Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan. 8 :Tourists are thronging Gulmarg to revel in its famous snow clad slopes.

Trees, buildings, roads, are all covered in white with snow flakes occasionally falling adding to the joyous atmosphere around.

Tourists from the hot Indian plains are thrilled to see the snowfall, some of them experiencing it for the first time, of course a life time experience for them.

"It seems like heaven everywhere here. I would like to request all the tourists that they should come and see the paradise on earth here," said Manoj Sharma, a tourist.

Rate makes highs into early New York; probes for stops over the 1.5000 and 1.5100 handle; inexplicable rally to the 1.5280 area finds more stops driving the thin market higher.

The USD reversed again after the London fix today as the majors made highs and then retreated as the end of the New York session drew closer; Cable and EURO both retreated over a big figure after posting highs near technical resistance. High prints in GBP at 1.5284 came around the London fix as a very large buy order hit the market into the fix; traders note that thin conditions likely exacerbated the move and the highs were sold by short-term accounts as well.

New Delhi, Jan. 8 : The Supreme Court has criticised the popular practice among litigants adopting unfair means to approach courts demanding interim relief only to enjoy its benefits and intentionally spoiling the final scrutiny of the matter.

A Bench comprising Justices R. V. Raveendran and J. M. Panchal said that any attempt by a litigant to retain the benefit of the interim order by avoiding final adjudication, required to be deprecated.

Melbourne, Jan. 8 : Qantas, which has an information technology contract with India''s Satyam Computer Services, today said that any risks to its business in the wake of the latter''s revelation of fraud, were manageable.

Qantas said in a statement that it had five years remaining on a seven-year contract under which Satyam provides IT application maintenance and support for the company.

"At this stage Qantas assesses any risks to business as manageable," The Australian quoted the statement, as saying.