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  • Godrejites create awareness about greener India amongst more than 12,000 underprivileged children in India

    Mumbai : The Godrej Good and Green carnival gets bigger and better this year with The Godrej Good & Green – Employee Volunteering Week, a unique initiative that brings together the employees of Godrej to contribute to the noble cause of teaching. More than 450 employees of Godrej shall dedicate 8 hours each to shape […]

    CAD to show improvement in fourth quarter: PMEAC

    Having hit a record 6.7 pc of GDP in Dec quarter, India’s current account deficit is expected to show some improvement in the last quarter of this fiscal on account of likely uptick in exports, PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan said. The current financial year, he hoped, would end with a CAD of little over 5 […]

    Hess completes sale of Azeri oilfield stake to OVL

    US energy major Hess Corporation has announced that it has completed the sale of its stake in an Azerbaijan oilfield to ONGC Videsh Ltd for USD 1 billion. In a statement, Hess said it has completed sale of its 2.72 percent interest in the Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli fields (ACG) and its 2.36 percent interest […]

    Bombings kill 23, wound dozens in Iraq

    A string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques in Iraq killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens on Friday. The attacks were the latest in spectacular assaults staged by insurgents seeking to undermine the Shiite-led government’s efforts to achieve security across the country. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the bombings bore the […]

    Chidambaram inaugurates 300 bank branches across UP

    The Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday  inaugurated 300 new public sector bank branches through virtual mode in Lucknow. Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said there was a rising demand for opening bank branches and expressed confidence the bankers would respond positively to it. Finance minister termed it as a big leap towards Financial […]

    Suicide bomber kills 12 in northwest Pakistan

    A suicide bomber blew himself up targeting a senior security forces official near the US consulate in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 25 others. The attacker, who was on a motorcycle, detonated his explosive vest when the convoy of Frontier Constabulary commandant Abdul Majeed Khan Marwat slowed down […]

    Ponty case: Seven accused sent to judicial custody till Apr 11

    The judicial custody of seven accused named in a charge sheet for their alleged roles in the killings of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep was on Friday extended by a Delhi court by 14 days. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Raj Kumar Tripathi remanded the accused to judicial custody till April 11 after […]

    NKorea threatens missile attacks on US, South Korea

    North Korea on Friday issued a new threat to attack the United States, reacting to a show of force by two US B-2 stealth bombers that dropped dummy bombs onto a South Korean training ground. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered strategic missiles to be prepared “so that they may strike any time the […]

    Dev work in Gujarat done with central funds: Sibal

    In a veiled criticism of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, Union Min Kapil Sibal said development works in the state were being implemented using central funds and he had not done anything significant. Without taking Modi’s name, the Telecom Minister said somebody wins thrice in his state and thinks he is a contender for the post […]

    DMK firm on no support to UPA: Karunanidhi

    Dismissing reports that DMK was going soft on Congress-led UPA despite pulling out of it, party chief M Karunanidhi ruled out even outside support to the ruling coalition on the ground that it failed to accept his party’s demands on Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Recalling DMK’s announcement on withdrawal of support to UPA on 19th […]