Lt. Governor's and Governor's of States & Union Territories (India)

Shri Tejendra khanna
Lt. Governor of Delhi
Raj Niwas, Delhi-110054
Phone: 011-23975022, 011-23960809
Fax: 011-23937099

Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
Governor of Goa
RaJ Niwas, Dona Paula, Goa 404 004
E-mail: gv.goa@nic.in
Phone: 0832-2453506, 2453507, 2453508
Fax: 0832-2453510


Shri Nawal Kishore Sharma
Governor of Gujarat
Raj Bhawan Sector-20, Gandhinagar-382020
Phone: 079-3243171/ 2/ 3

Dr. A. R. Kidwai
Governor of Haryana
Haryana Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh
Phone: 0172-2740654

Smt. Prabha Rau
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Raj Bhawan, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
Phone: 0177-2624840, 0177-2624451

Shri Narinder Nath Vohra
Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
Raj Bhawan Srinagar, Kashmir-180001
Phone: (Srinagar) 0194-2455320, 2452208

Shri Syed Sibtey Razi
Governor of Jharkhand
Raj Bhawan, Kanke Road, Ranchi
Phone: 0651-2283469, 0651-2283466
Fax: 0651-2201101


Shri Rameshwar Thakur
Governor of Karnataka
Raj Bhavan, Banglore - 560001
Phone: 080-2254101
Fax: 080-2258150

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Lt. Governor's and Governor's of States & Union Territories (India)

Lt. Gen (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM
Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Andaman & Nicobar Island, Raj Niwas, Port Blair
E-mail; lg@and.nic.in
Phone: 03192-233333
Fax: 03192-230372


Sri Narayan Dutt Tiwari,
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Raj Bhawan, Raj Bhawan Road, Hyderabad - 500 041
E-mail: governor@ap.nic.in
Phone: 040-23310521
Fax: 040-23312650


Chief Gen. (Retd.) Joginder Jaswant Singh
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Phone: 0360-2212394
Fax: 0360-2212442

Sri Shiv Charan Mathur
Governor of Assam
Raj Bhawan, Kharguli, Guwahati-7810041
Phone: 0361-2540500
Fax: 0361-2540310

Shri R. L. Bhatia
Governor of Bihar
Raj Bhawan, Patna - 800022, Bihar
Phone: 0612-2226207
Fax: 0612-2232868

Shri E.S.L. Narasimhan
Governor of Chhattisgarh
Raj Bhawan, Raipur
Phone: 0771-2331105
Fax: 0771-2331108

Source:sarkaritel.com

Kashmir on alert amid fears of militant incursion: Police chief

JAMMU, March 25: Areas in Jammu and Kashmir bordering Pakistan have been put on “highest alert” after reports that militants are getting together to penetrate into India ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, says the state’s police chief. Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda said after a brief “deceptive lull”, Pakistan has restarted pushing infiltrators into the state. Security forces “have been asked to be on highest alert on the Line of Control (LoC) and the international border” after reports that militants are grouping to infiltrate to this side, Khuda told IANS in an interview.

He said Pakistan continued to support militancy and push terrorists into Kashmir though there had been a drop in infiltration and “terrorist activities after the Nov 26 Mumbai attacks”. “I don’t find a change in the attitude of Pakistan as far as terrorism is concerned. Also there are indications that it (Pakistan) might gradually raise the pitch as per (its) convenience,” Khuda said. “Pakistan resorted to cosmetic actions (after Mumbai attacks). But things reversed in no time,” the police chief added, referring to increased movement of militants in the Kashmir Valley, particularly in the border district of Kupwara.

RBI extends interest subsidy to exporters till Sep

New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) In order to give relief to exporters hit by the global financial crisis, the Reserve Bank today extended interest subsidy for them for six months up to September 30.
"It has been decided to extend the interest subvention of 2 per cent on export credit for a further period of six months i.E. From April 1, 2009 till September 30, 2009 (to labour- intensive sectors like gems and jewellery)...," RBI said in a notification.

The decision follows the announcement made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the interim budget that the scheme for providing concessional credit to exporters be extended till September 30.

The interest subsidy scheme was to end on March 31.

After posting a handsome growth of over 30 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal, India's exports growth entered into negative zone and dipped by 12.1 per cent in October. Since then, exports are on down-slide and it dipped by an estimated 21 per cent in February.

The government has revised the exports target for 2008- 09 from USD 200 billion to USD 175 billion in view of slowdown in the global economy. PTI

India received USD 45-bn remittances in 2008: World Bank

Washington, Mar 25 (PTI) India received remittances to the tune of USD 45 billion in 2008, making it the top recipient ahead of neighbouring China, according to a World Bank report.

However, remittances would decline by five to eight per cent this year to USD 290 billion, World Bank's 'Migration and Development Brief' said.

India received USD 45 billion in remittances last year followed by China, which got USD 34 billion, the bank said in a statement.

The other nations to receive high remittances include Mexico (USD 26 billion), Philippines (USD 18 billion) and Poland (USD 11 billion).

"Remittances will fall to USD 290 billion in 2009, from the last year's high of USD 305 billion.

"Even with a drop of 5-8 per cent, remittances will still outstrip private capital flows, expected to fall by half in 2009, and official development aid, typically around USD 100 billion," the multilateral lending agency said.

According to the World Bank, remittances flowing to developing countries from Russia, South Africa, Malaysia and India are "especially vulnerable to the rolling economic crisis". PTI

Sensex climbs 166 pts in early trade on firm global cues

Mumbai, Mar 26 (PTI) Continuing its winning-streak for the fourth straight session, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today gathered another over 165 points in early trade on increased purchases by foreign funds, driven by firming global markets.

Covering-up of pending short positions in some blue-chip stocks, as today being the last session of current month's expiry in the derivatives segment, also supported the rise in stock prices.

The 30-share barometer, which had gained nearly 700 points in the past three sessions, moved up further by 165.64 to 9,833.54 points.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty climbed by 42.65 points, to 3,027.00 points in early trade.

Stock brokers said trading sentiment on the domestic markets got a boost after overnight rally on the US markets and firming trends on the other Asian bourses in early trade today.

They said, short-covering by speculators and expectations of further fall in inflation data, which is to be released later today, too, had a positive impact. PTI