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Congress holds protest against note ban
Congress holds protest march from Jantar Mantar to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office as a part of the Jan Vedna campaign against the government's demonetisation move. Stay with us for updates.
10:33 (IST) Dec 24
There is a trace of pride in Nisha Chaurasiya's voice as she complains of how she and her co-workers in an anganwadi in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh struggled to provide food to babies and children, and to expectant women, since demonetisation took effect on November 8.
10:32 (IST) Dec 24
There has been a threefold increase in the number of new 500-rupee notes printed daily at the Currency Note Press (CNP) in Nashik, a step undertaken to meet the shortage of the newly introduced currency .
21:53 (IST) Dec 23
Fake notes, in scrapped denominations, with face value of Rs 1.35 crore seized in Maharashtra's Nashik; NCP worker among 11 held: PTI quoting police
19:55 (IST) Dec 23
Rs 48 cr undisclosed income detected in operations on Bengaluru bullion dealers, jewellers, Rs 1.07 cr new notes seized in another case: PTI quoting I-T dept
17:25 (IST) Dec 23
CBI books two managers of Vaidyanath Cooperative Bank and a Mumbai doctor, searches being conducted at several places in Pune.
17:08 (IST) Dec 23
CBI registers case against 2 managers of Co-op urban bank,a Mumbai doctor & others for fraudulently transporting Rs 25 crores in old notes
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 23, 2016
17:00 (IST) Dec 23
CBI raids 11 premises of Vaidyanath Urban Cooperative Bank in Maharashtra in connection with recovery of Rs 10 cr demonetised notes: PTI
16:08 (IST) Dec 23
Enforcement Directorate raids Central Co-operative Bank in Nadia district, West Bengal: ANI
15:52 (IST) Dec 23
Income tax department seizes cash worth Rs 3.86 crore from a Kolkata businessman.
15:31 (IST) Dec 23
More than 100 people died due to demonetisation. We weren't allowed to observe two-minute silence in Parliament for them, says Rahul Gandhi in Almora.
15:27 (IST) Dec 23
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Demonetisation is an economic robbery, says Rahul Gandhi in Almore, Uttarakhand</p>— Times of India (@timesofindia) <a href="https://twitter.com/timesofindia/status/812235281571057665">December 23, 2016</a></blockquote>
14:59 (IST) Dec 23
Bank staff locked up by angry customers
The staff of a state-run bank here were locked up by a group of customers in Muzaffarnagar after the officials allegedly refused to provide cash after working hours, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday when officials of State Bank of India refused to entertain the pleas of customers after the working hours, SHO Sanjiv Sharma said. The angry customers then locked up the bank officials, he said. A police team reached the spot and freed the officials, police said.
14:56 (IST) Dec 23
People have been fooled in the name of cashless economy. Neither black money has been retrieved nor corruption has stopped, says Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav.
13:48 (IST) Dec 23
With almost 10-15 times increase in demand for swipe machines to be able to carry out cashless transaction at shop counters of various items, the banks are unable to supply devices even after 10-15 days waiting. Banks claim since the manufacturers of these machines are very few in country, and the demand has shot up disproportionately they would take 2-3 months' time to install those devices.
13:37 (IST) Dec 23
11 people detained by Police with fake currency notes worth Rs 1.5 crore in Maharashtra's Nashik, reports ANI.
13:28 (IST) Dec 23
A team of two ED officials and a RBI official raid Central Coop Bank at Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu following complaints that the bank officials accepted deposits of Rs 51 crore in demonetised notes from November 10 to 15.
Coop Banks were not authorised by RBI to receive deposits after demonetisation.
12:58 (IST) Dec 23
ED attaches properties worth Rs 44 crores of Aiswariya Rock Exports, Madurai & others in the granite scam case
& mdash; Times of India (@timesofindia) December 23, 2016
11:49 (IST) Dec 23
During scrutiny of huge cash deposits in bank accounts after demonetisation of high-value currency, the I-T (investigation) wing sleuths of Hyderabad had zeroed in on the account of the Uber cab driver from Hyderabad, where Rs 7 crore demonetised notes had been deposited in the State Bank of Hyderabad account in a span of a few weeks after November second week. The Uber cab driver has an account in one of the SBH branches. The account was dormant before demonetisation, an I-T official told TOI.
