Washington: Against the background of the endeavor on the life of , the US said it stood by him and Washington thought that he should carry on the reformation practice in the country.

New Delhi: The fresh figure of people infected with HIV/AIDS in the country is 2.47 million as compared to the preceding number of 5.2 million. The occurrence rate is also down to 0.36 per cent as against 0.9 per cent.

According to novel information for 2006, released on Friday, specify that the national adult HIV frequency is around 0.36 per cent that signifies an estimated 2 million to 3.1 million people living with HIV.

Balaji Telefilms was trading on an upper place after benefiting 3.79% to Rs 231.55 as its 10 lakh shares moved in a single block deal at Rs 229.75 per share on NSE.

The scrip touched an intraday high of Rs 233.95 and an intraday low of Rs 221.50 during the day. On 22 May 2007, the stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 263 and a 52-week low of Rs 102 on 24 July 2006.

appended 2.48% to Rs 936 during the afternoon trades accompanying its property sale at Gurgaon, India, for Rs 72.75 crore.

The scrip’s intraday high was Rs 950 and low Rs 930 during the day.

The scrip had 2,063 shares for trading on the BSE counter. In the last four month period, the scrip had an average daily volume of 1,468 shares.

Akruti Nirman has announced its fourth quarter results. The company has recorded net profit of Rs 57.18 crore for its fourth quarter ended June 30, 2007, as against Rs 571.8 million in the corresponding period of the last year.

The company posted net sales of Rs 92.68 crore as compared to Rs 926.8 million in the same period of the last year..

Thiruvananthapuram: On Thursday, the UPA-Left parties’ presidential applicant assured the State’s MPs and MLAs that she would maintain the unity and power of the country.

Ms. Patil expressed disappointment at the campaign against her, while addressing MLAs and MPs meeting at Mascot Hotel, who are part of the electoral college of the presidential elections.

Ms Patil stated that she always liked Kerala known as Gods Own Country and was indeed happy to meet the MLAs and MPs.

The MLAs and MPs belonging to the UDF and the LDF attended the meeting.

Yesterday’s trading action witnessed unstable movement. But, the reaction reading of the tradable counters remains optimistic. Today’s bear move is expected to modify the response in their favor. In contrast, the existing upbeat sentiment is ready to be further strengthened.

The composition and the position of the top 10 tradable list experienced minor alterations. Bank of India made its way to top 10 list obtruding Satyam. BOI occupied last place in the list.

The BSE 30-share Sensex penetrated the sensitively important 15,000 mark during the afternoon trades.

At 13:36 IST, the Sensex was 74 points to 14,936. The benchmark index came across an all-time high of 15,007.22 at 13:21 IST

The Sensex took seven months to cover up this level from 14,000 to 15,000. On December 2006, the stock index hit 14,000 mark for the first time. On the contrary, it had taken just 26 trading sessions to reach the 14,000 level after it had first struck the 13,000 mark on 30 October 2006.

New Delhi: A total of 14 challengers will symbolize India at the in Ostrava, Czech Republic from July 11 to 15.

The group consisting six boys and eight girls, comprise three athletes from Delhi. They are Sahil Mahindra, Ajay Pal Singh and Ajaj Ahmed.

The selected team has three members from Kerala whereas two girl athletes are from Orissa for the girls' 4x400m relay. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and West Bengal have one representative each.

Mumbai: SBI Mutual Fund has crossed Rs 20,000-crore mark in assets under management (AUM) as on 30 June, 2007.

According to a release the AUM of SBI MF stood at Rs 20,272 crore as on June 30 and it is placed sixth among existing fund houses. SBI Mutual funds Achieves Milestone

While commenting on the milestone achieved Syed Shahabuddin, Managing Director and CEO, SBI Mutual Funds stated, “SBI Mutual Fund's excellent run is a reflection of the fund house's ability to understand the needs of investors and introduce products suited to their needs.”

SBI MF has an investor base of over 35-lakh spread over 40 schemes.

After touching a new high at the opening time on Thursday, the BSE Sensex closed the session at 14,861.89 after losing 18.35 points, whereas the broad based NSE Nifty ended the day at 4,353.95, down by marginal 5.35 points.

