India

The engineer was in the middle of his evening meditation session when a colleague called and told him to turn on the television. The prime minister was saying most of India's cash would hold no value by morning.

haratiya Janata party (BJP) in Puducherry on Wednesday said the Centre's drive against black money and corruption aims at eradicating poverty and augmenting development of the nation.

AAP volunteers rounded up along with deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia during their protest against demonetisation on Tuesday made good use of their time in detention as they queued up to withdraw cash from an ATM machine in the police station.

New Rs 2000 notes have been recovered from the terrorists who were gunned down by the Indian Army in Bandipora area of north Kashmir on Tuesday morning.

The central government had announced demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8.

India and China on Monday discussed the vexed border issue as Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh met top officials of the Chinese Army including the PLA commander.

Power theft remains a menace in several parts of Delhi, resulting in substantial revenue loss to the discoms, and has also increased the number of trippings and local breakdowns manifold.

People have exchanged and deposited over Rs 5.44 lakh crore worth of scrapped Rs 500/1,000 notes at different banks till November 18 following demonetisation of the higher denomination currency.

Life in Kashmir was affected again on Monday as the separatists resumed their shutdown after suspending it over the weekend.

A fire broke out at SSKM Hospital on Monday morning creating panic among patients and family members at the main referral hospital in the state.

Among the 142 people who died in the horrific Indore-Patna Express tragedy, eight belong to Madhya Pradesh.

All flights to and from Srinagar were cancelled for the second consecutive day on Monday due to dense fog, airport officials said.

At least 11 Indian fishermen along with their trawlers have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters, days after the two countries held a high-level meeting to find a permanent solution to the emotive is...

"We saw death whisk past us," was the common refrain among the survivors of the ill- fated Indore-Patna Express, with the scenario inside the bogies reflecting the horror they experienced.

In a first, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday decided to form a women's wing to look into burning issues such as talaq, even as it passed a resolution in favour of triple talaq.

The country will emerge victorious after the Centre's demonetisation decision that was a "test by fire", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.