Archive for November, 2007

I am proud of my father: Sacked Pak CJ’s daughter

The teenaged daughter of deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has written a letter to her ‘uncles’, all Pakistani judges who refused to endorse the Emergency by President Pervez Musharraf, saying she is ‘proud’ of them.

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Shell to buy BPCL’s stake in Bharat Shell

Global oil major Royal Dutch Shell will buy Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd’s 49 per cent stake in lubricant marketing firm Bharat Shell Ltd for Rs 152.40 crore.

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India to cut tariff on Singapore products

India will eliminate or reduce tariff on 555 products it imports from Singapore to boost bilateral trade, IB Minister P R Dasmunsi said today.

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RIL to return 7 Konkan- Kerala blocks

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will surrender seven oil and gas exploration blocks. It had earlier surrendered 11 blocks.

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Sensex closes at 19,363, up 359 pts

The benchmark of Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex today opened at 19,003.26 pts with major stocks like ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, TCS, RCom, Reliance Petro and ITC showed a great opening.

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Nirma: Inorganic growth

Nirma will produce 2 mt of soda ash, following the Searles Valley Minerals buy??

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Adding the right touch and feel

I think I first encountered a touch screen at a cash dispensing (ATM). I remember first looking for a keypad, finding none and then looking at the attendant, who, in turn, pointed to the screen and

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Govt gives go ahead for SBI equity issue

The government today gave a much awaited nod to the nation’s leading lending institution State Bank of India to enhance equity by Rs 10,000 crore.

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Male ancestor was slow to grow up

One of our closest ancestors had more in common with gorillas than previously thought, with males of the species taking far longer to reach maturity than females.

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Arjun Rampal:Take II

This is Arjun Rampal’s second coming and he wants to make the most of it. Arjun on finding success at 35.

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