Vishwas Agarwal said the stock market once again broke down to reach the psychological 15,000 mark. Conservative buying and selling of stocks could take place in the nest trading session, but the same is likely to carry on.

Mr. Agarwal added that markets still are in bulls grip.

In early trade, Dabur Pharma was trading up 1.51% to Rs 77.50 after 50 lakh shares changed hands in a single block deal at Rs 76 each on NSE.

The block deal of 50 lakh shares comprised 3.19% of Dabur Pharma's equity. The company has the equity capital of Rs 15.67 crore, with 15.97 crore outstanding shares having face values of Rs 1 each.

lifted 2.44% to Rs 765 in afternoon trades on improved buying earlier than its entry into the BSE Sensex from 9 July 2007.

The scrip hit an intraday high of Rs 766 and an intraday low of Rs 747 during the day. On 16 January 2007, it touched a 52-week high of Rs 1002 and a 52-week low of Rs 495.10 on 24 July 2006.

As against the Sensex’ return of 2.38%, the Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) stock slumped 0.81% over the last one month to 4 July 2007. The scrip had underperformed the market over the past quarter, benefiting 4.65% compared to the Sensex’s rise of 15.74%.

After opening the day sturdily at 14,932.53, the BSE Sensex further touched a record high of 14,963.26 in the morning trades. It is on the way to the 15,000 mark. Stocks from auto, banking and cement led the advancements in the market.

In the initial sessions of trade, Asian stocks opened high after an increase was reported in the demand of computer chips and metals; joined by the growth in the metal prices that accordingly raised investors’ trust.

After hitting a new historical mark of 15,007.22, the BSE Sensex, finally settled at 14,964.12 after gaining 102.23 points, whereas the broad based NSE Nifty ended the day at 4,384.85, up 30.9 points.

After opening negatively at 14,843.43, the BSE benchmark index continued to trade strongly for the whole day. The stock index touched the psychological level of 15,000 because of continued buying interest seen in index pivotals. Lastly it finished on a cheerful note. The selected stocks from IT, cement, auto and pharma were in the public interest.

In spite of its lackluster debut, DLF has got into the group of top 10 market-cap companies.

In early trade, DLF’s market capitalization was Rs 93719.71 crore. Ahead of ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI), DLF emerges as the eight biggest Indian companies in terms of market capitalization.

DLF has also become the first realty business firm to enter the list of top 10 market-cap companies.

Four cement majors climbed from 0.69% to 4.87% on reports that cement firms were boosting prices by Rs 3-Rs 5 per 50 kilogram bag across India effective today.

Ambuja Cements gained 3.90% to Rs 129.25, ACC 4.87% to Rs 984, Grasim Industries 0.69% to Rs 2723, and UltraTech Cement 3.47% to Rs 914.95. In addition to price increase, ACC’s strong dispatches in June 2007 just gone by aided the rally.

NEW DELHI: Referring to the slew of allegations hurled against her, UPA presidential applicant  said that all allegations pointed against her were ‘motivated.’

In her initial official declaration after her nomination documents were found to be in order, Ms. Patil stated it was a “distinct honor” to be a applicant for the main office of the world’s prime democratic system.

New Delhi: With involvement of two of its nationals being suspected in the failed terror plot in the UK, India on Tuesday said it would extend any assistance if asked for by investigators, but cautioned against reaching any conclusion if anyone was merely detained or questioned.

The Government stated the Indian High Commission in Canberra is abreast of the system in Australia where a doctor from Bangalore, Mohd Haneef, has been apprehended regarding last week’s terror plots of London and Glasgow.

Minister of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma said, “India is committed to full international cooperation when it comes to act of (combating) terrorism. We will give any assistance if it is requested for (by Australia and Britain).”

Technical Analyst, Vijay Bhambwani is of the view that one
should hold State Bank of India (SBI) stock as it can add another Rs 60-70
within the coming days.

SBI has been a great mover and shaker. It is good for
another Rs 60-70 before some quantity of profit taking can enter.