New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex ended 4.5 per cent higher on Tuesday buoyed by a cut in a key lending rate and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that the fundamentals of the Indian economy were strong.
The 30-share sensitive index which gained 247.74 points on Monday, added another 460.30 points in trading Tuesday to close at 10,683.39, up 4.5 per cent.
Palamu (Bihar), Oct. 21 : District administration in Palamu in Jharkhand has recently started a novel postcard scheme to attend to the problems of local residents, especially those living in far off villages of the district.
The main objective of the postcard scheme is to establish direct contact with the public and address their problems. Both the administration and public are enthusiastic about this scheme. It is being made successful with mutual cooperation.
Guwahati, Oct 21 : President Pratibha Patil today said that there is an urgent need for augmenting medical institutions in the country.
Laying the foundation stone of the Tezpur Medical College in Sonitpur district of Assam, Patil said the country has at present 271 medical colleges out of which about 31,000 medical graduates pass out every year.
Durg (Chhattisgarh), Oct. 21 : A woman in Durg has transformed the lives of hundreds of women around her with personal intelligence and a strong determination to serve and uplift the society through women empowerment.
Shamshad Begum felt inspired for such a mission after being associated for five years with the government’s literacy campaign, started in 1990. She worked as the President of one of the small groups operating in Gundardehi Village.
But later, Begum decided to devote herself for uplift of women in society for the rest of her life.
New Delhi, Oct 21 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that if a Parliamentry Review Committee gives the finding that the offence against the accused cannot be tried under Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), then trial under the anti-terror law cannot proceed.
However, the state can always file an appeal against POTA review committee, said the bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan pronouncing the verdict.
Bodhgaya, Oct 21 : Monks in Bodh Gaya have staged a demonstration against barricading of the sacred Bodhi tree by the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC).
Monks alleged that a scientist of Forest Research Institute (FRI) had submitted to BTMC a report stating that offering of prayers by the monks just below the sacred tree would stop intake of oxygen to its roots, drying down it in due course of time.
They marched down towards the Bodhgaya management office, raising slogans for removal of the barricades around the sacred tree.
New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex ended 4.5 per cent higher on Tuesday buoyed by a cut in a key lending rate and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that the fundamentals of the Indian economy were strong.
Palamu (Bihar), Oct. 21 : District administration in Palamu in Jharkhand has recently started a novel postcard scheme to attend to the problems of local residents, especially those living in far off villages of the district.
Guwahati, Oct 21 : President Pratibha Patil today said that there is an urgent need for augmenting medical institutions in the country.
New Delhi, Oct 21 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that if a Parliamentry Review Committee gives the finding that the offence against the accused cannot be tried under Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), then trial under the anti-terror law cannot proceed.
