Thursday, October 2, 2008

Business News

Business News

U.S. Senate endorses bailout, uncertainty remains

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:14 AM CDT

By Tony Munroe and Ralph Boulton

Axon drops Infosys bid in favour of HCL

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:03 AM CDT

LONDON (Reuters) - British software firm Axon Group Plc said on Thursday it was dropping its recommendation of a takeover bid from India's Infosys Technologies in favour of a higher offer from HCL Technologies.

Oil falls after U.S. Senate bailout vote

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:01 AM CDT

By Maryelle Demongeot

Nikkei falls as economy worry outweighs bailout vote

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT

By Aiko Hayashi

U.S. Senate approves bailout; Asia stocks fall

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:46 AM CDT

By Richard Cowan and Tony Munroe

Juncker hails U.S. Senate approval for bailout plan

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:43 AM CDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday he was "very relieved" that the U.S. Senate had backed a bailout plan for the financial sector, and pressed the House of Representatives to follow suit.

Video News

Video News

Promoting nuclear disarmament in India

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

102 Hiroshima- Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors are promoting the message of nuclear weapon free world in a unique way.

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

Kandhamal tense after Tuesday's clash

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:45 PM CDT

Communal violence hit Kandhamal district of Orissa is tense after Tuesday's clashes in which one woman was killed and more than nine people injured.

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:46 AM CDT

Stampede in temple mars Hindu festival revelry

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:45 AM CDT

A day after the stampede that killed at least 160 devotees, a handful of devotees came to offer prayers on the second day of the nine-day Navratri festival at the Chamunda temple on Wednesday.

Vidya Balan learns UP dialect for her next

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:45 AM CDT

Vidya Balan is one of those method actors who love to get into the skin of their roles.

Eid celebrated in Kashmir

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:45 AM CDT

Muslim community in Kashmir is celebrating Eid with religious fervor on Wednesday.

Pakistanis hail trade with Jammu and Kashmir

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:15 AM CDT

People in Pakistani Administered Kashmir have hailed the agreement on bilateral trade with India.

State government compensates blast victims

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:16 AM CDT

Maharashtra's deputy chief minister visited the site of a blast in Malegaon town where four people were killed and dozens injured in a bomb explosion on the previous day.

First Euro-Kesri wrestling championship

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:15 AM CDT

Wrestlers from different countries converged in Milan, Italy, to participate in the first International Indian wrestling championship on Sunday.

Bollywood News

Bollywood News

Amol Gupte enjoys playing Priyanka Chopra's tormentor

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:13 AM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) After weaving together the beautiful story of a dyslexic child in 'Taare Zameen Par', writer-actor Amol Gupte is now having a ball tormenting Priyanka Chopra in forthcoming film 'Kaminey'.

More Bollywood, fewer Bhojpuri films for Ravi Kishen now

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 11:27 PM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Actor Ravi Kishen, known as the superstar of Bhojpuri cinema, says he will now sign on fewer regional films and concentrate more on Bollywood projects, specially after having worked in Shyam Benegal's 'Welcome To Sajjanpur'.

Pampering 'Grihlakshmis' with a record kitty party

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:43 PM CDT

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) It was a gathering of around 1,000 women, all elegantly dressed, and relishing every moment of the pampering. Manicure, hair styling, make-up, henna designs on hands - all for free at a 'record-breaking' kitty party.

I'm not insecure about my career: Kunal Kapoor

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:28 PM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) After cameos in two back-to-back movies - 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' and 'Welcome To Sajjanpur'- Kunal Kapoor is not afraid of being typecast as a cameo king and says he isn't insecure about his career.

'Kidnap', 'Drona' draw huge advance booking rush

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:53 PM CDT

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Much-hyped and much-awaited movies 'Drona' and 'Kidnap', which release Thursday along with cross-border film 'Ramchand Pakistani', have got a great initial response in advance bookings at ticket counters.

Moving on

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 02:25 PM CDT

Harman Baweja believes in moving on. And how. For an actor whose debut film didn't really set the box office afire, he is on a high as he has four big-budget films lined up - Ajit Pal's Victory; Anees Bazmee's It's my life; Ashutosh Gowarikar's What's your Rashee; and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Chenab Gandhi. Love Story 2050 may not have done well but 'it will always be my first film', says Harman.

Cinematographers to unveil 'illegal artists'

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 02:25 PM CDT

Between creating mass fantasies for the world's largest cinema factory, Indian cinematographers are preparing an important letter at their 600-sq-ft union office in Oshiwara.

Bollywood technicians go on strike

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:02 PM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) In what is termed as an unprecedented development, nearly 140,000 Bollywood and TV industry technicians and workers launched a non-cooperation agitation here Wednesday even as a producers' association declared the strike illegal.

Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra unveil costumes of 'Drona'

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:35 AM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 1 (ANI): Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra unveiled the costume of their forthcoming film, 'Drona' in Mumbai on Monday evening.

Dev Anand sells off his Mumbai recording studio?

