How nice would it be, if Govt. of India also mentions the qualification/experience of the person who is appointed in the Board of Directors of PSU Banks/Undertakings....

PNB Management boasts that it has computerised and inter-linked all branches in the country (under CBS). Do you know at what cost to the customers? Earlier (till the first fortnight of Nov.2008), a customer in a CBS branch within a city, can deposit or withdraw CASH, in any branch within the city Free of Charge. However, from the second fortnight of Nov.2008, PNB Management has, without any notice to the public/customers, started charging Rs.20/- for deposit/withdrawal of cash in a branch other than where the account was opened, and for deposit/widhrawal of cash beyond Rs.50,000/- charges are on percentage basis. NOT ONLY this, even if a customer having a Saving a/c. in Sansad Marg, Delhi deposits a cheque in his a/c. in any other branch other than Sansad Marg, then also he will be charged a minimum of Rs.20/-! PNB appears to the scratching the bottom to boost its decreasing profitability, otherwise it will not charge for even depositing a cheque in clearing! Even ICICI Bank is not charging SO FAR on this service! ...

PNB has reduced its recent peak interest on term deposit i.e. 10.5% p.a. (1 Yr. to less than 2 Yrs.) which was effective from 15th oct.2008, in two stages by one percentage to 9.5% effective from 1st. Dec.2008. However, the website still carries the Press Release in regard to Oct.2008 increase in deposit rate. Compared to this, SBI still offers 10% p.a. as peak deposit rate, while Standard Chartered Bank offers 11% p.a. as peak deposit rate! While effecting increase in deposit rate, PNB Management comes out with press release and puts up the same in advance in its website, reduction in deposit rate is not put up in website at all ! ...

treasureddhan, do you think that in case what Taliban says comes true, that day people of Pakistan would want that their country should be merged with India?...

mukut, It will be interesting to watch the movement of Indian Bank henceforth....

DUStocks, Raj has praised Sonia Gandhi, while criticising Pawar, Modi, Bal Thackrey and others. He will, therefore, stay in the news thanks to Sonia!...

The Bombay Municipal Corporation would do a better service in case they expedite the process of issuing Death Certificate NOT ONLY to the families of the terror attack victims but also who die otherwise. The present wait for issuance of death certificate is, what I come to know, is one week atleast. SECONDLY, let all of us in India call for free burial/cremation OR at a very nominal fee with the rider that those families who want to pay full fee may do so at their will. For instance, in Chennai city, suppose the prescribed fee is Rs.200/- per cremation, the family of the deceased are forced to shell out nearly double the amount and the same is repeated for Death Certificate! ...

Security officials investigating last week’s terror attack on Mumbai have found leads in West Bengal. Preliminary investigation suggests that at least three SIM cards recovered from the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai were bought from Mirza Ghalib Street in Kolkata. Seven other SIM cards were bought in Maheshtala in 24 Parganas district. All the SIM cards were bought in the name of same person, Hossain-ur Rahman, a resident of Basirhat, a town in West Bengal right on the Indo-Bangla border. Security officials tell CNN-IBN the possible involvement of Bangladesh-based militant group Harkat-ul-Jihadi or Huji is being probed extensively after the discovery of the SIM cards. Huji has been cooperating with the Laskhar-e-Toiba, the Pakistan based terrorist group which is suspected of sending the terrorists who attacked Mumbai. Interestingly, some time before the Mumbai blasts, the West Bengal police received information from the Tripura police that a gang of Huji militants had entered Bengal. Another lead the investigators have got is a cell phone conversation intercept in end-November showed that a group of terrorists, possibly Huji, were discussing possible targets in Kolkata. These included Nicco Park and Sector 5 IT hub in Kolkata and also the Victoria Memorial. Kolkata police sources say there`s no reason to panic but they are taking the warning information seriously. CNN-IBN...

