RBI's rupee reference rate eight paise lower at 44.63 per USD
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Mumbai, Apr 7 (UNI) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today fixed the reference rate for rupee at 44.63 per US dollar, six paise higher from the previous rate of 44.69, an official spokesperson here said.
New Delhi, Apr 7 (UNI) Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni got the first taste of the finest culinary traditions of Kerala at a three-day festival that opened in the national capital today.Ms Soni inaugurated the 'Spicy Heritage of Kerala' festival at the Travancore House at a function presided over by former Kerala Information and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M M Hassan.Lauding the achievements of the southern state in the fields of tourism and culture, she said Kerala had.....
New Delhi, Apr 7 (UNI) Following are the highlights of the Annual Supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09) unveiled by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath today: * India's exports cross 100 billion dollars.* ''Focus Product'' and ''Focus Market'' schemes to penetrate strategic markets.* Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana to include village, cottage industries.* India to be made hub for Gems and Jewellery, Automative and Automobile sectors.* Unrebated service tax and.....
Kolkata, Apr 07: The CPI(M) is contemplating legal action against the poll observers for Midnapore for ordering a raid on the party's zonal office at Keshpur, veteran leader Jyoti Basu today said.''Is it a land of lawlessness...We are assessing options for taking legal recourse,'' an angry Mr Basu told reporters after the party's state secretariat meeting here.Hinting that the CPI(M) would wait for the outcome of the inquiry the Commission had ordered following the Keshpur incident, Mr Basu.....
New Delhi, Apr 7: The Congress today rubbished fresh efforts to form a Third Front at the Centre saying ''zeros don't make a political front''.''Where is the Third Front? You can't form a political front without political parties,'' Union Tourism and Culture Minister and senior Congress leader Ambika Soni told reporters here.Those who are talking about a Third Front can't even include the Left parties in it, she said responding to yesteday's announcement by Samajwadi Party president and.....
Ahmedabad, Apr 7 (UNI) Senior BJP leader L K Advani today expressed satisfaction at the response the twin 'Bharat Suraksha Yatras,' undertaken by him and party president Rajnath Singh, were getting. ''I am very pleased at the enthusiastic response the yatra is getting, '' he told mediapersons here, adding that Mr Rajnath Singh had called him up earlier and said he too was getting a ''good response'' from the people. In response to a question on.....