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Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Financial services major Citi India will provide $1.5 million to Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) to study and recommend measures to promote financial inclusion and improve capital market's access to small investors and enterprises. Announcing this here Thursday, Citi India chief executive officer Sanjay Nayar ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Milan Luthria, the director of "Kachche Dhaage" and "Taxi No. 9211", has been given an unenviable task by his producer Ekta Kapoor. He has to make a gangster film with Sanjay Dutt, which would be completely different from anything done so far in ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Versatile actor Anupam Kher, who plans to start an orphanage, says it is time to look beyond personal gain and give something to society. "I've reached a stage in my life and career where I need to look beyond my immediate gains and ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The following is the sports schedule for May 14, 2008: Cricket: Indian Premier League: Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai Super Kings (D.Y. Patil Stadium, Mumbai); Preview of Delhi Daredevils vs. Deccan Chargers (Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi) Tennis: SAIL Open ATP Challenger (R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, New ... Read more...

By Shweta Sharma New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Cute, petite and vivacious TV actress Prachi Desai, who is better known as Bani of "Kasamh Se", is all set to shed her typical Indian girl image in her first film "Rock On" opposite director-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar. "It would take a few minutes ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Madhuri Dixit received Padma Shri for her contribution to Indian cinema and the former Bollywood diva says the honour is a result of her hard work and honesty. "It's always a wonderful feeling to have your work honoured. One has worked so hard ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The oozing of a lava-like substance from the earth created panic among villagers in Murti and surrounding areas of Baramati in Maharashtra Tuesday and the police cordoned the area off and sent then liquid's samples for analysis. A hot jet of the molten substance was thrown ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) With the absence of Harbhajan Singh, Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar said he was confident that veteran Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya would fill the gap, continuing to provide his team the much needed thrust in the spin department in their key clash against Chennai Super Kings ... Read more...

Bhopal, May 13 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni will head the empowered committee to be set up by the state government to oversee the development of Rs.400 billion ($10 billion) industrial corridor, officials here said. The corridor, part of the Delhi-Mumbai corridor, will go through western Madhya Pradesh. ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Close on the heels of release of its music album for the IPL Cricket team Chennai Super-Kings, BIG Music has come up with a music video, incorporating a zany number "Kricket Se Aap Ko Kya Mila". The music video, entitled "Kricket Se Kya Mila", was released ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Air India's Dubai-Pune flight made an emergency landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) here Tuesday afternoon following hydraulic failure. Airport officials said the Airbus A-320 aircraft landed safely under full emergency measures around 2.49 p.m. All the 39 passengers and the crew aboard flight ... Read more...

Kolkata, May 13 (ANI): The team management of the Kolkata Knight Riders team today "politely" asked five of its players, who are yet to feature in the side's 14-member squad in any match, to leave the team hotel, in a move to cut costs. Ranadeb Bose, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sourasish Lahiri, ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Yesteryear's Bollywood actor Navin Nischol and his brother were acquitted of charges of abetment of suicide of his wife Gitanjali. While pronouncing the judgement Tuesday, additional sessions court judge B.B. Kamkhedkar said Navin and his brother Pravin have been acquitted due to lack of evidence and ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Time and again films have been made featuring metropolis Mumbai as its main protagonist. With every new flick, a completely unknown side of the city is brought forth. And the same applies to 'Mumbai Cutting, A City Unfolds' - the film which is a ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Time and again films have been made featuring metropolis Mumbai as its main protagonist. With every new flick, a completely unknown side of the city is brought forth. And the same applies to Mumbai Cutting the film which is a buffet of 10 films ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, who is a big fan of Indian-American director, producer and writer Manoj 'Night' Shyamalan's work, regrets that she couldn't be formally introduced to the spook specialist in Delhi. But she is happy he was being recognised alongside her. The ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Global Hyatt Corp Monday entered into an agreement with Lanco Hills Technology Park Ltd, part of the Lanco Group, for the management of the 400-room Grand Hyatt Hyderabad. The Grand Hyatt Hyderabad is set to open in early 2011. It will be Hyatt's second hotel in ... Read more...

Aurangabad (Maharashtra), May 12 (IANS) Shiv Sena workers Monday blackened hoardings of textile firm Bombay Dyeing, taking a cue from an article in the party's mouthpiece against the continued use of the earlier name of Mumbai in some establishments. A group of activists of the Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS), Shiv ... Read more...

Pune, May 12 (IANS) Six people were killed early Monday when their car was hit by a truck on National Highway No.9 near Osmanabad town in Maharashtra, police said. Six employees of a private company were travelling in a car (AP 16 1001) from Mumbai to Hyderabad when a truck ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) After his US-based satire, "The Loins Of Punjab Presents" that had 40 songs, Manish Acharya's next film will be songless. Set in Mumbai and Tokyo, the comic thriller will be in Hindi. "To me the greatest excitement is not having songs in the film. ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Though outwardly Kajol remains calm and continues with her work, the actress is actually hurt badly over her father Shomu Mukherjee's death. "Kajol has taken the death really badly. Her parents being separated, she didn't see as much of him during his lifetime ... Read more...

