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December 19, 2016
Siolim, Mapusa, Panaji and Margao (Goa): Gangu Kundaikar is a small-framed, saree-clad woman who rises at 3 am every day, wraps a cloth around her waist so fish do not soil her saree, and takes a rented tempo to the Malim jetty in Panaji, North Goa, 8 km from her village, here in one of India’s most prosperous and literate states.
A view of the Margao wholesale fish market....
December 18, 2016
Photo Credit: Morung Express
PTI Report: In the wake of heightened tension and violence, parts of Manipur capital Imphal were today brought under indefinite curfew and mobile internet services were snapped at various places to prevent spread of rumours over an alleged attack on a church. The curfew was imposed this noon and covers Porompat and Sawombung subdivisions of Imphal East district,...
December 18, 2016
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Kanpur, Dec 18
PTI Report:
Simmering disconent against the Centre was evident when, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled address in the city on December 19, a rally hoarding was set ablaze by unidentified miscreants in Sarvodaynagar area here.An FIR has been registered following the incident that took place last night, after BJP leaders here took up...
December 18, 2016
A report by India Samvad states that just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Varanasi on December 22, RBI has delivered a truckload of new currency in the region
Only yesterday Sabrangindia had carried an image story showing the pathetically long queues outside in various parts of Varanasi
Picture:Teesta Setalvad
After the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency...
December 17, 2016
What you see is what you get, The queue at this Bank of Baroda branch in Modi's constituency of Varanasi is pathetic: this branch is located in Pilikothi in the Kotwali area of the city, see the map
Even as hyperbole on De-Monetization hogs the discourse, here is what a Bank Queue looks like in the PM Narendra Modi’s Constituency. This is the Bank of Baroda and the...
December 17, 2016
Rs. 30 lakh in cash and two and a half kilograms of gold were recovered from the premises of a prominent tailor in Chandigarh by the Enforcement Directorate as part of its operation to unearth illegal cash. Out of the seized cash Rs. 18 lakh were in new Rs. 2,000 notes, the rest were in 100- and 50-rupee notes.
Acting on a tip off, the ED investigators swooped down on the premises of...
December 17, 2016
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday demanded setting up of a commission to probe source of funding of political parties.
He also questioned the central government’s decision to exempt political parties from paying income tax while depositing old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
He sought to link the Centre’s tax exemption decision to the meeting between Prime Minister...
December 17, 2016
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today likened demonetisation woes to “labour pain“, saying its end result would be as “joyful” as the birth of a baby.
Photo courtesy: livemint
Prasad made the remarks at an event organised by the Delhi BJP’s IT cell that lay emphasis on how demonetisation was an opportunity for the country’s transition towards a...
December 17, 2016
No checks on deposits by political parties
On Friday, December 16 Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said if the deposits are in bank accounts held by political parties, they would attract no tax.
Image: Business Standard
Despite it’s high voltage campaign, ostensibly against black money, political parties appear to have been spared. Is this a brazen attempt to build a...
December 17, 2016
Mirjapur and Indore (Madhya Pradesh): As the sun rose in the morning sky, piles of white chrysanthemums awaited Keshu Singh Patel at his 2.5-acre farm in Mirjapur, a village in western Madhya Pradesh. Everyday in the winter, the short, spry, balding 55-year-old takes about 70 kg of flowers, tied to his bike, to sell in the flower market 15 km away.
Keshu Singh Patel, a flower and vegetable...