Exciting X'mas & New Year Gift Offers on Samachar.com; Sending X'mas Gifts to Your Loved Ones in India Made Easy

"Samachar Gifts will ensure an exciting X'mas and New Year for thefamilies of global Indians who want to gift their family in India butfind it difficult to find something unique and special. Samachar.comfacilitates this with no traffic snarls to deal with, no crowds, nowaiting -- making shopping convenient, safe and enjoyable. Best ofall, it's the easiest way to reach gifts to loved ones in India. Wehave put together a range that caters to everyone. It's a must forthose who want to give the best and get real value in the process,"said Mr. Pankaj Chandra, Business Head, eCommerce.

The Samachar special section for X'mas has branded products fromPhilips, Bose, IFB, Apple's Ipod, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson,Arrow, Lee, Allen Solly, Louis Philippe and Excalibur at never beforeprices.

For those who want to express their love with chocolates and freshflowers, there's a range of items that extend to mithai and cookies aswell. Movie VCD's & DVD's, garments, electronics, consumer durables,mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players, which come atincredible prices.

Gift certificates from leading retailers and brands like ShoppersStop, Globus, Landmark, Big bazaar, Pantaloons, Tanishq, and Fab Indiamake it even easier to gift someone you love something that they canpick out for themselves.

With 24x7 Customer Service through chat, email or the phone,online tracking of shipments, a 100% secure online payment environment& 100% delivery record on time to over 9000 locations in India,Samachar's X'mas and New Year's Gift Store is the place to shop thisX'mas!

About Sify

Sify is among the largest Internet, network and e-Commerceservices companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with acomprehensive range of products delivered over a common Internetbackbone infrastructure. This Internet backbone reaches 146 cities andtowns in India. A significant part of the company's revenue is derivedfrom Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, networkand communications solutions, security, network management servicesand hosting. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporateservice offerings. Consumer services include broadband home access,dial up connectivity and the iWay cyber cafe chain across 132 citiesand towns. The company's network services, data center operations andcustomer relationship management are accredited ISO 9001:2000.

For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com

Forward Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within themeaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, andSection 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Theforward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks anduncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materiallyfrom those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sifyundertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business,please see the discussion under the caption "Risks Related to OurBusiness" in the company's report on Form 6-K for the quarter endedJune 30, 2005 which has been filed with the United States Securitiesand Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the databasemaintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.