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October 22, 2012 8:00 PM

PNB to hire about 8,000 people each yr for next few years

Punjab National Bank, PNB, on Monday said it will recruit about 6,000 to 8,000 personnel each year for the next few years and open 500 branches across the country in the current year. Bank's Executive Director S R Bansal told reporters in Tiruchirappali ,as of now, the bankhas over 5,800 branch...

October 22, 2012 7:20 PM

Tejinder Singh, Vecta Chief Rishi quizzed by CBI in graft case

CBI on Monday questioned Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh and Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi in connection with alleged bribe offer made by former to the then Army Chief V K Singh to clear a tranche of substandard all terrain vehicles.The CBI sources said that two other executives of Vectra and two busi...

October 22, 2012 7:14 PM

Chidambaram calls for improved penetration of non-life insurance sector

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has called for improved penetration of non-life insurance sector in the country. Addressing a meeting of CMDs, CEOs and MDs of public and private sector insurance companies in New Delhi on Monday, Mr Chidambaram said the major challenges before the non life insurance ...

October 22, 2012 7:12 PM

Union ministers give positive ratings to Aakash-II

The new version of Aakash has been given a positive rating by Union ministers, whose feedback on the low cost computing device were sought, with the Labour Ministry proposing to provide it in ITIs also. Aakash-II tablets, which will be officially launched by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi o...

October 22, 2012 6:24 PM

Australian State of Queensland lifts ban on mining uranium

The Australian State of Queensland has lifted a 23-year ban on mining uranium, paving the way for exports to India. It follows a visit to Delhi last week by the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard to discuss the sale of uranium. The ban was imposed because Delhi has not signed an international ...

October 22, 2012 6:24 PM

21 Taliban insurgents killed, 8 arrested in Afghanistan

Twenty one armed Taliban insurgents were killed and eight others arrested by Afghan and NATO-coalition forces in 11 joint clearance operations during the past 24 hours in Afghanistan. A press release issued by the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul ton Monday said, the operations were launched in Kun...

October 22, 2012 6:23 PM

Media watchdog accuses Iran of intimidating journalists

A report by the media watchdog "The Committee To Protect Journalists" has accused the Turkish Government of silencing journalists by imprisonment and intimidation. Turkey has described the criticism as exaggerated. The Committee To Protect Journalists accuses the Turkish Government of waging the big...

October 22, 2012 5:49 PM

TRAI allows service providers to offer Combo vouchers

Telecom regulator, TRAI on Monday allowed operators to provide new kind of recharge coupons for pre-paid connections that will provide dual benefit to consumers. The new Combo vouchers will enable mobile phone subscribers to add monetary value to their prepaid balance, as well as get benefit of spec...

October 22, 2012 5:48 PM

Steel Minister calls upon RINL to evolve innovative marketing strategies

The steel prices have decreased by 11 per cent in the last four months. The price of steel which was fifty thousand rupees per meteric tonne in May this year has come down to 44 thousand rupees per meteric tonn in the first week of October. Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma attributed the decrease in...

October 22, 2012 5:48 PM

Congress refuses to comment on allegations against Gadkari

Congress refused to comment on the allegations against the BJP Chief Nitin Gadkari saying that investigating agencies are there to take a look into the matter. Replying to questions at a press briefing in New Delhi, Congress spokesman Sandeep Dikshit said that his party does not believe in taking po...

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