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The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has recently issued new Rs.100 currency notes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with a new numbering pattern, an official statement said.

The numerals, henceforth, in both the number panels of these new currency notes will be in ascending size from left to right. However, the prefix, the first three alphanumeric characters will remain constant in size, the RBI said.

This is a new visible security feature in the bank notes to enable public identify and distinguish it from a counterfeit one.

Madhya Pradesh BJP President Nandkumar Chouhan on Tuesday slammed the ‘dirty politics’ over the deaths of the Vyapam scam accused and said his party was opposed to the politicization of the issue.

“It was being publicized that 44 people, who were accused by the SIT, have died and it is being politicized. We have kept this issue in front of the SIT. I am announcing the facts in front of you. On 7 July 2013, before the filing of the FIR, 11 people had died. And 14 people died after the filing of the FIR,” said Chouhan.

Mathematics lecturer of Narayana Junior Residential College, Madinaguda had beaten up his student Mohammed Saad Pasha who came late to his class on account of offering afternoon prayer.

Chairman of State Minorities Commission, Mr. Abid Rasool Khan took a serious note of this news item and registered a case 56/2015 and started action.

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Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has reportedly indicated that India could move towards abolishing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises ‘unnatural sex’.

Gowda’s statement came following U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision last week declaring same-sex marriages legal.

According to reports, Gowda said that the decision will however be taken after widespread consultations and taking all views into account. (ANI)

An RTI enquiry has revealed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s electricity bill over a two-month period exceeds Rs one lakh.

According to reports, documents procured by RTI activist Vivek Garg showed that Kejriwal had received two electricity bills worth Rs 55,999 and Rs 65, 780. (ANI)

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday extended his congratulations to shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa after they won the 2015 Canada Open badminton title.

The official twitter account of the Rashtrapati Bhavan shared his congratulations.

“Heartiest congratulations to Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa on winning women’s doubles title in Canada Open #President Mukherjee,” it posted.

Jwala and Ashwini clinched the Canada Open title after beating top pair Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek in their women’s doubles event in Calgary.

The counting for the RK Nagar by-polls, which recorded a poll percentage of 74.4 percent, began on Tuesday morning.

Workers of the AIADMK gathered outside Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s residence, with her supporters anticipating her victory.

The RK Nagar seat fell vacant following the resignation of P. Vetrivel.

The DMK, PMK and VCK have boycotted the by-election for various reasons.

A total of 28 candidates are in the fray in this assembly segment. (ANI)

The local administration of Shimla has been told to provide within 10 days information about the land purchase by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Vadra near this popular hill station, the Himachal Pradesh Information Commission has ruled.

“Provide information about Priyanka Vadra’s land deal at Mashobra (near Shimla) within 10 days to an RTI activist. The decision to impose penalty on the officials who failed to provide information within stipulated timeframe would be decided on July 23,” the commission said on Monday.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to review the security arrangements for Amarnath Yatra and offer prayers at the Himalayan cave shrine on July 2.

The home minister will review the security arrangements for this year’s Amarnath Yatra along with Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and senior officials of state and central security forces on Wednesday, official sources here told IANS.

“He will also be part of the first batch of devotees to visit the Holy Amarnath Shrine on July 2,” a senior state government official said.

A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley in the early hours of Tuesday.

“A moderate intensity earthquake occurred at 3.40 a.m. today,” an official of the local MET department here told IANS.

“The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan.”

The tremors were felt when Muslims had just finished their pre-dawn meal to begin the day’s fast on the 12th day of the holy month of Ramadan.

No loss of life or property was reported.