Mangaluru : Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday strongly defended the demonetisation exercise launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the sole intention of curbing black money. Participating in a talk on demonetisation organised by the district BJP unit, Nirmala, who also holds the additional charge as state minister […]

Mangaluru : Women Congress workers staged a demonstration against demonetisation by carrying a spoon and plate in Mangaluru on Monday. Addressing the protesters, Puttur MLA, Shakuntala Shetty,  criticized the PM for promising the Indians of unearthing black money in 50 days, and then pushing the economic condition of the country to the brink of disaster. […]

Kasagod: “Demonetisation has pushed the country towards extinction. Nearly 20 crore people have lost their jobs,” said All India Congress Committee Convener U R Sabhapathi. He was addressing he gathering at district Congress general body meeting at district congress office on Monday. “The government has failed to bring back the black money from foreign countries […]

Mangaluru: “Labour sector of India is facing severe problems due to the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes. PM Modi is trying to enforce non-proclaimed emergency in India,” said CITU state Vice-President Vasanth Achari. He was speaking to the protestors in front of DC office in a protest led by CITU against […]

Udupi: Demanding the Central government to issue white paper on demonetisation, district women Congress staged stir in front of DC office on Monday. Addressing the protestors Udupi district Women Congress President Veronica Carnelio said that PM Modi has looted the poor people’s money by demonetisation. It has created an economic crisis in the country. “Demonetisation […]

Kolar: Congress workers took out a massive rally on Saturday, demanding that the Centre issue a white paper on demonetisation. The protesters led by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president Dinesh Gundu Rao, went in a procession from the party office to the deputy commissioner’s office shouting slogans against the Centre and Prime Minister […]

Udupi: “Sanskrit is the base for many Indian languages and there is need to conserve and popularise Sanskrit. So, conserving and developing Sanskrit should be the top priority of governments,” said Union Human Resource Department Minster Prakash Javadekar. He was speaking at fifth All India Convention organised by Sanskrita Bharathi at Rajangana, Udupi on Sunday. […]

Hassan: Women are up in arms against the Association of Karnataka Micro-Finance Institutions (AKMI) for charging high rates of interest against loans and for ‘harassing’ them to recover loans. They staged a protest in front of deputy commissioner’s office here on Friday. Representatives of AKMI, however, rebutted the allegations. A large number of women, under […]

Mumbai: In a relief to common man, the Reserve Bank tonight said cash withdrawal limit from ATMs will be increased to Rs 4,500 per day from the current Rs 2,500 from January 1. However, there has been no change in the weekly withdrawal limit, which stands at Rs 24,000, including from ATM, for individuals (Rs […]

Kasargod: The ruling CPI-M-led LDF in Kerala on Thursday 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. CPI-M state secretary Kodeyeri Balakrishnan claimed that 10 lakh people […]