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Being a paraplegic is not end of world for Deepa, whos now an intl athlete

Pune, December 22An army man's wife, mother of two, a restaurateur with a social cause, a former beauty queen, an accomplished swimmer on the international platform and now a wannabe biker; 38 yearold Deepa Malik wears a multitude of..... more »

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The dark side of cyber chatting

The dark side of cyber chattingPriyanka Joshi / New Delhi December 22, 2007Social networking sites can turn into unfriendly places where you may be publicly victimised. When Manish Keswani*, a college student, started a hate group on social networking site Orkut, it wasn't a big deal for him. The catalyst was somethin�.. more »

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Mohali airport likely to take off fast

Mohali airport likely to take off fastBS Reporter / New Delhi/ Chandigarh December 22, 2007The civil aviation sector in Punjab seems ready to take off with the Centre today agreeing to expedite the clearances for Mohali International Airport, consider 'positively' the state's plea for allowing civil terminals at�.. more »

Mohali airport likely to take off fast

Mohali airport likely to take off fastBS Reporter / New Delhi/ Chandigarh December 22, 2007The civil aviation sector in Punjab seems ready to take off with the Centre today agreeing to expedite the clearances for Mohali International Airport, consider 'positively' the state's plea for allowing civil terminals at�.. more »

HC clears land acquisition for REL power project

HC clears land acquisition for REL power projectBS Reporter / Mumbai December 22, 2007But restrains state from taking physical possession. The Anil Ambanicontrolled Reliance Energy Limited (REL)'s 4,000Mw coal and gasbased power project at Shahpur near Alibaug in Raigad district received a shot in the arm as a division….. more »

Surjit S Bhalla: World Bank Peddling Poverty

Surjit S Bhalla: World Bank Peddling PovertyIT DOESN'T MATTERSurjit S Bhalla / New Delhi December 22, 2007Question: How much difference is there between (a) the World Bank (b) a snakeoil salesman (c) a used car salesman? The World Bank has just released figures for its latest estimates of individual country and world �.. more »

Benefits of Kingfisher-Deccan merger

It is the right time for the merger. People say worldwide aviation companies are incurring losses, says A K Ravi Nedungadi, president and CFO, UB Group... more »

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BHEL gets Rs 121cr contract from BPCL

Power equipment major - Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) - has bagged a Rs 121 crore contract from Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) for supplying compressor packages for its Kochi Refinery... more »

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Reliance BIG DTH: R-ADAG to rule DTH market in March next

The direct-to-home television market in India is all set to sizzle early next year, when the younger Ambani plans to launch Reliance-ADAG’s BIG DTH hoping to repeat the magic Reliance wrought on the mobile phone scene years ago. Industry sources say Reliance-ADAG executives are lobbying hard to get the government mandate conditional access system .. more »

Reliance Energy wins Rs 3,725-cr EPC contract from Damodar Valley Corporation

Reliance Energy Ltd has informed the BSE that the company has bagged an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Damodar Valley Corporation to set up a 2 x 600 MW coal-based power station at Raghunathpur in West Bengal... more »

Suzlon plans $500 million QIP issue

Suzlon Energy, one of the top five wind energy manufacturers in the world, plans to raise $500 million (Rs 2,000 crore) through the Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route to fund its expansion plans... more »

The Sexiest Movie Stars Ever

More than 20,000 people visited the movie magazine’s website to cast their votes, with no curbs on whether the star was still in the business. At number two is Natalie Portman. Here is their snaps. Cool and Sexy http://marketsguru.com/news/the-sexiest-movie-stars-ever-get-them-live-on-your-screen/535.. more »

The top 10 computer security threats for 2008

The 2008 Olympics is likely to spur a flurry of hacker activity, says Websense Inc, which specializes in web filtering and security software, releasing the top ten computer security threats for 2008... more »

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KOLTE PATIL IPO ALLOTMENT STATUS AND LISTING DATE AND PRICE

Much awaited Kolte Patil IPO Allotment Status. The investors who applied for the Kolte Patil IPO was not so happy when the allotment was out. Kolte Patil IPO Allotment chances look bleak since the IPO was heavily oversubscribed in all categories. So most of the investors had not got allotment. The listing date was not yet announced. You can check .. more »

REL, DLF, 16 others bid for Ganga Expressway

Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Energy Ltd (REL) and realty player DLF are among the 18 companies that have submitted initial bids for constructing the Rs 30,000 crore expressway which will connect Greater Noida to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh... more »

GVK Power & Infra surges on stock split approval

Shares of GVK Power & Infrastructure surged Thursday after the company approved splitting the face value of its share from Rs 10 per share to Rs 1 per share... more »

India produced 168 billionaires in 2006

Powered by the booming stock markets, India produced 168 new billionaires � easily the highest ever � in 2006-07. Also as many as 30 have moved up at least 100 places � another record... more »

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Bellary Steel: A Penny Stock ready to zoom to new high

MarketsGuru Pick of the week Bellary Steel is a stock with lot of steam to go up. Even if the company is a loss making company you can see that even their mining property value is more than 10 rupees per share. Once the value of Bellary Steel unlocks you can see this stocks in 20-25..... more »

GAIL, RIL tie up for petrochem plant

In one more example of public-private partnership model of growth, state-owned gas utility GAIL and Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries on Tuesday joined hands to set up a multi-billion dollar petrochemicals plant in gas-rich West Asia, Central Asia or Russia. �It will be a mega petrochemical plant with a capacity of 1.9-2 million .. more »

JNPT to set up port-based SEZ

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has decided to develop a port-based special economic zone/export processing zone on about 1,200 hectares of surplus land lying with the trust... more »

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Mahindra and Mahindra unveils new Scorpio

Mahindra and Mahindra on Tuesday unveiled a new version of Scorpio V-series here and announced the company had invested Rs 150 crore on bringing out the new model on the road... more »

FIR against Anil Ambani over Sikh jokes

A First Information Report has been lodged against Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group chairman Anil Ambani and senior officials of Reliance Communication for allegedly circulating derogatory jokes against the Sikh community through its mobile Internet services... more »

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ICICI Prudential mutual plans 20-stock fund

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd on Wednesday filed initial papers with India�s market regulator to launch an equity fund that would invest in about 20 stocks... more »

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Varun Industries IPO Allotment is here

Varun Industries IPO has finished the allotment for their IPO. Now you can check your IPO allotment status of Varun Industries IPO. We hope a good listing for Varun Industries IPO. There is no information about the listing date. We will publish the listing date as soon as the information is avaliable form BSE and..... more »

Auto component sector to become stronger: Edelweiss

The Indian auto component sector that has under-performed over the past several quarters is expected to witness stronger outsourcing trends and robust domestic demand growth in future, an industry analyst said. “We believe that growth expectations are still justified. However, the long product development cycles inherent to the export market and .. more »

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