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Bangalore, Aug 24 : Ramya, who was Saturday elected to Lok Sabha from Mandya constituency in Karnataka, is the first female actor from the state to enter parliament.

Fielded by the ruling Congress, she defeated C. S. Puttaraju of Janata Dal-Secular in the bypoll held Aug 21. Mandya is about 80 kms from Bangalore. This was her maiden electoral foray.

Glamorous Ramya is considered the "golden girl" of Kannada cinema as she has given several hits.

She has also acted in a few Tamil and Telugu films.

Mumbai, Aug 24 : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday discussed the volatility of the rupee and the macro-economic situation with top bankers and foreign investors separately, and assured them that the government would take all possible steps to ensure stability in the market and capital inflows.

Chidambaram was accompanied by top officials including economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram and financial services secretary Rajiv Takru at the meeting. He sought feedback from the participants about their concerns over what was happening in the country’s financial markets.

New Delhi, Aug 24 : A state-of-the art National Media Centre comparable to those in capitals across the world was inaugurated Saturday, with an impressive conference hall, workplace for the media, a library, cafeteria and high-speed internet.

The four-storied Rs. 60 crore facility, built over three years, is located at the heart of the capital, on Raisina Road - with many important government buildings a stone's throw away and in the vicinity of the Parliament House and Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Press Club of India and the Indian Women's Press Corps are right next door.

Mumbai, Aug 24 : India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $205.8 million to $278.80 billion for the week ended Aug 16, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The reserves had increased by $1.43 billion to $278.60 billion for the week ended Aug 9.

The foreign currency assets (FCA) - the biggest component of the forex reserves - grew by $211.7 million at $251.56 billion, the weekly statistical supplement of the central bank showed.

The FCA had grown by $1.45 billion at $251.34 billion in the previous week.

Los Angeles, Aug 24 : Actress Nicole Kidman says she has never been happier than she is now, and she has credited her husband Keith Urban and their children for this.

The 46-year-old actress split from actor Tom Cruise in 2001 and married Urban in 2006.

She has two daughters with him - Sunday (2008) and Faith (2011).

Kidman believes her "real life" is now better than it ever was, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

Reliance Industries Ltd's telecom arm Reliance Jio Infocomm is one of the companies that have applied for Unified Licence, Department of Telecom Secretary M F Farooqui confirmed.

Holders of the Unified Licence will be able to offer all services under a single permit by paying an extra fee. In other words, carriers will not have to apply for different licences for offering different services.