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'Why waste money on ill foreign prisoners?'

'Why waste money on ill foreign prisoners?'

Rediff.com24 Mar 2005

The Delhi HC, hearing a petition from an AIDS-infected Swiss woman, wanted to know from the government why terminally ill foreign prisoners should not be released.

OBC eyes east for expansion

OBC eyes east for expansion

Rediff.com6 Sep 2004

After consolidating its foothold in south India through the acquisition of Global Trust Bank, Delhi-based Oriental Bank of Commerce.

HC asks govt to test Pepsi samples

HC asks govt to test Pepsi samples

Rediff.com11 Aug 2003

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the central government to conduct tests on samples of Pepsi and submit its report within three weeks.

President appoints new Governors, Banwarilal Purohit made TN Governor

President appoints new Governors, Banwarilal Purohit made TN Governor

Rediff.com30 Sep 2017

The appointments of five governors, including for Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands by President Ram Nath Kovind were announced on Saturday.

The RBI's new shoes

The RBI's new shoes

Rediff.com2 Jun 2005

3 bank chairmen retire on April 30

3 bank chairmen retire on April 30

Rediff.com2 May 2005

HC ban on Chinese toy globes

HC ban on Chinese toy globes

Rediff.com10 Nov 2004

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday put an interim ban on the import and marketing of Chinese make toy globes in India as they incorrectly represented the country's map by not showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of its territory.

GTB, OBC merger to be over by Jun '06

GTB, OBC merger to be over by Jun '06

Rediff.com16 Mar 2005

The integration process of Global Trust Bank with Oriental Bank of Commerce would be completed by June 2006, its chairman and managing director B D Narang said.

OBC, Oriental Insurance ink bancassurance pact

OBC, Oriental Insurance ink bancassurance pact

Rediff.com21 Aug 2003

Oriental Bank of Commerce on Thursday announced a tie up with Oriental Insurance Company for selling general insurance products through its branches.

Oriental Bank of Commerce to take over GTB

Oriental Bank of Commerce to take over GTB

Rediff.com26 Jul 2004

The crisis-ridden Global Trust Bank would be merged with Oriental Bank of Commerce, RBI said on Monday.

Pepsi withdraws case against CSE

Pepsi withdraws case against CSE

Rediff.com16 Dec 2003

Softdrink major Pepsi Co on Tuesday withdrew from the Delhi high court the petition filed by it challenging the controversial report of Centre for Science and Environment

GTB acquisition to hit profit: OBC

GTB acquisition to hit profit: OBC

Rediff.com10 Dec 2004

Oriental Bank of Commerce on Friday said its profit will dip this fiscal due to acquisition of the ailing Global Trust Bank and hinted at another round of voluntary retirement scheme to cut excess flab.

HC dismisses PIL against BCCI

HC dismisses PIL against BCCI

Rediff.com24 Nov 2003

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition as neither the petitioner nor his counsel appeared for hearing on Friday.

OBC to retrain GTB staff

OBC to retrain GTB staff

Rediff.com11 Oct 2004

Oriental Bank of Commerce will retrain the staff of Global Trust Bank to enable them to carry out lending activities at branch level and attain three times more business from the acquired unit.

PIL maintainable against BCCI

PIL maintainable against BCCI

Rediff.com4 Oct 2004

The Delhi High Court held that a writ or a PIL was maintainable against BCCI as it discharged a public function.

HC stays move to destroy Coke bottles

HC stays move to destroy Coke bottles

Rediff.com17 Sep 2003

The Delhi high court on Wednesday stayed the government decision to destroy empty glass bottles of Coca-Cola not having the mandatory embossed declaration after the soft drink major gave an undertaking that it would not use them.\n\n\n\n

OBC to give GTB depositors loans at cheaper rates

OBC to give GTB depositors loans at cheaper rates

Rediff.com23 Aug 2004

In a move that could provide succour to existing customers of troubled Global Trust Bank, its acquirer Oriental Bank of Commerce said on Monday that lending rates would eventually come down in line with the PSU bank.

OBC eyes 30% growth post merger

OBC eyes 30% growth post merger

Rediff.com19 Aug 2004

Sending a clear directive to Global Trust Bank employees to triple their business, its acquirer Oriental Bank of Commerce has set a growth target of 30 per cent for the combined entity at about Rs 80,000 crore (Rs 800 billion) this fiscal.

Summoning Samsung chief is an extreme step: Sharma

Summoning Samsung chief is an extreme step: Sharma

Rediff.com4 Apr 2014

Describing Supreme Court's direction asking Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad court in a cheating case an "extreme step", Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Friday said it would adversely impact investment and business climate.

