Bollywood Newsroom: Sep 9, 2008

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Business News

Oil falls $1 as strong dollar counters storm fears

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:31 AM CDT

By Angela Moon

Tishman Speyer plans $1 bln fund for Indian realty

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:26 AM CDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Property developer and fund manager Tishman Speyer plans to raise up to $1 billion in a private fund in 8-10 months for Indian realty projects, the managing director for its India unit said on Tuesday.

Madras Aluminium shares up 20 pct on investment plans

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:19 AM CDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Madras Aluminium Co Ltd rose 20 percent after Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal announced on Tuesday plans to invest 750 billion rupees in the aluminium business over three years.

Sterlite group to produce 2.6mln tonnes aluminium

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:17 AM CDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd, part of India-focused mining firm Vedanta Resources Plc, aims the group to produce 2.6 million tonnes of aluminium, Chairman Anil Agarwal said on Tuesday.

India's auspicious days for buying gold

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:10 AM CDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The following are some of the days considered auspicious according to the Hindu calendar for gold purchases in India:

Vedanta Resources restructures into 3 units

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:09 AM CDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Indian-focused miner Vedanta Resources Plc plans a reorganisation to eliminate cross holdings and streamline the corporate structure, it said on Tuesday.

Video News

Almond growers in Kashmir ready to hit markets

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:45 PM CDT

With the almond harvesting in its final stages in Kashmir, growers are gearing up to hit the local market.

Kids turn into vegetables to walk the ramp

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:45 PM CDT

They did not exactly set the ramp on fire. Decked up with vegetables, scores of children sashayed down the ramp in Amritsar city on in a novel move against price rise.

Trainer plane crashes in a residential ...

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:46 AM CDT

An instructor and the trainee of a two seater Cessna trainer plane were killed after their plane crashed in a busy locality in Andhra Pradesh on Monday.

Chinese FM expresses keen on investing more ...

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:45 AM CDT

Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jeichi who is on an official two day visit to India.

India set for bilateral nuclear trade Pranab

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:45 AM CDT

Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, on September 8 said that India would be able to enter into bilateral nuclear agreements with other countries.

World largest river island battles with floods

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:47 AM CDT

Situation remains grim in world's largest river island in Assam. The Majuli Island has been inundated with floods.

Chinese FM to meet Manmohan and Pranab

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:46 AM CDT

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who arrived in Kolkata on a three-day visit to India on Sunday, will be meeting Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today.

Farmers in Singur to get back their lands

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:46 AM CDT

The end of deadlock over Tata's Nano car on Sunday has brought respite to protesting farmers in Singur, after government decided to give them adequate land in lieu of their farmlands.

Singur deadlock ends; Tata yet to take a decision

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:45 AM CDT

Late Sunday night, the Singur deadlock crisis saw a breakthrough after West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi facilitated talks between the Left government led by Chief Minister Buddhadev ...

BSF thwarted infiltration bid in Punjab

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:45 AM CDT

The Border Security Force or BSF thwarted an infiltration bid in Punjab and seized an arms cache from Pakistan border, an official said on September 7.

Rupee to drop on weak regionals, stocks

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:13 PM CDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) Rupee is expected to open shakily on Tuesday, weighed down by lower Asian stock markets and weaker regional currencies but likely Reserve bank of India intervention may trim sharp falls.

Construction, power stocks rise on India nuclear waiver

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 07:04 AM CDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian power and construction firms' shares rose as much as 10 percent on Monday, on hopes of growing business opportunities, after the Nuclear Suppliers Group nations lifted a 34-year-old nuclear trade ban against India.

Equity markets keep going up early afternoon

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:25 AM CDT

Mumbai Sep 8 (IANS) Indian equity markets continued to trade with hefty gains early Monday afternoon, after opening in the green and moving upwards in initial trade following the NSG waiver to the India-US nuclear deal. Realty, banking and capital goods stocks were in demand.

Bollywood News

Sena targets King Khan

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:30 AM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 9 (PTI) After MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's attack on Jaya Bachchan over her alleged anti-Marathi remarks, Shiv Sena has now targeted Bollywood 'badshah' Shah Rukh Khan for his Delhi

Jaya Bachchan 'sorry' for 'anti-Marathi' remarks, MNS still unhappy

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:49 AM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Bollywood actress and MP Jaya Bachchan has apologised for her alleged 'anti-Marathi' utterances after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists went on the rampage here, tearing off posters of films featuring members of the Bachchan family. However, on Tuesday morning, the party refused to accept her apology.

Fluent in three languages, Asin needs no dubbing artistes

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:29 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) South Indian actress Asin is hugely popular in Tamil and Telugu cinema and she is all set to make her Bollywood debut opposite Aamir Khan in 'Ghajini'. The versatile star says she is comfortable in all three languages and doesn't need dubbing artistes!

Jaya Bachchan apologises for 'anti-Marathi' remarks

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:28 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has apologised for her alleged 'anti-Marathi' utterances after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists went on the rampage here, tearing off posters of films featuring members of the Bachchan family.

Stereotyped portrayal of Muslims annoys me: Naseeruddin Shah

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:26 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Thespian Naseeruddin Shah is appalled at the way minority communities are still stereotyped in Hindi films and says that he consciously chose to play a suave, articulate, bomb-planting mastermind in 'A Wednesday'.

Malaika Arora to judge third dance show on TV

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 09:51 PM CDT

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) After being on the judge's chair for two seasons of reality show 'Nach Baliye' followed by the ongoing 'Zara Nachke Dikha' on STAR One, model-turned-actress Malaika Arora is set to judge another such show.

Abhishek, Amitabh bond over football

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 09:13 PM CDT

Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Abhishek Bachchan decided to give himself and dad Amitabh a treat after their two-month-long 'Unforgettable' world tour - they bonded while watching an English Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

High on fun

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:00 PM CDT

What a rocking do! After their thundering performance at Select Citywalk over, the Rock On crew let their hair down at a pulsating party at Sanchos. As expected, the glitterati started trickling in by midnight.

Who's older?

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:00 PM CDT

Akshay Kumar enters his 42nd year today. Riding high on three consecutive box office hits, Akshay will be celebrating his birthday in Bangkok, where he's currently shooting for Blue.

When Richard Attenborough hugged Big B for 'The Last Lear'

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:01 PM CDT

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan's performance in "The Last Lear" impressed Sir Richard Attenborough to the extent that he could not help but hug him.

Hollywood News

Anoushka Shankar to undergo surgery in US

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:53 PM CDT

Encinitas (California), Sep 9 (IANS) Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of legendary sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and a noted sitar player in her own right, is to go undergo a major surgery in a US hospital, her family sources have said.

Tom Cruise may act in serial killer movie

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:03 PM CDT

London, Sep 8 (IANS) Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise's United Artists film studio has acquired the rights to Douglas Preston's serial killer story "The Monster of Florence" at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

Aniston making sure she does not cross paths with Pitt

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:02 PM CDT

London, Sep 8 (IANS) Former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston's team is reportedly working hard to ensure she does not cross paths with ex-husband Brad Pitt at the ongoing Toronto Film Festival.

Scarlett Johansson denies she is a diva

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:02 PM CDT

New York, Sep 8 (IANS) Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson denies she is prone to 'diva-like' behaviour and insists she lives a 'modest and private lifestyle".

Tommy Lee Jones sues producers for unpaid fees

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:02 PM CDT

London, Sep 8 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tommy Lee Jones has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the studio bosses behind "No Country for Old Men" over unpaid fees.

Turning 40 has given Julia Roberts 'a sense of relief'