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The Centre on Thursday announced discounts for transactions through digital means like online banking, credit and debit cards and e-wallets.

Govt to launch helpline number 14444 for digital payments support

As per IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, digital payments have increased in the range of 400 to 1,000 per cent...

11 Dec 2016 1:56 PM IST

The Government had informed Parliament that one billion plastic notes of Rs 10 denomination would be introduced in a field trial. (Photo: DC)

UP: 4 youth buy car using Rs 10 notes after looting SBI branch

The youths, identified as Nasir, Rakesh, Afzal and Titu, had looted Rs 10 lakh in Rs 10 and Rs 20 notes soon after it...

11 Dec 2016 1:45 PM IST

Gali Janardhan Reddy

Janardhan Reddy's aide Bheema Nayak arrested for abetting driver's...

Nayak, a Karnataka administrative service officer and his current driver Mohammed were arrested in Gulbarga this...

11 Dec 2016 1:30 PM IST

The 1992 made Robinson R44 which was originally with Pawan Hans, was later sold to a private aviation company which used it for joy rides after repairing it. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

1 killed, 3 injured after helicopter crashes in Mumbai's Aarey Colony

The helicopter 'Robinson R44' crashed in Filter Pada area of Aarey Colony in Goregaon.

11 Dec 2016 1:14 PM IST

The demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations and RBI restriction on cash withdrawal has dealt a body blow to the citys chit fund business and it is on the verge of collapse.

Govt to amend RBI Act to invalidate old Rs 500, Rs 1000 currency notes

Government expects Rs 13 lakh crore to come back to banks, out of which Rs 12 lakh crore has already been received.

11 Dec 2016 12:55 PM IST

The TS BJP alleged that many encroachers joined the TRS to save their skin even as TRS MLA K.P. Vivekanand, who had joined the ruling party from the TD, welcomed the demolition of encroachments along and over the nalas in his constituency and other places. (Representational image)

Demolition in Prez estate: Delhi HC pulls up Centre, AAP govt and cops

The court also asked the authorities to return the misplaced books to the children of the petitioner whose family has...

11 Dec 2016 12:47 PM IST

Vehicles move through dense fog at Delhi- Agra Highway in Faridabad. (Photo: PTI)

90 trains delayed, 28 rescheduled as cold wave, fog grips Delhi

With visibility varying from as low as zero to 50 meters at different places, rail, road and air services have been...

11 Dec 2016 12:15 PM IST