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Print - 2004-01-09
Hyundai Motor top pick for South Korean analysts

Hyundai Motor top pick for South Korean analysts

It's not too late to jump on the bandwagon. That's what analysts are saying about shares in South Korea's top car maker, Hyundai Motor Co, which they say are cheap compared with foreign rivals amid booming exports and an expected rebound in domestic sales
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
US oil companies meet with Libya on their return

US oil companies meet with Libya on their return

US oil companies recently met with Libyan representatives and will meet again next week to plan for their possible return to the country, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Volkswagen to double production to two million cars in China by 2007

Volkswagen to double production to two million cars in China by 2007

German auto giant Volkswagen AG aims to double production in China, targeting two million cars annually by 2007, state press said Thursday, with analysts predicting the country is destined to become the world's third largest car market this year.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Swiss jobless rate rises to 4.1 percent in December

Swiss jobless rate rises to 4.1 percent in December

The Swiss unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent in December from 4.0 percent in November, data showed on Thursday, but held steady on a seasonally adjusted basis suggesting the worst may be over for Swiss job seekers.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Malaysian shares make gains

Malaysian shares make gains

Malaysian shares ended higher on Thursday, boosted by select blue chips and retail interest in stocks linked to the country's newly named deputy prime minister Najib Razak.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Philippines stocks drop again on profit-taking

Philippines stocks drop again on profit-taking

Philippines stocks fell on Thursday as traders took profits for a second straight day on major telecom issues PLDT and Globe Telecom Inc following a strong recent rally.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Nasdaq at new 2-1/2-year high; Dow slips

Nasdaq at new 2-1/2-year high; Dow slips

The technology-laden Nasdaq rose for the fourth straight session to its highest close in 2-1/2 years on Wednesday, aided by a bullish brokerage call on chip heavyweight Intel Corp.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Hong Kong stocks extend winning streak

Hong Kong stocks extend winning streak

Hong Kong's top shares rose for the ninth straight day on Thursday as investors picked up telecom stocks such as China Unicom Ltd which have lagged the broader market and ditched property plays.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Sri Lankan stocks up despite renewed political fears

Sri Lankan stocks up despite renewed political fears

Sri Lankan stocks reversed early losses to close higher on Thursday, despite renewed political fears after the island's prime minister stepped up pressure on his rival president in a hard-hitting speech on Wednesday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Jakarta stocks rise, rates help

Jakarta stocks rise, rates help

Jakarta stocks bounced back on Thursday to end at a new 6-1/2 year high, after a sharp correction a day earlier, driven by fresh liquidity inflows, falling interest rates and gains for major banks.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Singapore share index up for 10th day

Singapore share index up for 10th day

Singapore's main share index ended up for the 10th straight day on Thursday, lifted by gains in some blue chips such as DBS Group and techs, but new worries about Sars triggered profit-taking in the broader market.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Tokyo stocks finish firmer on techs, banks

Tokyo stocks finish firmer on techs, banks

Tokyo's Nikkei stock average snapped a two-day losing streak to end at a two-month high on Thursday as a rally in the US Nasdaq index boosted investor confidence and sent Sharp Corp and other technology shares higher.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Thai stocks surge

Thai stocks surge

Thai stocks rose three percent on Thursday as investors looked for bargains after a two-day drop, snapping up brokerage shares on earnings hopes and telecommunications shares ahead of a sector liberalisation.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Indian shares close at new peaks

Indian shares close at new peaks

India's key share index vaulted 2.54 percent to end at a record high on Thursday with sentiment upbeat after the government took the reform process forward by announcing hefty duty cuts on a wide range of goods and services.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
US Stocks: Thursday's unofficial close

US Stocks: Thursday's unofficial close

Stocks rose on Thursday, carrying major market gauges to fresh highs, after a bright outlook from No 1 mobile phone maker Nokia and strong sales from Taiwanese chip maker TSMC perked sentiment ahead of the rush of the earnings season.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Bonds: France Telecom puts telecoms in spotlight

Bonds: France Telecom puts telecoms in spotlight

The telecoms sector was the focus of the international bond market on Thursday as France Telecom sold a three-part bond worth nearly 2.5 billion euros and Telecom Italia lined up a 3.0 billion euro deal.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Bonds: France Telecom puts telecoms in spotlight

