Mumbai, Nov 7 (UNI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today fixed the reference rate at Rs 44.83 per US Dollar, up by three paise from its yesterday's rate of Rs 44.86 per US Dollar, a RBI spokesperson said.
Bhopal, Nov 7 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Ishwardas Rohani today informed the assembly that discussion on an adjournment motion on the killing of five villagers by Gadaria dacoit gang in Shivpuri district will be taken up tomorow. As Opposition members tried to raise the issue during zero hour, Mr Rohani said the Leader of Opposition was also not in the House and a discussion will be held tomorrow in her presence. UNI.....
Bhopal, Nov 7 (UNI) Allaying fears of the Opposition members regarding eviction of dalits and tribals from forest land, Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Himmat Kothari today assured the state assembly that no action would be taken in haste and without proper examination of records. Raising the issue during Question Hour, Mr Vanshmani Prasad Verma (SP) wanted to know from the Forest Minister that how much land of Chhatarpur, Sidhi and undivided Shahdol had been.....
Bhopal, Nov 7 (UNI) The opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha today demanded that Rewa should be made the headquarters of the proposed Panini Sanskrit University, instead of Ujjain. The demand was made in view of existence of a large number of Sanskrit institutions in the Vindhya region. Participating in the debate on the bill moved by Higher Education Minister Tukojirao Pawar for setting up the university at Ujjain, Mr Indrajit Kumar (Cong).....
Bhopal, Nov 7 (UNI) The opposition members today alleged in the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha that erection of fencing around tree plantation spread over 25 hectare area in Vidisha district had prevented the movement of about 300 Dalits for about five months. ''The Dalits were forced to move out of Sayar village crossing Halali river with the help of a wire and their free movement was prevented by caste Hindus with the assistance of.....
Kolkata, Nov 7 (UNI) Society for Common-Concern and Grievance Portal secretary Ajit Sarthi today condemned the death sentence to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein by a speical Tribunal. The NGO described the judgement as the "gravest crime against universal declaration of Human Rights". "If the conviction is not set aside immediately, we, the social activists, shall move to South Eest Asia and West Asia to build up public opinion against the malafied and.....