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"It has become an integral part of customer service to work in Hindi in the changing economic scenario. That is the reason the RBI is always with you for promoting Hindi and other vernacular languages," he said.
Rajan was speaking at the RBI headquarters while giving away the 'Rajbhasha Shield' awards for 2012-13 to the banking sector stakeholders this evening.
Last year addressing the award ceremony, Rajan, who has spent most of his life outside India, had promised to speak in Hindi at the next Rajbhasha function, which was held today.
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Parrikar was elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament from Lucknow today.
Responding to a question whether he will have a political role in UP, Parrikar said "if the party wants, I will....Right now, the party has not told me anything. The party has asked me to become Rajya Sabha MP from there (Lucknow). As an MP, whatever requires to be done in that constituency I will be doing." The former Goa Chief Minister said he would be resigning as Panaji MLA tomorrow.
Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal have been named among 50 global corporate heads by Fortune Magazine in its annual 'Businessperson of the Year' compilation. Banga is ranked 28th on the list, Nadella 38th and Paliwal 42nd.
These corporate heads "kept a steady hand on the tiller '" and took their companies full speed ahead" in a year of "tumult from volatile markets to viral outbreaks to a striking return to Cold War politics."
The date of the drill has not yet been released. A company of 139 soldiers from southwest China's Chengdu Military Command will join their Indian counterparts for the exercise to be conducted in urban cities and townships. The two sides will also send representatives to observe the drill.
The upcoming drill will be the fourth of its kind between the two countries' armies.
Dow, the global chemical giant, took over Union Carbide Corporation in 2000. Leakage of toxic gas from the UCC factory here had killed more than 3,500 people in 1984.
On July 23 last year, the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court has issued summons to Dow asking it to send its representative to appear before it yesterday, but nobody appeared, after which the court asked for reissuing of summons to the company.
The AIIMS medical board had, in its second report submitted to police recently, confirmed poisoning as the reason behind her death but did not mention the type of poison that caused her death.
They had listed some kind of poisons most of which were radioactive isotopes that cannot be detected by labs in India. According to a senior police official, police are now mulling sending the viscera samples to a United Kingdom-based laboratory which has facilities to test all kinds of poisons.
The admiral was received at the South Block lawns in the afternoon by Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan and accorded a ceremonial guard of honour.
Outlining the importance of his visit, Rogel said, "India has been a strategic partner to France for years." Asked if he would be visiting the Mazagon Dock Ltd, he said, "Of course. I am a submariner. We have several submarines and therefore it is important to have this sort of discussion."
Meanwhile, speaking to reporters, Dhowan played down the issue of docking of Chinese submarines at Sri Lankan ports. "They (Chinese submarines) are in Sri Lanka waters. They are visiting Sri Lankan ports. That is an issue between the Sri Lankan Navy and Chinese," he said, adding that the Chinese have never approached India for any replenishments for its submarines.
"It is the responsibility of the Indian Navy to safeguard the maritime interests of the country and we monitor all the activities in the maritime domain in our area of interest," he said.
The encounter broke out at Chounigam village, 70 kms from Srinagar, when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of some militants there, a police spokesman said.
The militants, hiding in a house, opened fire on the search party which retaliated triggering a gunfight, the spokesman said.
He said the gun-battle between the holed up militants and security forces was going on. There was no immediate report of any casualty on either side, the spokesman said.
The 13-day-old BJP government headed by Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday won the confidence motion in Maharashtra assembly by a voice vote, amid protests by former ally Shiv Sena.
Both the Sena and the Congress said the government was illegitimate since the confidence motion was passed by a voice vote and said it amounted to "strangling democracy".
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Modi met Li at the Myanmar International Convention Centre on the sidelines of the back-to-back India-ASEAN and East Asia summits in Myanmar's capital.
Li was among the first leaders to have greeted Modi over phone after the latter was sworn in as Prime Minister in May this year. He had pledged then to build a "robust" relationship with Modi's government.
During the meeting, Modi recalled the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India in September, saying it would be remembered as a memorable visit.
Responding to Modi's comment, Li said President Xi's visit was a "high-success". Li also said that China was looking forward to welcoming Modi. "Keen to have you visit China. Look forward to seeing you in Beijing," Li was quoted as saying by Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.
Kulkarni, who was a Bollywood siren in the Nineties, has resurfaced in news after after disappearing from the limelight more than a decade ago. Mamta was last seen in Dev Anand's Censor which released in 2001.
"The BJP seems to have forgot the role of its smaller allies in its massive win. If they have indeed forgotten our importance, let me remind them there are four important municipal elections due in the near future.
"In the coming year, there will be Kalyan-Dombivali and Navi Mumbai municipal elections and there will be the Thane and Brihanmumbai municipal elections in 2017. If the BJP still refuses to acknowledge our importance and give us our due, we may be compelled to ally with others for these elections," Athawale said.
BSP's Raja Ram and Veer Singh and Congress party's P L Punia were also elected to Rajya Sabha, Principal Secretary, Vidhan Sabha and Returning Officer of Rajya Sabha polls Pradeep Dubey said.
The Gulberg Society was a Muslim pocket in Chamanpura, Ahmedabad. On February 28, 2002, a mob started gathering outside the society at 9 am and began shouting slogans. At noon, the mob began attacking residents.
Former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri tried to shelter people against the mob. An eyewitness has testified in court that Jafri repeatedly called the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for help but was denied help. Jafri phoned 200 other people, including cops and bureaucrats, for help. Senior police officers allegedly refused to respond.
In the afternoon, a mob went into Jafri's house and set him on fire in front of his family, following which other people in the colony were then killed.
By the evening, 69 people had died.