If India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves , even go hungry. But we will get one of our own.` declared Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the late prime minister of Pakistan, the man responsible for not only enlisting A Q Khan in a successful bid to steal nuclear secrets but also for pitching Pakistan along the path of Islamic fundamentalism. Both his wishes have come true. Pakistan has the bomb and its people are eating grass. There is a clear indication in above statement of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto that Pakistan is no longer a decent country to be considered. History proved many times in the past that Pakistan government never like to leave the peace in the world. There are scores of extremist groups in Pakistan and thousands of trained Islam killers. Intelligence agencies around the world have long suspected Pakistan as a source of extremism and terrorism. The presence of many unregulated Madrassas throughout Pakistan is believed to contribute significantly to its terrorism problem. Although the madrassas were created to fill the hole left by the state in educating young people free of charge,but some became recruiting centers for terrorists, as most of the financing for the institutions came from terrorist groups and not from the government.These madrassas are teaching misinterpreted Islam to young and innocent Pakistani muslims.They are brain washed and injected with venom of anti Indian attitude.They will blame anything and everything what Indians do and think.They are frustrated over the modern outlook and vision of India. Pakistan, a day older than India, but with an even younger population, seems to have aged more poorly over the past two decades. As the Indian economy picks up speed on the back of the 1991 reforms, India is on its way to becoming a global player in all fields , our scientists are doing a tremendous job ,the IT sector alone creates three new jobs every minute of each working day, our youth is capable and intelligent enough to challenge the whole world .This is a big truth now a days we do`nt trust our politicians but we can say proudly that we are belong to the largest democratic country . on the other hand, rate of progress is very slow in Pakistan because of many reasons . failure of democracy and military rule is the root cause of Pakistan’s problems.Government Policies are also not in the favor of progress. Due to bad policies today Pakistan is facing a lot of problems. The continuous failure of policies, Corruption ,lack of Education leads the people of country to miserable conditions. The major problem in the country is poverty which is becoming the cause of crime and social disorder.because of poverty, unemployment people of Pakistan are in big frustration and when they look in to Indias achievement they feel like ` "uski saree meri saree se safed kaise"...lol...and Pak government has adopted a single way from their past leaders to cajole his poor unemployed crying people voice....what happen if you are week because of hunger country is strong because we are having `N` power and we can destroy India in a minute. what happens if India stepped on Moon, we have Ghauri 2 range2,300 km/1,440 miles...let that bloody space shuttle back we will blast in this in sky...lol.....what happen if you are dependent on gulf and china for our survival we are fighting for our brothers in Kashmir ..... Heyyy.... Pakistan ... come on!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!!! face the reality...we are not behind the bad condition as of your country ,learn to hold your government in proper belt.Yes,this is a big truth that we are love & peace loving people but do we need peace at any cost....nah....We are not going to forget this attack on our self respect............ Come On INDIA....It is time to put an end to killing of innocent lives, stay united, co-operate with system. Need to take an oath against terrorism to spread peace and security in our country. We want our peaceful country once again.... INDIA-"LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT" "TOGETHER WE SHALL AND WE WILL WIN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM" " JAI HIND"...

Dear Radhika nandlal, Just check the following link. http ://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/49-O Thanks Ashal...

Dear Victor08, In response of ur poetic message, I`ll reproduce here the famous lines of a poet named Dushyant. For non hindi-speaking people, i`m also giving the translated version of this poem below each line in brackets SIRF HANGAME KHADE KARNA MERA MAKSAD NAHI, (I`m not here to create only an uproar) MERI KOSHISH HAI YE SURAT BADALNI CHAHIYE, (I`m trying that this situation should change) MERE SEENE MEIN NAA SAHI TERE SEENE MEIN SAHI, (if not in my heart then in ur heart) HO KAHIN BHI YE AAG MAGAR AAG JALNI CHAHIYE. (Wherever this flame is burning, it should keep burning) Thanks Ashal...

Dear librawala, For ur kind Info, there is already an specialist force in India with the purpose of providing security cover for politicians. It`s named as SPG - Special Protection Group. All the politicians who r enjoying the services of PSG commandos r by default getting this SPG cover also under Z or Z+ category. Whatever the category is I don`t care. I know only one thing these parasites r making their life secure & exposing to all of us for threat to our life. Thanks Ashal ...

Dear Rose, What should all of us say about our politicians? The less we talk about these nonsensitive people, it`s better for ourselves. I`m not sure if BHAGWAN/GOD/ALLAH/WAHEGURU is doing something or it`s mere conincidence that after the Mumbai Attack, all of sudden Politicians across party lines r putting their foot in mouth. Sample this - Congress - Vilas Rao - What a big issue if my son & RGV r visiting TAJ Hotal as tourist. NCP - R R Patil - These smal incidents do happen in a big city like Mumbai BJP - Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Some 10-15 women wearing Jeans & tops with Lipstick & powder on their face, what they want to prove? It`s a conspiracy against Democracy. & Finnaly Communist - V S Achutanandan - (I`m not going to produce those rubbish words here again to disturb the soul of our MARTYR - Sandeep) Already the anger against politicians was on a high during & after MUMBAI attack & all of sudden these politicians - - - - - - may be BHAGWAN also wants to teach a lesson to all these politicians. Thanks Ashal ...

A well thought out policy at a price where one can not wish for better. Dear radhika has deservedly rated it with maximum stars. Algeria in a recent proclamation has advocated $ 75 as just the optimal pricing level for crude taking into considerations cost associated with standard production procedures. Wild swings to $ 150 was equally unrealistic. As per their study crude at present price is trading at almost 15% discount to its standard drill costing levels. regards....