people are criticising demonetisation in parliament. But most of the criticism is […]
A series of specialist workshops to assist businesses get ‘export ready’ kick off in Parramatta this week to provide owners specialist insights into accessing lucrative international markets like China, Japan and South Korea. NSW Minister for Trade Stuart Ayres said more than 100 businesses have already registered to attend the first ‘Introduction to Exporting’ workshop […]
Indian Army’s Director General of Military Operations Lt. General Ranbir Singh on Wednesday talked to his Pakistan counterpart on the hotline, an official here said. While India raised the issue of mutilation of an Indian soldier’s body, Pakistan talked of civilian deaths in the firing on the border. The telephonic talk at 6.30 p.m. was […]
The demonetised Rs 500 and 1,000 notes can be used for deposits in post office savings accounts, the Finance Ministry clarified on Wednesday. “The deposits into Post Office Savings Account are excluded from the bar imposed therein (on deposits of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in small saving schemes),” a statement from the […]
Pakistan on Wednesday officially confirmed to India that its top diplomat will attend a global conference on Afghanistan in Amritsar early next month amid intensifying deadly military tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Islamabad confirmed that Sartaj Aziz, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, would visit […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened flat on Thursday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 26,051.81 points on Wednesday, opened lower at 26,049.14 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 25,910.28 points, down 141.53 points, or 0.54 per cent. At the National […]
The counting of votes in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol parliamentary constituency and Nepanagar assembly constituency began amid tight security on Tuesday morning, an official said. Polls here were held on November 19. Initially the postal ballots were being counted which would be followed by the votes recorded in the EVMs, said an official from the Chief […]
Two foreign militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Tuesday, an official said. Following specific information about militant presence in Bonikhan village, troops of the 13 Rashtriya Rifles and the special operations group (SOG) of the state police launched the operation, the police said. As the surrounding […]
Nepal has decided to terminate all memoranda of understanding (MoU) and decisions reached with an Indian consortium that was preparing to build the Kathmandu-Nijgadh expressway. The Himalayan state was now preparing to build the project on its own as reported by the Kathmandu Post. The 76 km long proposed highway had remained on the government’s […]
The death toll in one of the worst rail disasters in the country that took place when the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur, rose to 130 on Monday, officials said. The toll was confirmed by the Kanpur District Magistrate Office. So far, 58 victims have been identified. Over 150 people were injured in the tragedy […]