CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk, April 17,2012 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/unfortunate-some-states-dont-trust-centre-chidambaram/937958/ A day after non-Congress chief ministers and an ally attacked the Centre over the National Counter Terror Centre (NCTC), Home Minister P Chidambaram today lamented the "mistrust" harboured by some states and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved in the May 5 meeting. Answering criticism that the Centre was making inroads into states' powers, he said the Centre would "step back" for ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA) news desk, April 17,2012 http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/RBI-springs-surprise-cuts-repo-rate-to-spur-growth/Article1-841748.aspx RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao smiles during a meeting with bankers at the head office in Mumbai. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates on Tuesday for the first time in three years by an unexpectedly sharp 50 basis points to give a boost to flagging economic growth but warned that there is limited scope for further rate cuts. The Reserve Bank of ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk, April 17,2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-military-personnel-might-have-been-involved-in-misconduct-before-obamas-trip/2012/04/16/gIQAJ3bqLT_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics A scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents widened Saturday when the U.S. military confirmed five service members staying at the same hotel in Colombia may have been involved in misconduct By David Nakamura and Scott Wilson, Published: April 16 | Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 6:18 PM Investigators have determined that as many as 20 U.S. Secret Service and military personnel might have been involved in the hotel ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk, April 17,2012 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Mentally-challenged-girl-abducted-raped/articleshow/12697624.cms?intenttarget=no AHMEDABAD: Mother of a 16-year old girl has filed a complaint against a youth for abducting and raping her daughter over two days on Sunday. Police have started search for the absconding youth. According to Sola police officials, Rekha's mother (name changed), has filed a complaint against Mahesh Thakor, a resident of Sukhipura near Memnagar, for raping Rekha on April 14 and 15. As ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk, April 16,2012 http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/india-stake-sale-idINDEE83F0BH20120416 By Arup Roychoudhury and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI | Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:21pm IST (Reuters) - The union government plans to kickstart stake sales in state-run companies in June - preferably through the auction of shares - to meet a target of 300 billion rupees set for this fiscal year, the official in charge of disinvestment said on Monday. Raising revenue from selling stakes in ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk, April 16,2012 http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Scientists-want-PM-to-intervene-in-Ray-s-arrest/Article1-841512.aspx Perturbed over the arrest of an eminent scientist who opposed eviction of slum dwellwers in Kolkata, a group of scientists has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decrying West Bengal government's action and sought his immediate intervention. A number of scientists  from across the country and some parts of the world have written to Singh voicing concern on the "crack down on ...