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Mumbai, Nov 22: Industrialist Nusli Wadia, an independent director on some Tata Group companies, today served a defamation notice on Tata Sons board asking it to withdraw "false, defamatory and libelous" allegations against him. Tata Sons told PTI that "the company will respond to the notice appropriately". Wadia is an independent director on some Tata Group companies which have called EGMs to

New Delhi, Nov 21: Finding common ground over the demonetisation issue, 10 opposition parties today decided to take on the government unitedly, both inside and outside Parliament. Leaders of Congress, Trinamool Congress, JD(U), BSP, CPI(M), CPI, NCP, RJD, JMM and DMK held a meeting here this morning to forge a common plan of action with an aim of mounting attack on the government. At the meeting

New Delhi, Nov 21: Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation issue, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the PM was working for a select few only and was not concerned for the poor common man, who has been queueing up for hours outside banks and ATMs. "I have gone to the banks to see the situation myself in the morning. People there told me that they are facing a

New Delhi, Nov 21: The government has managed to cut down the transportation time of cash from printing to the main distribution centres from 21 days to six and is using all modes of transport, including helicopters and Indian Air Force planes, to move the cash quickly. The government is hopeful that the situation will improve over the next week. With availability of cash improving in urban areas

Agra, Nov 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said political leaders behind multi-crore chit fund scams are attacking him as they have been hit hard by demonetisation. Modi’s remarks were seen as a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The prime minister also hit out at the Congress saying governments in the past 70 years kept quiet on blackmoney because they were

Agra, Nov 20: In poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his demonetisation decision had severly hit the parties whose leaders seek money in lieu of tickets for contesting Assembly polls, in a veiled attack on BSP chief Mayawati who has been facing such allegations. Addressing a rally here, he said the decision to scrap notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination was not

Agra, Nov 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said political leaders behind multi-crore chit fund scams are attacking him as they have been hit hard by demonetisation, in remarks seen as sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He also hit out at the Congress saying governments in the past 70 years kept quiet on blackmoney because they were worried about losing power

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was on Saturday shifted from the Intensive Care Unit to the normal ward in Apollo Hospital. The official twitter account of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) tweeted this information. This is the first time that Jayalalithaa has been moved out of the ICU since she was admitted on September 22 with complaints of fever and dehydration

Pukhrayan (UP), Nov 20: Over 115 passengers were killed and more than 200 injured, nearly half of them grievously, in the worst train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed here in Kanpur rural area in the wee hours today due to suspected rail fracture. The disaster took place just a little after 0300 hrs when the passengers were jolted out of their sleep as

Mumbai, Nov 19: Shiv Sena today came out in support of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is under attack from BJP for drawing a comparison between the Uri terror attack casualties and the deaths after demonetisation, saying an apology by him for the comments will not change the truth. BJP has sought an apology from Azad, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, for his remarks but he has