BIS to scale up silver hallmarking testing as buyers shift from costly goldThe Bureau of Indian Standards is expanding silver jewellery testing capacity. This move comes as demand for silver increases due to rising...
09 Aug, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
Bengaluru MBA graduate arrested after a cigarette purchase: Shopkeeper spots fake Rs 500 note after returning change; man recently freed in fake note caseBengaluru MBA graduate arrested for using a fake Rs 500 note: A fake Rs 500 note used to buy a packet of cigarettes from a grocery shop in ...
12 Jul, 2026, 09.41 AM IST
BSF & BGB committed to maintaining peace along Indo-Bangladesh borderIndia's Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh concluded their annual meeting. Both forces committed to peace and stability alon...
13 Jun, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
5 Cash Counting Machines for efficient cash managementManaging cash efficiently is crucial for businesses of all sizes. To streamline this process and ensure accuracy, cash counting machines ha...
12 Aug, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh man learns printing skills in jail, produces Rs 200 fake notes after getting releasedA 35-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Singh Dhakat, used printing skills learned in jail to create counterfeit notes. Police sei...
25 Mar, 2024, 02.10 PM IST
Special NIA court convicts sixth accused in Bengaluru fake currency caseA woman named Vanitha has been convicted in the Bengaluru fake currency case in which high-quality counterfeit banknotes were smuggled from...
16 Sep, 2023, 12.35 PM IST
Notes ban to help tackle fake currency, hawala menace: ExpertsGovt's action will deal a severe blow to the fake currency rackets operating out of Pakistan as production of smaller currency notes will h...
09 Nov, 2016, 06.01 PM IST
Government to push cooperative banks to get note-sorting machines in a bid to curb fake currencyIn a meeting between banks, finance ministry and intelligence agencies, it was observed that a number of branches do not have such machines.
30 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
90 per cent fake notes pumped into India via Bengal's Malda: NIAThe investigators have also found that most of the notes that have entered the country have been printed in Pakistan and then routed via B'...
30 Jun, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
Fake currency notes now harder to detect: Delhi PoliceIntelligence agencies are worried that despite some traditional routes of FICN smuggling being neutralised, the flow of counterfeit currenc...
15 Mar, 2015, 06.08 PM IST
Mysore to manufacture paper for currency notes next yearThe committee, comprising officials from the RBI, ministry of finance and paper mills, among others, also had on its board former Isro chai...
03 Oct, 2014, 09.49 AM IST
Rs 500 fakes more in circulation as Rs 1000 notes 'costly'CEIB, India is "extremely vulnerable" to FICN from Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand through Pakistani operators and their conduits.
14 Jul, 2014, 05.44 PM IST
Fake currency: How central banks like RBI normally approach the problem of counterfeitsThis election a lot of the black money that changed hands may have been fake. But counterfeits may not matter to RBI in the larger scheme o...
11 May, 2014, 10.57 AM IST
US invites India to visit fake currency detection unit: GovtThe US has invited a team of Indian officials to visit its facilities related to detection of counterfeit currency and offered to train off...
17 Aug, 2012, 07.08 PM IST
- RBI in a tizzy over Pakistan's precision in faking notes
These notes have all the features that an authentic note has - watermarks, security threads, embossing and micro-printing among others.
23 Jan, 2012, 01.59 PM IST
- If fake Rs 500 note bad, Rs 100 a bigger worry
Figures show that enforcement agencies have seized more Rs 100 denomination fake notes than Rs 500 ones since 2006. Fake currency from ATMs...
01 Aug, 2009, 09.31 AM IST
- Fake notes flowing into India
Intelligence agencies have traced source of counterfeit currency to ISI and Dawood.
07 Jun, 2008, 05.36 PM IST