Rupee reference rate five paise up at 44.50/dollar
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Mumbai, Mar 10 (UNI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today fixed the reference rate for rupee at 44.50 per dollar, which was five paise up from yesterday's rate of 44.55, a RBI spokesperson here said.
Srinagar, Mar 10 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (Nanaji) convenor Javid Ahmad Mir and 12 others were taken into preventive custody by police for violating prohibitory orders near here today. Official sources said Mir and JKLF General Secretary along with their supporters took to streets in protest against alleged Human Rights violations in Kashmir. However, when the demonstrators reached near Regal Chowk, police took Mir and 12 others into custody and lodged them in.....
New Delhi, Mar 10 (UNI) Sharing the members' concern over the failure of the public distribution system (PDS) to serve the poor, Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today (Mar 10, 2006) asked the Government to take the issue seriously instead of just giving assurances to the House.''You have assured the House so many times, and it was now high time that you took the matter seriously so that the poor are assured of at least two square meals a.....
New Delhi, Mar 10: The top leadership of the CPI(M) today (Mar 10, 2006) began its three-day deliberations to finalise the party's strategy for the coming assembly polls, formulate its opinion on the General Budget and review its relations with the UPA Government.The 17-member Polit Bureau will review the performance of the 22-month-old Manmohan Singh Government in the backdrop of its ''anti-people and anti-labour policies, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, former General Secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet, party veteran Jyoti Basu,.....
Dubai, Mar 10 (UNI) Canadian Cricket Association (CCA) has confirmed former England A fast bowler Andy Pick as the new coach of the side. CCA President Ben Sennik, who believes Pick can take the country towards its dream of a place in the LG ICC ODI Championship table by 2010, said, ''We have had that vision ever since I took over (as President) two years ago and that was before we qualified for next year's (ICC.....
KARACHI, Mar 10 (Reuters) Pakistan have included two uncapped spinners, Tahir Khan and Abdul Rehman, in their squad for this month's one-day series in Sri Lanka. Off-spinner Tahir and Rehman, an orthodox left-arm spinner, have been picked in a 17-man squad for the three one-day internationals starting on March 17. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan said another squad would be announced for the two test matches to be played in Colombo and Kandy after the.....