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India among top UK investors; Mumbai, Bangalore global hubs 5 Jun 2009, 0905 hrs IST LONDON: Despite recession, India emerged as the second largest investor in the UK in 2008, after the United States, according to a new study that sees Mumbai and Bangalore as the next top centres of...

Investor wealth crosses Rs 5 lakh cr mark first time in 2009 MUMBAI: Investor wealth has crossed the Rs five lakh crore mark on Thursday with the benchmark index Sensex closing above 15,000 for the first time in nine months. The total investors' wealth, measured in terms of combined...

Electric car to hit roads in Sept: Ratan Tata NEW YORK: Indian conglomerate Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has said that Tata Motors will have an electric car in the market by September this year. "We will have an electric car in the market in September," Tata was quoted as saying by...

New customers to benefit more from rate cut 5 Jun 2009, 0134 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: ICICI Bank announced a cut of half percentage point on its FRR to boost the housing sector. This is the third time since December 31, 2008 that the bank has cut its floating rates, each time by 50 basis...

Inflation dips to 0.48% 5 Jun 2009, 0133 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: Inflation declined to 0.48 % for the week ended May 23, giving head room to the government to initiate expansionary measures and prompt banks to cut rates. While the wholesale price index stood at 0.61% in the previous...

Rs620bln development budget proposed By Dawn Reporter ISLAMABAD: The total development budget of the country for next fiscal year has been recommended Rs620 billion to the National Economic Council, which includes Rs190 billion to develop Chashma –III and Chashma –IV nuclear energy plants...

National Economic Council approves massive PSDP By Mubarak Zeb Khan Friday, 05 Jun, 2009 ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council approved an ambitious Rs621 billion Public Sector Development Programme and projected a GDP growth rate of 3.3 per cent in 2009-10. The NEC meeting...

Rs700 million pilferage discovered in Sui north By Kalbe Ali Thursday, 04 Jun, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Rs700 million scam related to gas theft and oil smuggling has been unearthed by the Petroleum Ministry, but the government was unable to act against the culprits as there was no law to punish...

Telecom companies to jointly invest one billion dollars By Ahmad Hassan Wednesday, 03 Jun, 2009 ISLAMABAD: The Chief Executive officers of major telecom companies working in Pakistan have expressed their commitment to jointly invest at least US$ one billion in infrastructure, capital...

Malaysian, Russian cos may bid for WiMAX 4 Jun 2009, 0035 hrs IST AMSTERDAM: Russian operator Yota and Malaysian operator Packet One are in serious talks with several Indian firms to enter India's Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) market and are also likely to emerge as bidders in the WiMAX...

Govt plans big-bang divestment 4 Jun 2009, 0049 hrs IST NEW DELHI: With Left Flag out of sight, the government is planning a big-bang disinvestment in the state-owned PSUs. It plans to raise over Rs 25,000 crore in 2009-10, not only to reduce fiscal deficit but also for expansion of...

Job growth strong sign of recoveryBy Wang Linyan (China Daily) Updated: 2009-06-04 09:16 Signaling a recovery in China's employment market, 3.65 million urban residents found new jobs in the first four months of the year, an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Wen...

Stocks breach psychological barrier of 7,000 points By Our Staff Reporter Thursday, 04 Jun, 2009 KARACHI: The KSE 100-share index on Wednesday fell below the 7,000-level as some of the leading base shares ended with lower-locks followed by reports of massive foreign unloading. The index...

Government expects approval of four projects: World Bank Board meets today RECORDER REPORT ISLAMABAD (June 04 2009): The World Bank (WB) is likely to consider five development projects worth $1.2 billion as the WB board meets on Thursday in Washington. Sources told Business Recorder on...

July-April: Rs 145 billion released for PSDP projects ZAFAR BHUTTA ISLAMABAD (June 04 2009): The Finance Ministry released Rs 145 billion for development projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) during nine months (July-April) of the current financial year. According to...

Whoever said that said that delibrately, its Pakistans territory and no one can stop any long of development or infrastructural work. What is India increases infrastructural developement in the border region with Pakistan, for example fencing of border in some region, there was voice raised...

Lets keep the fingers crossed and hope thing happen as mentioned, as it would be great day (ya i know 15th Aug is already a great day for Indian) but the kind of Sona pe sugha thing :lol: Am saying so as GOI say a lot of thing but very few actually happen on time, which GOI needs to counter...

Definately, do agree with you on this one. India and Pakistan do have some issus to sort out but some group of ppls are making it difficult to happen so, if both countries can get rid of these ppls then in no time the matter's can be sorted and settles once and for all. There was a thread in...

These kind of things dosent happen by mistake, someone did it deliberately. And if its did happen, then how can one say Pakistans nuclear warheads are not safe. have to think very hard :azn:

Why is it so, bcoz of these terrorist who use these innocent village ppls as their shield, as they think by doing so they would be saved. just think about this.