BA offers $40 round-trip US-India fare by mistake Oct 10, 2009
Scores of eager beaver flyers snagged the tickets in the two-hour window on October 2, before BA realized its error and shut down the offer, even as word about the Gandhi Jayanti gift sped through the desi bush telegraph. Now BA says it cannot honor the tickets because it was a systems' glitch. (India Times, India)
I visit the poor, not Dalit: Rahul Oct 8, 2009
The leader also held that the Congress leadership was not annoyed about the Gandhi Jayanti programme and dubbed it a huge success as about 15,000 workers had spent the night with the poor for the first time ... Ms Joshi has also submitted a report to the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi about the Gandhi Jayanti programme after sending out the circular on guidelines on Tuesday. (India Times)
Sensex tanks 236 pts in opening trade on Asian cues Oct 5, 2009
The market remained closed on Friday on account of 'Gandhi Jayanti. The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved down by 72 points, or 1. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Eight of top-10 cos add Rs 53k cr in m-cap Oct 4, 2009
There were only three trading sessions last as Monday was a holiday on account of Dusshera and Friday on Gandhi Jayanti. The market cap of country's most valued firm, Reliance Industries, swelled by Rs 6,397. (India Times)
Tharoor's Gandhi Jayanti tweet sparks blog debate Oct 3, 2009
NEW DELHI: Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor's tweet suggesting that Gandhi Jayanti be a working day has sparked off much discussion and debate on the Internet. "Why should Gandhi Jayanti, or for that matter the birth and death anniversary of any leader be a holiday? In all the fuss, the very reason for the holiday is lost. Most of my friends for instance saw Gandhi Jayanti as a good excuse to take short vacations to nearby hill stations," said Shavir Malik, an IT... (India Times, India -- Community News)
God, it's Bapu Oct 3, 2009
Prayers and exhortations of peace apart, the temple committee organises functions on Republic Day, Saheed Diwas, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. "People of all castes and faiths have been coming here since the day it was inaugurated,'' says Pramod Ranjan Kumar, president of the Gandhi Mandir Development Committee. Pramod's father, Congressman Abhimanyu Kumar, started the construction of the temple. It was formally opened by the then Orissa chief minister Nandini Satpathy in 1974. Abhimanyu,... (India Times, India -- Community News)
FII inflow in stocks cross Rs 60K cr mark Oct 2, 2009
However, the stock markets are closed today on account of "Gandhi Jayanti". Read business stories in. (India Times)
Is Gandhi alive in you? Oct 2, 2009
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, youngsters tell us a trait of their personality that makes them closer to Bapu. Veggie delight: Sanal Thomas says, I am vegetarian by choice and not by pressure. (India Times, India)
When the Mahatma figured in hair oil ad Oct 1, 2009
All this and much more will be on display at a small pen shop-cum-residence at Vadodara's Kothi area from Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. Atul Shah (56), who runs his ancestral shop, is proud of the collection he has inherited from his father. (India Times, India)
Market likely to be choppy, but traders see no major correction Sep 30, 2009
Financial markets will be shut on Monday and Friday due to Dassera and Gandhi Jayanti, respectively. I am optimistically cautious about India, because, so far, there is nothing that indicates that the recent rally is not sustainable, said Angus W Stening, CEO-Asia, Pioneer Investments Management. (India Times)