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:27 AM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) A buzz currently doing the rounds in Bollywood is that the industry's octogenarian star Dev Anand, who celebrated his 85th birthday Sep 26, has sold off his Anand Recording Studio here to a builder for Rs.500 million.

Hollywood News

Hollywood News

Gallagher struggles with sleepwalking

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:04 AM CDT

London, Oct 2 (IANS) Oasis singer Noel Gallagher is struggling with sleepwalking.

Aguilera feels 'sexier than ever' being wife, mother

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:50 PM CDT

London, Oct 1 (IANS) Eight months after she gave birth to son Max, American pop and R and amp;B singer Christina Aguilera says she is feeling "sexier than ever" after becoming a wife and mother.

Crowe ate junk to gain 63 pounds for 'Body of Lies'

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:26 PM CDT

London, Oct 1 (IANS) Hollywood actor Russell Crowe gained a whopping 63 pounds to play CIA boss Ed Hoffman in his new movie "Body of Lies".

Britney to buy her sex tape

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:24 PM CDT

London, Oct 1 (IANS) Pop star Britney Spears wants to purchase the sex tape she made with ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib so that she can destroy it for good.

Simpsons to turn into zombies for Halloween special

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:20 PM CDT

London, Oct 1 (IANS) American animated sitcom 'The Simpsons' will be transformed from a parody of the average US family to zombies, the flesh-eating corpses, in an upcoming episode for Halloween.

Hathaway squirms on TV when quizzed about ex

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:03 PM CDT

London, Oct 1 (IANS) Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway cringed as she was quizzed about her fraudster ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri on a US chat show.

Robin Williams' UK stage return for Prince of Wales' 60th b'day

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:05 AM CDT

London, Oct 1 (ANI): After a long gap of 25 years, Hollywood actor Robin Williams is all set to return the UK stage in a show to mark the Prince of Wales' 60th birthday.

Russell Crowe miscalculates $US300 trillion in bailout proposal!

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:05 AM CDT

Wellington, October 1 (ANI): Actor Russell Crowe might have been a brilliant mathematician in 'A Beautiful Mind' but his proposed bailout plan for American financial crisis miscalculated 300 trillion dollars.

Pammie loves her 'attention-grabbing' sexy image

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:35 AM CDT

New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Pamela Anderson loves her sexy image as it means people always pay attention to her.

Paris Hilton turns 'sexy fairy' to sell her perfume

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:05 AM CDT

London, Oct 1 (ANI): Paris Hilton's latest perfume advert features her as a sexy fairy.

Entertainment-The Times of India

Entertainment-The Times of India

King and the dancing divas

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SRK puts his best foot forward for friend Adi Chopra and dances with Kajol, Preity, Rani, Bips and Lara!

‘This is my first Eid away from home’

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Says Emraan Hashmi, even as he wishes everyone Eid Mubarak and talks about missing home on the festival.

Moss to quit modelling for music

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The supermodel wants to quit modelling and forge a full-time career in music.

Sorry, says Saif

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Saif Ali Khan apologised on Monday for a row with a lensman in Patiala in Punjab.

Jenny McCarthy slams Amanda Peet!

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Amanda is facing the burnt for her comments regarding parents who do not to have their children vaccinated

Mallika’s

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Mallika's latest act of turning from woman to snake in nine different stages doesn't come easy.

Only bad boys for Pammie!

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Hollywood actress Pamela Anderson has revealed that she doesn't intent to date good men, as she dreads ruining them.

The

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They came, they saw and they conquered ... Meet the fun and the funny Harbhajan and Mona Singh.

Entertainment News

Entertainment News

Sex, surfing make men happiest, petting pooches, women

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:05 AM CDT

Melbourne, Oct 2 (ANI): Aussie men get their endorphins racing when they are surfing the net or having sex, whereas women are the happiest while having meals with pals and petting their pooches, according to the 2008 Australian Happiness Index.

Celebrities who sizzled the ramp in India Couture Week

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:05 AM CDT

The on going HDIL India Couture Fashion Week 2008 drew not only the media but also many stars, making their presence felt at the show.

Gallagher struggles with sleepwalking

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:04 AM CDT

London, Oct 2 (IANS) Oasis singer Noel Gallagher is struggling with sleepwalking.

Ang Lee is filming comedy on 1969 Woodstock concert

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:14 AM CDT

By Ralph Jennings

Amol Gupte enjoys playing Priyanka Chopra's tormentor

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:13 AM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) After weaving together the beautiful story of a dyslexic child in 'Taare Zameen Par', writer-actor Amol Gupte is now having a ball tormenting Priyanka Chopra in forthcoming film 'Kaminey'.

More Bollywood, fewer Bhojpuri films for Ravi Kishen now

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 11:27 PM CDT

Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Actor Ravi Kishen, known as the superstar of Bhojpuri cinema, says he will now sign on fewer regional films and concentrate more on Bollywood projects, specially after having worked in Shyam Benegal's 'Welcome To Sajjanpur'.