Bonds: France Telecom puts telecoms in spotlight

The telecoms sector was the focus of the international bond market on Thursday as France Telecom sold a three-part bond worth nearly 2.5 billion euros and Telecom Italia lined up a 3.0 billion euro deal.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Turkey and Syria aim to triple trade volume

Turkey and Syria aim to triple trade volume

Turkey and Syria aim to triple their annual trade volume to three billion dollars (2.35 billion euros), the head of a Turkish business delegation said Thursday after meeting with visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Insurers of Flash airline to pay out $350,000 per family

Insurers of Flash airline to pay out $350,000 per family

The state-run insurers of Egypt's Flash Airlines pledged Thursday to pay 350,000 dollars in compensation to each of the families of the 148 people who died when one of its planes crashed into the Red Sea last week.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Peru floods kill six and leave 2,000 homeless

Peru floods kill six and leave 2,000 homeless

Heavy rains across Peru's remote jungle and Andean regions have killed six people and left almost 2,000 homeless, government emergency agency INDECI said on Wednesday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Brazil asks US to exempt it from fingerprints

Brazil asks US to exempt it from fingerprints

Brazil asked the United States on Wednesday to exempt Brazilians from anti-terrorism checks and defended retaliatory fingerprint controls on US citizens that have strained relations between the countries.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Suspect tracked as US says attacks worse than September 11

Suspect tracked as US says attacks worse than September 11

European police forces continued their hunt Thursday for a suspect who failed to turn up for an Air France flight to Los Angeles, as Washington said a Christmas suicide air attack had been planned that would have been even more devastating than those on S
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Iraq troop dispatch vital for Japan

Iraq troop dispatch vital for Japan

Japan's defence chief acknowledged on Thursday that public opinion was divided on sending troops to Iraq but said the risky deployment was vital to the national interests of Japan, which depends on the Middle East for oil.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Giant galaxy string shows universe grew up fast

Giant galaxy string shows universe grew up fast

Like parents of a precocious child, astronomers expressed amazement on Wednesday about the universe's development. It turns out the cosmos is growing up much faster than scientists ever expected.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Australia asylum seekers end hunger-strike protest

Australia asylum seekers end hunger-strike protest

Dozens of asylum seekers have ended a month-long hunger strike at an Australian-funded detention camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, rights groups and officials said on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Iraqi politician asks Kuwait to lease Iraq two islands

Iraqi politician asks Kuwait to lease Iraq two islands

Kuwait should lease its former occupier Iraq two islands in the Gulf, the vice president of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) said Thursday, repeating a request made by Saddam Hussein two decades ago.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Los Angeles film critics bask in 'Splendor'

Los Angeles film critics bask in 'Splendor'

"American Splendor," the acclaimed film about an idiosyncratic comic book artist, was voted best picture of 2003 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Wednesday, while "Lord of the Rings" wizard Peter Jackson was named best director.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Israel to take all remaining 18,000 Ethiopian Jews

Israel to take all remaining 18,000 Ethiopian Jews

Israel said on Thursday it would start moving the last remaining Ethiopian Jews to Israel next week, completing the resettlement of a community that traces its roots to the bible's King Solomon and Queen of Sheba.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Malaysia helps US and Britain probe Libya nuclear link

Malaysia helps US and Britain probe Libya nuclear link

Malaysian police are working with US and British intelligence services on an investigation into the supply of parts crucial to Libya's secret nuclear weapons programme, a government official said on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Saudi Arabia dismisses head of charity targeted by US

Saudi Arabia dismisses head of charity targeted by US

Saudi Arabia has dismissed the head of a leading Islamic charity which the United States says has militant links, Saudi newspapers said on Thursday. They said Al-Haramain Foundation director Sheikh Aqil al-Aqil had been replaced by a deputy, Dabbas al-Dab
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
China waitress has Sars

China waitress has Sars

A waitress in southern China was declared a suspected Sars case on Thursday, and in Hong Kong two members of a TV crew tested negative for the deadly virus, amid fears of an outbreak days ahead of Asia's biggest holiday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Bonus offer fails to excite US troops in Iraq

