Want to be number one item boy: Aamir Khan
by IANS
Mumbai: What is Bollywood's Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan's latest dream? He wants to be the top notch item boy of the film industry! "I want to be the number one item boy of the industry," Aamir, who has done his first item song "I love you, like I hate you" for his home production Delhi Belly, told reporters and also thanked them for inspiring him. "The recent questioning from media,...  
11:49 AM, Jun 24, 2011

Raveena does an item number for 'Bbuddha Hoga...'

Raveena Tandon is back on the silver screen with an item number titled 'Chandigarh ki kuddi' in 'Bbuddha Hoga Tera Baap'. ...
10:41 AM, Jun 21, 2011

Raveena Tandon back as an item girl

Actress Raveena Tandon will be making her comeback with an item song for the film, 'Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap'. ...
08:19 AM, Jun 18, 2011

Lyrics of Bollywood songs get dirtier

If you thought 'munni' and 'sheela' marked a new low in lyrics, we tell you just how much worse it's going to get. ...
09:41 PM, May 24, 2011

Industrial output growth at 7.8 pc in 2010-11 New Delhi: Poor performance of the manufacturing and mining sectors pulled down overall growth of industry to 7.8 per cent in 2010-11 from 10.5 per cent in the previous fiscal. Factory output in March, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released on Thursday, also witnessed lower growth of 7.3 per cent, compared to 15.5 per cent expansion in the same month a year ago. However,...  
11:31 AM, May 12, 2011

How to get your Unique Identification Number? New Delhi: The new Unique Identification (UID) number could bring an end to all your ID proof problems. Six hundred million people are expected to get a unique ID number over the next two years. CNN-IBN tells you how to obtain a UID number. First step for getting a UID number is a fingerprint scan of all the fingers. Next, you need to gaze into an optical device which records...  
10:18 AM, Feb 26, 2011

Rajeev Masand says, 'I Am Number Four' is predictable. What do you feel? Write your review and win prizes. 
08:39 AM, Feb 19, 2011

Masand: 'I Am Number Four' is predictable Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer Director: DJ Caruso Positioned as a hip, young romantic-thriller for the iPad generation, 'I Am Number Four' is in fact something of a cross between a bad superhero movie and a mushy 'Twilight' installment. Alex Pettyfer is Number Four, a good-looking blond teen who's actually an alien living life on the run from gill-faced adversaries intent on wiping out the last nine survivors...  
08:33 AM, Feb 19, 2011

Naseer eager to play a lech in 'Dirty Picture'
by IANS
Mumbai: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah is tired of playing a saint and is excited about his role of a lech in Milan Luthria's Dirty Pictures. "I'm sick of playing a saint. A do-gooder. And with Milan at the helm, I am sure he'll extract great work from me as an entertaining lech," said the 60-year-old in a statement. Dirty Picture is inspired by the case of Southern actress Silk Smitha,...  
03:11 PM, Feb 08, 2011

Jennifer Lopez's cousin debuts in bollywood
by IANS
Caterina Lopez is Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez's cousin and is all set to make a splash in Bollywood with an item number. Caterina Lopez loves being in Mumbai, is a Shah Rukh Khan fan, wants to learn Hindi and says she just might make India her second home. This is Caterina's second trip to Mumbai and loves the idea of making a career in the Hindi film industry. "I'm loving...  
12:17 PM, Feb 06, 2011

Eleven lakh mobile subscribers opt for MNP New Delhi: Within a fortnight of Mobile Number Portability becoming available, more than 11 lakh mobile subscribers have opted for the facility, that allows users to change their service provider while retaining the number. "According to daily MNP figure reported by telecom service providers, there has been request from over 11 lakh customers to switch from their existing network," said a TRAI official. The official added that TRAI is busy...  
07:54 PM, Feb 03, 2011

MNP not to show much impact on telecom operators New Delhi: The MNP services, via which the customer can retain the number even after changing its service provider, was expected to shake up the telephony market, but now industry leaders are recognising that this may not happen, says a study. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the nation-wide mobile number portability (MNP) services on January 20. The service was first launched in Haryana in November last year. "With 0.75 per...  
09:52 AM, Jan 26, 2011

58 pc want to switch mobile operators. The rest? New Delhi: A majority of consumers are unhappy with their current mobile service provider and want to switch, that's what the Swayam-numvar survey conducted by IBNLive discovered. Mobile number portability (MNP) was finally launched across the country after a long wait on January 21 and telecom companies have hit the top gear in their efforts to retain existing customers and to attract new ones from other networks. In Haryana where...  
05:20 PM, Jan 21, 2011

Dr Reddy's rejuvenation ...  
03:36 PM, Jan 21, 2011

Subscribers happy post-MNP launch
by IANS
New Delhi: The customers are a happy lot post the nation-wide launch of mobile number portability (MNP) on Thursday -- a scheme that allows subscribers to switch operators without changing their existing number. "I am happy that the scheme is finally here. I have been using Idea for the past one year but I am facing problems like bad network. I am now planning to switch to Airtel due to...  
08:45 PM, Jan 20, 2011

Mobile number portability a reality now New Delhi: After years of delays, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will finally be available all over India from January 20. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said, "We're very happy that we are going to launch it nationally tomorrow. It's a great step forward for the consumer. It enhances his choice." Dump your phone company. Move to a better one. But keep your present number. 700 million Indians use cell phones. With...  
07:03 AM, Jan 20, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Chitrangada to do an item number Mumbai: Having portrayed serious roles in the past, the sensuous actress will be giving the Bollywood babes a run for their money. In the era of ‘Sheila’ and ‘Munni’, where flaunting the hot body creates nationwide debates on who is better, one wonders when this battle would come to an end, or would you really want it to end? But when the name is Chitrangada Singh, there is no battle...  
04:30 PM, Jan 14, 2011

DoT may proceed to cancel new licences New Delhi: Several new telecom operators are likely to take more than 104 weeks time given to roll out services which may prompt the Department of Telecom (DoT) to issue show-cause notices for cancellation of licences soon. The DoT is looking at licences, issued in January 2008 by former Telecom Minister A Raja, which have failed to start services as stipulated in the licence conditions. "If you take cases of...  
06:19 PM, Jan 06, 2011

Only single ATM transaction for one PIN entry New Delhi: Next time you go to a bank ATM, be ready to re-enter your PIN afresh for every transaction you wish to conduct, such as money withdrawal, balance enquiry and checking account details. In order to check misuse of ATM cards by unauthorised people, RBI has asked banks to allow only one transaction at ATM machines for one entry of PIN (Personal Identification Number which acts like a password...  
05:22 PM, Jan 05, 2011