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New Delhi, May 24 Amidst country-wide outrage over the steepest rise of petrol prices by Rs.7.5 a litre, Indian Oil Corp Thursday said it will not roll back the hike and may cut prices only if global crude prices come down.
IOC Chairman R.S....
New Delhi, May 24 The Indian cabinet Thursday cleared a bus service linking Imphal in Manipur to Mandalay in Myanmar, setting the stage for the signing of a pact during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to the Southeast Asian country...
New Delhi, May 24 The government Thursday said deposits under the General Provident Fund (GPF) will attract 8.8 percent interest in 2012-13 against 8.6 percent in the previous year.
“The government of India has revised the interest rates for the...
New Delhi, May 24 Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel and private sector bank ICICI Bank have been included in the ‘BrandZ list’ of the top 100 most-valuable global brands of 2012 by research firm Millward Brown.
ICICI was ranked 63 and Airtel...
Lucknow, May 24 The Uttar Pradesh government announced an ambitious pension scheme to pay Rs.400 a month for families living below the poverty line.
Under the Rani Laxmibai Pension Scheme, the money will be given in two six-monthly instalments.
The primary...
New Delhi, May 24 The union cabinet during its meeting is likely to take the final call on the National Telecom Policy (NTP) which proposes to abolish roaming charges within the country.
“NTP is part of the cabinet’s agenda when it meets...
New Delhi, May 24 : The 5th Contractor safety Workshop was held in Kolkata. The workshop was chaired by A K Hazarika, Director-Onshore and was attended by Anoop Kumar, ED – Chief Health, Safety and Environment C K Prasad, ED – Project...
Tokyo, May 24 An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Hokkaido island of Japan Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The temblor occurred at 3.02 p.m. GMT. It had its epicentre, with a depth of 71.40 km, initially determined...
The GSPA was signed between the Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL (India) Limited, B.C. Tripathi and the Chairman, Turkmengaz, Sahatmurad Mamedov in the presence of Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Jaipal Reddy, at Ashgabat on May 23,...
The Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee with the 2011 batch of Indian Economic Service (IES) Officers, in New Delhi on May 23, 2012.
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