Daily Newsletter | Wednesday, January 11, 2017 | | | BSF’s Srinagar neighbours say they buy fuel, food from officers for half | | Civilians living near paramilitary forces’ camps, particularly those of the Border Security Force, say officers sell fuel and food provisions meant for the personnel to outsiders at half the market rate. The “disclosure” made by a BSF jawan supplements accusations of shady dealings by officers. |
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| Rs 1,600cr deposited by 13 banks in banned notes | | An ongoing investigation by the ED against 50 bank branches of ten leading banks across the country has raised suspicions of big money laundering operations across the country post demonetisation, using dormant and newly opened accounts. |
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| Notes scrapped on govt's prod: RBI to House panel | | The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has told a parliamentary panel that it recommended the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8 after a prod from the Centre a day before. The response is part of a 7-page note the central bank has sent to Parliament’s standing committee on finance. |
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| | Passengers shave woman's hair over stolen luggage | | A 17-year-old girl, who her poor father -- a daily-wage labourer -- said was mentally unstable after she developed brain tumour, was stripped, humiliated and had her hair cut by passengers of the AC 3-tier compartment of the Howrah-Jodhpur Express after she was accused of stealing a bag. |
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| | Selected Samsung Gear wearables now compatible with Apple iOS | | Samsung has announced that its Gear series of wearables are now compatible with iOS devices. According to a statement released by the company, numerous devices such as the Gear S2, Gear S3 and Gear Fit 2 are now compatible with Apple’s mobile OS. |
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| | Dhoni fires but India captaincy swansong ends in defeat | | Rayudu top-scored with a fine century, while Yadav returned a five-wicket haul but Dhoni was the cynosure of all eyes as he bludgeoned his way to an unbeaten 68 off 40 balls, albeit in a losing cause for India A against England. |
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| Ranji: Shaw shines but Gujarat bowl out Mumbai for 228 | | Gujarat batsmen have hogged the limelight for the entire season but their unheralded bowling line-up, sans India stars Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah, came to the party by dismissing Mumbai for a paltry 228 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy final on Tuesday. |
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| | Amazon infuses Rs 150 crore in payments business | | The authorized share capital of Amazon’s payments arm in India, Amazon Online Distribution Services (AODS), has been increased to Rs 400 crore from Rs 69 crore. The company has also received capital infusion of Rs 150 crore, documents filed last month with the regulatory authority pointed out. |
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| Centre not softening ground on restaurant service charge | | The consumer affairs ministry reiterated that eateries cannot take “service charge” forcefully during a meeting with representatives from the industry. It also asked the industry to address the concern of consumers “with transparency” whether the service charge is actually passed on to the employees. |
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