* What Modi told Sonia in Gujarat? Nothing
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi maintained a clear distance from each other on Monday during their entire visit to the serial blast victims.
* Pak troops open fire, Army jawan killed at LoC
A army jawan was killed on Monday when Pakistani troops opened fire on an Indian border post in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara district near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir
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* Bomb defused in Surat
One more live bomb was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) in Varacha area of Surat [Images] on Monday, a senior police official said.
* New weapon: E-mails
While the security agencies were grappling with the e-mail of Indian Mujahideen , some media houses have been busy in receiving emails warning of more bomb explosions in various parts of the country.
* Obama warns Pak
In some blunt talking on Pakistan's role in fomenting terrorism in Kashmir, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said the US should confront Islamabad on its funding of "mujahideen" groups in the valley and the terror camps running under its nose.
* Mumbai: Rains disrupt life
The rain fury continued unabated in Mumbai on Monday with local train services affected and several low-lying areas in the Western suburbs under knee-deep water, hampering flow of vehicular traffic.
* Aishwarya, Madhuri floor Los Angeles
* Terrorist acts aimed at destroying social fabric:..
Commending the people of Gujarat for the resilience shown by them in the wake of terror attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ontoday said such attempts to destroy social fabric and demoralise people will not succeed..
* View: Incubus of Indian Mujahideen
There is no need for any fumbling guesswork as to who were behind the lethally orchestrated Bengaluru and Ahmedabad blasts that have taken place on successive days. The perpetrators, calling themselves the Indian Mujahideen [Images], have declared a no-holds-barred war on the Indian State by brazenly sending e-mails to that effect to the security establishment and the media.
* BJP sees link between blasts, cash scam
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj claimed that there was a deep-rooted conspiracy between the bomb blasts that took place in Karnataka and Gujarat and the cash-for-vote scam.
* Flight crew with hypertension to be grounded
Airline pilots and flight crew will be grounded if they are found suffering from hypertension before flying under fresh medical guidelines laid down by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
* Skoda raises prices up to Rs 25,000
Luxury segment auto player, Skoda India, on Monday said that it will increase prices of all models by Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 from August 1. The company sells models like Fabia, Octavia, Laura and Superb in the price bracket of Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 450,000 to Rs 22 lakh (Rs 2.2 million).
* New Delhi to have its own IT hub
Within the next two years the national capital will have its own IT hub aiming to foster industry-institute partnership in the areas of advanced technology research in the city.
* WTO talks in jeopardy: US blames India, China
The US on Monday blamed India and China for creating hurdles in the ongoing WTO talks here and said Doha trade talks have been thrown into the "gravest jeopardy" by these two countries which are not willing to open their markets for more imports
* IT sector to constitute 8% of India's GDP
Continuing its growth momentum, the Indian IT industry is projected to constitute over 8 per cent of the economy and employ the second largest number of professionals after the United States in the next eight years, says a study.
* Inflationary pressures to continue: RBI
The Reserve Bank of India [Get Quote] on Monday said inflationary pressures because of oil and food prices are likely to continue, giving an indication that monetary policy could be tightened further when it comes for review on Tuesday.
* Tax notice slapped on British Airways
UK-based British Airways has been slapped a service tax notice by the Revenue Department asking it to pay the balance of Rs 143.5 crore (Rs 1.44 billion) liability on sale of tickets in India between May 2006 and November 2007.
* Inflation may have peaked: Moody's
Credit rating agency Moody's on Monday said inflation may have peaked in India as is reflected by the latest moderation, even though global investment banker Goldman Sachs raised projection for the rate of price rise by 1.5 per cent to 11.5 per cent for the current fiscal.
* ONGC Q1 net up 44% at Rs 6,636.33 cr
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Monday announced a net profit of Rs 6,636.33 crore (Rs 66.36 billion) in the first quarter ended June 30, a 43.94 per cent growth from that in the corresponding period a year-ago.
* Sensex ends up 74 points at 14,349
A day before the Reserve Bank's quarterly review tomorrow, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today closed higher by a marginal 74 points even as brokers and fund operators maintained a low profile.
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