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Preity Zinta marks her debut as producer with 'Ishkq in Paris'

Like Dia Mirza and Ameesha Patel, actress Preity Zinta has also added another designation to her CV - that of a producer. ...

Anil Kapoor to launch seven actors for home production film

Mumbai: Industry veteran Anil Kapoor is looking to launch seven fresh faces in his upcoming home production titled 'Saat Hindustani'. Kapoor has earlier produced films like 'Badhaai Ho Badhaai', 'Gandhi-My Father' and 'Aisha' among others. "Now, he is producing a film which is tentatively titled 'Saat Hindustani'. Its not a patriotic film. It is about college students based in America. There is a whole new cast for this film... we...  

Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

Edmond: One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City. Reports of injuries in the mobile home park near Shawnee about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City couldn't immediately be confirmed. A storm spotter has told the National Weather Service that the tornado "scoured" the landscape in the park and an...  

Film fraternity reacts as 'Munna Bhai' Sanjay Dutt surrenders

Friends, family and fans have been visiting Sanjay Dutt ever since the Supreme Court upheld his conviction in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. Even hours before he surrendered, his actor friends like Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn were seen meeting him. Here's what the film fraternity has to say about their 'Munna Bhai'. ...

Dutt appeared restless, read religious books in jail

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent his first night after returning to prison reading spiritual books even as Maharashtra Government authorities are yet to decide on keeping him at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai or shifting him elsewhere. The 53-year-old filmstar surrendered before TADA Court on Thursday and was later shifted to the high-security jail in central Mumbai. He has to serve 42 more months in jail after his...  

Sanjay Dutt likely to file curative petition in SC

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who surrendered on Thursday before a special TADA court here, is planning to file a curative petition before the Supreme Court, his lawyer said. "We are planning to file a curative petition in the apex court soon," Dutt's advocate Rizwan Merchant told special TADA Judge GA Sanap when the proceedings were on to take the 53-year-old actor into custody. Dutt had earlier filed a review...  

1993 Bombay blasts: Sanjay Dutt surrenders in court

Mumbai: Amidst chaos, crowd and cameras, the 1993 Bombay blasts accused and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt surrendered in a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court on Thursday afternoon to serve his three-and-a-half year sentence. A large number of media persons and onlookers surrounded Dutt's car as he reached the court. Dutt will be taken to Arthur Road prison first, then to Yerwada Jail in Pune. TADA court directed the Mumbai...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Woman rescued alive after 17 days

Reshma told reporters that she survived on filthy water and a few biscuits as everyone around her died. ...

Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1127

Savar: Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended on Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh's government also agreed to allow garment workers to form unions without permission from factory owners. That decision came a day after it announced a...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll goes past 1,100

Savar: The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster on Sunday rose to 1,125 after 15 more decomposed bodies were recovered from the debris of the ill-fated eight-storey building, 19 days after the tragedy. Rain has caused delays in recovery operations as overnight rainstorms forced rescuers to suspend work for several hours, and more rain today morning caused a brief delay. By afternoon, crews were back at work as they...  

SBI enters into partnership with Industrial Bank of Korea

Mumbai: State Bank of India on Friday said it has entered into a partnership with the Industrial Bank of Korea to help the Korean small businesses doing business here in the country. The agreement will help about 480 Korean small and medium enterprises operating in the country, SBI said in a statement issued in Mumbai. In the absence of a branch of the Korean bank in the country, "this agreement...  

Bangladesh factory building collapse death toll hits 1,021

Dhaka: The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,021 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the fallen factory building as of Friday morning. There was...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll reaches 931

Savar: The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster on Thursday rose to 931 as rescuers overnight pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from sandwiched floors of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed in April. "Ninety seven more bodies were retrieved since Wednesday night ... the figure now stands at 931," an official of the makeshift army control room told reporters as the military-led salvage operation entered the 16th day...  

Bangladesh: 8 killed in fire at a garment factory in Dhaka

Dhaka: A major fire at a garment factory in Dhaka killed its managing director, a top police official and six others, officials said on Thursday. Fire service officials said managing director of the Tung Hai Sweater factory Mahbubur Rahman and his friend Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police ZA Morshed were among the dead as the fire broke out on several floors of the 11-story building housing the factory and...  

Leonardo DiCaprio: Fame is empty and pointless

Los Angeles: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio finds fame 'empty and pointless' and prefers to use his fortune and celebrity status to help people. Despite being one of the famous actors, the 38-year-old doesn't believe in celebrity lifestyle, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "The money I've earned has allowed me to involve myself in projects I'm interested in and, above all else, help people who need it. The latter is, without doubt, the best thing...  

'Kudankulam plant is almost ready to begin functioning'

Chennai: The first unit of the 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), set up by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), is almost ready for beginning the fission process, said a top official of the country's atomic regulator. "As of now, the test reports and the results submitted by NPCIL relating to the first unit of KNPP are satisfactory. A team of experts will be going to KNPP...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 640

Dhaka: Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after the wife of a garment worker crushed in the accident filed a complaint. The legal development comes as officials on Monday said that the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster had reached 645. Sheuli Akter, wife of Jahangir Alam, filed the complaint with Dhaka magistrate...  

Bangladesh: Building owner faces murder complaint

Dhaka: The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder complaint against the building's owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster climbed to 622. Murder complaints were also filed against the owner of one of the garment factories inside the building and a municipal engineer in the suburb of the capital, Dhaka, where the factory was...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll nears 600

Dhaka: The toll in the building collapse on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka has swelled to nearly 600, authorities said on Sunday, even as rescuers continued removing concrete slabs and debris 12 days after the industrial tragedy. Hoping to find their missing loved ones, many people were seen around the scene of the collapse and visiting nearby hospitals and a school ground where the bodies have been kept for...  

Malayalam actor Madhu Warrier to debut as a director soon?

After engaging himself as a producer under the banner of the Colour factory for quite some time, Madhu Warrier, brother of ace Malayalam actress Manju Warrier, and the brother in law of Dileep, will soon debut as a director. Madhu who started off as an actor will call the shots for his debut film titled as 'Room Service'. Produced by his own banner Color Factory, the movie is told in...