Kerala: Go ahead, take whatever amount of cash you need. A rare display of Mercy by a Catholic Parish Priest. Story below: A catholic church in India made this public invitation on Sunday as it opened it donation boxes to needy people, Global Christian News reported. The surprising act of generosity has given hope and […]
New Delhi: Warning ! Those who are depositing their unaccounted old currency in someone else’s bank account! The tax department has decided to slap charges under the newly enforced Benami Transactions Act against violators! You may be penalized, prosecuted and ‘chalkki peeso’ in jail! And rigorous jail term of a maximum seven years. Official sources […]
LUCKNOW: – An Indian express train derailed early Sunday (Nov 20), killing over 100 people in one of the country’s worst rail disasters in years, police said, as emergency workers searched the mangled wreckage for survivors. Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the […]
How severely will demonetisation impact India’s agricultural supply chain and how badly will it dent farmer incomes? Taking a dig at the NDA government, Rahul Gandhi today asked the Centre if it will now call the Supreme Court “anti-national,” following the apex court’s remarks on the demonetisation move. “Will the government call the Supreme Court […]
The killfie: More selfie-related deaths in India than the rest of the world combined in the last two years! Don’t let that hunger for more ‘likes’ on FB kill you! The ‘killfie’: it’s a new name for the selfie! Next time you’re at the Taj Mahal, standing on a precarious cliff or see an approaching […]
New Delhi relaxed withdrawal limits at banks for marrying couples and farmers yesterday (November 17) amid growing frustration over a cash crisis triggered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetise all high-value notes. The rest of India will have to survive on Rs 2,000 withdrawal. However BBC reports indicate that most rural banks are […]
Darjeeling: A senior railway official has said the financial health of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is improving. It was expected to earn twice as much this fiscal compared to the last financial year and might break even next year. But this iconic railway, may lose its heritage status! Along with an increase in the passenger […]
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi: Mallus rock in more ways than one! From Kerala we have some news of a brilliant scheme by a young Malayali . Malayalis always tend to mark their presence. On November 9, when everyone was agonizing over the long queues at banks, while going through the demonetizing phase, a Malayali youth hailing from Ernakulam […]
Kochi (Kerala): Come, take a look at a mega event in God’s own Country … Creative works of 97 artists, cutting across disciplines, forms and styles will feature in the third edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which, the organisers claim, is the largest celebration of contemporary art in South Asia. The art extravaganza, titled ‘Forming in […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move has an unexpected victim: the police department. Why? Because the police department literally has stacks and stacks of 500 and 1000 rupee notes in safes at their police stations. The ban on currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 has left the police confused. What is to be […]
The incidence of fake Indian currency notes in higher denomination has increased. For ordinary persons, the fake notes look similar to genuine notes, even though no security feature has been copied. The fake notes are used for anti-national and illegal activities. High denomination notes have been misused by terrorists and for hoarding black money. India […]
As winter approaches, the Tourism Ministry is getting ready to launch a new media campaign. Guess who will be the ‘face’ of the Incredible India campaign ! No other but Prime Minister Modi, says the Ministry of Tourism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be the mascot of ‘Incredible India’ campaign with the Tourism […]
