It's good news for people of Orissa. The state government will now force companies investing in the state to provide at least 90% of the jobs in their projects to the locals.

The Vikhe Patil Memorial School, Pune showcased a series of traditional Indian Dances as part of the cultural programme organized in the honour of the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

Her Royal Highness was enchanted by the dance and stated, "I always wanted to come to India and no where in the world have I received such a warm welcome".

Stockholm - Swedish banking group Handelsbanken on Wednesday outdid analyst expectations and reported higher third-quarter operating profits and net interest income.

Handelsbanken was the first of the Nordic nation's four major banking groups to report results amid the ongoing financial turmoil.

Operating profits were up 6 per cent to 3.78 billion kronor (510 million dollars), the group said attributing this to "higher net interest income and lower costs."

Tokyo, Oct 22 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today called for a coordinated response to deal with the current global recessionary trends.

While addressing the business delegates at a luncheon organised by the Japan-India Business Cooperation Committee and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, Dr. Singh said that the need of hour is to prevent the liquidity crisis from further shattering the confidence of investors.

Sania Mirza, absent from the tennis courts for the last two months due to a wrist injury, was seen looking better, fitter and in high spirits.

To quote Sania "I am surprised how well the treatment has worked for me .I have been hitting the ball for over two weeks now and am feeling very good".

Sania Ranked 98 in the world, is at present in the capital getting her wrist treated.
 

As always Reliance has made its mark. A record breaking 5,00,000 subscribers were roped in by Big TV DTH, a part of Reliance Communication in the first two months of its launch.