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A very different night at Mumbai's iconic Taj hotel

Mumbai TerrorNew Delhi - Well-heeled businessmen, corporate honchos, celebrities dining by candlelight - that is the usual night at Mumbai's Taj hotel, which is as much a symbol of India's economic prowess and its pockets of affluence as the city in which it has stood for more than a hundred years.

But early on Thursday, fire spewed out of the dome-shaped roof of the building after gunshots and grenade blasts rent the air as a group of heavily armed terrorists stormed the building and fired indiscriminately, killing guests and hotel staff.

Hubble Space Telescope Offers Clear View Of Massive Stars

Hubble Space Telescope Offers Clear View Of Massive Stars    The Hubble Space Telescope has just offered a better view of our Milky Way Galaxy's most massive stars. The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina

OPEC oil price hovers near 45.50 dollars

OPEC oil price edges down by 66 centsVienna- Falling by only 0.06 dollars W

Slovakia denies unlawful force against Hungarian football fans

HungaryBudapest- Slovakian Interior Minister Robert Kalinak has denied that police acted unlawfully when dealing with ethnic Hungarian football fans earlier this month.

Hungarian Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics confirmed Wednesday evening that he had received a letter from Kalinak about the matter the previous day.

He added that he had accepted an invitation to meet Kalinak in Bratislava. The two ministers were also due to talk briefly in Brussels in Thursday.

Sonia Gandhi says India’s 1 billion people will stonewall terrorists’ nefarious designs

Congress President Sonia GandhiNew Delhi, Nov. 27: The Congress President Sonia Gandhi has described the Mumbai terrorist attacks as an act of cowardice, which deserves the strongest possible condemnation.

“The dastardly terrorist attack in Mumbai is an act of cowardice and deserves the strongest condemnation,” said Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President and Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

DLF Assets to Bring In $450m from PE investors

DLF Assets to Bring In $450m from PE investors DLF Assets (DAL), promoted by K P Singh will raise USD 450 million from private equity investors by December for part payment to another promoter group firm DLF Ltd.

DLF Assets Ltd has been established to acquire commercial projects of DLF, the country's largest realty firm.

DAL owes Rs 4,804 crore to DLF as on September 30 and was targeting capital raising to the tune of USD 400–500 million. The DAL PE deal, in which JP Morgan and Texas Pacific will together put in USD 200 million, is likely to be signed in the next few days.

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