After storming to power in West Bengal for a second consecutive term, 2016 saw Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee striving for a bigger role in national politics as she emerged among the most vocal adversaries of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his moves, particularly demonetisation....
The ordinance on old notes, that was approved by President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, calls for a penalty of Rs 10,000 or five times the amount of the demonetised notes held, whichever is higher, after March 31....
The Congress on Friday reiterated its demand for making public the minutes of a meeting of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Board on November 8 -- hours before the Prime Minister announced the demonetisation -- as well as the Union Cabinet note of that day....
The CBI on Friday raided Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain's OSD Nikunj Aggarwal's office at the Delhi Secretariat here, drawing strong criticism from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia. ...
As the opposition accused the Prime Minister of changing the narrative on demonetisation and asking whether any of its avowed objectives were achieved at the end of 50-day deadline set by him, an unperturbed Narendra Modi pitched for less-cash economy and digital transactions....
The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh split on Friday between party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who was expelled from the party following a rift over the selection of candidates for the assembly elections due next early next year....
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from the party for six years for "indulging in anti-party activities". He said the party would now elect a new Chief Minister in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh....
Queues were short and crowds thin here on Friday, the 50th day of demonetisation -- the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi's self-imposed deadline for normalisation of situation kicked in. ...
The Shiv Sena on Friday likened Wednesday's comments of Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao about the Church guiding Catholics to vote right in the upcoming state elections, with the 'fatwa' issued by the imam of Jama Masjid ahead of polls. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that his party would file a complaint agai...
Kolkata, Dec 30 Trinamool MP Tapas Paul was on Friday arrested by the CBI in the Rose Valley chit fund scam, an official said. "He has been arrested for further interrogation over his involvement in the financial exchanges in Rose Valley case," an agency official said. The Bengali cine star, who was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...
