Currency Burnt

Several currency notes stored in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) were reduced to ashes after a gang of thieves attempted to break it open using a gas cutter at Nelamangala on the city outskirts on Thursday, police said.

A man, who was instructed by a Tahsildar to collect "bribe" amount of Rs 5 lakh, allegedly burnt the currency notes at his house in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday to escape being caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the agency said.

On November 22, a mother of four set herself on fire after spending three days in a bank queue to swap six banned currency notes in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh town. The state government has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for her family, making it the first death officially linked to the currency ban announced last month.

A day after the government discontinued Rs 500 and 1000 notes in a shock announcement to curb black money, sacks full of burnt notes were found in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

A day after burnt currency notes worth Rs 1.5 lakh were found in an abandoned vehicle bearing a sticker of a Congress leader in Nalgonda district, police today sent notices to a former MLA and Photon Energy Systems - the firm on whose name the vehicle was registered.

Burnt currency notes in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 were found in an abandoned vehicle bearing a sticker of a Congress leader from Telangana on the outskirt of Suryapet town in Nalgonda district today, police said.

Mystery shrouds the burning of currency notes totalling about Rs four crore stashed in three gunny bags at a village near here.Some unidentified men came with the gunny bags, set them afire and fled the place yesterday in Alipura village, four km from here, police said today.Half-burnt currency notes in the denomination of 100 and 500, totalling ab...

Several currency notes stored in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) were reduced to ashes after a gang of thieves attempted to break it open using a gas cutter at Nelamangala on the city outskirts on Thursday, police said.

A man, who was instructed by a Tahsildar to collect "bribe" amount of Rs 5 lakh, allegedly burnt the currency notes at his house in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday to escape being caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the agency said.

On November 22, a mother of four set herself on fire after spending three days in a bank queue to swap six banned currency notes in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh town. The state government has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for her family, making it the first death officially linked to the currency ban announced last month.

A day after the government discontinued Rs 500 and 1000 notes in a shock announcement to curb black money, sacks full of burnt notes were found in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

A day after burnt currency notes worth Rs 1.5 lakh were found in an abandoned vehicle bearing a sticker of a Congress leader in Nalgonda district, police today sent notices to a former MLA and Photon Energy Systems - the firm on whose name the vehicle was registered.

Burnt currency notes in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 were found in an abandoned vehicle bearing a sticker of a Congress leader from Telangana on the outskirt of Suryapet town in Nalgonda district today, police said.

Mystery shrouds the burning of currency notes totalling about Rs four crore stashed in three gunny bags at a village near here.Some unidentified men came with the gunny bags, set them afire and fled the place yesterday in Alipura village, four km from here, police said today.Half-burnt currency notes in the denomination of 100 and 500, totalling ab...