ISA Error NullPointerException

Hi Experts!
i am facing a big issue. I have built a custom application for ISA B2B and suddenly I am not able to log in anymore because i get the following error:
500   Internal Server Error
  SAP J2EE Engine/7.00 
  Application error occurred during request processing.
  Details:   java.lang.NullPointerException: null
Exception id: [001A643650EE0075000000320000183000044F54BEB6F030]
I haven't done anything differnet from the usual process of deployment via NWDI to the CRM DEV server.
Can anybody help? it is urgent!

HI Sateesh -
i am following the procedure, but when i try to create re build and deploy i get hte following errors:
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at com.sap.tc.devconf.impl.DevelopmentComponentNode.resync(DevelopmentComponentNode.java:963)
     at com.sap.ide.eclipse.component.provider.actions.dc.DcCreateProjectAction$1.syncSelectedDCs(DcCreateProjectAction.java:456)
     at com.sap.ide.eclipse.component.provider.actions.dc.DcCreateProjectAction$1.execute(DcCreateProjectAction.java:237)
     at org.eclipse.ui.actions.WorkspaceModifyOperation$1.run(WorkspaceModifyOperation.java:71)
     at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:1595)
     at org.eclipse.ui.actions.WorkspaceModifyOperation.run(WorkspaceModifyOperation.java:85)
     at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:101)
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