Jaipur, May 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals continues to lead the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings with 14 points from nine matches after beating Delhi Daredevils by three wickets here Sunday. The standings have been tabulated under matches played, won, loss, tied, points and net run rate: Team P W L Pts ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) After railing against him umpteen times in the recent past, Shiv Sena mouthpiece Samana Sunday came out in support of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for taking cudgels on behalf of the Maharashtrians. Samana editor and Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut wrote ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Grappler Dalip Singh Rana or "The Great Khali" - as he is more popularly known - says he wrestles not for himself but for the country and would be happy if more Indians join him. Speaking at an event "The Great Khali Live In Mumbai" organised ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Actor Ruslaan Mumtaz, who's just recovered from a leg injury, plays uncle to young Tanay Cheda in upcoming comedy "Mastang Mama". And he says the child actor is actually much sharper than him. The film, whose shooting started last week, has Ruslaan paired ... Read more...

Chennai, May 10 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings moved up one place to the second position of the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table, toppling Kings XI Punjab Saturday night. By virtue of their 18-run victory over Kings XI at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here, Super Kings occupy the second spot ... Read more...

Ahmedabad, May 10 (ANI): BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, who finished his investigations in the slapping row involving S Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh, on Saturday said he would submit his report on Tuesday instead of Monday. "Earlier, I was going to submit my report on Monday, but now I have ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh has undergone heart surgery at the Escorts hospital here, a doctor said Saturday. According to sources at the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, the singer came to the hospital earlier this week with chest pain. “He has undergone surgery and ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) Pop singers Manmeet and Harmeet Singh, popularly known as "Meet Brothers", launched their music company Meet Bros Music Co with an album against dowry. The album is "Neha The Rockstar" and the video track is "Tere Baap Ka". Speaking at the launch here Friday, Manmeet said the ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley is in a state of shock after her brother had a near-fatal accident in an army cantonment town in Madhya Pradesh. "He could've died on the road, right there...my parents' only son, my brother," Celina, who has featured in ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) While Deepika Padukone is busy matching Akshay Kumar's kicks and somersaults in Bangkok for "Chandni Chowk To China", Jiah Khan has in Hyderabad done stunts to equal none other than Aamir Khan. Though thankfully the "Nishabd" fame actress hasn't had any mishaps yet, ... Read more...

Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals after beating Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Friday night were back on the top of IPL standings. The standings have been tabulated under matches played, won, lost, tied, points and net run rate: Team P W L T Pts Net RR Rajasthan ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Kotak Mahindra Bank has announced a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of $247.80 million (Rs.9.912 billion) during the fiscal year 2008 compared to $134.55 million for the previous year, recording a growth of 84 percent. The total income increased to $1.88 billion for the year ended ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 9 (ANI): Indian World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star 'The great Khali' on Friday met underprivileged children in Mumbai. On his arrival in Mumbai, Khali met children from Door Step School, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working towards providing sustainable education to underprivileged children. Children waiting to have a glimpse of ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Bangalore Royal Challengers, who slumped to their sixth defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Thursday night, has again slid to the bottom of the IPL table. The points tally is being led by Kings XI Punjab, followed by Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Delhi ... Read more...

Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Model Anushka Sharma will play Shah Rukh Khan's leading lady in "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi", which is being directed by Aditya Chopra. Yash Chopra, Chairman, Yash Raj Films, Thursday announced that the 19-year-old from Bangalore has been selected to play the female lead. "We were ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) "Taare Zameen Par" (TZP) writer Amol Gupte has moved on from painting and Aamir Khan to do a film on roller-skating and wants Salman Khan to play the lead. "TZP was just a small part of the work that I do with children. ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) On a recent visit to Punjab for a concert, music composer Pritam Chakraborty was taken aback to see posters calling him 'Pritam Singh'. "It was a huge culture shock. There were posters of me all over with my sinister bearded face and the ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Delhi Daredevils suffered their third straight defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Thursday, but after going down to Chennai Super Kings on their home ground the Daredevils' captain Virender Sehwag was putting up a brave face. "There are lots of positives from this ... Read more...

Bangalore, May 8 (ANI): Senior leader SM Krishna, the face of the Congress for these assembly elections in Karnataka, has declared himself out of the race for the coveted post of Chief Minister if party comes to power. Talking to ANI in an exclusive interview on Thursday, SM Krishna ... Read more...

Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) India's metal major Tata Steel Ltd has raised Rs.20 billion through private placement of redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) as part of its long-term financing plans. The NCD issue opened Monday with an initial size of Rs.7.5 billion and closed the next day. The deemed date of ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) When Bollywood actress Kajol, who is currently on the panel of judges of Zee TV's reality show "Rock N Roll Family" along with husband Ajay Devgan and mother Tanuja, broke down on the sets of the show, her husband chose not to console her. While ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) Neil Nitin, grandson of legendary singer Mukesh, is going places. After bagging a Yash Raj Films project, the actor has done his first ad and says he had his first brush with big stunts while shooting for the commercial. "It's for a sports ... Read more...