Quicktakes

Two-day bank strike begins
Mumbai: Banking services all over the country will be crippled for two days from Thursday following the decision of over 12.5 lakh workers to observe strike as the talks between the United Forum of Bank Unions UFBU and the Indian Banks Association IBA failed here today. And since the strike comes just ahead of a Saturday, it means the banks will work only for half-a-day in a four-day span from Thursday through Sunday.

Film on encounter
New Delhi: A film on an encounter between security forces and Hizbul Mujahideen militants in the terrorist-infested Poonch district of Jammu region will be telecast on Doordarshan DD-1 at 0900 hrs tomorrow. The encounter which lasted about eight hours, was filmed by a team from the DD. The film will be telecast in Bazm-e-Kashmir programme which focuses on Kashmir.