expressed his happiness over the Union Cabinet approving the suggestion of the state government to change the spelling of the state's name from ''Orissa'' to ''Odisha''.Ever since the state was formed in 1936, the Britishers had put the name of state as ''Orissa'', much to the discomfort of the people of the state.However, the Naveen Patnaik government took the initiative to change the spelling of...
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visitUnemployment rose in 29 states in the U.S. during October, hinting the threat posed by weak labor markets to the economic recovery might be growing.Labor Department data Friday said 29 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment-rate increases from the prior month, while 13 states had rate decreases, and eight states had no rate change.A month earlier, Labor had said 23 states and...
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Madhya Pradesh is a cluster of innumerable districts and varied topographic and climatic characteristics. Housing the magnificent Vindhyachal mountain range, river valleys and plateau Madhya Pradesh is famous for its wonderful art, craft, music and dance. Rich in geographical varieties, the state also has a good number of important mines that has a good influence on the economy of the country. Engaged...
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State Bank of Indore will get merged with its parent State Bank of India (SBI) soon. The SBI board, which met on Saturday, approved a swap ratio of 34 SBI shares for every 100 shares of State Bank of Indore. "In today's meeting, the board approved the swap ratio for merger of State Bank of Indore with SBI," said O.P. Bhatt, chairman of SBI, after announcing SBI's results on Saturday. This is the second...
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Saswata Chaudhuri has taken charge as the General Manager (Treasury) of the State Bank of Travancore. He started his banking career as a probationary officer in the State Bank of Hyderabad. He has held several key posts like Assistant General Manager of Hyderabad and Vizag Region of the State Bank of Hyderabad. He has been Deputy General Manager of Industrial Finance Branch, Hyderabad of State Bank...
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State Election Commission has directed the state government to declare a holiday on the day polling takes place for the civic and Nagar Panchayat elections in the state.A directive sent to the General Administration Department (GAD) of the state government stated that a holiday should be declared on the polling days for all the government and semi-government employees working in various corporations...
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Utah legislative audit: Retired state employees who return to work shouldn't double-dipRetired state employees who return to government work are costing Utah hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits at a time the state retirement system is facing a $6.5 billion shortfall, a legislative audit released Wednesday said.The audit called for state lawmakers to ban the practice of double-dipping in which...
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With less than five months left for the proposed roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the empowered group of state finance ministers today suggested a model of inter-state goods and services tax (IGST) for inter-state transactions. The Centre would levy GST which would comprise central and state GST, with appropriate provision for consignment or stock transfer of goods and services.In its...
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Norfolk State rallies to beat Delaware State 21-16 < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateChris Bell caught a 39-yard touchdown pass from Dennis Brown with 49 seconds left and Norfolk State overcame a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Delaware State 21-16 on Saturday.Delaware State jumped out to a 16-0 lead after Riley Flickinger kicked three field goals and Anthony Glaud threw a 27-yard third quarter...
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Industries and Commerce Minister Mahendra Partap Singh today urged the Centre not to create disparities among States by giving a ''particular set of incentives to boost industrialisation for a particular state.'' Mr Singh, while speaking in the Conference of State Ministers in New Delhi, said such incentives put the neighbouring States at a disadvantage and also created regional imbalances by way of...
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