Mexico issues 1 kg commemorative gold coin
September 18th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 18 (IANS/EFE) Mexico' central bank Monday brought into circulation the country's first 1 kg gold commemorative coin.The Banco de Mexico announced in a communique that the coin ... Read more...
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2G: Trial begins against Essar-Loop promoters
July 26th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The trial of promoters of the Essar Group and Loop Telecom in the 2G case started Thursday in a CBI special court here.Two bank officials ... Read more...
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JKCA internal probe clears Abdullah of hand in scam
July 18th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 18 (IANS) Union minister Farooq Abdullah, who is also the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), has been exonerated of the multi-crore embezzlement ... Read more...
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Bank attaches school for loan default in Maharashtra
July 13th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), July 13 (IANS) The fate of around 600 secondary and higher secondary school students hangs in balance after a bank attached the school building and premises for defaulting ... Read more...
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Boxer Evander Holyfield forced to move out of his foreclosed home
July 10th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Georgia, July 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Boxer Evander Holyfield has moved out of his Georgia mansion under duress. It may be recalled that the retired boxer has been going through a hard time ... Read more...
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Rs.1,813 in Rajendra Prasad’s bank account (Lead)
July 4th, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 4 (IANS) A total of Rs.1,813 is lying unclaimed in a bank account that India's first president, Rajendra Prasad, opened a few months before he died.For 50 long ... Read more...
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Chidambaram hit by court ruling, opposition wants him out (Second Lead)
June 7th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Madras High Court Thursday declined to dismiss a case against Home Minister P. Chidambaram for allegedly manipulating the 2009 elections in his Lok ... Read more...
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Britain refuses asylum request from Moscow bankers
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
London, May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain has refused to grant political asylum to two former officials of a Moscow bank, after they were placed on the Interpol wanted list on ... Read more...
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Citi’s Pandit sued over excessive pay
April 21st, 2012 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 21 (IANS) Citigroup's Indian American CEO Vikram Pandit and its directors have been sued by a bank shareholder over a compensation package that was contested by investors in ... Read more...
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Fake Indian currency recovered, three held
March 18th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 18 (IANS) Tripura Police have arrested two people, both residents of Bihar's Kishanganj district, with fake Indian currency notes while depositing them in a bank here, police said ... Read more...
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Rs.1.4 million looted from a bank in Chennai
February 20th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) A four-member gang looted a large amount of cash from a suburban branch of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) at gunpoint Monday afternoon, said police.According ... Read more...
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Poll panel keeping eye on large cash withdrawals
January 16th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 16 (IANS) Large cash withdrawals from banks in Goa are being monitored and the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Reserve Bank of India ... Read more...
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RBI cautions investors against illegal finance companies
January 7th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bagmara (Tripura), Jan 7 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Saturday asked people not to deposit their hard earned money in unauthorised non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and institutions in ... Read more...
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Rs.100 crore seized from accounts of contractor, kin
November 24th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Income Tax (IT) sleuths seized Rs.100 crore deposited in bank accounts of a contractor, his family members and relatives in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad, sources said ... Read more...
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Banking assistants shot at, Rs.3.25 lakh looted in Tripura
November 23rd, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS) Armed criminals fired at and injured two banking business correspondents - who help banks take their services to people's doorstep - and looted from them Rs.3.25 ... Read more...
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Banking assistants shot at, Rs.3.25 lakh looted in Tripura
November 23rd, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS) Armed criminals fired at and injured two banking business correspondents - who help banks take their services to people's doorstep - and looted from them Rs.3.25 ... Read more...
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Bank of China’s Olympic dolls lose their glitter
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Sep 2 (IANS) Many people, who bought the Bank of China's gold fuwa dolls, mascots of the Beijing Olympic Games, are today feeling duped since these dolls have started ... Read more...
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PM must come under Lokpal: Tripura chief minister
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 23 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Tuesday asserted that the prime minister must be included within the ambit of the proposed Lokpal bill."Prime minister must be included ... Read more...
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Chandigarh immigration firm under police scanner
August 21st, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) In one of the biggest immigration rackets that has surfaced in this city, the ways adopted by multi-million-rupee immigration firm Healthyway Immigration are now under the ... Read more...
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Depositors demand money from collapsed bank
August 5th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Hundreds of depositors in Maharashtra Friday demanded their money back from a bank taken over by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).The depositors gathered outside the ... Read more...
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CBI studying CVC report on Corporation Bank
July 28th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is examining a report prepared by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on the alleged irregularities in the sanction of loans ... Read more...
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Mummified woman found in car in Florida
July 25th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) A reclusive woman who rarely spoke to her neighbours was found sitting mummified in her car in the US state of Florida 16 months after she ... Read more...
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Corporation Bank now battles software violation charge
July 15th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 15 (IANS) Even though it seems to be on a strong wicket against a sudden charge of software licence violation, the Mangalore-based Corporation Bank, now under the Central ... Read more...
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Swindlers use phone tricks to con Chinese people
June 18th, 2011 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Gangs in China are now calling up people disguised as police or bank officials and telling them their money is not safe. They then persuade them ... Read more...
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98 kg gold, Rs.12 crore cash found in Sathya Sai Baba’s chamber
June 17th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 17 (IANS) Around Rs.12 crore in cash and nearly 100 kg of gold were found from Yajur Mandir, the personal chamber of late spiritual guru Sathya Sai ... Read more...
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Delhi blood banks to get advanced testing technique soon
June 14th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Delhi government will soon introduce the nucleic acid testing (NAT), an advanced method of testing blood to detect the AIDS virus, in ... Read more...
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Corporation Bank calls special board meeting Friday
June 2nd, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Mangalore-based Corporation Bank, now under the Central Vigilance Commissions (CVC) scanner over allegations of irregularities, has called a special board meeting Friday in New Delhi, ... Read more...
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Vigilance probe against Corporation Bank
June 1st, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 1 (IANS) For the first time perhaps in India's banking history, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is conducting a probe based on a whistleblower's complaint about certain ... Read more...
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Explosions strike 2 Mexico City banks
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Two explosive devices were detonated in two banks early Monday morning in Mexico City, as local authorities found a third suspected device at another bank, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Financial inclusion to get more focus: RBI governor
May 18th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) Financial inclusion covering most Indians, fiscal literacy and priority sector lending are at the core of the Reserve Bank of India's mandate, its governor D. Subbarao ... Read more...
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Woman accuses SBI officers of stealing jewellery from locker
May 10th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), May 10 (IANS) A businesswoman has accused five bank officials and a lawyer of stealing gold and diamond jewellery worth over Rs.1.2 million from her locker in ... Read more...
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Trinamool leader flouted bank norms: CPI
April 29th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Communist Party of India MP Gurudas Dasgupta Thursday accused union minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy of misusing his powers and pressuring bank officials ... Read more...
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Three held for hacking bank accounts
March 29th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Three people have been arrested for hacking at least 14 bank accounts of Rs.8 lakh to pay around 150 people's electricity bills, police said Monday."Anil ... Read more...
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Banking services to all Indians by next year: RBI
March 26th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 26 (IANS) Mainstream banking services would be provided to all unbanked semi-urban, rural and remote areas having population of 2,000 by next year, top Reserve Bank of India ... Read more...
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College students largest sperm donor group in China
March 21st, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 21 (IANS) College students in their large numbers have now become sperm donors in a south China province because of an increase in payment, a media ... Read more...
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