Major central trade unions, including financial institutions and state and central government employees associations, will go on a nationwide strike on February 24.
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The meet will discuss the current national scenario and pass resolutions on issues such as the initiatives of the United Progressive Alliance government for peace and progress in Kashmir, the situation in Nepal and Naxal violence in the country.
'We are hoping the preparations we have made will not be needed.'
The government has allowed Reliance Industries Ltd and Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd to sell kerosene outside the public distribution system, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Thursday.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil producer, has proposed an investment of Rs 7967 crore (Rs 79.67 billion) in setting up a 7.5 million tonnes refinery at the site of recent oil find in Rajasthan.\n\n
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Mangalore-based Corporation Bank is considering merger of its housing finance arm Corporation Bank Homes with itself.
Mumbai-based BPO company Intelenet Global Services is planning to increase its full time employees to 20,000 from current 5,000 by 2009.
India is building its oil reserves in underground rock caverns and tanks
RSS general secretary Mohan Rao Bhagawat said the forefathers of 99.9 per cent of Muslims and Christians in India were Hindus.
Mallya intends to protect his shareholding in India's largest brewer in which Dutch brewer Heineken holds 37.5% stake.
Among the new safety measures that the KRC is considering are an early-warning system for land-slides, inclinometres and anti-collision devices.
At least one Indian -- Qasim Abdul Gaffar -- was among the 25 people injured.
'I will never be involved in any wrong activity because I have seen a day when I had nothing,' says the Mumbai police's 'encounter' specialist Daya Nayak.
'One can understand this prejudice in the minds of policemen against Muslims, without accepting it. But what tilts the balance disproportionately is the police's blind eye to offences committed in the name of the majority.' says Jyoti Punwani.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, the latest entrant in auto fuel retailing, plans to set up 15 petrol stations in Karnataka and Gujarat in the current year.
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will quit one-day cricket after the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Six athletes from the track and field, shooting and weightlifting disciplines were on Wednesday inducted into the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, with the Sports Ministry including discus thrower Seema Punia and leaving out seasoned shooter Gagan Narang.
Hours after Sri Ram Sene announced plans to start its operations in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday said the state government will extend the ban on the controversial right-wing outfit for 6 months.
Software major Infosys has sought 300 acres of land in Bangalore for setting up its new campus, Infosys CEO and president Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday.
One of the major advantages of buying Iran crude is the additional credit period of 90 days that the country gives to India, compared to 30 days by other countries.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Friday said the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd would make profits during the current fiscal if the Karnataka government considered its request of correcting anomalies in duties and taxes.
India may miss the April 1, 2005 target of conforming to Euro-III emission norms in metro cities and Euro-II norms in the rest of the country due to inability of refiners to supply the specified category of petrol and diesel.
ONGC is weighing the possibility of merging Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd with itself even as it has laid out capex plans of over Rs 500 crore for the refinery, including product upgrade to meet the Euro III norms.
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