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The directive comes as former Member of Parliament West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could very likely visit the Parliament premises.

The massive midnight demonetisation drive that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last Thursday will soon be followed up with a heavy crackdown on benami transactions in a series of radical measures the government has lined up to rein in unaccounted m...

Intensifying the crackdown on laundering of illicit wealth, tax authorities are keeping a close vigil on jewellers to check if sales are being broken down into sub-Rs 2 lakh to avoid quoting of PAN.

The Congress on Sunday claimed that "BJP people were informed beforehand" about the governments move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes leading to huge transactions in bullion and diamonds.

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Md Shamim Israel is a well-to-do farmer from the soil-rich district of Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh. But now he finds himself in the middle of crisis. Like lakhs of other farmers across the state, Israel has not been able to buy seeds and fertilisers, or pa...

In the wake of the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rejected apprehensions that farmers depositing money in banks will be subjected to tax.

While the country struggles to withdraw enough money from banks, preparations for the wedding of mining baron Janardhana Reddy's daughter are in full swing.

A jeweller, arrested in a foreign currency racket case in which three persons were earlier nabbed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport purportedly hiding 3.9 lakh euros in their rectums, has alleged in a Delhi court that he was beaten up by DRI offi...

Tales from the 'Ramayana' or heroic feats of Mughal Emperor Akbar may soon adorn the walls of several railway stations providing a visual treat to the travellers with the railways planning to revamp more junctions including Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminu...

India and Bhutan on Saturday signed the Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit that aims to enhance trade between the two countries through trade facilitation, cutting down documentation and adding additional exit/entry points for Bhutan's trade with ot...

Authorities on Friday imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar to prevent a protest march called by the separatists, officials said.

India on Thursday took strong exception to the World Bank's "inexplicable" decision to set up a Court of Arbitration and appoint a Neutral Expert to go into Pakistan's complaint against it over Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kas...

The cash deposited by temples from the offerings placed by devotees in donation boxes or 'hundis' will not come under the tax scanner, a Finance Ministry official said on Thursday.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court decision on a 2004 Presidential reference on the sharing of the Sutlej-Yamuna rivers waters.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the government has directed banks to expand their facilities in the remote areas to ensure that people have easy access to the financial system in the wake of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs...