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CBI officer was warned after it was informed that the copy of a statement of an accused, who was earlier cited as a witness in a coal scam case, was supplied to other accused persons "inadvertently" and "due to oversight".

Calling gold the power of women, Modi said, "women usually don't own anything, house, car usually named after their husband or son, but Gold is a matter of their strength for them."

Tata Motors, M&M, Bajaj Auto, Coal India and Hero MotoCorp were top gainers in the Sensex.

The barometer index had slipped by 109 points on Monday as well, bogged down by subdued numbers of heavyweights, Bharti Airtel and HDFC Ltd.

"We expect RIL's margins will improve by at least $2 per barrel on completion of these projects," Moody's said.

The domestic unit hovered in a range of 65.02 and 64.80 during the day.

About 1526 shares advanced, 1236 shares declined, and 106 shares were unchanged.

It hovered in a range of 65.18 and 65.03 during the day before settling lower by 11 paise, or 0.17 per cent, at 65.06. The domestic currency had gained 46 paise or 0.70 per cent on Wednesday.

The rupee on Wednesday opened higher at 65.29 per dollar as against Tuesday's level of 65.41 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market and firmed up further to close at an 8-week high of 64.95, showing a gain of 46 paise or 0.70 per cent.

Hindalco was the top Sensex gainer with a surge of 9.64 per cent. Vedanta, Tata Steel and ONGC followed with rise of up to 5.83 per cent.

Forex dealers said domestic equity markets opening with gains supported the rupee, but dollar's strength against other currencies overseas capped the gains.

Rajan had earlier served as the Chief Economist at the multi-lateral funding agency and was the government's Chief Economic Advisor before he was named the RBI Governor.

The 5 Indians in the coveted list are Dhivya Surayadevera, Vas Narasimhan, Anand Swaminathan, Apoorva Mehta and Reshma Saujani. Vas Narasimhan, ranked 7th, works at Novartis, the giant Swiss pharmaceutical company, and runs one of the industry's largest d...

While most of the times, nothing can be done about overcharging but customers can always question and explain the tax structure to get the bill corrected.

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange extended losses as the US dollar continued to strengthen.