Saturday

Reserve Bank imposes Rs 2 cr penalty on SBI

SBI to move RBI to offer fixed-floating rate home-loans: Chairman

8:09 pm September 15, 2019

Leh: The largest lender State Bank of India will be seeking clarifications from the Reserve Bank whether it can offer long-term home loans with fixed rates in the beginning and convert the same into floating rates later, chairman Rajnish Kumar has said. The move comes after the Reserve Bank has mandated banks to shift all […]

Man dies in police custody in Jammu

2:43 pm September 15, 2019

Jammu: A 32-year-old suspected drug peddler died in police custody here shortly after his arrest, a police officer said on Sunday. Ikhlaq Ahmad Khan, a resident of Kotli village in Rajouri, was arrested from Janipur area on Saturday and complained of uneasiness while he was being taken to Miran Sahib Police Station for questioning, the […]

SBI wants to be lead-bank for Ladakh; opens 14th branch

8:15 pm September 14, 2019

Diskit (Ladakh): The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has expressed desire to be become the lead-bank for the newly carved-out Union Territory of Ladakh. SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar Saturday inaugurated a new branch in this remote town of Diskit in the Nubra Valley, making it the 14th facility of the bank in […]

Subtropical storm Ana forms in Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda

Tropical Storm Humberto targets hurricane-hit Bahamas

2:10 pm September 14, 2019

Miami: The devastated northern Bahama islands were facing a fresh tropical storm on Saturday, potentially complicating desperately needed relief efforts to the shattered archipelago in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The announcement from the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) came after it had warned early Friday that a strengthening tropical depression was heading for the same […]

IMD issues ‘red alert’ as heavy rains pound Mumbai

5:29 pm September 4, 2019

Mumbai: With heavy rains pounding Mumbai and its suburbs, the weather department on Wednesday issued a ‘red alert’ for the city and adjoining areas and asked the authorities to be prepared to handle any situation. Out of the 150 weather stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), around 100 recorded over 200 mm rainfall in […]