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New Delhi, Jan 19: The Reserve Bank of India has injected 9.2 trillion rupees ($135.21 billion) worth of new currency notes into the banking system to help replace the notes banned in November, a parliamentary panel member quoted RBI governor Urjit Patel as saying on Wednesday. Patel met the panel on finance to answer questions about the November 8 abolition of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, or 86

New Delhi, Jan 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today virtually indicated his government's inability to promulgate an ordinance on allowing Jallikattu noting that the matter is sub-judice as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met him here seeking Centre's intervention. "While appreciating the cultural significance of Jallikattu, the Prime Minister observed that the matter is at present sub

Chennai, Jan 18: Thousands of students today gathered on the sands of Marina here as protests demanding lifting of the ban on bull-taming sport 'jallikattu' snowballed across Tamil Nadu. Faced with mounting anger on the streets, the top brass of the state government got into a huddle as Chief Minister O Panneerselvam decided to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow seeking an ordinance for

Jammu, Jan 18: No compensation has been paid to the next of kin of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani or his brother Khalid Muzaffar Wani, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today while revealing that such exgratia has been given to the next of kin of 77 soldiers killed in the state since January 2015. In a written reply to a question in the Legislative Assembly, Mehbooba, who also

New Delhi, Jan 18: RBI Governor Urjit Patel today faced some tough questions from MPs as he could not set a time frame for return of normalcy in the banking system even as the central bank asserted that Rs 9.2 lakh crore or 60 per cent of demonetised currency has been replaced. Patel also could not give a definite number of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 bills returned post demonetisation as RBI was still

New Delhi, Jan 18: In the backdrop of growing unease in Sino-India ties, India today said it has been trying to convince the Chinese government that its ascent is not harmful to the rise of China and that both countries should be sensitive on matter relating to sovereignty. In an address at the Raisina Dialogue, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar took strong objection to the China-Pakistan Economic

Chennai, Jan 18: What started as an isolated protest by a group of youngsters at the Marina Beach, yesterday, has grown into a massive show of strength in favour of lifting the ban on bull-taming sport Jallikkattu. Thousands of youngsters have embraced the route of peaceful agitation to press the government to end the ban. Linking to Tamil pride, the protesters are adamant to not allow 'censure on

Patna/Delhi, Jan 18: Two major train accidents near Kanpur which resulted in deaths of 151 passengers and injuries to 200 others, were carried out on the instructions of Pakistan's external spy agency ISI, according to the Bihar police. The ISI hand was exposed following the arrest of three criminals Umashankar Patel, Motilal Paswan and Mukesh Yadav from Motihari on the Indo-Nepal border who were

New Delhi, Jan 17: India alone cannot walk the path of peace with Pakistan and the neighbouring country must walk away from terrorism if it wants bilateral dialogue to resume, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, amid continued chill in Indo-Pak ties. Referring to ties with China, the Prime Minister said it was not unnatural for two large neighbouring powers to have some differences but both

Uttar Pradesh, Jan 17: The Congress on Tuesday announced that it would tie up with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the coming Uttar Pradesh polls. The development comes a day after the Akhilesh Yadav faction of the SP retained the party’s ‘cycle’ symbol. “There will be a Congress-SP alliance in the coming U.P. elections,” senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Details of the alliance would be