PMC Bank depositors hold protest outside RBI headquarters
Mumbai: Depositors of the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank held a protest outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters in south Mumbai on Saturday.
The depositors gathered outside the RBI around 11.45 am and held protests by showing placards and chanting slogans against PMC Bank and the RBI, a police official said.
Police were deployed to avert any untoward incident, he said, adding that nobody has so far been detained or taken into custody.
After an alleged Rs 4,355 crore scam came to light at the PMC Bank, the RBI initially capped withdrawals at Rs 1,000 in view of liquidity crisis, and later hiked it to Rs 40,000 in three moves.
The depositors have been protesting to get their money back.
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At least 18 people killed in airstrike targeting Alborz province, says Iran's state media
Dubai (AP): An airstrike targeting Iran's Alborz province, northwest of Tehran, killed at least 18 people, state media reported on Tuesday.
The strike also wounded another 24 people, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.
It wasn't immediately clear what had been targeted.
A series of intense airstrikes have pounded Iran's capital, Tehran, including a possible weapons depot in the mountains and residential neighborhoods. The Israelis have conducted a campaign of airstrikes killing top officials in the theocracy and its military.
