The Nifty ended below the 5700 mark at 5691, down 33 points.
The IT index had a cracker of a time to spurt around 2% and emerge as the leading gainer on the BSE.
Clearing the air on why all three top officials -- Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar who succumbed to bullet injuries -- were sitting in one vehicle, Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said: "Given the circumstances they sat together in the police vehicle, which was available to them."
The best analysis of politics does not come out of air conditioned newsrooms, but from the voices on India's streets. Rakesh Kumar Singhal -- once an army jawan, then an ONGC employee, then a tea shopwallah -- reveals why he left the Congress for Modi.
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The world's largest economy, the US, has seen a spurt in bankruptcy cases, with such filings jumping as much as 30 per cent for 12 months ended September 30 compared to the year-ago period.
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In the Asian region, Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped in the range of 3-4 per cent. The gains in Asian markets, except India, followed the overnight rally on the Wall Street triggered by hopes of a new leadership at the White House. European stocks, however, slipped into red after a flurry of disappointing corporate announcements, including steel maker ArcelorMittal cutting its full-year forecast.
May 21 promises to be a crucial day for the Indian-American community as one of corporate America's most prominent India-born executives is scheduled to go on trial here while miles away a New Jersey court is to decide the fate of a Chennai native convicted of a hate crime.
The rally was bouyed by metal and realty stocks. Market breadth on the BSE was positive. Out of 3,116 stocks traded, 1,780 advanced while 1,204 declined.
The Street has welcomed the sustained demand and higher sales for two-wheeler makers in September by pushing up stock prices of the three key companies by three to seven per cent over the past week.
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The Nifty ended at 5416, down 4 points. The market breadth was weak. Out of 3045 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1293 advancing stocks as against 1640 dcelines.
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The broader markets underperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices fell between 1-2%.
The overall market breadth was negative as 1,480 stocks advanced against 1,365 advancing ones, on the BSE.
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Less spitting, better queuing and cleaner streets show Beijing has become more "civilised", but the city still has to fine-tune its etiquette to attain Olympic standards, Xinhua news agency said on Friday, citing a new study.
Wilhelm and Lile Marti were convicted by a sessions court in March 2003. They were found filming a porn video with two street girls and were arrested on December 16, 2000.
'With Tanu Weds Manu, I discovered myself.'
A man playing a practical joke by wearing a Laden mask and jumping out at motorists was shot by a startled taxi driver in Costa Rica.
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'Mumbai is the toughest city to shoot a film. The hard part is executing an action sequence in a crowded street accurately. There are people everywhere and all of them are curious to watch the shooting.' Second unit director Dan Bradley talks about working on Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again.
The Sensex ended at 17,198, stronger by 272 points, and the Nifty closed at 5,122, higher by 89 points.
Maintaining that the situation is peaceful, police said stringent action would be taken against miscreants or vandals.
Number of operators per circle falling from 11 to 8 would lead to price recovery.
Police were probing the links of right-wing group Sanatan Saunstha with the blast that took place at 9.30 pm on Friday night when explosives kept in a scooter went off on a busy street in Margao, 30 km from Panaji.
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'The problem in Kashmir is not about pellets, bullets or tear gas.' 'It is the government's policy and intention to criminalise the protest.'
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