11:47 (IST) Dec 23
Even if demonetisation has received mixed reviews from people across the country, for some it has turned out to be rather fruitful. Jeevan Pramaan, a government initiative that enables pensioners to generate digital life certificate, witnessed 60% of their total registrations in November alone. According to government officials, more organised efforts are being taken to register veterans for Jeevan Pramaan in wake of the sudden rush in nationalised banks and post-offices.
11:33 (IST) Dec 23
Post demonetisation till December 21, more than Rs 3590 crore undisclosed income admitted/detected. 3589 notices issued: Income Tax Sources.
11:31 (IST) Dec 23
Post demonetisation till December 21, more than Rs 505 crore seized (Over Rs 93 crore in new currency notes) by Income Tax Department, ANI quotes I-T sources as saying.
11:24 (IST) Dec 23
Income Tax Department referred around 400 cases to ED and CBI following searches and seizures made post demonetisation, ANI quotes Income Tax Sources as saying.
10:58 (IST) Dec 23
Rs 7 crore found in the account of a cab driver in Hyderabad.
After interrogation, he agreed to pay taxes under PMGY on this amount deposited post demonetisation.
10:56 (IST) Dec 23
Odisha: Vigilance department conducts raids at five places including premises related to Prasanna Kr Nanda, auditor at Executive Engineer Office, Bhubaneswar.
10:41 (IST) Dec 23
No adverse report submitted to bank so far; Bank denies that there were any fake accounts; Extending full co-operation to investigating agencies: Rohit Rao, Kotak Mahindra Bank spokesperson.
10:38 (IST) Dec 23
Delhi: Income Tax Department visited Kotak bank's branch (KG Marg) in connection with survey on two of its customers & related accounts, ANI quotes Kotak Mahindra Bank's spokesperson as saying.
10:08 (IST) Dec 23
ED interrogated Delhi lawyer Rohit Tandon yesterday, will also question him today in an ongoing money laundering case against him.
09:55 (IST) Dec 23
The passenger, named Tochukwo Chijioke Chuwutebelu, was allowed to fly to Coimbatore with cash. Authorities will question him about the source of money there
09:17 (IST) Dec 23
School children spread awareness on digital payments
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hyderabad: School children held awareness programme on digital payments in a bid to promote cashless economy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/demonetisation?src=hash">#demonetisation</a> (December 22) <a href="https://t.co/tRMZ9NU7L2">pic.twitter.com/tRMZ9NU7L2</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/812123339498012672">December 23, 2016</a></blockquote>
09:02 (IST) Dec 23
The income tax department has identified an additional 67.54 lakh non-filers who carried out high-value transactions in the 2014-15 financial year, but did not file tax returns for 2015-16. The I-T department is set to initiate action against these people soon.
09:01 (IST) Dec 23
A CBI team which conducted a surprise inspection at Malabar District Co-operative Bank (MDCB) in Malappuram on Wednesday found that the bank received deposits of scrapped currency notes worth Rs 169 crore during the first five days after demonetisaton of high-value notes came into force on November 8.
09:00 (IST) Dec 23
The possible modus operandi caught the attention of Indian security agencies after the Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday seized Rs 29.70 lakh in new Rs 2000 notes from two people at Nokchi in West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya. Nokchi borders Bangladesh.
The money belonging to an Indian cloth merchant was meant to be delivered to one coal exporter at Gasuapara in Meghalaya.
The money belonging to an Indian cloth merchant was meant to be delivered to one coal exporter at Gasuapara in Meghalaya.
09:00 (IST) Dec 23
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Kolkata-based realtor Paras Mal Lodha for laundering crores in scrapped notes, causing ripples of anxiety in legal and other circles in the capital and elsewhere. The ED started questioning Lodha three days ago when it found that he had helped Delhi lawyer Rohit Tandon and Chennai-based sand mining baron Shekhar Reddy convert crores of outlawed notes into new ones.
