Jaipur, Dec 6 : Re-polling will be held in Rajasthan on December 7 instead of December 6 as announced earlier by the Election Commission, official sources said here today.

The Chief Electoral Office had announced in Jaipur on Friday that re-polling would be held in about three dozen polling booths in the districts of Ajmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Dausa, Dholpur, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Kota and Sawaimadhopur.

The respective returning officers announced re-polling after getting complaints of rigging, EVM malfunctioning, and booth capturing during polling on Thursday.

Mumbai, Dec. 6 : There was one amazing escape from Nariman House in Mumbai last week at the height of the confrontation between terrorists and the security forces.

That escape was of Sandra Samuel, a nanny employed by an Israeli couple to look after their two-year-old son.

Moshe Holtzberg will ultimately be ever grateful to Sandra for saving his life, but Sandra herself will be sad that she couldn’t get his parents mother Rivka, and his father, Rabbi Gaby Holtzberg out alive.

New Delhi , Dec. 6 :The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its bid to help out the ailing economy has announced a string of measures , including a one percent point cut in short-term rates (repo rate) at which it lends and borrows from banks.

It also decided to pump in an additional of Rs 11,000 crore to help the realty and small industry sectors.

A total of Rs 3,00,000 crores has been infused into the system, since October this financial year.

Kolkata, Dec 6 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has announced Rs. 95 crore package for the infrastructure development of Kolkata’s Viswa-Bharati University.

The Prime Minister announced the package while addressing the 37th convocation of Viswa-Bharati University in Santiniketan in Birbhum district of Kolkata today.

He said the government would strive to ensure that all Indians get a chance to complete his education.

Dr. Singh also said that the government would do everything possible to build the education infrastructure in the country.

Mumbai, Dec 6 : The Congress today suspended Maharashtra leader Narayan Rane, a day after party president Sonia Gandhi decided in Ashok Chavan''s favour for the post of new Maharashtra Chief Minister, rather than in Rane''s who was the other strong contender for the post.

"It has been observed that after the announcement of the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Maharashtra, Narayan Rane is making public statements deliberately with a view to lowering the prestige of the Indian National Congress," said AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi.

Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 6 : The spirit of "Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai" was rekindled here when the 137-member Chinese Army contingent in India for a joint anti-terror exercise stunned their Indian counterparts when they sang with great respect and honour India''s national anthem.

Around 90 soldiers of the 1st company of the infantry battalion of the Chengdu Military Area Command stood in line and sang "Jana Gana Mana" in unison, surprising Indian Army personnel during the official banquet hosted here at Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre here on Friday.