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October 28, 2011 7:35 PM

Finance Ministry seeks views of IBA on variable pay in banks

The Finance Ministry has sought views of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) on introduction of variable pay in the public sector banks. The Khandelwal committee on human resources had suggested introduction of variable pay in state-run banks as a major component of wages.Department of Financia...

October 28, 2011 7:35 PM

Govt. seeks RBI view on Air India's financial restructuring

Government will take a final decision on the financial restructuring of Air India only after receiving the opinion from the Reserve Bank of India. Talking to reporters in New Delhi after the meeting of Group of Ministers on Friday, the Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said that they discussed th...

October 28, 2011 6:44 PM

PM condoles demise of noted Hindi litterateur Shrilal Shukla

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the death of noted Hindi litterateur Shrilal Shukla. In his condolence message he expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and described his death a great loss to the world of literature.Shrilal Shukla died in Lucknow on Friday morning after pr...

October 28, 2011 6:44 PM

Students of rural areas 2 grades below in proficiency: Report

A study report released on Friday says that a majority of children of primary classes in rural areas are at least two grades below the required level of proficiency in both mathematics and language. It said that while the ability of children to correctly formulate and write sentences on their own is...

October 28, 2011 6:31 PM

HC adjourns hearing on Rajiv killers’ writ pleas

The Madras High Court today adjourned the hearing of the writ pleas filed by the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to the 29th of next month.The writ petition filed by Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan seeks to commute their death sentences.The Centre in its counter affidavit has ...

October 28, 2011 2:08 PM

India, Japan to hold strategic dialogue from today

India and Japan will hold their fifth strategic dialogue in Tokyo from today .The two day dialogue will explore ways to deepen the bilateral cooperation on a number of issues ranging from jointly combating piracy and terrorism to climate change and the evolving East Asia architecture.New Delhi is ex...

October 28, 2011 1:54 PM

HC adjourns hearing on Rajiv killers’ writ pleas

The Madras High Court today adjourned the hearing of the writ pleas filed by the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to the 29th of next month.The writ petition filed by Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan seeks to commute their death sentences.The Centre in its counter affidavit has ...

October 28, 2011 1:20 PM

HC adjourns hearing on Rajiv killers’ mercy pleas

The Madras High Court today adjourned to the 29th of next month, the hearing on the petitions by death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking commutation of capital punishment.On August 30, the court had stayed for eight weeks the execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan ad...

October 28, 2011 10:25 AM

15 suicides take place every hour says govt. stats

A latest government statistics says that in India 15 suicides take place every hour and 69.2 per cent of the suicide victims are married while 30.8 per cent un-married. The report, released by Home Minister P Chidambaram, elaborated that social and economic causes have led most of the males to commi...

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