SALMAN TO APPEAR IN JODHPUR COURT 29TH JAN

Salman Khan will be appearing in a local court in Jodhpur 29th Jan in an Arms Act case. After hearing and examining prosecution witnesses on Wednesday, the court has now asked the actor to appear and give his statement. Salman’s counsel, Hastimal Saraswat said, “Salman has been asked to appear personally before the court on […]

Cook, eat and lose weight like Jessica Simpson

Singer Jessica Simpson, who has been open about her weight issues, gives credit to “eating real food” for her svelte figure. Others can also try out one of her favourite recipes for weight loss. Here’s the recipe to prepare Italian baked egg and vegetable ramekins, reports eonline.com: Ingredients: * Plum tomatoes (cut into one-inch chunks): […]

Mahesh Babu’s ‘1: Nenokkadine’ impresses US box office

Superstar Mahesh Babu-starrer Telugu psychological thriller “1: Nenokkadine”, may have failed to register a bumper opening in the country but is doing brisk business in the overseas market. The film collected Rs.5.82 crore in its opening weekend in the US. Directed by B. Sukumar, “1: Nenokkadine”, which released Jan 10, is the story of a […]

I am prepared to turn 40: DiCaprio

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who will turn 40 this year, does not consider himself old. The actor feels that the “age barometer” for becoming old has gone high and he is absolutely “prepared” to turn 40, reports contactmusic.com “I suppose 40 represents something different, but I’ve been thinking about 40 for so long that I’m […]

AAP to contest all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest all the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, party convenor Somnath Tripathy said. “AAP has decided to contest all the parliamentary seats in Bihar in view of the tremendous response from the people and the overwhelming support to the party,” Tripathy told the media here. He said the […]

Haryana cuts power tariff

With assembly elections due this year, Haryana announced Thursday that it was slashing the electricity rates for domestic and agriculture consumers. The new rates would come into effect this month. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said domestic consumers would pay the same tariff they paid before April 2013 when the rates were hiked. Agriculture consumers […]

Narendra Modi to hold meeting with ICT top bosses Friday

Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is all set to hold a closed door meeting with the top 25-30 executives of information technology and telecom companies here Friday during which they will deliberate on the challenges facing the industry. The list of prominent participants in the meeting include Google, IBM, Nokia, Airtel, Vodafone, […]

Sourav Ganguly rules out joining politics

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly Thursday denied joining politics, following an offer by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the Lok Sabha polls. Ganguly, who visited Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat regarding a school project of his, said he was better off on the playground. “No, no, not at all, […]

TCS net jumps 50 percent; beats estimates

Beating street expectations again, Indian IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) reported net profit of Rs.5,314 crore for third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal (2013-14), a whopping 50 percent increase year-on-year (YoY) and 13 percent sequentially, as per the Indian accounting standard. In a statement after the markets closed for the day, the global […]

Power from gas at $8.4 a unit won’t find buyers: Scindia

Producing power from gas at the higher approved price is possible but there will be no buyers for that electricity, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Thursday. “Producing power beyond $8.4 per mmbtu (million metric British thermal unit) is possible but it will never get sold. So you are producing a product the market won’t buy,” […]