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Panel to set stage for bank mergers

New Delhi, June 18 -- The finance ministry may ask a new banking reforms committee to consider proposals to merge 12 state-run lenders into five and raise their foreign investment cap to 49%, three pe... Read More


SENA (UBT) SPLIT BUZZ

Mumbai, June 18 -- Maharashtra was gripped by its third political crisis in four years on Wednesday after the Shiv Sena said that six out of the nine Lok Sabha members of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasah... Read More


NSE files for IPO, LIC to stay put

Mumbai, June 18 -- The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) on Wednesday night filed its draft red herring prospectus with the market regulator for what could be the biggest initial public offer... Read More


Amid early UP assembly poll buzz, RS, Council elections also in focus

Lucknow, June 18 -- Amid the buzz about early Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, biennial elections for 10 Rajya Sabha seats and 21 Legislative Council seats falling vacant at the year-end and early next y... Read More


Shorter waits as SGPGI hires 87 faculty members

LUCKNOW, June 18 -- Patients seeking treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) are set to benefit from expanded super-speciality services after the institute appoin... Read More


Attempt-to-murder case filed after manjha injures minister's kin

LUCKNOW, June 18 -- Police in Bareilly registered an attempt-to-murder case after 15-year-old Aditya Veer Gangwar, nephew of Uttar Pradesh sugarcane development minister Sanjay Gangwar, suffered griev... Read More


Prayagraj, Vns top India heat chart for 2nd consecutive day

LUCKNOW/PRAYAGRAJ/VARANASI, June 18 -- Heatwave conditions resurfaced in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, pushing Prayagraj and Varanasi to the top of the country's temperature chart for t... Read More


Rajeshwar pitches 5-point plan to attract global investors

LUCKNOW, June 18 -- Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh has urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to launch a dedicated "Mission FDI-UP" to significantly increase foreign direct investment (FDI) in Utta... Read More


Khanna backs early start of Lko Metro East-West Corridor

Lucknow, June 18 -- Uttar Pradesh finance and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Wednesday expressed confidence that work on the recently approved Lucknow Metro East-West Corridor w... Read More


LU set to go paperless, rolls out e-office; assignments to go online

LUCKNOW, June 18 -- Lucknow University is set to become paperless as it rolls out e-office across all administrative operations and plans to shift student assignments online, vice-chancellor Prof JP S... Read More