Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 21 (IANS) The deposits in Kerala banks by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) fell marginally to Rs.37,454 crore during the second quarter ending September this fiscal from Rs.37,983 crore in the April-June period.
These figures were released at the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting here Monday.
The nationalised State Bank group led with a total of [...]
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) India’s tourism sector has received a severe knocking due to global meltdown, swine flu and the Mumbai terror attack, but the government is taking several initiatives, including allowing visa on arrival for five countries.
Tourism Minister Kumari Selja Tuesday said that the tourism sector faced a difficult situation in 2008 [...]
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) A charity programme that brings women plastic surgeons from around the world to perform surgeries on economically backward women in developing countries, free of charge, would be held in India soon.
The programme, called Women for Women is an initiative of the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS).
While [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22 (IANS) Kerala cyber police Sunday arrested two people for making changes to a mail that showed a mansion with a caption saying that the home belonged to CPI-M state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
The arrested include K.R. Manoj, who hails from Kayamkulam and works in Africa as a welding technician. The second person arrested [...]
Chandigarh, Nov 6 (IANS) Some cheerful news for job seekers – the Haryana government’s Overseas Placement Bureau, set up to facilitate employment abroad, has received inquiries from companies in Canada and the US, an official said here Friday.
‘We have received the requirement of 3,190 vacancies in different categories from Canada and 70 vacancies of physiotherapists [...]
Karachi, Oct.19 (ANI): Around 60 of the Taliban’s second-cadre leaders – who fled Swat during the army’s ‘Operation Rah-e-Rast’ – have used Karachi as a transit route to head out to Middle East countries, the Daily Times has learnt.
When armed activists of Sindh’s nationalist parties blocked roads on the Punjab-Sindh border in a bid to [...]
Hindaun (Rajasthan), Aug.10 (ANI): A small town in Rajasthan has made a remarkable growth in the last one decade. It could be possible due to its sandstone industry, which has brought this place popularity not just across India but also in different [...]
