Economy Archives - Frontier India

Nationwide protests after UP Govt arrests trade union activists at NOIDA

March 20, 2013 by (FINN) Frontier India News Network Leave a Comment

New Delhi: India’s largest trade union, the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), today held a nationwide protest demonstrations demanding immediate release of arrested Trade Union activists at NOIDA in Uttar Pradesh . As per BMS, the UP Government has arrested scores of different trade union leaders illegally by putting many false cases on them. “The Uttar [...]

Filed Under: Economy, Uttar Pradesh Tagged With: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Jantar Mantar, NOIDA, Tapan Sen, Uttar Pradesh

RBI reduces repo rate by 25 bps

March 19, 2013 by (FINN) Frontier India News Network Leave a Comment

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the credit policy this morning and reduced the repo rate by 25bps. The reduction in repo rate cut by 25 basis points to 7.50% has been welcomed by all quarters with the hope that the banks will pass the benefits to the people. Last few months saw deposit [...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of India

Oloitiptip, Cherono win TCS World 10K, Suresh Patel, Sudha Singh Indian champs

Bangalore: Kenyans Alex Oloitiptip and Gladys Cherono ran brave races in contrasting weather conditions to win the overall men’s and women’s titles of the Tata Consultancy World 10K Bangalore 2013, the World’s Premier 10K Run, which concluded at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, here, on Sunday. The 23-year-old Oloitiptip, not among the pre-race favourites, but with [...]

Nirbhaya effect : Chhattisgarh women to learn self defence from Bollywood trainer

Raipur: The horrific Delhi Gang Rape case has not been forgotten as various states and organisations are gearing up for women empowerment. Spearheaded by Bollywood martial arts trainer Chitah Yajnesh Shetty, women in 12 districts of Chhattisgarh will begin learning self defence programs from May and it will continue through-out June 2013. Yajnesh’s outfit Chitah [...]

MRPL increases throughput by 14.40 MMT in FY-13

Mangalore: The Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a subsidiary of Oil And National Gas Corporation (ONGC), a Category I Mini Ratna announced its Audited Results. MRPL recorded a higher throughput and distillate yield but records lower GRM due to lower complexity operation. MRPL during the year increased its throughput with the availability of its [...]

Second suspect in the rape of a 5-year old Delhi girl arrested in Bihar

Delhi: A second suspect has been arrested in connection of brutal rape and attempted strangulation of a 5 year old girl in the city (read Rapist of Delhi 5 yr old arrested, 3 cops suspended). Pradeep Kumar was arrested from Lakhi Sarai district of Bihar state, in a coordinated effort with Bihar Police. Delhi Police [...]