Mangalore, Sept 16 : The situation in troubled areas of Mangalore continues to remain tense today after attacks on churches and prayer halls by suspected Bajrang Dal activists.

Most shops, business establishments, schools and colleges remained closed today.

Police are maintaining a tight vigil in all areas. Over 50 suspected Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested in the three districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur.

The clash took place despite prohibitory orders banning assembly of more than five people clamped by police in the city on Sunday for three days as a precautionary measure.

Stock market analysts have maintained ‘buy’ rating on Axis Bank with an intraday target of Rs 1017.

According to them, interested traders can buy the stock around Rs 1005-1010 with a stop loss of Rs 999. If the stock market remains on positive track, the stock will hit Rs 1025 in today’s session.

Shares of the bank, on Saturday (Oct 17), closed at Rs 1011.25 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 54.14 and 18.68 respectively. The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1048 and a low of Rs 278.50 on BSE.

Event:Rock in Rio Lisboa 2008 - Day 3
Venue & Location:Parque da Bela Vista / Lisbon, Portugal
Event Date:6/1/2008
Photographer:© Rui M. Leal / PR Photos

Washington, Sept 19 : Patrick Swayze missed a chance of becoming werewolf on big screen.

The actor, who died of pancreatic cancer on September 14, was approached to star in ‘First Howl’ as a movie executive suspected of murder, when he was diagnosed with the disease.

Scriptwriter Clint Morris admits that Swayze was the perfect choice for the role of Dennis Camrock - and he loved the part, reports Contactmusic.

Central Bank of India has informed that it has entered into an agreement with Ashok Leyland, to provide loans for commercial vehicles.

Under the facility, Central Bank of India will provide loans for Ashok Leyland's customers at 100 basis points below its benchmark prime lending rate till March 31, 2010. The bank's current BPLR is 12 per cent.

The latest move is considered as a part of bank's strategy to increase its retail loans portfolio to 15 per cent of its total assets, from the current 9 per cent.

Washington, June 25 : A new research has confirmed that the mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

The research connects the two events by what followed each about a day later: brilliant, night-visible clouds, or noctilucent clouds, that are made up of ice particles and only form at very high altitudes and in extremely cold temperatures.

The Ford India Pvt Ltd Company announced an investment of $500 million in India and introduction of a small car by year 2010.

Ford in India sells Ikon, Fusion and Fiesta cars, and the Endeavor sports-utility vehicle. Michael Boneham, president of Ford India Pvt. Ltd. said "The Credit crunch and the lack of confidence has affected in the short-term" however adding that the plans for new models of Ikon "are on track despite the difficulties".

Amsterdam - The defence team of former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is due to address the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the first time on Tuesday.

Lubanga is standing trial at the ICC in The Hague on charges of recruiting child soldiers for war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the prosecution, Lubanga was responsible for the development and operation of an entire child soldier infrastructure during the bloody Congolese civil war between 1998 and 2003.

Kohima, Nov. 20 : Celebrated to respect the womenfolk for their contribution in sustaining the family, the Chaga Gadi was held recently at The Heritage in Kohima.

It is an annual post harvest festival, which is described to be among the most awaited festivals of the Liangmei Nagas.

There are folk songs and dances as well as traditional sports such as long jump and shot put that are centre of attention during the festival. It brings an occasion of merry making, which provides every Liangmei Naga an opportunity to develop peaceful cordial relationship with their other Liangmei Nagas.

Board Meeting : Quarterly Results

Dimapur, July 2 : In a new research, scientists have chronologically dated five ancestral settlement sites within Nagaland as belonging to the 7th century AD.

According to a report in The Morung Express, based on the study of oral tradition and folklore of the tribes of Kohima, Phek, and Mokokchung Districts, five prominent ancient settlement sites considered as important centres of population dispersal were identified.

An archaeological investigation was also carried out at the ancestral site at Chungliyimti, it informed.

Archaeological excavations were conducted at four of the ancestral settlement sites in the second phase of the project.

Bali, Indonesia - France's Aravane Rezai won her third title of the season 7-5 Sunday as injured Marion Bartoli quit their final at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

The top-seeded Bartoli could not go on after 62 minutes, losing the only set played on her first double fault. Before that point, she had her left thigh taped. After losing the set, she told the chair umpire she could not continue.

Buechel, Germany  - About 2,000 pacifists demonstrated without violence Saturday outside a German Air Force base where they insist 20 US nuclear weapons are stored.

They demanded that the weapons be removed from Buechel air base on Germany's western rim and be scrapped. Hundreds of police kept a careful eye on the rally after some demonstrators had threatened to climb the fence and invade the fighter-bomber base.

Board Meeting :Raising of further capital.

Washington, Mar 28 : Speculation is rife that singer John Mayer may give up Twitter following his rumoured break-up with actress Jennifer Aniston, owing to his obsession with the micro-blogging service.

Mayer, 31, seems to realise his obsession with it, but revealed on March 26 at his "One Splendid Evening" soiree on-board his "Mayer Craft" Carnival Cruise Liner to benefit VH1 Save the Music Foundation, that he is not ready to give it up.

Prague - A choirmaster of a world-acclaimed Czech children's choir was found guilty Wednesday of sexually abusing 40 of his underage charges, a court said.

The County Court in Hradec Kralove sentenced Bohumil Kulinsky, 48, formerly of renown Bambini di Praga choir, to three years in prison suspended for five years and banned him from working with youth for 10 years.

The state attorney, who wanted the choirmaster jailed for eight and a half years, appealed the verdict.

A tougher sentence would have made sense were the abuse detected sooner after it had occurred, court spokesman Michal Strnad said.

Nevada (US), Sept 19 : Portrayal of the affair between Jawaharlal Nehru, India''s first prime minister, and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of last British viceroy of India, has apparently halted the production of Cate Blanchett starrer "Indian Summer".

India Government officials have asked to scrutinize the script to review how the Nehru-Edwina affair will be played out, reports suggest.

Mountbatten''s daughter Pamela also wrote about Nehru''s relationship with her mother in her memoir "India Remembered".

Rate firms again overnight; upside extends to new weekly highs. Overhead resistance now at 1.4650 with the 1.4700 handle likely to trade the next 24 hours. Traders report stops likely over the 1.4710/30 area.

The door is open to a rally back to the 1.5000 area. Some in-range stops driving some trade over the 1.4500 area. Lows likely remain secure. The volume needs to come up and I think the shorts have yet to bail as a group; that may be starting in earnest now.

Traders report stops in-range adding for two-way action. Long-term tech resistance now at 1.5000 area likely to cap near term. Two-way action continues suggesting that shorts are aggressively adding and longs are trying to find a bottom. 

Event:"Doubt" New York Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Paris Theatre, East 4 West 58th Street / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:12/7/2008
Photographer:Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

Event:Victoria Beckham Appearance and Signing for "'dVb by Victoria Beckham" at Saks Fifth Avenue Chicago -

February 15, 2008
Venue & Location:Saks Fifth Avenue Chicago / Chicago, IL, USA
Event Date:2/15/2008
Photographer:© Adam Bielawski / PR Photos