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Congress demands RBI Governor's resignation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 18 (ANI): The Congress Party on Wednesday demanded RBI Governor Urjit Patel's resignation and asked the government to normalise currency withdrawal limits.
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Note scrapping can do little to stop future generation of black money, say
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Demonetisation may wipe out the stock of black money held in cash but can do little about the ill-gotten wealth converted to assets like gold and real estate and the scrapping of high value notes does not prevent the future generation of unaccounted money, sa
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Centre under fire as RBI workers allege 'political intervention'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): Political intervention and not taking the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) into confidence by the Centre, while announcing its decision to demonetise currency notes, were some of the prime issues raised by the protesting RBI employees on Saturday.
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PM Modi replacing Gandhi on currency notes will not be shocking, mocks Abu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): Taking a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his picture weaving khadi on a simple charkha in Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) calendar, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Saturday said it would not be shocking if the Prime Mini
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Chidambaram slams PM Modi, says demonetisation failed to control corruptio
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan. 11 (ANI): Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday escalated his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to demonetise currency, stating that none of the objectives initiated under the drive to tackle black money was visible.
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Demonetisation war: TMC slams BJP for launching 'political vendetta&#
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Continuing their fight against demonetisation the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday asserted that the currency swap has adversely affected the nation, asserting that the ruling party has been carrying out a 'political vendetta' against all parties opp
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Now, clad yourself in new currency notes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Jan. 11 (ANI): Post demonetisation, several stories related to it have come to light, varying from colleges organising fashion show to support this currency ban, to villages going cashless.
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Kanpur: Police seizes Rs. 10 crore in new currency notes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 11 (ANI): During a routine checking, the Kanpur Police on Tuesday recovered Rs. 10 crore in new currency notes from two cars which were heading towards Hamirpur and Lucknow.
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Construction sector, road-side vendors worst hit by demonetisation, claims
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.10 (ANI): Even as debates over demonetisation continue to grow, the surveys done in the aftermath present an overwhelming support by the citizens despite the chaos generated by shortage of cash. SBI carried out a primary survey to understand the nuances of the decision
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Delhi police arrest two people in connection with fake currency racket
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 10 (ANI): The Delhi police on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of two persons for allegedly involving in the fake currency racket.
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Tax collections have significantly increased, says Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Highlighting the impact the 'currency squeeze', as a result of demonetisation, has had on revenue collection in the country in the months of November and December last year, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that collection figures h
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PM Modi behaves like 'pickpocket', alleges Yechury
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan. 8 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said the demonetisation move is neither combating black money nor combating counterfeit currency, adding that the people who have
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