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.

London, Dec. 6 : Indian police and government officials have said that they are likely to give the lone surviving terrorist behind last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai truth serum to make him spill the beans on the entire operation, but experts familiar with the drug and its uses, are skeptical about the results.

During police interrogations, Ajmal Amir Kasab has claimed that he hails from Faridkot in Pakistan’s Punjab Province and that he was trained with the Pakistan-based extremist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba.

New Delhi, December 6 : The Chinese minister of the State Council Information Office, Wang Chen, has revealed that the Internet is being misused to spread rumours by most of the users.

He said so while delivering a speech during the 8th Forum on Internet Media of China in Chongqing on Friday, through which he urged the country’s online media to help foster a society of integrity and honesty.

Chen’s speech unveiled 10 "worrying trends" in the Chinese online community.

While ‘spreading rumours’ topped the list, exaggeration of news came in second.