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Glitter gone: A jewellery store in Mumbai has put up a notice that demonetised Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes will not be accepted.

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Separate dustbins for dry and wet waste installed by BBMP at various points in Bangalore. Photo: Bhagya Prakash K

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New Delhi

Delhi

ASI’s role far-fetched: court

Shubhomoy Sikdar Court says the most the investigating officer can be accused of is misconduct

Delhi

‘Exempt Delhi govt. staff from standing in queues’

: In the wake of banks witnessing rush after demonetisation, the Delhi government has requested the RBI and SBI to exempt staff of its Principal Accounts Office (PAO) from standing in queues to ensure timely payments to employees, beneficiaries and vendors, among others.Payment instructions issued by PAOs are deposited with the RBI and SBI for arranging the credit in the accounts of the employees, suppliers, beneficiaries, vendors, etc.For greater goodIn a written communication to the RBI and SB

Chennai

Demonetised notes pour into TTD temple hundis

S. Vijay Kumar Collection at all-time high ahead of deadline for depositing at banks

National

When thieves got a whiff of smuggled money

Staff Reporter Chennai bank staff ‘try to smuggle Rs. 25 lakh’ to exchange currency, but robbers strike first

Bengaluru

BMRCL sticks to April 2017 date for Phase I completion

Staff Reporter Trials on elevated stretch of south line to be done on one set of tracks for now

Bengaluru

Suspect attempts suicide at Bommanahalli police station

Special Correspondent The police have ordered an inquiry after a 22-year-old habitual offender set himself on fire at Bommanahalli police station on Saturday night. Ravi alias Chappar Ravi, a resident of Hosa Road with multiple cases of robbery and theft pending against him, was brought to the station for an inquiry in connection with a robbery case. While in the custody, Ravi asked for permission to use the toilet, around 7.30 p.m. “That was when he used a matchbox to set himself on fire,” said a police officer. Sm

Mumbai

The Shoe goes on

Namrata Joshi We look at Mumbai’s film industry, now mostly clean and ‘white,’ where demonetisation hasn’t been crippling. Except, that is, for its humblest workers