Electoral bonds worth Rs 5,029 crore issued till May 4, reveals RTI replySBI is the only commercial bank which has been authorised by the Centre to issue electoral bonds.
15 May, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
Railways spent Rs 13.46 cr on inaugurations via video link in 3 yrs: RTIThe expenditure was incurred on 166 events, including inauguration through video link of new trains, escalators, foot over-bridges and toil...
23 Sep, 2018, 12.14 PM IST
Marginal rise in professional tax collection in 2015-16Professional tax is levied by various state governments on salaried individuals, in government or non-government entities, or in practice o...
23 Nov, 2016, 12.58 PM IST
Fake currency PIL: Bombay HC removes PM, FM and HM as respondentsThe Bombay HC today issued notices to Home Ministry, RBI, CAG and others on a public interest litigation on the issue of fake currency note...
02 Feb, 2016, 06.27 PM IST
Fake currency PIL: High Court removes Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Home Minister as respondentsThe court had warned that it will impose heavy cost on the petitioner but today took a soft stand and said it was deleting the names.
02 Feb, 2016, 04.56 PM IST
No clear info with RBI on Re 1's different title: RTI replyRBI does not have a clear guideline regarding the printing of different titles on the currency note of Re 1 and that of other denominations...
12 Jan, 2016, 09.56 PM IST
Arrest of former CPI-M MLA demanded in Tripura AssemblyThe FIR, lodged last month, had accused Acharjee of raping an eight-year-old girl inside the party office in Gomati district's Amarpur.
08 Jan, 2016, 04.49 PM IST
Leading production houses skip professional tax: RTIA number of prominent film and television production houses based in the city are yet to pay their professional taxes to the state governme...
24 Dec, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
CPI(M) MLA from Tripura expelled for 'moral degradation'Leader of the opposition Sudip Roy Burman demanded immediate arrest of Acharya on the charge of raping a minor girl inside the party office.
11 Dec, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
Number of passports issued in 2014 swells to over 98 lakhsThe RTI query also found that the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Mumbai has witnessed a rise in issuance of passports in the last three ...
20 Nov, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
Notice to Aamir Khan for using emblem in television showAn activist has sent a legal notice to Bollywood actor and director of popular television show 'Satyamev Jayate', Aamir Khan, for using the...
06 Jun, 2015, 01.37 PM IST
Three deer poachers held in SunderbansThree deer poachers were arrested from the Sunderbans on Saturday.Foresters also rescued an injured deer from the spot, a creek close to th...
29 Sep, 2013, 06.33 AM IST
Millions of notes not printed in mints land in RBI vaultsRBI records show that it received 4,462 mn notes, an excess of 9.7 mn notes. That means the RBI has received Rs 970 cr more than what was a...
04 Aug, 2013, 09.20 AM IST
Your pain, railways gain: E-ticket cancellations fetch 750 croreAn integral part of a family holiday or business trip is proper planning, and most Indian travellers usually book their train tickets weeks...
24 May, 2012, 11.39 AM IST
- Noteworthy: Rs 500 minting up 17 fold in 10 years
RTI activist Manoranjan Roy, who sought information on the number of notes printed by the RBI, found that the big denomination notes are in...
11 Dec, 2011, 08.23 AM IST
- Noteworthy: Rs 500 minting up 17 fold in 10 years
Today, there are fewer notes of Rs 20 and Rs 50, whether individually or collectively, than the total number of Rs 500 notes out there.
11 Dec, 2011, 04.39 AM IST
- Bombay High Court dismisses PIL seeking information on black money from Ramdev
Bombay High Court dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Ramdev to divulge information regarding black money-holders.
22 Sep, 2011, 09.38 PM IST