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Bangalore: In recognition of his services to the country, former president A P J Abdul Kalam has been selected by Karnataka for this year’s (2006-07) ‘Basava’ award in recognition of services to the country.

H S Mahadeva Prasad, Minister for Kannada and Culture narrated that the award consisting Rs 10 lakh, a memento and a citation will be presented to Dr. Kalam at a function to be held at the Jnana Jyothi auditorium on September 28.

Mr. Mahadeva said that he called on Dr. Kalam recently with a letter of communication on his being selected for the prominent award, and he had accepted it.

ICICI Bank, the country’s second-biggest banking group, plans to hire 20,000-30,000 staff in the current fiscal.

The bank would employ between 75,000 and 1,00,000 direct employees in the coming years. If indirect staffs that comprise insurance agents are added, the bank’s total employee force would be about half-a-million in some years.

KV Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank said the banking group its realty needs accordingly.

Vijayawada: Truck and heavy vehicle manufacturer, Ashok Leyland stated it will establish eight more automotive service centres in Andhra Pradesh.

Vinod K Dasari, Chief Operating Officer, Ashok Leyland said the company instigated its 200th automotive centre at Kodada in Nalgonda zone today to provide superior services to its clients.

Jaipur: Carrying on the lower court’s decision in the chinkara hunting case, the Jodhpur District and Sessions Court confirmed the five-year detention granted to bollywood star Salman Khan in the nine-year-old black buck hunting case.

The court rejected Salman’s plea against his judgment of conviction in the case, awarded to him by a lower court in 2006. Another accused, Govardhan Singh, was, however, discharged.

New Delhi: The government is expected to bring in biometric PAN cards shortly to tackle the problem of increasing misuse of Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards.

Finance Minister, P Chidambaram said in Lok Sabha that a combined Working Group in the Finance Ministry has given its statement after getting technical and commercial propositions from top biometric solution providers.

Bristol: In order to level the seven-match series 1-1, India has defeated