Chimaji Appaji remains one of the foremost military generals of the Maratha Empire who inflicted a crushing defeat on the Portuguese. IMAGE: The Maratha siege of Vasai, 1739. Photograph: Kind......
'Cultural property crimes have been linked by the United Nations and others to terrorism.''These links show the perpetrators to be associated with major criminal and terrorist networks like ISIS.'......
A professor of liberal arts at Indiana University was nominated by President George W Bush to the prestigious National Council on the Humanities for a six-year period beginning January 27. Bush......
United States President George W Bush has nominated Mumbai-born Jamsheed K Choksy, a professor at Indiana University, to be a member of the prestigious National Council on the Humanities for a......
Stepping up efforts to secure classical language status for Telugu, the Official Language Commission of Andhra Pradesh has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to fulfil......
Possession of more than 10 pieces of the old notes by individuals and more than 25 pieces for study, research or numismatics purpose is now a criminal offence. The government has notified the law......
The 50-day deadline to deposit the old Rs 500/1,000 notes in banks comes to an end on Friday but the cash crunch and queues before ATMs are likely to continue for some more time as currency......
The government on Friday introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill that makes holding, transfer and receiving of old 500 and 1000 currency notes a criminal offence, punishable with a minimum......
The ordinance on demonetised currency does not propose a jail term for those holding more than 10 junked notes, but imposes a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. The draft ordinance, which will be sent......
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which makes holding of more than 10 old notes of Rs 500/1000 denomination punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000, with the government saying the aim was......