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Lalita Babar qualified for the women's 3000m steeplechase final after finishing fourth in the qualifying Heat 2 with a national record time, while compatriot Sudha Singh was eliminated in the Olympic Games on Saturday.
A high-level panel led by former RBI governor Bimal Jalan, set up to decide the appropriate capital reserves that the central bank should maintain, on Wednesday finalised its report.
At least eight persons were killed on Tuesday night and 85 others injured when a passenger train from Chennai rammed into a stationary train near Arakkonam, derailing five coaches, about 75 km from Chennai, in the third major rail accident in two months.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, the grandson of the late Vijaya Raje Scindia, quit the Congress on Tuesday along with 22 MLAs, putting the 14-month-old Kamal Nath-led government in deep crisis. "His grandmother Vijaya Raje, once a close confidant of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the great grandfather of Rahul Gandhi, had started her political innings in 1957 from the Congress. However, she left the party in 1967.
Meet Mahima Kapoor from Satna and Geetika Bhatia from Jaisalmer who stood first and second in in the Company Secretary final exam.
Rotaract Club of Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management in Mumbai organised a day out for underprivileged children. Sheetal Ninne shares with us select moments on Rediff iShare and Rediff MyPage.
The law does not permit a builder to handover possession under any situation, not even for 'fitout' unless the building completion certificate is obtained, points out Jehangir B Gai.
Though Anand Sinha, an executive director at the central bank, was late last month selected as the successor to Thorat, he is yet to get the orders from the finance ministry to assume office.
He will look after the Department of Banking Operations and the Development and Urban Banks Department, which were held by Usha Thorat who retired in November last year.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
Sprint queen P T Usha discusses the latest doping scandal to hit Indian sport with Sriram Bala.
Mahajan, who turns 76 next week, said there had been speculations whether the party will field someone who has crossed the 75-year age bar.
India's badminton ace Saina Nehwal will be conferred the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sports honour.
She went to the bathroom complaining of stomach ache and gave birth there much to the amazement and shock of the teachers.
India's Tintu Luka made it to the women's 800m semi-finals but shot putter Om Prakash Karhana was eliminated in the qualifying round of the World Athletics Championships.
Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his visits to Mumbai, has many stories to tell. The quaint building in Gamdevi, south Mumbai, had originally belonged to Gandhi's friend Revashankar Jagjeevan Jhaveri. From Mani Bhavan, Gandhi launched a number of crucial movements during the struggle for independence that later changed the course of India's history. Usha Thakker, the director of Mani Bhavan, escorted United States President Barack Obama.
It is the first ever illumination of the historic monument's front fortification wall and its two important gateways -- Lahori Gate and Delhi Gate.
Inordinate delays by the government in making appointments for crucial posts in Reserve Bank of India and State Bank of India have resulted in slower policy decision-making. For more than two months now, the deputy governor's position has been vacant in Reserve Bank of India. Usha Thorat, one of the four deputy governors of the central bank, retired on November 10.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Executive Director Anand Sinha is set to replace Usha Thorat as deputy governor. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has recommended Sinha's candidature to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
"A committee is working on it. We have also asked the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) to broaden the scope of section 55 of Companies Act 1956 which is now clause 22 of Companies Bill," SEBI Executive Director Usha Narayanan said at an Assocham event in New Delhi.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
Former medical officer of NIS Patiala, Dr Sanjib Nandi was on Wednesday physically assaulted by guards as he tried to enter the institution premises to meet Justice Mukul Mudgal, who is probing the doping scandal in athletics. Nandi, who blew the whistle on doping practices at NIS Patiala, wanted to meet Justice Mudgal but was stopped by the guards at the gates this morning and refused entry.
Javelin thrower Annu Rani and four-time Commonwealth Games medallist discus thrower Seema Antil Punia also have been recommended for the Arjuna Award.
The selection process will begin after acceptance of Roy's resignation.
Television actors celebrate themselves, and their work, at an awards night over the weekend.
With average capacity utilisation now touching 76 per cent, Indian companies are going back to the drawing board to add capacity but the plans to build new factories and plants are still some months away.
The Great Indian Kitchen is one of the most powerful films Divya Nair has watched in recent times. One that will unsettle you long after you've watched it. And that's why everyone -- married or single, man or woman -- must watch it.
Incensed over the "planting of articles" and wrongful advertisements in the run up to a company's public offer, market regulator Sebi on Friday pulled up merchant bankers and said it is considering coming out with revised norms on IPO advertisements.
At 3.5 per cent per annum, interest on savings accounts is the only regulated rate in the banking system currently and a highly contentious one given its impact on the common man.
A look at the celebs on the red carpet.
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand joined the Board of Directors of Olympic Gold Quest, which already has all time great Indian sportspersons like Geet Sethi, Prakash Padukone, P T Usha and Leander Paes, to give a boost to Olympic medal hopefuls.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank to have 60 branches by Mar 31: CMD
These recommendations are based on interactions held by the Banks Board Bureau with eligible candidates from PSBs towards appointment against vacancies in PSBs for the period 2018-19
Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh, India's women's cricket captain Jhulan Goswami and boxer Dinesh Kumar are among the top sportspersons nominated for the Arjuna award, in recognition of their outstanding achievements during the last year. The National sports awards (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyan Chand) selection committee, headed by P T Usha, met in Delhi on Friday and finalised the list of awardees.
An alumina of Delhi School of Economics, from where she secured a Master's in Economics, Thorat joined the central bank way back in 1972.
India has been voicing its concerns about the growing menace of terrorism from Pakistan and would want the US President to make a strong statement and also promise more action on terror groups being harboured by our neighbours.
RBI on Tuesday took steps to discourage teaser loan rate schemes, which have a fixed component initially before becoming floating, in order to rein in 'loose practices in pricing of risks in the housing sector'.
