India

New Delhi, Nov 19: A ‘mysterious letter’ delivered at Jawaharlal Nehru University four days ago claims that the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad was held captive in a village in Aligarh, reportedly. According to media reports, the Delhi Police is probing the letter that was apparently sent by a woman in Aligarh. She claimed to have important information about Najeeb. The letter that was addressed

Guwahati, Nov 19: A group of ULFA(I) and NSCN(K) militants today ambushed an army convoy at Pengeri in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, killing three Army jawans and injuring four others seriously. The group of 15 militants attacked the army convoy early this morning and damaged two vehicles killing one jawan on the spot and seriously injuring six others, a Defence Spokesman said. Two of the

Vadodara, Nov 19: Lauding government's decision to demonetise high value bank notes, yoga guru Ramdev today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing threat to his life from drug mafia, terrorists and other economic offenders in the wake of this "historic" move. Ramdev also urged people to cooperate with the government and bear the pain for a few days and said the whole exercise would ultimately

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court warned on Friday that people standing in long queues for hours every day for scarce cash could turn riotous, as it asked the Centre to take urgent measures to end their ordeal. "It is a serious issue. This affects the entire population. You (the government) cannot deny there is a serious problem. There could be riots," a bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and

New Delhi, Nov 18: Government today cautioned Jan Dhan account holders, housewives and artisans that they will be prosecuted under the I-T Act for allowing misuse of their bank accounts through deposit of black money in Rs 500/1,000 notes during the 50-day window till December 30. The directive comes against the backdrop of reports that some are using other persons' bank accounts to convert their

New Delhi, Nov 18: Chaotic scenes could still be seen at banks and ATMs as people queued up for hours to get valid currency notes to meet their daily expenses, even as the government yesterday lowered the exchange limit of defunct bills and eased certain restrictions on withdrawal norms. On the 9th day of demonetisation, bank branches and cash vending machines are still struggling to manage huge

New Delhi, Nov 18: Congress and BJP members today clashed in Rajya Sabha over Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad's remarks during demonetisation debate yesterday, forcing adjournment of the House thrice in quick succession. Slogans and counter slogans forced the adjournment of the House first till 1130 hours, then till noon and again till 1233 hours as similar scenes continued. Soon after

New Delhi, Nov 18: In a bid to ease cash crunch, the government today allowed dispensing cash of up to Rs 2,000 through debit card swipe at select petrol pumps. The facility will be available at 2,500 petrol pumps. "It has been decided that an amount up to Rs 2000 per day per person in cash can be dispensed against swiping of debit card from select petrol pumps where POS machines of SBI are

New Delhi, Nov 18: Frustrated by long queues outside banks and ATMs? You can now drive into a petrol pump to draw cash. Swipe your debit card at petrol stations run by state-run oil companies and you will get Rs 2,000. The facility will initially be available at 2,500 petrol pumps across the country that have card swipe machines from State Bank of India, the country's largest bank. Over the next

New Delhi, Nov 17: The Supreme Court today directed controversial Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan to tender an "unconditional apology" for alleged remarks on the sensational Bulandshahr gang rape case while seeking assistance of the Attorney General in dealing with the issue of statements made by persons holding public offices in such cases. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy