India

A village in central Kashmir's Budgam district has become the first village in the state to go 'cashless'.

Six neighbouring states of Delhi have been asked by the National Green Tribunal why they should not be directed to completely stop the operation of diesel buses coming to the national capital.

Federation of Cold Storage Association of India (FCSAI) has said that the huge stocks of potatoes in cold storages across the country have started rotting due to slump in sale following demonetisation.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday said that making the youth self-reliant by equipping them with skill was the priority of her government.

An ITBP constable on Saturday shot a 30-year-old man dead and injured his sister in Choti Koilara village in Uttar Pradesh following a dispute over a trivial issue.

Around 70 heavily armed men suspected to be from the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) attacked seven posts of the Indian Reserve Battalion and snatched 20 weapons from the security personnel in Noney district of Imphal on Saturday.

Three students from Delhi's St Stephen's College and a resort owner from Kerala drowned in the Periyar River on Friday evening, police said.

Besides, farmers who are exempted from paying tax on agriculture income will need to furnish a self-declaration that their earnings are less than Rs 2.5 lakh in a year to make bank deposits without PAN.

Leh was recorded as the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir as the mercury plummeted to the season's lowest of minus 13.2 degrees Celsius there, while the night temperature across the Valley also remained several notches below the freezing point.

The month-long Winter Session of Parliament concluded on Friday, with the demonetisation row ensuring a virtual washout and making it one of the "least productive" sessions in the last 15 years.

Sub-postmaster K Lalitha and treasurer of sub-post office, Andhra University, S Samuel John, were arrested for allegedly converting the notes in criminal conspiracy with friends and acquaintances, CBI sources said.

Likening SP, BSP and Congress to "poisonous snakes", BJP President Amit Shah on Friday said they were "stalling" development of Uttar Pradesh forcing its youth to migrate to other states for menial jobs.

Index heavyweight Coal India disappointed on the quarterly earnings front, which too soured mood, brokers said.

CBI Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the probe agency to quiz Tyagi, his cousin Sanjiv Tyagi and Gautam Khaitan, a Delhi-based lawyer, till December 17.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday ridiculed Rahul Gandhi for stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "terrified" of him being allowed to speak inside Lok Sabha, terming the remark as the "biggest joke" of the year.

The Income Tax Department team, along with the Crime Branch, have recovered Rs 3.25 crore cash in old currency notes from a hotel in Karol Bagh in Delhi on Wednesday.