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Indian market 2nd best performer in 2007
2:15 New Delhi, Dec 26(ANI): With an amazing return of 77.33 per cent, the Indian market has been the best performer after Peru in dollar terms during 2007. According to MSCI international equity indices data on value as on December 17th, the index for India has gained by 77.33 per cent. Last year, the value index for India grew by 49.48 per cent placing India at the ninth position. China was ahead of India, with its value index gaining 57.02 per cent. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1081
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Pakistan celebrated birth anniversary of Jinnah
2:16 Karachi, Pakistan Dec 26th (ANI): Pakistan celebrated the 131st birth anniversary of the founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, with national spirit and fervor on December 25th a batch of smartly turned out contingent of the gentlemen cadets from the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul mounted the guard at the mausoleum as part of celebrations. The representatives of tri services, Army, Navy and Air Force laid floral wreath and offered prayers at the mausoleum.The Governor and caretaker Chief Minister for southern Sindh province also laid floral wreath and offered prayers Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1533
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Hayden hundred puts Australia in command
2:14 New Delhi Dec 25th (ANI): Indian skipper Anil Kumble picked up two important wickets, but Matthew Hayden's unbeaten century was good enough to guide Australia to a score of 231 for three on the opening day of the Test match between Australia and India on 26th December. Hayden was batting on 121, his 28th Test century, and Michael Clarke was on 14 as the Australians went into tea after Indian bowlers picked up three quick wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground or MCG. Captain Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey departed in quick successions after openers Phil Jaques and Hayden gave Australia a splendid start. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1290
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Security at Kamakhya temple tightened after threat
1:48 GUWAHATI, ASSAM , 26 DEC (ANI): Security was strengthened at the famous Kamakhya Hindu temple in India's northeastern Assam state on December 25th after threat by a rebel outfit. The alert comes over a week after a suspected Pakistani secret agency ISI's operative Mojibullah Alam alias Asfi Alam was nabbed in the state's main city Guwahati, where the temple is located, on December 14th. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1357
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Financial crisis looms over Ram temple in Ayodhya
2:4 AYODHYA, UTTAR PRADESH, 26 DEC (ANI): Scarcity of funds has stopped the stone carving work of the intended Ram temple at the disputed site of the demolished Babri Mosque at Ayodhya in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh. The stone cutting as well as stone carving work, which was going on for quite some time has come to a standstill for the past one and a half months. The temple construction management attributes the suspension of work to paucity of funds. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1371
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Bollywood is superstitious of year end & beginning
1:22 New Delhi, 26 DEC (ANI): According to trade lore in Bollywood both the last week as well as the first week of a year are far from auspicious. Going by past record, producers believe that the films do not strike up high ticket sales in these weeks. As in the Shraddh and Ramzan months, producers think twice before releasing a film in the last and first week of any year. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1052
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Terror gripped India in 2007
1:27 New Delhi, 26 DEC (ANI): From mass killings of Hindi-speaking folk in North Eastern India to blasts in religious shrines like Mosques and Dargahs or the attack on trains not to forget the serial blasts in courts, during 2007, terrorism kept India in its vice like grip. The year’s first target was the Delhi-Lahore Samjahuta Express. On February 18th the India-Pakistan peace train erupted in flames near Panipat after twin blast. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1421
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Communal tension in Orissa
1:22 KANDHAMAL, BHUBANESHWAR, ORISSA, 26 DEC (ANI): Hundreds of federal police were deployed in India's eastern state of Orissa on December 26th as Hindu hardliners burnt and damaged 12 churches in communal clashes, killing at least one person. A senior Christian leader said state authorities had turned a blind eye to the violence. The Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that federal police force was being sent to the troubled area. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1561
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Nepal minister calls for integration of Maoists into politics
1:22 New Delhi, 26 DEC (ANI): Nepalese minister for peace and reconstruction, Ram Chandra Poudel who is on a two-day visit to India has said that integration of Maoists into the political scenario is vital. The minister who is here to participate in the sixth general convention of a non-resident Nepalis' organisation in India which is close to the ruling Nepali Congress began important political meetings. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1284
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Police baton charge protestors in West Bengal
1:38 DURGAPUR, WEST BENGAL, 26 DEC (ANI): The Police resorted to baton charging to disperse protestors including women outside a factory gate at Durgapur, the industrial town of West Bengal on December 26th. The protestors were demanding permanent jobs. The police had to baton charge in order to disperse the protesting crowd injuring three persons including a woman. The police also conducted massive raids. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1396