Bonus offer fails to excite US troops in Iraq

They're staying on because they love army life or are getting out because they're sick of it, and the 10,000-dollar bonus offered to reenlist is not a factor, said US soldiers in Iraq.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Netanyahu calls for talks with Syria; two Palestinians killed

Netanyahu calls for talks with Syria; two Palestinians killed

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was under pressure Thursday from his powerful finance minister and the UN's Middle east envoy to open talks with Syria, as two more Palestinians were shot dead in the occupied territories.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
US frees Iraqi prisoners

US frees Iraqi prisoners

The US Army freed scores of Iraqi prisoners on Thursday after announcing an amnesty the previous day for low-threat detainees rounded up over the past eight months.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Britain lists 11 airlines banned from its skies

Britain lists 11 airlines banned from its skies

Britain named 11 non-EU airlines Thursday subjected to bans since January 2000 due to safety and security concerns, but the list doesn't include the Egyptian airline involved in a Red Sea crash last weekend that killed 148 people.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Iran open to talks with US: Kharrazi

Iran open to talks with US: Kharrazi

Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Tehran was willing to resume dialogue with the United States, provided the talks were based on mutual respect, state television reported on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Britain presses US to delay visa rules

Britain presses US to delay visa rules

Britain, America's key ally in the war on terror, is pressing Washington to delay new visa rules aimed at tightening security that could deter Britons from visiting the United States.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Man pulled from Iran quake rubble slips into coma

Man pulled from Iran quake rubble slips into coma

A 56-year-old man was rescued alive after spending 13 days beneath the rubble of the earthquake-razed Iranian city of Bam, but he then slipped into a coma and doctors said on Thursday they feared for his life.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Man pulled from Iran quake rubble slips into coma

Man pulled from Iran quake rubble slips into coma

A 56-year-old man was rescued alive after spending 13 days beneath the rubble of the earthquake-razed Iranian city of Bam, but he then slipped into a coma and doctors said on Thursday they feared for his life.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Three Afghan soldiers injured in blast

Three Afghan soldiers injured in blast

Three Afghan soldiers were injured Thursday after an anti-personnel device exploded outside their compound in the southern city of Kandahar, a non-governmental source said.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
India cuts taxes as it ponders early elections

India cuts taxes as it ponders early elections

India cut a range of taxes on popular consumer items on Thursday, as the ruling coalition backed early general elections to cash in on good economic times and peace with Pakistan.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
US exaggerated Iraq's weapons of mass destruction threat

US exaggerated Iraq's weapons of mass destruction threat

President George W. Bush's administration "systematically" exaggerated the threats presented by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), according to a report released Thursday by an influential Washington think-tank.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
EPA official suspended

EPA official suspended

Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Environment and Alternate Energy (EAE), Faisal Malik, paid surprise visit to Hyderabad office of Environment Protection Agency (EPA).
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
NWFP minister meets NRB chief

NWFP minister meets NRB chief

The NWFP Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Sardar Muhammad Idrees on Thursday held a meeting with Chairman National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) in Peshawar and discussed with him matters pertaining to local governments.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Partly Facetious: old democracy versus new

Partly Facetious: old democracy versus new

"Six years later poodleland has started inquiries into speculation that the death of Princess Diana was not a straight forward traffic accident."
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Gul Bahar circle

Gul Bahar circle

Please refer to the letters of Maqsood Ahmed of Lahore and Mustafa Iqbal Salman in your newspapers, which is correct, and I fully agree with them.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
MFN status for India

MFN status for India

The current SAARC conference has brought Pakistan and India closer than ever before. Both the countries have, for sometime past negotiating SAPTA and SAFTA arrangements.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Tourists' boom likely in held Kashmir

Tourists' boom likely in held Kashmir

Tourism to rebellion-torn Kashmir has surged amid moves to end the insurgency racking the scenic Himalayan state and officials are optimistic the number of visitors will climb still further.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Expansion of Pakistan Steel still a dream

