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Banks not passing benefits of rate cut to borrowers, says RBI’s Chakrabarty

Updated: Tuesday at 14:44 hrs (IST)
Banks are not passing on the benefit of cut in policy rates to the borrowers, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty said on Tuesday while asking lenders to undertake reforms and bring down their operation costs....   | Read..
 

Costlier veggies take retail inflation to double digits — before diesel price hike kicked in

Updated: Tuesday at 14:13 hrs (IST)
Soaring vegetable prices pushed up the retail inflation to double digits at 10.03 per cent in August, up from 9.86 per cent in August....   | Read..
 

Kasab sends mercy petition to President

Updated: Tuesday at 14:45 hrs (IST)
Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab has moved a mercy petition before the President, over a fortnight after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in ...   | Read..
 

A loan bullet Didi is thinking of biting

The Bengal government’s search for cheap funds has taken it to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), whose loan conditions require the principles of prudence Manmohan Singh is trying to....   | Read..
 

Asian babes in puritan’s past

Media tycoon Richard Desmond will be reminded his company introduced a soft porn magazine called Asian Babes if he seeks to punish the Irish Daily Star for carrying recent to...   | Read..
 

Positions toughen on both sides

The Centre today fielded P. Chidambaram to stand by the decisions on fuel subsidies and foreign investment in retail, reflecting the absence of a breakthrough in turning ...   | Read..
 

Drive to build Team Rahul

An imminent reshuffle in the Congress is expected to see the emergence of Rahul Gandhi’s team that will lead the party in the 2014 general election. ...   | Read..
 
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