Govt to soon implement many FSlRC recommendations
The Government will soon implement a large number of legislative and administrative recommendations of the Financial Sector Reforms Commission (FSlRC), which had suggested a major overhauling of financial sector regulations. "As the change in process of reform continues ... I have not the least doubt that a large number of these...
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BA may consider hub-and-spoke operations with Indian partner
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SAIl offloads full stake in Bokaro cement JV, gets Rs 235-crore
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BMB eyes Rs1,000-cr deposit, Rs 800-cr loan book by March-end
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IMF lauds WTO decisions on TFA, food security
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Egypt court acquits Hosni Mubarak
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15 killed, 14 injured in attack in China's Xinjiang
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Texas man fired more than 100 rounds: Police
30 November 2014 | AP
Nigeria President vows to hunt those behind mosque attacks
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to hunt down those behind “heinous” attacks which left at least 120 dead at the mosque of a top Islamic leader and vocal critic of Boko Haram. At least 270 others were also wounded in Friday’s attacks when two suicide bombers blew themselves up...
Taiwan Premier resigns over party's landslide defeat
Taiwan’s Premier resigned on Saturday after his Beijing-friendly ruling party suffered a landslide defeat at the island’s biggest ever local elections, as public fears grow over China’s increasing influence. In a brief resignation speech, Jiang Yi-huah said that he took “political responsibility” for the heavy losses suffered by the Kuomintang (KMT)...
Islamic State group attacks Kobane from Turkey
The Islamic State group launched an attack on Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobane from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey denied that the fighters had used its territory for the raid. The assault began when a suicide bomber driving an armored vehicle detonated his explosives...
Modi Govt's 'U-turns' on Cong radar
Cong-led Opposition launches campaign on Twitter accusing Govt of not fulfilling prepoll promises The Congress-led Opposition is trying to pay back the NDA Government in its own coin. After having attacked the Government in Parliament, the Opposition has now started utilising the social media to the hilt to target the BJP-led...
Govt lines up key Bills after 'productive week'
Despite disruptions on black money and re-naming of Hyderabad airport, Government claims to have had a productive first week of Parliament in the Winter Session and has now lined up some important Bills for the second week. According to officials, among the `important’ and ‘substantial’ legislative business lined up next week...
Pak right-winger gunned down
A senior politician was on Saturday killed in an early morning shooting in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Khalid Mehmood Soomro, senior leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), was leaving a mosque in Sukkur after morning prayers when he was targeted by unknown gunmen.JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman told media that...
5,000 buffaloes slaughtered during Nepal religious festival
About 5,000 buffaloes were slaughtered in a religious sacrifice in Nepal, in spite of efforts of animal rights activists to end the practice. This mass animal sacrifice was part of the Gadhimai festival, held in Bariyarpur in Nepal’s Bara district, in which tens of thousands of animals, including buffaloes, goats and...