On March 15 this year, Zakia Jafri (Ehsan Jafri's wife) moved the High Court against the Magistrate's order upholding the SIT's closure report. Her petition seeks "to make Modi and 59 others accused on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit a mass murder, arson...and also tampering with evidence and destroying records of the Gujarat Home Department".
The petition alleges that the Magistrate accepted SIT's closure report with a "non-application of mind". It also alleges that destruction of key records was carried out to ensure injustice to the victims, in which the Chief Minister's office and the state home department were allegedly involved.
"Narendra Modi during campaign in Maharashtra for Assembly poll used to describe NCP as 'Brashtacharwadi Congress Party' in place of 'Rashtriyawadi Congress Party'...(Then) with whose support it won trust vote in Maharashtra yesterday?" Kumar wondered at his first meeting of fortnight long "Samparak yatra" in Bettiah.
Leaders of 18 countries including US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang are assembled at the one-day ninth East Asian Summit in the Myanmarese capital.
Having stayed quiet when the Manipuri felt she was cheated in her semi-final bout against the Korean boxer at the Incheon Asian Games and her subsequent protest, the officials have now threatened legal action if she is banned by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).
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The development comes in the wake of AIBA chief Ching-kuo Wu claiming earlier in the day that Sarita Devi's boxing career is as good as over for the manner of her protest at the podium in Incheon.
Addressing the 75th raising day of CRPF, Singh said that Mao Zedong's ideology, which is being followed by the CPI (Maoist) in India, is forgotten even in China, the country where he had founded the Communist state.
"But here (in India) you (Naxals) are killing your innocent countrymen by following that ideology. I would like to appeal to the Naxals to shun violence.
"Our democratic values are very strong. I would like to ask them to change the power through democracy and not by guns," he said after taking the salute at an impressive parade by CRPF personnel.
BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli says Rahul Gandhi's entire political career has been full of photo-ops -- travelling in local train, visitng Dalit's house, tearing up ordinance. Leaving aside the goodwill of the name that he has inherited what has been his achievements?
Laparoscopic surgeon Dr R K Gupta, who was taken into custody from his relatives' place in neighbouring Balodabazar district late last night, accused the administration of framing him and said the health officials, including Chief Medical and Health Officer, Block Medical Officer and Block Health Officer should be held equally responsible for the incident.
"The condition of the women deteriorated after they were given a painkiller and an antibiotic following the surgery. Women also complained of vomiting after consuming those medicines," said Gupta. He had performed tubectomies on 83 women at state-run camp in Pendari village on Saturday.
She says Nehru fulfilled his responsibility of formation of new India with enthusiasm and dedication. "Without Nehru-ji, we would not have been able to send Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan.
"We should remain committed to fight those who want to destroy the liberal and progressive edifice of India. Nehruji's ideologies are not just a part of history, they inspire us even today and undoubtedly it will inspire generations to come. Nehru-ji's vision was liberal, democratic rooted for a united India.
"We have to remain committed to our ideals and traditions, and should be proud of the Congress's role of nation building.
"Nehru was the main architech to modern India. He gave direction to India's progress," she said.
Rahul also attacked PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan saying, today people have got photo opportunities, they are cleaning streets, less work is done by the Govt. It's not like the Congress has not committed any mistakes, we made mistakes, but we are not short of ideologies."
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The Sena said, "The government has failed to prove their majority and must answer. Can those who crush the Constitution to win the vote of confidence win the people's trust?"
It added, "Through the scam of a voice vote they may have proved their majority, but it is not a majority."
The Congress and the Shiv Sena - which are the main opposition party in Maharashtra will send a representation to the governor protesting against the Speaker, Haribhau Bagde's decision not to hold a division vote, in which legislators press buttons on a voting machine to record their votes, which are then counted. Both the parties have demanded a fresh trust vote and have called the government illegitimate.
Urban Development and Housing Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday promised more night shelters in the national capital saying nobody should be forced to sleep in the open at night.
"Many countries saw merit in what we were asking for. India was never isolated or alone. Others weren't speaking up," she said.
Countries including South Africa, Cuba, Venezuela and other emerging economies had supported India's stand.Sitharaman also said that India would continue to back the implementation of the global trade agreement.
India had asked WTO to amend the norms for calculating agri subsidies so that the country could continue to procure foodgrain from farmers at minimum support price and sell them to poor at cheaper rates without violating the WTO norms.
The current WTO norms limit the value of food subsidies at 10 per cent of the total value of foodgrain production.
However, the quantum of subsidy is computed after taking into consideration prices that prevailed two decades ago.
There are apprehensions that once India would fully implement its food security programme it may breach the cap.
WTO members can drag India if it will cross the limit.
The food subsidy provided by India for paddy during 2010-11 worked out to be only around 6 per cent of the total output of the commodity in value terms. In case of wheat, the subsidy is negative by 1 per cent.
"India and the United States have resolved their differences on public stockholding of food," Sithamaran said. "This opens the way for implementation of the WTO trade facilitation deal."
At the end of July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pulled the plug on implementing a Trade Facilitation Agreement struck in Bali last year.
India had wanted indefinitely to extend a 'peace clause' to protect a subsidised food distribution scheme until the WTO can strike a definitive deal on stockpiling. In Bali, the WTO agreed that the clause would expire in four years.
On April 30, 2010, the army had claimed that they had killed three infiltrators in the Machil sector along the Line of Control. It had later claimed that they were Pakistani terrorists.
However, they were later identified as Mohamad Shafi, Shehzad Ahmed and Riyaz Ahmed, all residents of Nadihal in Baramulla district. They were allegedly lured to a border area and shot dead.
Following complaints from relatives of the victims, a territorial
army jawan and two others were arrested by police but the incident led
to unrest in the entire Kashmir Valley and widespread demonstrations in
which 123 people were killed.
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