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Centre's ordinance necessary for maintaining Delhi's dignity: BJP

"Delhi is the national capital and whatever happens here has an impact all over the country and the world," BJP said, adding the ordinance was necessary for maintaining Delhi's dignity

Centre's ordinance 'unconstitutional', to snatch power from Delhi govt: AAP

The Centre promulgated an ordinance on Friday to create a National Capital Civil Service Authority for transfer of and disciplinary proceedings against Group-A officers from the DANICS cadre

BRS calls RBI's move to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes 'illogical, absurd'

Alleging the note ban was a big "scam," Dasoju asked Modi as to what happened to the statements during the demonetisation in 2016 that it will "curtail black money and infiltration of terrorists"

Mamata-Amit Malviya wage Twitter war over phasing out of Rs 2,000 notes

In a tweet, Banerjee said: "So it wasn't Rs 2,000 dhamaka but a billion dollar dhoka to a billion Indians", to which Malviya said "All the money, it seems, was collected in Rs 2,000 notes"

Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar to be sworn in as Karnataka CM, Dy CM today

Kharge has invited leaders of several like-minded parties for the swearing-in ceremony, which will see Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administering the oath of office and secrecy to the CM, his cabinet

BJP 'welcomes' Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi

The ordinance has been brought to amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and it circumvents the SC judgement in the Centre vs Delhi case

Contempt of court: AAP on govt's ordinance on control of services in Delhi

Alleging that the Centre does not care for the people's mandate, or for the directive of the apex court, AAP said it will bypass the elected government of Delhi

Akhilesh Yadav hits out at govt over withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre over the RBI's decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 currency notes, saying some people realise their mistakes too late

Delhi L-G approves proposal to assign charge of Services dept to A K Singh

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Friday approved the AAP government's proposal to assign the additional charge of the Services department to IAS officer A K Singh

Rs 1,000 notes may be back: Opposition slams junking of Rs 2,000 notes

Incidentally, the RBI's decision comes on the cusp of the Modi government marking its ninth anniversary, days after the BJP's Karnataka assembly polls loss

Modi government's schemes have truly empowered women, says Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda said on Friday that a host of schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has empowered women in a true sense on the grassroots

NCP slams govt on Rs 2,000 notes withdrawal, says citizens being harassed

The Nationalist Congress Party on Friday slammed the Union government over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of India to withdraw Rs 2000 denomination currency notes from circulation.

Rs 2,000 note was 'band-aid' to cover up demonetisation, says P Chidambaram

The former Union finance minister said that a few weeks after demonetisation, the government and the RBI were forced to re-introduce the Rs 500 note

Govt's 'admission of failure': MVA slams plan to yank out Rs 2,000 notes

Maharashtra's opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi slammed the move to withdraw the Rs 2,000 currency notes by September 30 as an admission of failure by the Bharatiya Janata Party govt at the Centre

Bengaluru swearing in and the shifting sands of opposition alliances

While several key Opposition leaders have not been invited, a few others who have, are not attending the oath taking ceremony on Saturday

L-G writes to Delhi CM Kejriwal, alleges disregard of rules by AAP govt

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleging unconstitutional brazenness, intimidation, and disregard of rules and procedures by the AAP government

Rahul's speech writers have to come up with something more outlandish: BJP

While noting that a probe by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, is still on, Rohtagi said the conclusion as of now is that the company has done no violation

Will Cong implement 5 guarantees or will they add conditions apply clause?

Will the new Congress government implement the five 'guarantees' that helped it in part to wrest power from the BJP in toto or will they now add a conditions apply clause?

CBI calls TMC's Abhishek Banerjee as part of school jobs' scam probe

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, has been called by the CBI to appear at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of the probe it is conducting into the school jobs scam.

Gehlot govt burning midnight oil to help Cong pull off another 2004 in 2024

The victory of Congress in Karnataka Assembly polls undoubtedly has left the Congress confident and motivated but not without triggering a debate on whether it can pull off another 2004 in 2024