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Note ban was recommended by RBI: Prasad

 Sat, 26 November 2016
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Note ban was recommended by RBI: Prasad

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Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the decision to scrap Rs 500/1000 notes was taken by the government on the recommendation of the Reserve Bank of India.It is not demonetisation. It is a wrong expression. Our government has only taken decision upon recommendation of Reserve bank...
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Opposition criticises everything Modi does: Shah

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Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today lashed out at the Opposition, saying it was seeking to oppose everything that the Narendra Modi government did only because it did not have any issues to raise.If Modi says today is Monday, they will say no no its Tuesday, Shah mocked while...
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Debroy a failed economist: Prashant Bhushan

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Prashant Bhushan tweets:'Modi's favoured economist, Niti Ayog member, (Bibek) Debroy, fielded to counter MMS on Noteban, is a failed Dr from Cambridge'.Bhushan also posted photo of a letter from  University of Cambridge to Debroy telling him that 'he will not be approved for a PhD degree'.
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JUST IN: Five army commandos injured in IED blast in Manipur during combing operations: Army sources. PTI
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Pak names Genl Qamar Javed Bajwa as new army chief

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Dawn News reports:General Qamar Javed Bajwa has been appointed as the new chief of Pakistan Army.He will be promoted to the rank of four-star general.He would take up his new post from Tuesday, the day the current army chief Raheel Sharif retires.Lt Gen Bajwa is currently serving as Inspector...
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JD-U accuses BJP of using black money to buy land before note ban

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Even as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation drive, his party the Janata Dal-United on Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah of investing party's huge black money by purchasing land in several districts of Bihar just before the...
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Nitish reaching out to BJP to stash his black money: Pappu Yadav

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Lashing out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the governments demonetisation drive, Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav on Saturday said the former is making friendly relations with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to stash his black money.Nitish...
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JUST IN: Cuba decrees nine days of mourning for former Cuban President Fidel Castro. AFP
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Show cause notices to 20 JNU students including Kanhaiya

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Jawaharlal Nehru University administration has issued show cause notices to 20 students including sedition accused Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, seeking explanation for the alleged 'illegal confinement' of vice chancellor and other officials in the varsity building.A group of agitating students...
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CJI takes on Centre over judicial appointments

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Chief Justice of India T S Thakur has once again attacked the Centre over judicial appointments and said that 500 posts of judges lie vacant in various high courts.Today, 500 judges posts are vacant in high courts, today we have vacant court room but no judges, CJI Thakur said.Tribunals are not...
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More tributes to Fidel Castro from India.* Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi said that Castro's resolute support for India's cause on various fora will always remain deeply etched in the minds and hearts of the Indian people.Describing his death as a loss not limited to Cuba or a particular ideology,...
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India mourns loss of a great friend: PM Modi on Fidel Castro's demise

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President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro.'Heartfelt condolences on sad demise of Cuba's revolutionary leader, former President and friend of India, Fidel Castro,' Mukherjee tweeted.'I extend my deepest condolences to the...
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SP's Amar Singh hails note ban; says proud to have a PM like Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation move is a 'courageous' experiment to eliminate black money, corruption and counterfeit currency, Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has said.Though it was implemented without making 'proper arrangement', but sudden implementation of the move...
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Fidel Castro dead at 90: State TV

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Revolutionary Cuban icon Fidel Castro dies, says President Raul Castr.
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Gunshots heard as a convoy of the security forces passed through Wadi Pora area of Kashmir's Langate in Handwara. Details awaited
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Tributes paid to martyrs on 26/11 anniversary

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Floral tributes were today paid to those who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who had attacked the metropolis on this day eight years ago.    Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was among the dignitaries who paid homage at the 26/11 police memorial site at...
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Won't give tit-for-tat response to Indian aggression: Pakistan

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Pakistan has vowed to defend its borders, waters and space against any attacks by the neighbouring country, however, reiterated its stance that it would not respond in any kind to Indian aggression.Adviser to the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, speaking in the National...
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More than 20 children injured and two in critical condition after school bus overturned in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, news agency ANI reports.
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Nation observes Constitution Day today

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India observes its Constitution Day on Saturday, as it was on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution, however, it came into force a year later. The government had last year, decided to observe 26th November as Constitution Day to honour our Constitution and its...
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PM Modi leads Time's Person of the Year reader's poll

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi currently leads Time's Person of the Year reader's poll, with 11% of the votes cast. Modi is currently ahead of other figures such as WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange and United States president-elect Donald Trump, the magazine said. While Assange currently...
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Govt launches AirSewa website and app to track flights, register complaints

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The aviation ministry on Friday launched the AirSewa portal and mobile app that will include a mechanism for grievance redressal, back-office operations for grievance handling, flight status and airport information.Aviation minister Ashok Gajpathi Raju said the government was committed to provide...
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One dead after 6.7 quake hits China

One person was killed after a powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Akto County in the quake-prone Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, state media reported.    A villager died as a house collapsed due to the strong tremors that hit the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture last...
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Snowden loses final Norway appeal for no-extradition pledge

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Norway's supreme court rejected a final appeal by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden to secure assurances he would not be extradicted to the US should he travel to Norway to collect an award.    Just as was the case in an original lawsuit and the subsequent appeal to a lower...
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France offers refugees 2,500 euros to voluntarily deport themselves

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The French government is offering 2,500 (Rs 1.8 lakh) to refugees who voluntarily leave and return to their own countries if they do so before the end of the year.France presented the offer as a form of compensation for refugees and migrants who have made the journey to Europe, saying they are...