Sep 03

NDTV.com 50% quota for women in local bodies soon: CM Times of India HYDERABAD: The state government is contemplating to provide 50 per cent reservation for women in local bodies. “A final decision on this will be taken soon,” chief minister K Rosaiah said here on Sunday. The chief minister inaugurated a housing colony …

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Sep 03

The scare that closed the Miami International Airport for more than seven hours Friday morning was caused by a 70- year-old scientist who had a metal canister in his luggage that “greatly resembled a pipe bomb,” a U.S. government official told CNN.

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Sep 03

The Hindu Bihar seeks 4000 paramilitary personnel to deal with Naxals Times of India NEW DELHI: The Bihar government has sought 4000 additional paramilitary personnel from the Centre to deal with the sudden spurt in Naxal violence in the state. The request for 40 companies (each company having around 100 personnel) is being examined by …

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Sep 03

Rediff At this SBI branch, it takes Rs 1 crore to open an account NDTV.com PTI, Updated: September 03, 2010 16:16 IST Hyderabad: After wooing the urban poor here with its 'One Rupee Bank' account, State Bank of India (SBI) is now aggressively targeting the crorepatis. The government lender has inaugurated first-of-its-kind ..

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Sep 03

Stocks futures edged higher early Friday as investors await the government’s August employment report, which is expected to show the economy lost jobs for a third straight month.

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Sep 03

A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I’m a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the question, “Should U.S. Government Debt Be Rated Junk Status?” Given that debt issued by the U.S. government continues to trade at almost all-time lows in yield, this is a contrarian call to say the least

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Sep 03

Moneycontrol.com China To Adjust CPI Weighting Wall Street Journal BEIJING–China's statistics bureau next year will increase the weight of housing-related items and reduce the weighting of food in its official consumer price index, a government official familiar with the matter said. The planned changes are the ..

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Sep 03

Fires left at least four people dead and hundreds homeless in two regions of central Russia, government officials said Friday.

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Sep 03

Moneycontrol.com FDI in retail: Govt can start off with 51%, says Brandhouse Moneycontrol.com Recently, the government had tabled the discussion on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. CNBC-TV18 is picking from its sources that there has been a broad consensus in the industry for FDI in multi-brand retail. …

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Sep 02

Price-tagged medical jobs Times of India BANGALORE: How much does it cost, meaning the bribe, to get a job at a government hospital in the state? According to a complaint filed with Hassan Town police station, it's Rs 1.25 lakh for a technician's post, Rs 1.5 lakh for a chemist's post, …

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