Jaitley had the competence to handle finance ministry on the one hand and defence ministry on the other with ease, Ram Madhav Said. File photo of former Union finance minister Arun Jaitley. Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who passed away on Saturday, was a one-stop reference for the party on matters relating to law, Constitution and others, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said. Jaitley had the competence to handle... 

NEW DELHI: Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had warned, getting used to the overnight scrapping of the highest-denomination currency notes brought inconveniences. One can visit bank to return 500- and 1000-rupee notes and withdraw money to spend. Banks will reopen tomorrow and stay open this weekend to help people swap 500 and 1,000 rupee notes which are now banned, said the Reserve Bank of India. Banks and ATMs were closed today leaving lakhs... 

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words defending Raghuram Rajan’s work and Indianness would have come as a major comfort to the outgoing governor, who had to face a barrage of personal attacks from the BJP maverick MP Subramanian Swamy on his patriotism and personal integrity, although Rajan would have hoped Modi’s statements came earlier. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Swamy had attacked Rajan for being “mentally not fully Indian”...