As many as 40 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in 22 incidents of attack on Kashmiris in the state, police said. "Some outsiders are indulging in attacks on Kashmiris. We will take strong action against them. So far 22 such incidents have taken place across the state in which 40 people have been arrested," said Siddhnath Gupta, ADG, Law and Order.

To provide greater operational flexibility to non-banking lenders, the RBI created a single-category for them by bundling their present three-tier structure. The central bank also decided that exposures to all NBFCs, excluding core investment companies, will be risk weighted as per credit-ratings. Both the decisions were first announced at the last bi-monthly review of the monetary policy in the statement on developmental and regulatory policies.

Seven persons including a joint director of the health department have died of swine flu in Chhattisgarh since the beginning of this year, the government informed the Legislative Assembly. Health Minister T.S.Singhdeo said joint director of health department Mahendra Janghel was among those who died of H1N1-infection. The issue was raised by Congress' Kunwar Singh Nishad and BJP MLAs Shivratan Sharma and Ajay Chandrakar.