Expansion of Pakistan Steel still a dream

The expansion project of Pakistan Steel Karachi is once again in the news. An eleven-member delegation led by the Chairman, Pakistan Steel, has visited the People's Republic of China in this respect.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Need for mandatory drug testing

Need for mandatory drug testing

That our general lack of a scientific approach in dealing with all sorts of issues and problems extends to even the most vital subject of public health comes out clearly from a recent press report.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
The Islamabad Declaration

The Islamabad Declaration

The 12th SAARC Summit will be remembered for the change in atmosphere and effectiveness that marked it in contrast with previous summits where there was more talk than substantive progress.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Afzal's services to Pakistan Steel lauded

Afzal's services to Pakistan Steel lauded

Vice President and Zonal Chairman Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Sohail Altaf, has expressed sorrow over the demise of Colonel Muhammad Afzal Khan (Retd), Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
PHMA to take up DTRE scheme with CBR

PHMA to take up DTRE scheme with CBR

Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA) is holding a meeting with Ramzan Bhatti, Member Custom Central Board of Revenue and Chief of Duty and Tax Remission for Exporters (DTRE), on January 13 in Lahore.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
District Development Committee meeting

District Development Committee meeting

A meeting of the District Development Committee would be held under the chairmanship of District Commissioner Officer (DCO) Faisalabad, Tahir Hussain on Saturday, January 10.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
PTCL starts work on textile city exchange

PTCL starts work on textile city exchange

Bin Qasim division of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) has started work for construction of 500 lines exchange to provide connectivity to the planned textile city near Port Qasim.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Promotion of SMEs to end poverty: Smeda chief

Promotion of SMEs to end poverty: Smeda chief

Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) Chief Executive Shahab Khawaja has said the government is committed to promoting the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector in the country to attain the desired goals of elimination of poverty,
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Engineering Asia 2004 moot on January 27

Engineering Asia 2004 moot on January 27

The Engineering Asia 2004 Conference is scheduled to be held at Karachi Expo Centre on January 27, according to an announcement here on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Seminar on water scarcity on January 13

Seminar on water scarcity on January 13

Dr M A Kazi Institute of Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro is organising two-day national seminar on "environmental, social and cultural impact of water scarcity in Sindh" on January 13 and 16 at Allama I.I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
HEC aims to produce 1,500 PhDs every year: Dr Atta

HEC aims to produce 1,500 PhDs every year: Dr Atta

Higher Education Commission (HEC) aims to produce 1500 PhDs every year by providing them all facilities to promote standard education, said Minister In charge for Science and Technology Dr Atta-ur-Rahman on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Identical pleas against Customs allowed

Identical pleas against Customs allowed

A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Shabbir Ahmed and Justice Mujeebullah Siddiqui on Thursday allowed two identical applications filed by two importers against Pakistan Customs.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Sindh University providing all facilities to students

Sindh University providing all facilities to students

Registrar University of Sindh Professor Dr Saeed Ahmed Soomro has said that the University is providing all possible facilities to its students so that they could acquire knowledge, education, training and work in their fields with skilled abilities.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Health moot

Health moot

Senate Chairman, Mohammedmian Soomro will be the chief at the opening ceremony of First South Asian Critical Care Medicine Congress at the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Friday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Kinnow exporters to visit Russia on January 24

Kinnow exporters to visit Russia on January 24

A six-member delegation of Kinnow exporters of Pakistan, headed by Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board (PHDEB) General Manager, Shamoon Sadiq, will be undertaking visit of Russia from January 24, as a part of drive launched by the PHDEB to
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Experts highlight measures for combating diabetes

Experts highlight measures for combating diabetes

Diabetes, a chronic condition due to failure of insulin secretion or its action, is rising at an alarming proportion in the country. If well co-ordinated and effective measures to combat the menace were not taken immediately on national level, it might po
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Cotton prices concede ground

Cotton prices concede ground

After having shot up by nearly Rs 150 to Rs 200 per maund during the first few days of this month (January 2004), cotton prices went down by about Rs 50 per maund (37.32 kgs) on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Cotton prices concede ground

Cotton prices concede ground

After having shot up by nearly Rs 150 to Rs 200 per maund during the first few days of this month (January 2004), cotton prices went down by about Rs 50 per maund (37.32 kgs) on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
LCCI condoles Sami's death

