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Chandigarh: The Chandigarh government cast out the Hindi edition of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s book “In the Line of Fire” as it had distorted the Indian map.

In an announcement, it said the map of India printed in the book didn't match to the country’s map as released by the Survey of India.

Improvement in Asian markets encouraged assurance in Indian equities on Friday. ICICI Bank, State Bank of India (SBI), Infosys, Reliance Communication, Housing Development Finance Corp. (HDFC) chaired the advancements.

BSE Sensex settled the week on a positive note at 15,138.40, up 152.70 points, whereas the broad-based NSE Nifty ended at 4,401.55, up 45.2 points.

Technical analyst, Vishwas Agarwal stated that presently the Indian markets are acting according to the worldwide market conditions. Traders are watchful due to recent volatility in the markets, he added.

Weakness in index heavy weight Reliance Industries (RIL) in last 5 trading sessions hassled markets last week.

New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil stated she would be a ‘political president’ rather than being a ‘rubber stamp.”

Pratibha added, “There are several issues on which suggestions could be passed on to the government. A president can always discuss suggestions on critical issues and the government after due consideration can accept or reject those.”

Rahul Mohindar of Viratechindia suggested investors to buy India Cements on falls.  

After touching an intraday high of 15,235.51, the BSE Sensex finally ended the day at 15,138.40, up 152.70 points, whereas the broad-based NSE Nifty ended at 4,401.55, up 45.2 points.

The Garda dismissed scalding criticism over its supposed inability to apologize for misconduct. Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy asserted the force have said sorry on several occasions when it had made mistakes.

An official watchdog assemble to probe public grievances against the gardai said there was an institutional culture of indifference to misconduct.