Axis Bank suspends 24 employees, 50 accounts for suspicious activities
Private sector Axis Bank has said it has so far suspended 50 accounts and 24 employees for suspicious activities in its operations. Axis Retail banking head Rajiv Anand said so…
Political Parties Depositing Old Currency notes Exempted from Tax Scrutiny?
Govt exempts Political Parties Depositing Old Currency from Tax Scrutiny? Our Correspondent Even as long queues remained outside banks and ATMs following government’s Demonetisation move, there are media reports suggesting…
12 soldiers killed in terror attack Burkina Faso army
In West Africa, at least 12 soldiers were killed after dozens of Islamic extremists attacked an army barracks in northern Burkina Faso. Authorities said the jihadists stormed the barracks today…
India rejects China’s objection to President-Dalai Lama meet
India Friday maintained that Tibetan leader Dalai Lama is a respected and revered spiritual leader and it has been its consistent position. Replying to a media query on China’s reaction…
Demonetisation: SC refers matter to constitution bench
TIA NEW / NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Friday refused to tinker with the move to do away with the use of now-defunct high-value currency notes for public utilities, such…
Latest Scheme to Reveal Black Money begins
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana will become operational TIA NEWS The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act 2016 has come into force which has provisions of levy of a total tax,…
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed named UN’s Deputy Secretary-General
Incoming UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Nigeria’s Environment Minister Amina Mohammed to be the UN’s deputy secretary-general. Senior Brazilian foreign ministry official, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti,…
EU agrees to extend sanctions on Russia for six month
WEB DESK European Union leaders meeting yesterday in Brussels agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, EU officials said. The one-day summit, which ran late into the…
Syrian govt suspends evacuation of civilians from Aleppo
WEB DESK The Syrian government has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo, accusing rebels of breaking terms of the ceasefire. AGENCIES QUOTING Government sources said, rebels…
Parliament adjourned sine die
Lok Sabha passes Disabilities Bill AMN Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die for Winter Session with the passage of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016 in…