England win second ODI, level series with West Indies

England win second ODI, level series with West Indies

Rediff.com3 Mar 2014

Ravi Bopara and captain Stuart Broad put on 58 unbroken runs to guide England to a nerve-jangling, three-wicket victory over the West Indies in the second One-day international in North Sound, Antigua, on Sunday. Bopara, 38 not out, and Broad, 28 not out, combined in a patient stand for the eighth wicket as England reached 163 for seven in 44.5 overs, in reply to the West Indies total of 159 all out at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

13 SSB troops released after being detained by Nepal police

13 SSB troops released after being detained by Nepal police

Rediff.com29 Nov 2015

Nepal on Sunday briefly detained 13 personnel of India's SSB, who allegedly entered the country with arms while chasing suspected smugglers near Jhapa district, bordering Bihar.

Stapled notes still in vogue

Stapled notes still in vogue

Rediff.com5 Jun 2003

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Biswas looks back at a devastated country she continues to love deeply.

Two judges held in corruption case in Gujarat

Two judges held in corruption case in Gujarat

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

According to Registrar General of the high court, B N Karia the vigilance cell investigated the case and filed a first information report in the case of corruption.

Our son is not alive, don't dig and damage our land: Parents of borewell victim

Our son is not alive, don't dig and damage our land: Parents of borewell victim

Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

The operation to pull out a six-year old boy trapped in an abandoned borewell at a farm in nearby Sulikeri village in Karnataka's Bagalkot district was halted on the sixth day on Friday as his mother led a protest by villagers seeking an end to it.

Delhi HC bans 'hazardous' erickshaws from city roads

Delhi HC bans 'hazardous' erickshaws from city roads

Rediff.com31 Jul 2014

The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the city government to stop erickshaws from plying on the roads of the national capital "as of now". "Stop it as of now," a bench of justices B D Ahmed and S Mridul said, while observing that "unregulated plying of vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on road as well as the citizens".

Lal Thanhawla sworn-in Mizoram chief minister

Lal Thanhawla sworn-in Mizoram chief minister

Rediff.com14 Dec 2013

Lal Thanhawla, who steered Congress to a landslide victory in Mizoram, was sworn-in as chief minister by Governor Vakkom Purushothaman on Saturday. He was sworn-in and administered oath of office along with his 11-member council of ministers at the Raj Bhavan here. This is Lal Thanhawla's second consecutive term and the fifth overall term as chief minister.

High Court notice to Delhi govt on BCCI plea

High Court notice to Delhi govt on BCCI plea

Rediff.com6 Aug 2013

The Delhi government has been directed to respond to a cricket board plea challenging a notice asking it to pay entertainment tax on the money received so far from the sponsors for the IPL and T20 matches held since 2008.

Ton-up Du Plessis, Miller help South Africa thump Sri Lanka

Ton-up Du Plessis, Miller help South Africa thump Sri Lanka

Rediff.com2 Feb 2017

It was an eighth ODI victory in a row for South Africa and an 11th win in succession at home as they showed form in the build-up to the Champions Trophy in England in June.

Spicejet reaches out of court settlement with Irish lessor

Spicejet reaches out of court settlement with Irish lessor

Rediff.com23 Mar 2015

The Irish firms had sought to deregister SpiceJet.

Assam: HC awards life terms to tea executives for murder

Assam: HC awards life terms to tea executives for murder

Rediff.com13 Nov 2013

Five persons including four tea executives were sentenced for life by a division bench of the Gauhati high court for murder of a 17-year-old girl in December, 1992.

Will Gulaab Gang release tomorrow? Delhi HC to hear producers's plea

Will Gulaab Gang release tomorrow? Delhi HC to hear producers's plea

Rediff.com6 Mar 2014

A day after the Delhi high court stayed the release of Gulaab Gang, the film's producers have moved to a larger bench against the order.

NSEL and MCX set to reconstitute boards

NSEL and MCX set to reconstitute boards

Rediff.com27 Aug 2013

Slew of resignations at NSEL over past month in the wake of scrutiny; MCX gaps caused by new-age norms for commexes.

Samsung faces trouble in India, to reduce staff

Samsung faces trouble in India, to reduce staff

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

The company might look to reduce workforce in its mobile phone division.

HC orders status quo on allotment of Chhattisgarh coal block

HC orders status quo on allotment of Chhattisgarh coal block

Rediff.com23 Mar 2015

The court issued notice to the ministry and directed it to file its response in two days.