The utility vehicle and tractor maker Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has registered a growth of 15.5% in its total sales, which stood at 20,653 vehicles during May 2008, as compared to 17,079 in May 2007 during the corresponding period of the last year.

In its domestic sales, the company registers a healthy growth of 13% at 19,296 vehicles during May 2008, as against 17,079 vehicles a year ago.

Exports during the same month stood at 1,357 vehicles as compared to 802 vehicles in May 2007.

In the meantime sales of Logan fell to 1,531 units in May 2008, as against 2,551 units a year ago.

Pune/Aurangabad, Oct 8 : BJP leader L K Advani has termed the state of Maharashtra the record holder for most cases of suicide by the farmers.

The elections to the legislature of Maharashtra are scheduled to be held on October 13.

"In India, Maharashtra holds a record that is for the most number of suicidal cases of the farmers," said Advani in an election rally.

Event:Ante up for Africa 2009 World Series of Poker - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Rio Hotel and Casino / Las Vegas, NV, USA
Event Date:07/02/2009
Photographer:PRN / PR Photos

Event:Jaime King Celebrates Her 30th Birthday at TAO Nighclub Las Vegas on April 25, 2009
Venue & Location:TAO Nightclub at the Venetian Hotel and Casino / Las Vegas, NV, USA
Event Date:4/25/2009
Photographer:PRN / PR Photos

Stuttgart, Germany  - Daimler is studying plans to build a car factory using low-cost labour in eastern Europe, with options to be presented to its board on Monday, two German magazines said Saturday.

Poland, Romania and Hungary were under consideration as locations, said the fortnightly Auto Motor und Sport and the weekly Automobilwoche. Auto Motor und Sport said Serbia was also in the running. Both suggested Romania was the least favoured location.

Mercedes Car Group needed a second factory to build the next generation of its A-Class and B-Class cars while continuing to manufacture at its car factory at Rastatt, Germany. A new site would allow a wider range of models and lower production costs.

Event:8th Annual Tribeca Film Festival - "Serious Moonlight" Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:BMCC Tribeca PAC / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:4/25/2009
Photographer:Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Washington, May 16 : A pill used to treat nerve pain has been found effective in treating hot flashes in women, claim Mayo Clinic researchers.

They have found that pregabalin decreased hot flash severity and frequency about 20 percent more than did a placebo.

Pregabalin has been found to offer about the same benefit as gabapentin, an older, related drug, as well as newer classes of antidepressants.

Islamabad, July 8: A crucial meeting between PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif is slated to be held in London in a couple of days. The meeting would likely decide the future of their coalition over the issue of reinstatement of the deposed judges.

Political analysts believe that the meeting may involve the make-or-break talks between the two parties.

Quoting sources, the Dawn reported that Zardari is expected to leave Dubai for London in a couple of days to meet Nawaz Sharif.

Event:Serena Williams Sighting in Madrid on November 11, 2007
Venue & Location:Madrid / Madrid, Spain
Event Date:11/6/2007
Photographer:© Solarpix / PR Photos

Mainz, Germany  - Be it lovesickness, a troubled relationship, anxiety or depression, emotional problems can have many causes. Therapy may help. But how do you find the right therapist?

The various occupational descriptions themselves are confusing. A psychotherapist may be a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health professional. There are also different kinds of therapies. They include psychoanalysis, during which the patient talks about childhood experiences, and behaviour therapy with practical training, as in cases of anxiety.

Bangkok  - Somchai Wongsawat, the brother-in-law of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, on Tuesday secured the full backing of the People Power Party to become the country's next premier after a party rift failed to scuttle his nomination.

"The People Power Party has reached a consensus to nominate Somchai as the next prime minister," said PPP spokesman Kuthep Saikrachang.

The PPP was scheduled to meet with its five coalition partners Tuesday night to get their backing for Somchai's nomination, which is scheduled for a confirmation vote in Parliament on Wednesday.

Event:"Greek" Cast Members Spend An Evening at Prive Las Vegas on March 6, 2009
Venue & Location:PRIVE Las Vegas at the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino / Las Vegas, NV, USA
Event Date:3/6/2009
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Belgrade - President Boris Tadic's Democrats and their Socialist partners in Serbia's ruling coalition were due Tuesday to tie up loose ends still dangling three months after elections by appointing the Belgrade mayor.

Former foes, the Democratic Party (DS) and the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) in June buried their hatchets to form a pro-European Serbian government, but the agreement remained elusive on the local level in Belgrade.

Instead, days after May 11 parliamentary and local polls in Serbia, The Socialists announced a coalition to rule Belgrade with the nationalist bloc, comprising the Serbian Radical Party and former prime minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia.

Event:2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Santa Monica Beach / Santa Monica, CA. USA
Event Date:2/21/2009
Photographer:Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

London, Feb. 12 : Fatima Bhutto, the niece of the former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, fears that her journalistic work could make her liable for prosecution under the recently presented `Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance' Bill.

In an article published in The Guardian, Fatima Bhutto criticized the Pakistan Government for introducing a bill that will `censor Pakistan's already frightened media and censured citizenry.'

Board Meeting :Quarterly Results.

Forex Markets Need Bullish Economic Data to Sustain Rally

This week’s action in the Forex markets has been dominated by choppy, two-sided trading.  Traders seem to be looking for improved risk appetite but can’t find the catalyst that will propel the markets to new highs for the year.

Yesterday’s strong rally in the crude oil market and the spillover buying in the global equity markets has laid a good foundation for a rally in the risk sensitive currencies, but volume has been light and traders non-committal which could be an indication that traders are waiting for more solid economic evidence that an economic recovery is taking place and that financial markets are stabilizing.

Read full article at ForexHound.com

Mumbai, Nov 26 : A question mark hangs over the continuation of S. G. Abbas Kazmi as the lawyer for 26/11 terror attack accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab after the special court found him guilty of lying Thursday - the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

The issue rocked the special court when Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam expressed his intention to seek the court's permission to examine 340 more formal witnesses in the terror attacks trial.

These would be in addition to the 271 witnesses already examined so far in person by Nikam in the past nearly eight months during the trial.

Berlin  - New European passenger car registrations slumped by 9.5 per cent in March, data released Tuesday showed, as rising oil prices and growing economic uncertainty kept consumers away from car showrooms.

The March fall resulted in car registrations dropping by 1.7 per cent during the first three months of the year compared with the same period in 2007, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said releasing the figures.

The decline in car sales also came despite continuing solid growth in the auto markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

While monthly registrations in Western Europe dropped by 10.2 per cent during March, registrations in Central and Eastern Europe rose by 3.5 per cent last month.