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February 8, 2011 12:40 PM

RBI to open sub-offices in all North-East capitals

Reserve Bank of India will open sub-offices in all the capital states of North-East. RBI Regional Director Surekha Marandi said in Shillong that the process of setting up the first sub-office in Agartala is on.Marandi said, that RBI is trying to increase the outreach of banks in the region and the s...

February 8, 2011 12:11 PM

Budget session: Pranab's bid to break 2G logjam

With the Budget Session about two weeks away, the government is set to have a fresh exercise to resolve the deadlock in Parliament on the JPC into the 2G scam. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has convened a meeting of leaders of opposition parties today in a bid to break the logjam on the issue. W...

February 8, 2011 11:42 AM

Basant Panchmi being celebrated with traditional fervor

Basant Panchmi is being celebrated with traditional enthusiasm and religious fervor. People are performing worship of goddess of wisdom Saraswati. Several cultural and religious functions are being organized across the country on the occasion of Basant Panchmi. In Madhya Pradesh, cultural programmes...

February 8, 2011 11:21 AM

33rd SAARC meeting underway in Thimpu

The meeting of the 33rd SAARC Council of Ministers got under way in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan with a call for closer cooperation amongst the member countries and effective implementation of the decisions taken in various areas. The Chief Guest at the meeting, the Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigmi Y...

February 8, 2011 11:05 AM

Devotees take holy dip at Sangam on Basant Panchami

A large numbers of devotees are taking holy dip at Sangam on the occasion of Basant Panchami today. AIR correspondent reports that people are also reaching different Ghats of many holy rivers in different parts of Uttar pradesh on this occasion.

February 8, 2011 10:56 AM

SAARC FMs meeting begins in Bhutan

The two-day meeting of SAARC Foreign Ministers will begin at Thimphu in Bhutan today. Combating terrorism in South Asia, proposal to liberalize Visa Exemption Scheme, connectivity and economic integration of the region are high on the agenda of the meeting. The meeting will also take stock of progre...

February 8, 2011 10:45 AM

Ban on use of plastic for packaging tobacco products

The Environment Ministry has issued a notification banning the use of plastic for packaging gutka and other tobacco products. The ban comes after it was pulled up by the Supreme Court for not implementing the law regulating the use of the environmentally harmful polymers. Environment Minister Jairam...

February 7, 2011 9:06 PM

Rain hits Punjab, Haryana

In Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh rainfall has occurred at few places registering maximum of 2 cm rainfall at Batala and Malikpur and 1cm at Shahpurkandi and Madhopur in Punjab. The maximum temperature registered a fall in Punjab but in Haryana it changed a little. The night temperature has rose in ...

February 7, 2011 8:16 PM

Audit of space department on, report not final:CAG

CAG today clarified that the audit findings on the department of space have not yet been finalized. Reacting to media reports in a section of press it said that the audit is underway and some enquires raised in the audit are yet to be replied by the department.BJP on the other hand demanded a statem...

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