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Don't come fishing for account details, Swiss banks tell India
Swiss banks may have turned over client details to the US, but they have said India is not welcome there on a name-fishing expedition.

Chennai needs Rs 2,000 crore to rehabilitate slum dwellers
Chennai would require Rs 2,000 crore and 700 acres of land for rehabilitating slum dwellers, said Vikram Kapur, member – secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.

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Ticket-seeking for Jharkhand
While ticket distribution for Jharkhand elections was on, hundreds of aspirants thronged the Congress headquarters. The Congress managers, desperate to avoid this crowd, met at various undisclosed locations. But this could not save all the leaders. One day, K Kesava Rao, the general secretary in charge of Jharkhand, came to his office at 24, Akbar Road, to take some documents when an irate crowd gheraoed him. Rao was almost physically assaulted amid a heated exchange of words as the aspirants accused him of taking bribes. Congress workers in the office had to rush in to rescue Rao.
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Govt forms standing committee on infra financing

The government has set up a standing committee on infrastructure finance, which will be headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, according to a government official. The committee will comprise 11 members, including Planning Commission secretary, RBI deputy governor, Irda chairman, and IIFCL chairman. - Govt raises borrowing to Rs 2.99 lakh cr for H1FY10 - K C Chakrabarty to be RBI deputy governor">K C Chakrabarty to be RBI deputy governor - Re goes past 52 against dollar Besides this, the panel will include State Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt and Larsen & Toubro CMD A M Naik representing infrastructure developers and financial institutions.


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