Mangaluru: General Managers of all the nationalized banks in the District have agreed over setting a uniform working hours in all the banks in the Districts starting October 1.

According to a notification issued by the General Managers’ all the nationalized banks in the District will have a uniform working hours’ schedule.

The banks will operate between morning 10.00 am to 4.00 pm in the evening. The services offered to customers and all the transactions will be done between the working hours.

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Hyderabad (PTI): A fire broke out at a shopping mall in Jubilee Hills area here on Thursday, though no one was injured in the incident, police and Fire department officials said.

The fire started at around 11.20 AM in the building, housing a saree showroom and other garment outlets, where renovation work was going on, they said, adding five workers, who were inside were brought out.

Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was extinguished. TV visuals showed flames erupting and thick smoke emanating from the exterior of the building.

"The building was vacant and there was no material inside. The fire has been brought under control. No one was injured in the incident," a fire department official said.

The exact cause of the blaze was under investigation, he said.