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18 accounts held by terror suspects frozen

As a bid to restrict the misuse of legal methods for spreading rebellion in the country, the Govt. has frozen 18 bank accounts held by terror suspects under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The bank accounts were maintained in high alert areas such as Pune, Guwahati and West Bengal and have been frozen as per… Read More »

SBI increases foreign currency deposit rates

State Bank of India has hiked its interest rates on foreign currency non-resident bank deposits and non-resident external rupee term deposits with immediate effect. FCNR(B) deposits in US Dollar with maturity period of one year to below 2 years will now carry a rate of 1.92% (1.84%) while deposits for 2 years to below 3… Read More »

Maruti, Hyundai record excellent growth in sales in March

Maruti Suzuki has become the first Indian company to sell more than a million passenger cars during this fiscal , with as many as 1,018,365 cars being sold from its showrooms during 2009-10. The company sold 870,790 vehicles in the local market and exported 147,575 cars from India. Both these figures were the best-ever, Maruti… Read More »

T.M. Bhasin elected as CMD of Indian Bank

T. M. Bhasin has been selected as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank. He took over charge of the bank after the retirement of M.S. Sundara Rajan. Earlier, Bhasin was the Executive Director of United Bank of India from November 7, 2007. He made significant contribution to UBI in terms of capital… Read More »

Toyota likely to introduce a low-cost car for Indian market

After Tata Nano, Maruti Cervo and Bajaj-Renault-Nissan’s ultra-low-cost car intentions, now is the time for Toyota to launch a product for the entry level market. The assumption was first started by a Japanese magazine. It had printed an artist’s mind’s eye of Toyota’s low cost car. The magazine says the car is believed to be… Read More »

Central Bank of India will open another 100 branches

The government-owned Central Bank of India said it intends to start more than 100 branches in the present fiscal. S Sridhar, Central Bank of India CMD said, “We are going ahead with the branch expansion, not at the pace it was there in past it’s more calibrated growth. Still, we would be opening more than… Read More »

Car cos report sterling annual sales

Sales of cars and two-wheelers kept on increasing in March despite latest price increases and partial withdrawal of stimulus package, aiding market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hero Honda to superb sales in 2009-10. Hyundai Motors, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, General Motors, Ford, Fiat and TVS Motor also posted record annual sales and an unexpected… Read More »

Bajaj Motorcycle sales increase by 85% in March

The country’s 2nd biggest two- wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto today posted 85.12% increase in its motorcycle sales at 2,44,828 units in March. In March previous year, the company had sold 1,32,253 units, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) said. During the full fiscal 2009-10, the company sold 25,06,749 units in the motorcycle division, an increase of 31.39%… Read More »