Washington  - The woman president-elect Barack Obama calls "granny" will travel to his inauguration from her home in Kenya.

Sarah Obama, the widow of Barack Obama's paternal grandfather, shares no blood with the president-elect but is his step-grandmother. He met her on the trip to Kenya that he details in his memoir Dreams From My Father.

New Delhi, July 24 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the merger of the State Bank of Saurashtra with the State Bank of India to enable it to up-scale in terms of footprint, manpower and other resources.

The merger would also enable it to face competition arising from globalization of the economy, apart from augmenting efficiency and enabling better management of risk.

For the merger, the Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the following proposals:

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Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to the United States later this week to hold talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Foreign Ministry announced in Berli