Rs 500 Banned

In a stricter move to curb air pollution, the Haryana government has doubled the fine for stubble burning, now for two acres of land the farmers will have to pay an environmental compensation fee of Rs 5,000 up from Rs 2,500

In a massive operation spanning over two days, the police have unearthed a staggering 1,100 kilograms of the banned drug Mephedrone (MD) - street name 'Meow Meow' - with an estimated value exceeding Rs 2,500 crore in raids across Pune and New Delhi.

Gwalior police caught a man with Rs 47 lakhs of banned currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in the district, a police official said on Monday.

The RBI started printing the Rs 2,000 note in November 2016 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped high-value Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes overnight.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes in November 2016, was not flawed or unlawful, the Supreme Court said today in a majority 4:1 verdict.

The Supreme Court today upheld the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Justice BV Nagarathna dissented as the four other judges of the five-judge bench ruled in favour of the Centre's 2016 exercise.

The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Union Government's 2016 decision to demonetise the currency bills of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations.

The Supreme Court is likely to give its verdict today on petitions challenging the centre's decision of November 2016 to ban Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Rs 10 lakh crore was wiped out of circulation overnight because of the move.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad or ATS has raided a manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Vadodara city and seized a huge cache of the banned MD drug worth around Rs 500 crore, an ATS official said today.

Calling the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes "deeply flawed", senior lawyer P Chidambaram told the Supreme Court on Thursday the Union government cannot on its own initiate any proposal relating to legal tender.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to November 24 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the Centre's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

The NFRA also imposed Rs 25 lakh ($33,500) fine on Udayan Sen for professional misconduct while inspecting the books of IL&FS Financial Services Ltd.

Nepal's central bank has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian currency is widely used.

The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it would deposit Rs 2,500 each to over seven lakh bank accounts of tea garden workers that were opened just after the notes ban two years ago.

The Nepal government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, according to a media report.

In a stricter move to curb air pollution, the Haryana government has doubled the fine for stubble burning, now for two acres of land the farmers will have to pay an environmental compensation fee of Rs 5,000 up from Rs 2,500

In a massive operation spanning over two days, the police have unearthed a staggering 1,100 kilograms of the banned drug Mephedrone (MD) - street name 'Meow Meow' - with an estimated value exceeding Rs 2,500 crore in raids across Pune and New Delhi.

Gwalior police caught a man with Rs 47 lakhs of banned currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in the district, a police official said on Monday.

The RBI started printing the Rs 2,000 note in November 2016 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped high-value Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes overnight.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes in November 2016, was not flawed or unlawful, the Supreme Court said today in a majority 4:1 verdict.

The Supreme Court today upheld the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Justice BV Nagarathna dissented as the four other judges of the five-judge bench ruled in favour of the Centre's 2016 exercise.

The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Union Government's 2016 decision to demonetise the currency bills of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations.

The Supreme Court is likely to give its verdict today on petitions challenging the centre's decision of November 2016 to ban Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Rs 10 lakh crore was wiped out of circulation overnight because of the move.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad or ATS has raided a manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Vadodara city and seized a huge cache of the banned MD drug worth around Rs 500 crore, an ATS official said today.

Calling the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes "deeply flawed", senior lawyer P Chidambaram told the Supreme Court on Thursday the Union government cannot on its own initiate any proposal relating to legal tender.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to November 24 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the Centre's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

The NFRA also imposed Rs 25 lakh ($33,500) fine on Udayan Sen for professional misconduct while inspecting the books of IL&FS Financial Services Ltd.

Nepal's central bank has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian currency is widely used.

The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it would deposit Rs 2,500 each to over seven lakh bank accounts of tea garden workers that were opened just after the notes ban two years ago.

The Nepal government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, according to a media report.