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All public sector banks and some private sector ones have agreed to waive the transaction cost for all payments made through debit cards, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das told reporters in New Delhi.

Leading hospitals in the capital such as Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SRGH) and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital have tied up with banks and post offices to set up extra counters and collect filled application forms to ease the process of exchanging demonetised Rs 5...

A fire broke out on Monday in a locality in Dalgate area, engulfing at least eight residential houses, officials said.

One Army soldier was killed and seven injured early on Monday as Pakistan resorted to heavy cross-border firing in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan in 24 hours.

Hindi word 'jugaad' has clearly resonated with the visiting Israel President Reuven Rivlin who on Sunday sought to connect the colloquial term to the Jewish state of Israel and its style of inventing and working.

Amid the controversy over public sector lender SBI reportedly writing off loans worth Rs 7,000 crore, including that of Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines, a sanitation worker in Nashik has written to the SBI, seeking a 'similar' waiver of his Rs 1...

At least 14 bogies of a goods train derailed on Sunday, leading to disruption of rail traffic on the Howrah-Mumbai route, Railway officials said.

A compensation of Rs 12.5 lakh was announced for families of those killed in the Indore-Patna Express train accident on Sunday. Those injured in the early morning tragedy would receive a total of Rs 2 lakh from the Centre and government of Madhya Pradesh...

At least 14 coaches of the Indore- Patna express train derailed on Sunday near Pukhrayan area in Kanpur, with railways officials saying casualties are feared in the accident.

There was no report of any untoward incident so far though a strict vigil is being maintained in different segments of both the constituencies.

Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty was a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2009 to 2014. News18’s Tushar Dhara spoke to Dr. Chakrabarty for his views on demonetisation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants BJP MPs to publicise "benefits" of the demonetisation and also counter the opposition's charges against it during this weekend as the political battle over the measure heats up in and outside Parliament.

Ambassador for the Dominican Republic told CNN-News18 that “India’s leadership in medical tourism might be affected as a lot of people are not able to exchange currency, pay bills, take taxis and pay for foods”.

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday reviewed implementation of the Integrated Skill Development Scheme(ISDS) and suggested measures to strengthen its monitoring mechanism and increase its outreach for imparting training to individuals in the textile s...

Police constable couple, Dinesh and Tarkeshwari Rathod, who had allegedly faked about scaling Mount Everest in May, have been suspended after their claim was found to be "misleading and bogus."

The Supreme Court on Thursday said an impression should not be created that human life has lesser value than that of a dog, and stressed that stray dogs can be killed only in accordance with the Animal Birth Control Rules.