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MUMBAI, April 30: The Bank of India (BoI), a leading public sector bank, has recorded a 58 per cent growth in profit from Rs 276 crore in 1995-96 to Rs 448 crore in 1996-97. The bank’s outgoing chairman and managing director, G Kathuria has projected the profit for 1997-98 at Rs 650 crore as he […]

NEW DELHI, April 30: Union Steel and Mines Minister Birendra Prasad Baishya today announced a hike in royalty rates of 38 key minerals ranging between eight per cent and 14 per cent. In a mines ministry notification dated April 11, the Centre also reinstated ad valorem rates for some minerals including gold, silver, copper and […]