Two Nepalese held with fake currency notes in BiharSeptember 9th, 2009 RAXAUL - Border guards have arrested two Nepalese with fake currency worth Rs 40,000 in the town of Raxaul, Bihar, near the Indo-Nepal border. Guards belonging to the Seema Suraksha Bal arrested Shyam Kumar Shah and Azad Alam with Rs 40,000 in fake Indian Rupee notes in Raxaul on Tuesday.
'Ex-Nepal prince involved in fake currency racke'August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nepali nationals caught by the Madhya Pradesh ATS in connection with fake currency racket have revealed Nepal's former prince Paras's link to India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. Paras is the son of the former Nepal king Gyanendra, who has now taken refuge in Singapore.
Most US bank notes carry whiff of cocaineAugust 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - You may be carrying a whiff of cocaine in your wallet, purse or pocket if you have US bank notes. In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in bank notes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of US bank notes.
13 killed in Bangladesh bus crashAugust 14th, 2009 DHAKA - A speeding bus hit a tree and crashed into a canal in Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people and injuring 10, reports said here today. The accident occurred in Feni, a town 80 miles east of Dhaka, United News of Bangladesh said.
Jinnah's portrait goes mysteriously missing from Pak PM house auditoriumJuly 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah went mysteriously missing from the PM House auditorium just before Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was to address the media there. Officials at the auditorium were shocked when they found Jinnah's portrait missing from its place.
Chandigarh colleges flout Reserve Bank normsJuly 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Two government colleges, flouting rules laid down by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), have asked students to write the contact details and mobile phone numbers on the currency notes when paying their admission fees from Tuesday. The directive by the Government College and the Government College for Girls, both in Sector 11, is in stark violation of the RBI's "Clean Note Policy" that prohibits any writing on currency notes.
Indians losing millions due to currency ban in NepalJuly 10th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit. The 40-year-old was stopped from boarding his flight at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport June 30 and instead interrogated by Nepal's Revenue Investigation Department (RID).
Indians losing millions due to Nepal currency banJuly 10th, 2009 2SUD9
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Indians losing millions due to Nepal currency ban
From Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU - Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit. The 40-year-old was stopped from boarding his flight at Kathmandu?s Tribhuvan International Airport on June 30 and instead interrogated by Nepal?s Revenue Investigation Department (RID).
Indian arrested from Kathmandu airportJune 30th, 2009 KATHMANDU - An Indian man was arrested from Nepal's sole international airport in Kathmandu Tuesday. According to police, Anil Kumar Sharma, who checked in at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the morning to catch an Indian Airlines flight to New Delhi, was arrested after security forces found 140 currency notes of the denomination of Rs.1,000 each from his hand bag.
Terrorism still a concern in Bangladesh, says US envoyMay 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - The US government believes that Islamist militancy is still a major concern in Bangladesh, the US ambassador in Dhaka said Sunday. 'We do have disturbing indications.
Hitler's self-portrait fetches 10k pounds at auctionApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.
SBI launches first 'cash factory' in LucknowMarch 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) Wednesday launched its first Currency Administration Branch (CAB), an exclusive branch to handle currency notes, here. Also known as cash factory, CAB is part of the bank's plan to open one currency chest in every city that will distribute notes and rupee coins to the local banks and ATMs, apart from identifying counterfeit currencies.
Bangladesh may devalue its currencyFebruary 1st, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh may devalue its currency to match the fluctuating exchange rate against the US dollar and boost its exports, finance minister has said. Finance Minister A.M.A.
Insurgency, infiltration twin threats to Northeast: Rajnath SinghJanuary 30th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday said illegal infiltration from Bangladesh and insurgency continue to be the twin challenges facing the northeast with central funds meant for development going into the hands of the militants. 'It is a matter of concern that development funds are being siphoned off with large chunks going into the hands of the militant groups in the northeast,' the BJP president told journalists here.
Bangladesh recalls Mujib's 'homecoming' 36 years agoJanuary 9th, 2009 DHAKA - Fresh from last month's poll victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Saturday observed the anniversary of the 'historic homecoming' of its founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from a Pakistani prison in 1972. In a hark-back to the days immediately after it separated from Pakistan, the Awami League (AL) that Mujib helped found in the Pakistan era, its front organisations and various socio-political organisations undertook elaborate programmes to mark the day.
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