Pakistan on Thursday stepped up its anti-India rant with the military chiefs, including outgoing Army chief General Raheel Sharif, threatening that the armed forces were capable of teaching India "a lesson" if the border tension escalates. ...
The demonetisation of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes by the government will result in increasing tax revenue, higher government capital expenditure and faster fiscal consolidation, said Moody's Investors Service....
Defending the demonetisation decision as "correct", Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said maximum black money was generated during the earlier Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government's rule....
"We are not running away from the debate. We want it to take place, but it has to happen in a way similar to August 30, 2013, when the BJP (then in opposition) wanted then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be present in the house for a debate," senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told a press conference in Parliament House....
Hit hard by an unprecedented cash crunch, many banks are just refusing to let customers withdraw the Rs 24,000 they are entitled to every week as per RBI guidelines....
The Indian Army on Thursday said it foiled two infiltration bids from across the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir during the last 18 hours. The Indian Army's Udhampur headquartered...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday assured the Rajya Sabha that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the debate on demonetisation. ...
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Visiting British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday called for an end to violence in Jammu and Kashmir but added that Britain did not want to "prescribe a solution or act as a mediator" in the conflict over the "disputed" region. ...
Earlier, the government suspended fee collection at all toll plazas on National Highways till the midnight of November 11. This was subsequently extended thrice -- and the last extension was to end on the midnight of November 24....
