Event: Hot Wheels 40th Anniversary Celebration at the Mattel Showroom in New York
Venue & Location: Mattel Showroom / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date: 2/15/2008
Photographer: © Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Promoted by the Jindal group (B C Jindal) as Jindal Leasing in 1983, Jindal Drilling & Industries obtained its current name in the year 1989. The company undertakes drilling operations for ONGC on leased jack-up drilling rigs and mud-logging operations.

JDIL is one of the leading Drilling Contractor in India providing Service to National and International E&P Companies. Its business is organized into following principal operating segments:

.. Offshore Drilling for Oil & Gas

.. Horizontal & Directional Drilling

Taipei - Taiwan's cabinet has approved a draft bill to allow email recipients to make claims of up to 2,000 Taiwan dollars (57 US dollars) per mail in compensation from the senders of spam email, the Government Information Office said Friday.

The bill, which still needs parliament approval, requires the senders to stop sending commercial email to recipients if their first mail does not get a response, the agency said in a statement.

Washington, June 13 : While golfers prefer a well-manicured golf course with short and green grass, two new studies at University of Illinois have suggested that the use of native grasses in roughs has many benefits for golfers as well as golf courses.

Led by Matthew Mechenes, graduate student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, the studies indicated that a naturalized landscape with native grasses benefits biodiversity, saves costs on pesticides and labour for the golf course, and at the same time could create a challenging course for golfers.

Event:"The Hurt Locker" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:The Egyptian Theatre / Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date:06/05/2009
Photographer:Chris Hatcher / PR Photos

Buenos Aires  - The Argentine government said Monday it would not continue negotiating with agricultural producers in the face of recent criticism from their leaders of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's policies.

Argentina's four agricultural federations organized a rally Sunday in Rosario, some 300 kilometres north of Buenos Aires, marking the Day of the May Revolution, which in 1810 began the country's independence from Spain.

Event :Tony Danza at  "War Horse" World Premiere - Arrivals

Guilty of hacking into online brokerage accounts for manipulating stock prices, 34-year-old Jaisankar Marimuthu of Chennai was extradited from Hong Kong to the United States, on June 20.

Jaisankar Marimuthu, along with Thirugnanam Ramanathan and Chockalingam Ramanathan, is accused of operating an international "hack, pump and dump" scheme, in which they hacked into online brokerages, and used stolen identities to create new accounts for buying and selling stocks in order to manipulate prices to their benefit.

London, June 24 : Actress and activist Mia Farrow has condemned the British and American Governments for not having taken enough measures to stop the genocide in Darfur.

While speaking at the Rotary International Convention at Birmingham''''s National Exhibition Centre, the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador said that it was "unacceptable" not to do more when "this level of humanitarian disaster" was ongoing.

"What message have we sent to the people of Darfur? Only that they are completely dispensable,” the Daily Express quoted Farrow as saying.

Washington, Sept. 25 : Senior White House officials played a central role in deliberations in the spring of 2002 about whether the Central Intelligence Agency could legally use harsh interrogation techniques while questioning an operative of Al Qaeda, Abu Zubaydah, according to newly released documents.

In meetings during that period, the New York Times says that the officials debated specific interrogation methods that the C. I. A. had proposed to use on Qaeda operatives held at secret C. I. A. prisons overseas, the documents show.

New Delhi, April 19 - She is a Haryana native, she studied in Mumbai and her mother lives in Delhi. As Kanishtha Dhankar sets out for the world to face some tough competition as the new Miss India, she says she would like to use her title to work for the rural masses like her grandfather.

"I can feel the power that the Miss India title has. It's been just a few days and I can already think of so many things that I can do with this platform," the 22-year-old, who hails from Kasni, Haryana, told IANS.

Amman  - Jordan's largest political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), accused the United States Saturday of being responsible for the flare-up of armed clashes in Lebanon and urged all Lebanese powers to resort to dialogue.

The IAF, political arm of the influential Muslim Brotherhood movement, said the escalating tension was part of a "US agenda that seeks to stir internal sedition and obstruct all prospects of national reconciliation in Lebanon".

It accused some Lebanese powers of "playing into the hands of the US administration which aims at implementing a hostile scheme in the region".

Amritsar, Dec 28 : Hardeep Singh, an artist in Amritsar, has drafted the Gurbani, the Sikh scriptures in calligraphy.

He said he undertook the work because he had not seen anybody doing it before.

"It has been almost a year. The response has been great. Calligraphy means beautiful writing. The art originated in England. I have not seen anybody drafting Gurbani in calligraphy that is why I decided to undertake it," said Hardeep Singh.

His father, Surindra Singh, himself a collector of art antique''s, helping him with his new venture.

Islamabad, Apr. 6 : The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has set a 15-day deadline for government officials to submit a detailed report on the public flogging of a 17-year-old girl in the Swat Valley.

Chief Justice Chaudhry issued the directive as eight judges opened a hearing into the Taliban whipping case.

“Government and regional officials from North West Frontier Province (NWFP) should ‘submit report on a fortnightly basis to the registrar of this court,” Chaudhry said in his order, which was written in English.

Event:2008 HOT 97 Full Frontal Hip Hop Fashion Show - Concert
Venue & Location:Hammerstein Ballroom / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:3/20/2008
Photographer:© Jerry Livingston / PR Photos

London: It’s an analysis that might irritate the supporters of Indian herbal medicines.

A divisive analysis executed by Britain researchers has detected no evidence that personalised herbal medicines do really work. In effect, the scientists have monished that such appetizers may do more harm than good.

Dr, Peter Canter of Peninsula Medical School at Exeter University, who lead the study, said, “There has been a growth of expectation that all illnesses can be cured or helped. If you have a chronic disease and you are desperate, you can be preyed upon.”

Event: 58th Annual ACE Eddie Awards - Arrivals
Venue & Location: Beverly Hilton Hotel / Beverly Hills, CA USA
Event Date: 02/17/2008
Photographer: © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos

London, July 11 : British Chief of Defence Staff Sir Jock Stirrup has insisted that the Taliban is losing the fight in Afghanistan.

The top British general was defending the bloodiest 24-hour period for ground troops since operations began.

He sent his condolences to the bereaved families, but said it was important to “remember why our people are fighting in Afghanistan and what they are achieving through their sacrifice.”

Event:"Impressionism" Broadway Play Opening Night - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:3/24/2009
Exclusive / Restrictions:Non-Exclusive Rights Managed Image
Photographer:Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

Karvy Stock Broking Limited has maintained ‘Buy’ rating on IDBI Bank stock to achieve a target of Rs 188 within 2-3 days.

According to Karvy, interested traders can buy the stock between Rs 109-110 with a strict stop loss of Rs 105.

If the stock market remains on positive track, the stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 120.
 
Today (June 17), the shares of the company opened at Rs 107.20 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 11.31 and 9.48 respectively. The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 112.65 and a low of Rs 39.75 on BSE.