RBI removes penalty on prepayment of home loans
June 5th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday announced removal of foreclosure charges/prepayment penalty on home loans with floating interest rates.In a notification, the central bank said ... Read more...
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Man held for cheating AIIMS nurse
October 16th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A 24-year-old unemployed youth has been arrested for cheating a nurse working at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) of Rs.4.5 lakh, police said ... Read more...
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Home loan subvention scheme extended to fishermen
March 11th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday announced the extension of the existing subvention scheme for providing short term loans to fishermen at 7 percent interest ... Read more...
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Government hangs up on telemarketers
December 1st, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Aiming to curb the menace of unsolicited commercial calls and messages, telecom sector watchdog Wednesday issued orders for all such numbers to begin with '70', making ... Read more...
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RBI tightens norms for home loans, rates may go up
November 2nd, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday tightened the norms for home loans, asking banks to cap the loan amount at 80 percent of the cost of ... Read more...
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SBI targets 20 percent business from foreign operations
September 6th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) The country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), is targeting 20 percent of its net income from international operations in the next two-three years, a top ... Read more...
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Oz mum who forced daughter, 12, into prostitution jailed for 10 years
May 14th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): An Australian mother has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for forcing her 12-year-old daughter into prostitution with over 100 men in just four weeks.Magistrate Peter Evans, ... Read more...
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Oz mother prostitutes 12-year-old daughter to pay off debts
May 10th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 10 (ANI): A woman sold her 12-year-old daughter for sex to pay off her home loan, in Tasmania.According to the Mercury, the mother, who belongs to Glenorchy in Tasmania, pleaded ... Read more...
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United Bank of India launches home loan at 8 percent
December 22nd, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The city-based state-run United Bank of India (UBI) has launched an eight percent home loan scheme available till March 31 next year, a release said here Tuesday.
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Punjab National Bank sells stake in subsidiary
December 9th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 9 (IANS) State-owned Punjab National Bank Wednesday said it will sell 26 percent stake in its home loan arm PNB Housing Finance to Destimoney Enterprises, previously called Dawnay Day.
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Kahani Ghar ke loan ki
August 11th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
There is huge financial crisis still going on for the actors it seems. Well there are few banks that have withdrawn from giving home loan to the actors and the producers of ... Read more...
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Speaker of British parliament resigns over expenses row
May 19th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) The Speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament Tuesday announced he will resign next month over his handling of a scandal on MPs' expenses, becoming the first British ... Read more...
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SBI may review rates by May-end
May 8th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, may review rates by May-end as it has seen a steady rise in deposits last fiscal, a top ... Read more...
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Punjab National Bank cuts lending rate
April 30th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reduced its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 11 percent, it announced Thursday.
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PNB reduces lending rate by 50 basis points
April 30th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Punjab National Bank on Thursday reduced its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 11 percent.The Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) has been slashed from ... Read more...
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Police remand of Saji Mohan extended by a day
March 21st, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) A court here Saturday extended the police remand of tainted Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Saji Mohan, who was caught in a narcotics racket, by one day.
On ... Read more...
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Indian Bank hikes lending rates to 14 percent
August 12th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The public sector Indian Bank has increased its benchmark prime lending rates by 75 basis points to 14 percent per annum with effect from Monday. However, the home ... Read more...
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SBI hikes interest rate by 0.5 percent
June 26th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) The country's largest public sector bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), Thursday hiked its benchmark prime lending rate (PLR) by 0.5 percent to 12.75 percent annually. The ... Read more...
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Bankruptcy filings in US up by 38 percent
April 16th, 2008 - 3:46 am ICT by admin
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Washington, April 16 (DPA) Bankruptcy filings by consumers and businesses in the US climbed by 38 percent to 850,912 in 2007, the Administrative Office of US Courts revealed Tuesday. There were 617,660 ... Read more...
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