15:36 (IST) Dec 22
Delhi high court on Thursday adjourned indefinitely the hearing on pleas challenging the Narendra Modi government's demonetisation move after it was informed that the Supreme Court has stayed all proceedings pending before different courts on related issues. "The Supreme Court is seized of the issue and has also stayed the proceedings on pleas challenging the November 8 demonetisation notification pending before different high courts (in India) and has said only they would hear them," a bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said.
15:27 (IST) Dec 22
Delhi high court indefinitely adjourns hearing on pleas challenging demonetisation, after Supreme Court stayed proceedings pending before different courts.
14:40 (IST) Dec 22
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash">#UPDATE</a> DRI busted hawala gang;seized Rs 1.34 Crore in Rs 2000 notes & USD 7000 from 5 persons in early morning hours, near Chennai Airport <a href="https://t.co/FH4hGdKurU">pic.twitter.com/FH4hGdKurU</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/811858693826301952">December 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
13:58 (IST) Dec 22
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chennai: IT Dept conducts raid at former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Rammohan Rao's son Vivek Rao's office in Nandanam. <a href="https://t.co/muoAdmDUA8">pic.twitter.com/muoAdmDUA8</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/811849955820216322">December 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
13:32 (IST) Dec 22
ED conducts raids at jewellery shops in Kolkata.
12:46 (IST) Dec 22
Those who are against demonetisation "are like Pakistan", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, slamming the opposition for criticizing the ban on high-value notes. "The commotion created in Parliament is like the 'cover fire' that Pakistan uses to ensure terrorists infiltrate into India. Similarly, the ruckus in Parliament lets cheats get away," the PM said at an event in Varanasi. He added that he never imagined politicians would "stand with the corrupt".
10:49 (IST) Dec 22
Two Naxal supporters arrested with Rs 3.5 lakh in new currency notes in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari.
10:47 (IST) Dec 22
Fake notes in new Rs 2000 denomination worth Rs 2 lakh seized in Chhatarpur's Lavkushnagar in Madhya Pradesh, two arrested.
09:40 (IST) Dec 22
Kolkata businessman Parsamal Lodha arrested by ED for converting over Rs 25 crore old currency into new, reports ANI.
09:20 (IST) Dec 22
DRI Chennai intercepts Rs 1.34 crore in denomination of Rs 2000 notes from five persons in the early hours of today (Thursday) near Chennai airport. Enquiries going on.
09:10 (IST) Dec 22
Kerala: Officials examining the documents of huge deposits after November 8 to 14th, fake accounts and hawala deposits
09:09 (IST) Dec 22
Kerala: ED officials conduct inspections in the state cooperative bank of Kannur, Kozhikode and Thrissur and CBI in Kollam and Malappuram
09:01 (IST) Dec 22
2 people arrested with Rs 20,31,500 in Chandausi of Sambhal district yesterday. Rs 16 Lakh in new Rs 2000 notes recovered. Probe underway. pic.twitter.com/wj6pDTs1Uf
& mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016
08:57 (IST) Dec 22
A private charter company has been grounded after one of its aircraft was rented to fly a person with Rs 3.5 crore in demonetised currency notes from Haryana's Hisar to Dimapur in Nagaland on November 22. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has cancelled the "security programme" of Air Car Airline Pvt Ltd, a mandatory clearance without which no charter can fly.
08:46 (IST) Dec 22
The central bank and the government often don't see eye to eye even in the best of times, which these certainly are not. The stress of managing the process of demonetisation has brought to the fore some lapses in communication between the Reserve Bank of India and the government. The lack of coordination between the two has come in the way of smoother implementation of several measures.
08:46 (IST) Dec 22
Bankers said customers agitated over frequently changing RBI rules are now confronting them as they tried to enforce on Wednesday the recent notification, seeking to question those depositing over Rs 5,000 in old notes. The rule made public on Tuesday, much to their relief, was rolled back on Wednesday.
18:15 (IST) Dec 21
Tax raids in four branches of Axis Bank in Ahmedabad after getting inputs that the bank had allegedly settled money after demonetisation
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