| Unrecognisable star | 23-NOV-09 |
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| Any film star worth his or her salt (and red chilies) currently has more ad releases than films. Thus Shah Rukh romantically squints from behind a sofa, saying it takes just one second to mutter ‘am sorry’ to a loved one while also urging males to spread fairness everywhere from a 7 buck sachet. Hrithik’s dancing the rats away while having his latest portfolio splashed on hoardings all over town. Saif’s painting with gay abandon and making things large while trying to hide his childhood sweetheart from Kareena. Not to be outdone, Kareena is strutting her size zero all the way from Vaio to Globus. Akki boy single-mindedly pursues the thunder as he smashes cars, dangles from windows and leaps over rooftops. And of course, the paa of them all pushes everything from fast relief to chawanprash to solitaires to dark dress codes (Phew! Try topping that, with or without your hair. |
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| Showing since 1955 | 22-NOV-09 |
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| One of India’s oldest English-language theatre groups, The Madras Players, turns to Pakistani literature for their latest production. |
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| Govt may rework pricing Ordinance for sugarcane | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Manmohan Singh government is trying to find a middle path in the impasse over the recent sugarcane pricing Ordinance that created an uproar inside and outside Parliament today. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the government may rework the Sugarcane (Control) Order to relieve the states' burden and appease a united Opposition that claims to have the power to defeat the Bill in the Upper House. |
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| Govt for 20% stake sale in SAIL | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The government today said it is considering a 20 per cent stake sale in steel major SAIL, proceeds of which would partly fund the company's Rs 70,000-crore expansion projects. |
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| NMDC-SAIL join hands for Himachal project | 18-NOV-09 |
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| State-owned mining company NMDC Limited and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) will jointly develop a limestone project at Arki in Himachal Pradesh with a three-million tonne per annum capacity. |
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| Madras HC judges submit statements of assets | 17-NOV-09 |
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| All Judges of the Madras High Court, including its Madurai Bench, have submitted statements of their assets and those of their spouses and minor children to Chief Justice H K Gokhale. |
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| US market ends firm; MTNL ADR up 3% | 17-NOV-09 |
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| US markets advanced on Monday, sending indexes to fresh 13-month closing highs, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reinforced expectations that interest rates would stay low to help growth. |
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| 'India will hold on to today's valuation level' | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Adrian Mowat has tracked emerging markets for nearly two decades. The Chief Asian and Emerging Markets equity strategist at JPMorgan, Asia Pacific, believes these markets should continue to see inflows as they will grow faster than the rest of the world. And, that the Indian market will probably be re-rated over the next 10 years. |
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| Gemini Comm lines up Rs 180 crore | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Gemini Communication Ltd, a Chennai-based wireless networking and Wimax solutions company, has lined up Rs 150-180 crore for acquisitions and to expand its footprint overseas over the next three years. |
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| Indian ADRs gain $10 bn in a week | 15-NOV-09 |
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| Indian stocks trading on American bourses added about $10 billion to their combined market valuation past week, with IT major Wipro accounting for $2.65 billion to the total gain. |
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| Government plans fund to encourage ore prospecting | 15-NOV-09 |
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| In an effort to make iron ore prospecting more attractive to private players, the steel ministry is mulling establishment of a venture capital (VC) fund to allay the risk that investors face while scouting for natural resources. |
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