Mustardseed yesterday traded with the positive node and settled 0.41% up at 3436 due to improved demand in the spot market against limited arrivals from producing belts. The DOC demand and prices have also cooled during past few days which also impacted the market sentiments.  Arrivals in physical markets are gradually improving which may further put pressure on prices in near future. The Industry estimated 71.5 Lakh tons of RMseed production this year. The group flagged a severe deterioration in the UK owing to detrimental weather conditions resulting in the abandonment of at least 200,000 hectares of winter rapeseed area.

New Delhi, March 14 - The release of "Happi", the story of survival of a social misfit, has been delayed for two years, but this hasn't deterred the spirits of critically-acclaimed director Bhavna Talwar. She feels the content of the movie is so strong that the script will never be outdated.

"There have been various reasons for its delay. The movie was ready, but then we got stuck in post-production work and various other things," Talwar told IANS in an interview from Mumbai.

Event:   Kim Kardashian Launches Her New Fragrance "Kim Kardashian" at Sephora in New York
Venue & Location:   Sephora / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:   02/15/2010
Photographer:   Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Warwickshire, July 30 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said there was no question of dropping left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from the team for the third Test against England, and added he and the selectors had never discussed such a possibility.

Australia looks set to hold its nerve and gamble the Ashes on Johnson finding the form that has deserted him on tour.

With the Edgbaston pitch drier than Ponting expected, spinner Nathan Hauritz will play in the test that begins from today, reports the Herald Sun.

Vienna - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose further on Thursday, to 59.92 dollars, the oil cartel said Friday.

One barrel (159 litres) of OPEC crude cost 1.79 dollars more on Thursday than at the middle of the week, when it stood at 58.13 dollars.

OPEC calculates an average basket price based on 13 important brands produced by its members. (dpa)

New Delhi, Apr 13 : The Supreme Court on Monday postponed the hearing on the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government''s decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for his alleged hate speeches.

The Bench headed by Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, who heard the matter, postponed the hearing till April 16.

On April 2, the Bench had sought an explanation from the Uttar Pradesh Government and the Pilibhit District Magistrate for slapping of the NSA against Varun.

Newark (New Jersey), Oct 28 - US carrier Continental Airline has become the 25th member of Star Alliance even as Air India continues its struggle to put its systems in order to join the world's oldest, largest and most comprehensive interline pact.

The formal induction of the US carrier was announced at a ceremony at the swanky Newark Liberty International Airport here Tuesday, attended by the top brass of all the member 25 carriers, besides Air India.

Event:Teri Polo Celebrates Her 40th Birthday at PRIVE Las Vegas on June 20, 2009
Venue & Location:PRIVE Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino / Las Vegas, NV, USA
Event Date:06/20/2009
Photographer:PRN / PR Photos

Event:Chuck Lorre Receives A Star On The hollywood Walk Of Fame
Venue & Location:7021 Hollywood Blvd / Hollywood, CA. USA
Event Date:3/12/2009
Exclusive / Restrictions:Non-Exclusive Rights Managed Image
Photographer:Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

The subsidiary of the South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company – Hyundai India has announced that the company will launch the diesel model of its super-hatch-i20 by the end of the current year. Hyundai India has also announced that the company is aiming to increase its market share in the 10 lakh-units Indian car market by launching new products.  

Technical analyst Abhishek Jain of Stocksidea. com has suggested investors to buy S V Electricals Ltd stock for short term.

Mr. Jain expects the stock to hit a target of Rs 25.

The stock may face some resistance around Rs 19 levels, but after that it can even have more upward movement.

The scrip has very strong support at Rs 8.

Shares of the company, on Friday (Sep 18), closed at Rs 12.79 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 12.79 and a low of Rs 3.89 on BSE.

London, April 11: David Beckham has donated one of his England shirts to help raise 20 million pounds through an online auction for Brit wounded troops.

The football ace will pen his autograph for the winning bidder of the shirt, presently under the hammer for Help for Heroes.

The 33-year-old backed the eBay collaborated Auction for Heroes to help build seven vital Army Convalescence Centres, saying: “They are the real heroes.”

“I was lucky enough to meet men and women from the armed services recently,” the Sun quoted him as saying.

“We are all thankful for their courage and bravery.

New Delhi, Oct 30 : Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Friday launched a per second billing plan.

As per the new plan, the customers will be charged one paisa per second for all local and national long-distance calls within Bharti's network and 1.20 paise per second for calls to other networks, the company said in a statement.    

The move comes after other companies such as Tata Teleservices launched per second billing systems.

Hamburg - German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined in Saturday in criticism of big bonuses being paid to the executives of banks which are receiving government aid during the financial crisis.

"It's incomprehensible that banks which the state is propping up are in many cases paying out enormous bonuses," she told the news weekly Der Spiegel, adding that the subject would be up for discussion at a summit of the G20 nations in London in April.

The G20 group comprises the world's largest economies.

Event:   Hamptons for Haiti: Wings Over Haiti Benefit at East Hampton Studios in Wainscott on January 15, 2011
Venue & Location:   East Hampton Studios, 77 Industrial Road / Wainscott, NY, USA
Event Date:   01/15/2011
Photographer:   Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos

Rabat, Morocco  - Dressed in white, sometimes wearing the traditional red fez cap, a faint smile on his lips, Morocco's King Mohammed VI looks majestically out of countless photographs hanging in shops, banks or restaurants in the capital Rabat.

The monarch, who thus seems to watch incessantly over his 33 million subjects, is far from being a European-style royal figurehead with hardly any power and constant prying into his private life.

Event : 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival - "On Tour" Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location : Palais des Festivals / Cannes, France
Event Date : 05/13/2010
Photographer : Pixplanete / PR Photos

Stock market analyst JK Doshi has maintained 'buy' rating on Siemens Ltd stock with a one-week target of Rs 745.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock at Rs 716 with strict stop loss of Rs 708.

Today, the stock of the company opened at Rs 716 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 764.90 and a low of Rs 499.45 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 21.65 and 32.52 respectively.

Dhaka, Nov 2 : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country's main opposition in parliament, has complained of "repression" of its leaders and cadres by the government while briefing foreign diplomats and donor agency representatives stationed here.

At a tea party it hosted Sunday as part of the preparations for the organisation's national council meeting scheduled for next month, its leaders justified boycott of parliament for the last nine months. They said no important issue was being discussed there.

Event:   "Wetten, Dass..?" Game and Entertainment Television Series in Augsburg
Venue & Location:   Augsburg / Augsburg, Germany
Event Date:   03/19/2011
Photographer:   Away! / PR Photos