With demonetisation fires breaking out all over, how to keep track of it all? Here's how:
BJP vote share increased in Bengal bypolls
KOLKATA: After winning all the bypolls in West Bengal earlier this week, -- one Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats -- Mamata Banerjee has been crowing that Narendra Modi's gambit has been rebuffed by her state's voters.
But returns from the three byelections show that the BJP's vote share increased significantly since the previous polls. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) won the Coochbehar and Tamluk Lok Sabha seats by a nearly five lakh votes and the Monteswar Assembly seat by 1.27 lakh votes. However, the BJP's vote share in the Coochbehar LS seat rose from 16.4 per cent to 28.5 per cent and in Tamluk LS seat from 6.4 per cent to 15.25 per cent. However, the party lost its security deposit in the Monteswar Assembly seat, though.
Deadlock continues in Parliament
NEW DELHI: In Parliament today the impasse continued on Day 6 of the debate over demonetisation. The combined opposition insisted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi come to the House and participate in the debate. Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were washed out. In the Lok Sabha, speaker Sumitra Mahajan went through Question Hour amidst noisy protests by Opposition members in the well of the House.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the demonetization an organised loot, legalised plunder and monumental mismanagement. The national income can decline by about 2 percentage points, he added.
Sabarimala temple rolls out e-payment option for offerings
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala where lakhs of devotees from across the country to worship during the three-month-long Mandalam Makaravilakku festival introduced 'e-hundi' for electronic transfer of offerings, in a bid to knock over the cash crunch.
The e-hundi or the swipe machine will facilitate the use of debit/credit cards for offerings as less as Rs one.
DMK to hold state wide protests on November 28
CHENNAI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today said it would stage protests against Centre’s demonetisation move outside central government offices in Tamil Nadu on November 28.
Party chief M Karunanidhi urged good participation by party workers and asked them to voice support against this "anti-people" move of the Centre. Earlier, the CPI(M) had announced the decision to observe November 28 as 'All-India Protest Day'.
Pinarayi government starts day-night stir
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF government in Kerala today began a 24-hour day-night statewide stir in protest against what it termed as the Centre's move to destroy cooperatives in the state under the cover of demonetisation.
The LDF activists organised sit-in dharnas at various centres in panchayats, municipalities and Corporation levels in protest.
The protest comes in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi declining to meet an all-party delegation from Kerala on the cooperative sector issue.
Rameswaram fishermen decline to venture into sea
RAMESWARAM: The fishermen's associations in Tamil Nadu did not venture out to sea today and said they would continue to do so until the currency crunch is addressed.
The fishermen here would not venture into the sea until banks started dispensing enough cash to them, Rameswaram Mechanised Boats Fishermen's Association president N Devadoss said.
The association also highlighted their demand for a mobile ATM in the town to withdraw money.
The association had taken a similar decision on November 11 and had withdrawn it on November 19.
Rs 1.40 cr in old currency seized from builder
AHMEDABAD: Police today seized Rs 1.40 crore in demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from the office of Anand Builders at Ambawadi.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the office of Hemendra Shah and recovered the amount while detaining three persons - Shah and his two associates. They were handed over to Income Tax officials for further questioning.
Cash crunch not to hit weddings: survey
KOLKATA: According to a survey by matrimonial site Shaadi.com, a majority of single Indians think that the withdrawal of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes is not going to affect their wedding plans.
Over 41 per cent men and over 39 per cent women, the survey said responded that the cash crunch situation was not going to affect their wedding plans mostly as they had made advance bookings or planned a lean wedding.
Meanwhile, 17.8 per cent men and 7.6 per cent women said they called off their wedding plans because of cash crunch.
The online poll is said to have received over 13,200 responses from single Indians ranging from age 25 to 32 years.
Congress to organise protest rally in Odisha and Maharashtra
BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI: Congress party today said it will organise "Jana Akrosh Rally" across the state on November 28 against demonetisation.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan said the OPCC will organise ‘Jana Akrosha Rally’ in all the 314 blocks and 30 districts of the state, protesting the Centre’s decision of demonitisation.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) will observe a 'Jan Akrosh' day in all districts of the state on November 28.
MPCC spokesman Sachin Sawant criticised Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis that the state seeds corporation that lets the farmers buy seeds for Rabi crops with the scrapped notes, does not have any outlet in the state.
Sawant also said the government's lack of trust in district cooperatives banks has hit the farmers hard.
Kejriwal to hold rallies in three BJP-ruled states
NEW DELHI: AAP today announced that it will organise six rallies across the nation, including one in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi, and raise questions on the alleged "Rs 8 lakh crore scam" related to it.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold three rallies in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh starting from December 1 in Meerut, followed by a rally in Varanasi and Lucknow on December 8 and 18 respectively.
On December 20, Kejriwal will hold a rally in Bhopal, followed by two more in Ranchi and Jaipur on December 22 and 23 respectively.