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Didi dares Centre to rollback demonetisation or face protest
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Nov. 17 (ANI): Launching a blistering attack on the Centre over its decision to scrap the use of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked the BJP-led NDA Government to rollback the decision in three days or face intensified
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State whether you support demonetisation or not: Naidu to Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 17(ANI): Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday asked the Congress Party whether they are in support of the centre's decision to demonetise Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes or against it.
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Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi feel pinch of demonetisation too
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata/New Delhi [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): The Centre's radical move to abolish large bank notes has severely affected the business of sex workers in Sonagachi- India's largest red light district, in West Bengal capital Kolkata.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's response over using term 'Dalit' in
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to restrain media houses from using the word 'Dalit' in news articles, alleging it creates "inequality" in the society.
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Split appears in JDU over demonetisation as Nitish hails PM Modi's mo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): With the Janata Dal [United] coming down heavily on the Centre over demonetisation saying the scheme was torturing the common man, Bihar Chief Minister and party chief Nitish Kumar made a surprising move and announced his complete support to the Prime Minister i
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Your old mother wouldn't' stand in queues if demonetisation was
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Accusing the Centre of creating chaos through the demonetisation of higher currency notes, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday said Prime Minister Modi's mother wouldn't have had to stand in a queue had the preparations been bet
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Sex determination tests case: SC directs Centre to constitute a nodal agen
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to constitute a nodal agency to keep a tab on keywords used on search engines to enable a system of 'auto-block' that would black out information on sex determination online in India.
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Piyush Goyal defends demonetisation, says "honest has been honoured&q
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Defending the Centre's decision on demonetisation, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that this move has honoured the honest while troubled the dishonest.
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BSP calls for JPC probe, smells "political interest" behind demo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Lambasting the Centre's move of demonetising Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes to curb black money, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday alleged that the government has political interest behind the decision and demanded a Joint Pa
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Winter Session: Left looks forward to govt.'s response, questions rat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): With a riled opposition all set to corner the government in the Winter Session of Parliament beginning today, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Wednesday stated that his party is committed to fight the menace of black money and corruption but
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Zakir Naik's counsel to move tribunal against Centre's ban on NG
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Following the Centre's ban on Zakir Naik's NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation, for five years, the counsel of the controversial Islamist preacher, has asserted that it is an 'illegal and unjustified' ban and added that they will move the t
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Arunachal State Medical Council to protest against Centre for setting up N
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the Indian Medical Council (IMC), its Arunachal unit has decided to join a nation-wide protest against the Centre's move to establish a National Medical Commission (NMC).
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