Protest Against Notes Ban

Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday kicked up yet another controversy by questioning why nobody was dying at the Shaheen Bagh protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that 100 people lost their lives waiting in line to withdraw money from banks during the demonetisation initiative over three ...

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday visited India Gate in Delhi to show solidarity with students who are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Law, whose passage in parliament last week has led to the eruption of violent agitations in several parts of the country.

Congress cadres Friday staged protests against demonetisation in several states a day after the second anniversary of the note ban with one senior leader calling it a "Modi-made disaster" that will be probed if the party comes to power at the Centre in 2019.

The second anniversary of demonetisation triggered a full blown Twitter war between the BJP and the Opposition parties on Thursday. While the Opposition described it as a "disaster" the BJP said, it was a "stringent action against corruption". The Congress has called for a nationwide protest on Friday and the Trinamool said it will observe a 'Black...

Hitting out at the Congress over its protest against demonetisation, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today accused the party of "institutionalising" corruption.

Unfazed by the November 8 protest call by the Congress on the first anniversary of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said burning effigies will not deter him from carrying forward the fight against corruption and black money.

Opposition parties on Tuesday said they will observe November 8 as Black Day to protest against the "ill-conceived and hasty" decision of the government to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes a year ago.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the streets once again on Wednesday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban decision and addressed protesters right outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office in Kolkata. In her latest no-holds-barred offensive, she compared the PM to Ravana.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today addressed the Congress Working Committee convention in Delhi's Talkatora Stadium. The convention - named the Jan Vedna Sammelan - that began at around 10 am today discussed matters on Congress' future course of action for protest against the government's notes ban move. Rahul Gandhi, 46, said it is a clash...

Petrol pumps across the country have decided to postpone till at least January 13 their protest against the banks' decision to levy an extra charge on credit and debit card transactions. The late evening turnaround came after the government stepped in. The petrol dealers had announced earlier that starting midnight, they would not accept the debit ...

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was arrested this afternoon and released soon after. He was heading a protest of about 500 party workers today in his constituency of Thiruvananthapuram to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation drive. Mr Tharoor and the others were demonstrating at the office of the Reserve Bank of India or RBI...

The BJP and Mamata Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress, are on a rapidly-escalating collision course that has, in the last 24 hours, included vandalism and an alleged bomb attack in Kolkata. The BJP office in Hooghly, 60 km from Calcutta was set on fire this evening. The violence is the result of the arrests of two parliamentarians, Tapas Pal ...

The ruling CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front or LDF in Kerala today organised a 'human chain' across the state as part of its plans to intensify protests against hardships faced by people due to the demonetisation scheme and alleged attempts to destroy the cooperative sector in the state.

While the CPM-led government in Kerala has been protesting against the impact of the centre's notes ban move, a district in the state is making huge progress in training locals about digital transactions to counter the cash crunch.

Congress on Monday announced it will hold country-wide protests on January 5 at all district headquarters and on January 8 at the block level to highlight the common man's woes due to demonetisation and the "personal corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday kicked up yet another controversy by questioning why nobody was dying at the Shaheen Bagh protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that 100 people lost their lives waiting in line to withdraw money from banks during the demonetisation initiative over three ...

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday visited India Gate in Delhi to show solidarity with students who are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Law, whose passage in parliament last week has led to the eruption of violent agitations in several parts of the country.

Congress cadres Friday staged protests against demonetisation in several states a day after the second anniversary of the note ban with one senior leader calling it a "Modi-made disaster" that will be probed if the party comes to power at the Centre in 2019.

The second anniversary of demonetisation triggered a full blown Twitter war between the BJP and the Opposition parties on Thursday. While the Opposition described it as a "disaster" the BJP said, it was a "stringent action against corruption". The Congress has called for a nationwide protest on Friday and the Trinamool said it will observe a 'Black...

Hitting out at the Congress over its protest against demonetisation, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today accused the party of "institutionalising" corruption.

Unfazed by the November 8 protest call by the Congress on the first anniversary of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said burning effigies will not deter him from carrying forward the fight against corruption and black money.

Opposition parties on Tuesday said they will observe November 8 as Black Day to protest against the "ill-conceived and hasty" decision of the government to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes a year ago.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the streets once again on Wednesday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban decision and addressed protesters right outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office in Kolkata. In her latest no-holds-barred offensive, she compared the PM to Ravana.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today addressed the Congress Working Committee convention in Delhi's Talkatora Stadium. The convention - named the Jan Vedna Sammelan - that began at around 10 am today discussed matters on Congress' future course of action for protest against the government's notes ban move. Rahul Gandhi, 46, said it is a clash...

Petrol pumps across the country have decided to postpone till at least January 13 their protest against the banks' decision to levy an extra charge on credit and debit card transactions. The late evening turnaround came after the government stepped in. The petrol dealers had announced earlier that starting midnight, they would not accept the debit ...

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was arrested this afternoon and released soon after. He was heading a protest of about 500 party workers today in his constituency of Thiruvananthapuram to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation drive. Mr Tharoor and the others were demonstrating at the office of the Reserve Bank of India or RBI...

The BJP and Mamata Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress, are on a rapidly-escalating collision course that has, in the last 24 hours, included vandalism and an alleged bomb attack in Kolkata. The BJP office in Hooghly, 60 km from Calcutta was set on fire this evening. The violence is the result of the arrests of two parliamentarians, Tapas Pal ...

The ruling CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front or LDF in Kerala today organised a 'human chain' across the state as part of its plans to intensify protests against hardships faced by people due to the demonetisation scheme and alleged attempts to destroy the cooperative sector in the state.

While the CPM-led government in Kerala has been protesting against the impact of the centre's notes ban move, a district in the state is making huge progress in training locals about digital transactions to counter the cash crunch.

Congress on Monday announced it will hold country-wide protests on January 5 at all district headquarters and on January 8 at the block level to highlight the common man's woes due to demonetisation and the "personal corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.