Saturday, July 7, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Sensex leaps to 15,000
Mumbai, July 6
The Sensex today breached the long-anticipated 15,000 mark to touch an all-time high of 15,007.22 before it closed lower at 14,964.12 points. There were celebrations all around the BSE building at Dalal Street as stock brokers released colourful balloons in celebration.

Business Page: Mutual funds outperform Sensex

Brokers at a Mumbai brokerage house are all smiles as Sensex touched the 15,000 mark. — PTI

Islamabad, July 6 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today survived an attempt on his life after his plane came under fire from anti-aircraft guns as it took off from the military airbase in Rawalpindi in an apparent retaliation by hardliners to the crackdown against the Lal Masjid clerics. World page: Firing continues, militants go underground
A long-barrelled anti-aircraft gun on the rooftop of a house in the garrison town of Rawalpindi after reports that President Pervez Musharraf's aircraft was fired upon on Friday. — Reuters

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

UK Terror Plot
Aussie cops quiz 4 more Indian docs
Melbourne, July 6
Stepping up investigations into the failed UK terror plots following the detention of a doctor from Bangalore, Australian police quizzed and later released another four Indian physicians, who had earlier worked with the British health system.

HC clears Kohli’s extradition to UK
New Delhi, July 6
Delhi High Court today cleared the way for the extradition of Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, accused of raping and murdering British teenager Hannah Clair Foster in the UK four years ago.

ICICI Bank cuts home loan rates
Mumbai, July 6
ICICI Bank today announced a reduction in floating rates on housing loans. According to a statement put out by the bank, the interest rates on fresh loans for up to Rs 20 lakh have been slashed by 0.25 per cent.

Bartoli, Venus enter final
Nadal to face Djokovic in semis; Federer up against Gasquet
London, July 6
Venus Williams walloped and screamed her way into her sixth Wimbledon final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic today. Details on Sports page