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India House celebrations cancelled

     London: The proposed celebrations of 75 years of glorious history of the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom, India House, for July 8, scheduled to be attended by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, have been cancelled in the wake of Thursday's blasts in London's underground network killing two people and injuring hundreds. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his way back from the G-8 summit at Gleneagles, was scheduled to drop in and unveil the commemorative stone marking 75 years of India House. A number of British politicians and NRIs were expected to grace the occasion. The House had been given a refreshing look with the walls and the stones decorated in an artistic way Spread over five floors with the offices of the High Commissioner and of the consular departments, there's not much on the outside - except for the tricolour and the name of the building in both English and Devanagri - to mark out its strategic importance. But every bit within is steeped in history. It was Sir Atul Chatterjee, a Cambridge student and later a High Commissioner in 1925, who first dreamt of moving the High Commission office from its rented address at Grosvenor Gardens to its own buildings. When Governor General Lord Irwin finally gave his nod to Chatterjee's proposal, a 12,400 square feet plot was granted by the County Council on a 999-year lease. Work on the building finally began in 1927 with Sir Herbert Baker, who designed the Parliament House and the Secretariat building in New Delhi, as the chief architect. On July 8, 1930, George V and Queen Mary inaugurated the building. The king was gifted a solid gold key for the rosewood door of the House which was fittingly described by the Times as the "one of the most attractive buildings in modern London". The murals decorating the central dome, the entrance and the main hall were constructed by the quartet of four Bengali artists - Lalit Mohan Sen, Ranada Charan Ukil, Dhirendra Krishna Deb Barma and Sudhansu Sekhar Choudhury - who worked on a pay of one-pound- a-day. The murals depict scenes from the Indian history.

London blast: BSE Sensex crashes (Go To Top)

     Mumbai: On the news of a series of blasts that rocked London, the market today witnessed the biggest fall in a single session since April 15, when the sensex crashed by 142.47 points to 7145.13 on a virtual sell-off. ONGC, Reliance and Hindalco led the fall, pulling the Sensex down by over 100 points following the news of seven successive blasts in London. Select stocks in the auto, banking, FMCG, technology and telecom sectors were also under heavy selling pressures. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark index registered a fall of 142.47 points and stood at 7145.13 points at the time of close, while National Stock Exchange Nifty, making a loss of 48 points closed at 2,179 points. The BSE Benchmark 30-share Index opened weak at 7281.07 and gradually moved downwards to the intra-day low of 7123.11 before ending the day at 7145.13 as against yesterday's close of 7287.60, a net fall of 142.47 points or 1.95 per cent.

Chennai traders protest against retail business by MNCs (Go To Top)

     Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Traders Forum today protested against the Centre demanding the ban on the entry of foreign multi national companies into retail business. Around 300 traders demonstrated in front of the memorial hall at park town. The demonstration was led by Tamil Nadu Vinegar Sangankalin Peravai President T.Vellaiyan and South Chennai President Thiruvikarma raja. " Today the Tamil Nadu Vinegar Sangankalin Peravai is protesting against central government which allowed foreign multinational company to directly invest in the retail trading. We are also protesting against the hike in the petrol and diesel prices," said T.Vellaiyan . The protesters shouted slogans condemning the centre for allegedly allowing 51per cent of multi national company to directly invest in the retail business in the state.They also demanded that centre should withdraw the hiked petrol and diesel prices immediately. Vellaiyan threatened that if the demands were not accepted soon they would launch a nation wide protest. The Tamil Nadu Traders Forum has nearly 5,000 associations affiliated to it with about 20 lakh members.

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