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Videocon to set up thermal power projects
1:10 New Delhi, Dec 27(ANI): Videocon Industries is planning to foray into the energy sector. The Consumer electronic maker announced on December 26th that it plans to set up thermal power projects aggregating 5,000 MW in Gujarat, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh states in conjugation with an international player. Videocon plans to invest $5 billion in building the three thermal power projects. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 2174
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Its time for some lounging around in Indian metros
1:27 New Delhi, Dec 27(ANI): Every once in a while a trend comes along that takes over a city's nightlife. But fads have a way of well, fading. Lounge bars, have however stuck around for a while. And it is. Indian metros are living it up to the joys of chilling out in lounge bars with a glass of bubbly. When it comes to nightlife, trends are ephemeral and completely dependent on fickle party-hoppers. But it seems lounge bars are here to stay. Let the excitement bubble over! Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1287
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2007: The year of the Bachchans
1:31 New Delhi, Dec 27(ANI): The Bachchan clan hogged the limelight in 2007 even if unintentionally. The Bachchan family turned out to be one of the major newsmakers for the shutterbugs what with their endorsements, legal wrangles, land disputes, battles with khans of Bollywood, appearances at social dos, not to forget their dargah and temple hopping. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1331
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Power sector needs investment of 120-150 bn USD
1:19 New Delhi, Dec 27(ANI): According to a report by CII and KPMG titled ‘India Energy Inc. – Emerging Opportunities & Challenges’, released on December 26th, India's power and upstream energy sectors need investments to the tune of 120 - 150 bln US dollars during the course of the next five years. CII and KPMG said that the Indian energy sector is showing a rich potential for investment in diverse streams, driven by a surging economy and the resulting demand-supply gap in the short run. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1373
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Matthew Hayden all praises for Anil Kumble
1:6 New Delhi, Dec 27(ANI): Matthew Hayden was all praises for Indian captain Anil Kumble and called him an unusual bowler and champion cricketer after the opening day of the first Test being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After a splendid performance by the Indian bowlers on December 26th, Hayden said that the spinners did a good job. However, the Indian batsmen could not carry the legacy forward and the Indian team bundled out for 196 on the second day of the Test Match. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1277
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Pakistan and Afghanistan vow security cooperation
2:6 Islamabad, Dec 27(ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf regarding cooperation against terrorism on December 26th on his two day official visit to Pakistan. Addressing a news conference after the talk with Karzai, Musharraf said that the leaders had vowed to boost intelligence cooperation to fight the menace of terrorism that was destroying both countries. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1245
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Curfew in India's eastern Orissa temporarily relaxed
1:9 KANDHAMAL, ORISSA DEC 27th (ANI): Curfew in India's eastern Orissa was temporarily relaxed on Wednesday, December 26th, it was imposed following communal violence between Hindu hardliners and Christians a day earlier. State government officials have claimed improvement in situation in some parts but according to reports, tension still prevails in Baliguda and Daringibadi towns. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1402
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A year after, Nithari still haunts minds
2:8 NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH Dec27th(ANI):A year after, nithari killings still haunts people in India’s northern Noida city people are still hounded by the memories of the gruesome incident .Last year in December, dozens of skeletons of the innocent were found in a sewer. The killings of at least 17 people, mainly children at a sprawling bungalow in the industrial town of NOIDA on the outskirts of the national capital New Delhi had shocked the entire country. The dreaded house is sealed and the street near it is mostly deserted as it continues to haunt the locals around. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1058
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2007 was the year of landmark verdicts
2:30 New Delhi, Dec 27(ANI): 2007 can be described as the year of judicial activism and landmark verdicts with judgments being pronounced in some of India’s longest running cases. Indian courts saw a slew of celebrities flitting in and out of their campus and they included the likes of Sanjay Dutt, Monika Bedi and Salman Khan. Politicians like Amarmani Tripatji, Mohammed Shahabuddin and Anand Mohan Singh joined them. With the stirrings of a brand New Year many more victims await delivery of justice. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1376
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Snowman competition in Kashmir attracts tourists
1:17 Kashmir, Dec 27(ANI): Tourists braved the winter chill in India's northern Gulmarg winter resort to participate in the Snowman competition, organised as a part of the annual Kashmir snow festival. An initiative of the state tourism department, the snow festival in the Gulmarg winter resort overlapped with Christmas festivities. Added: 15874 days ago Views: 1121
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