LCCI condoles Sami's death

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) office-bearers have expressed their shock and sorrow over the sad demise of seasoned business leader turned diplomat Riaz Sami.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
New BoI DG assumes office

New BoI DG assumes office

Akhlaq Ahmed Malik has assumed the charge of the director-general, Board of Investment (BoI), here, says an announcement here on Thursday.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Government increases salaries of CM&MD employees

Government increases salaries of CM&MD employees

The government of NWFP on Thursday announced increase in the salaries of charge workers of the City Municipal and Management Department (CM&MD) and restored 2 percent quota in allotment of plots and quota in appointments.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Saarc TB center to be made more effective

Saarc TB center to be made more effective

Leaders of member countries of Saarc have decided to make Saarc Tuberculosis Center (STC) more effective for prevention and control of TB and HIV related tuberculosis disease in the region.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Farmers shift to sunflower to boost crop

Farmers shift to sunflower to boost crop

A large number of farmers and agriculturists in Sindh have diverted to sunflower farming as a result of which sunflower crop will be sown on more than double of the target area which was fixed by Pakistan Oilseed Development Board (PODB) Sindh for the pro
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Rs 40.219 million to be spent on Larkana's uplift

Rs 40.219 million to be spent on Larkana's uplift

An amount of Rs 40.219 million will be spent on development schemes in Larkana District during the current fiscal year under Annual Development Programme (ADP), Priority Programme (PP) and Citizen Community Board (CCB) Programme in water supply and draina
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Safta can bring prosperity in region

Safta can bring prosperity in region

Welcoming the success of the Saarc summit and singing of 'South Asian Free Trade Agreement' (Safta), Convener LCCI Standing Committee on Customs, Tariff and Valuation, Irfan Qaiser has expressed the hope that this treaty would result in prosperity of the
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Punjab Assembly passes three more bills

Punjab Assembly passes three more bills

Punjab Assembly on Thursday adopted three bills pertaining to universities, rejecting amendments proposed by the Opposition in two bills.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Plastic Asia-2004 exhibition from March 15

Plastic Asia-2004 exhibition from March 15

The Plastic Asia-2004 exhibition, which will be held from March 15 to 19, would prove a final blow to substandard Chinese plastic products, apart from making the country free of Chinese products.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report of Thursday (January 08) and the forecast for Friday (January 09, 2004).
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Minister satisfied with Pakistan Railways working

Minister satisfied with Pakistan Railways working

Federal Railway Minister Ghaus Bukhsh Mehar, while expressing satisfaction over the performance of Pakistan Railways during first six months of the current fiscal, has exhorted the PR officials to continue work with the same spirit in the next six months
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Pesco and Askari Bank to ink deal

Pesco and Askari Bank to ink deal

The board of directors of Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) was told on Thursday that the company is going to sign an agreement with Askari Commercial Bank for payment of online billing and ATM prepaid cards shortly.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Strategy being evolved to retrieve encroached land: Punjab minister

Strategy being evolved to retrieve encroached land: Punjab minister

Punjab Colonies Minister Manazar Ali Ranjha, while admitting that the government is on a 'weak pitch', to retrieve the encroached state land, has said a comprehensive strategy is being evolved to vacate the state land from illegal occupants in the provinc
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Board examines promotion cases of government officials

Board examines promotion cases of government officials

Provincial Selection Board in its meeting held here on Thursday, considered 300 promotion cases of government servants from BS 18 to 19 and BS 19 to 20, and chalked out all the necessary recommendations.
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (January 08, 2004)
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
FPCCI nominee removed from KPT trustees board

FPCCI nominee removed from KPT trustees board

The nominee of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has been removed from the Board of Trustees of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT).
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
English Biscuit gets A, A1 ratings

English Biscuit gets A, A1 ratings

The JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (JCR-VIS) has assigned initial medium to long-term and short-term entity ratings of A (Single A) and A1 (A One) to English Biscuit Manufacturers (Pvt) Limited (EBM). The outlook on the medium to long-term rating i
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Thursday (January 08, 2004).
Published 09 Jan, 2004 12:00am
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