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July 8, 2011 8:57 PM

India wants Bangladesh to join hands with to fight terrorism in all forms

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said that India and Bangladesh have the potential to play a greater role in regional and global affairs in the years ahead and the two countries cannot afford to miss this historic opportunity to work together to be a part of the new future. Mr. Krishna said ...

July 8, 2011 5:07 PM

Govt to provide scholarship to one crore minority students

The government has set a target for providing the benefit of scholarship schemes to one crore minority communities students in the next two years. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi yesterday, Minority Affairs Minister, Salman Khursid said that 60 lakhs students of such...

July 8, 2011 4:57 PM

SC bars opening of Padmanabhaswamy Temple vaults

The Supreme Court today restrained the seven-member committee from opening the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, where a treasure trove worth over one lakh crore rupees was discovered recently. A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik asked the petitioner Raj...

July 8, 2011 4:48 PM

Govt may increase repayment period of Education Loan

The government may consider to increase the period of repayment of Education Loan. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said period of 5 to seven years for repayment may be increased to 10 to 12 years and all public sectors banks have been asked to modify the rules. Talking to media after addressing Ch...

July 8, 2011 4:36 PM

Govt to provide scholarship to one crore minority students

The government has set a target for providing the benefit of scholarship schemes to one crore minority community's students in the next two years. Talking to reporters on the sideline of a function in New Delhi, the Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khursid said that 60 lakhs students of such communi...

July 8, 2011 2:00 PM

More than forty-three thousand villages to be brought under banking network:FM

The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that more than 43,000 villages will be brought under the banking network by March 2012. Addressing the media in New Delhi, he said that the farm credit target for 2011-12 has been more than met. AIR correspondent reports that four lakh 75 thousand crore rup...

July 8, 2011 2:00 PM

SC restrains committee from opening vaults of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

The Supreme Court today restrained the seven-member committee from opening the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, where a treasure trove worth over one lakh crore rupees was discovered recently. A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik asked the petitioner Raj...

July 8, 2011 8:31 AM

State Bank of India raises its base rates by 0.25 per cent to 9.5 percent

State Bank of India, SBI, has raised its base rates by 0.25 per cent to 9.5 per cent. SBI's move to raise rates comes on the back of ICICI Bank raising rates by the same percentage last week. SBI has also hiked the savings deposit rate by 1 per cent across all deposits giving some relief to sma...

July 8, 2011 8:30 AM

Centre approves implementation of Special Industry Initiative Scheme in J & K

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the implementation of the Special Industry Initiative Scheme in Jammu & Kashmir. The Scheme will get 100 per cent Central assistance in partnership with National Skill Development Corporation and the Corporate Sector. 40,000 youth of the sta...

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