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Mahesh Shah Mystery Diary: Diary of man who declared Rs 13,860 crore under IDS, found in Ahmedabad

Sources said 18 persons named in the diary are from different cities of Maharashtra and some from Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Rajkot.

Dec 15, 2016

NITI Aayog announces cash awards worth Rs 340 crore to encourage merchants, consumers to switch to digital payments

The cash awards will be offered through two schemes -- Lucky Grahak Yojana for consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana for merchants.

Dec 15, 2016

Theresa May welcomes EUs Brexit discussions as she arrives in Brussles

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said she was glad the other 27 EU national leaders will meet without her to discuss Brexit negotiations on 15 December, saying it was only right that they prepare as well. She also reaffirmed Britians intentions of invoking Article 50, but refused to be drawn on the question of how long negations would take. A British EU envoy was quoted as saying it cold take up to 10 years for Britain to negotiate a new trade deal with the EU.

Dec 15, 2016

SC raps Centre over demonetisation; asks how some people are hoarding huge amounts of new currency

The Supreme Court on Thursday prioritised a list of 10 issues around demonetisation that it will be focussing on.

Dec 15, 2016

Aurangabad: Man gifts 90 houses to the poor on his daughter's wedding

Munot, a wholesale trader of cloth and wheat, constructed a colony of 90 one-BHK houses costing Rs 1.5 crore and gifted them to the poor.

Dec 15, 2016

Russian military video shows Aleppo evacuation route

Russias defence ministry has released a military video showing the humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of a rebel-held area of Aleppo. The drone video purports to show rebels and civilians being transported out of the eastern part of the city on 20 buses and 10 ambulances. Syria has guaranteed their safety. The evacuation was due to take place yesterday, but was postponed after a truce brokered by Syrian ally Russia and rebel ally Turkey broke down. The evacuation of the city will end years of fighting and mark a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Dec 15, 2016

Firefighters save man from jumping off building in dramatic video

A man who attempted to jump from the top of a 30-storey building was rescued by firefighters in eastern Chinas Suzhou city. A man was threatening to jump off a building ledge as emergency workers made their approach to the 30-storey structure in eastern Chinas Suzhou city. One firefighter is seen silently creeping up behind the man and grabbing him from the rooftop edge while the others distract him. After being observed dangling off the side of the building, the man is dragged to safety by the group.

Dec 15, 2016

World War II: British aviation loyalists are trying hard to restore this vintage fighter-bomber

A group of aviation fans have started raising fund to restore a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, Britain's most effective fighter bomber.

Dec 15, 2016

RBI Governor Urjit Patel heckled, shown black flags at Kolkata airport over currency ban

Congress workers showed black flags at and manhandled RBI Governor Urjit Patel outside the airport, NDTV reported.

Dec 15, 2016

Formerly conjoined twins reunited for the first time

Formerly conjoined twins Eva and Erika Sandoval have been reunited with each other for the first time since having surgery. The girls had a 17-hour separation surgery last week, involving 50 staff at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, California. The twins were resting in separate beds but couldn’t see each other very well, so their parents and staff carefully carried Erika over to her sister to say hello.

Dec 15, 2016

India is the most ignorant nation in the world, according to a survey

India has been ranked the most 'ignorant' on a list of 40 countries where respondents were surveyed

Dec 15, 2016

Aleppo war: Evacuation of rebels, civilians underway as new ceasefire being worked out

Syrian rebels had prepared to withdraw from Aleppo on Wednesday. However, the ceasefire agreement collapsed within hours.

Dec 15, 2016

Evening wrap: PM Modi in Forbes list, Sunny Leone hypes Raees item song, Aamir Khan beats own record, and more

Read about Sasikala ready to be elected AIADMK chief soon, and raid at Axis Bank Noida branch reveals Rs 60 crore in 20 fake accounts.

Dec 15, 2016

Australia may follow India's footsteps, likely to scrap $100 notes to crackdown on black money

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced last month on November 8 that the government was scrapping Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes.

Dec 15, 2016

Russia foils ISIS terror attacks in Moscow; 4 suspects nabbed by FSB

The ISIS-linked terror suspects were arrested from different places in and around Moscow for planning to carry out high-capacity attacks.

Dec 15, 2016