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Nedumaran, supporters held for supporting Tamil Tigers Posted: 22 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CDT Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran and at least 164 members of his outfit were held here Saturday for staging a demonstration in support of the Tamil Tigers and against the Sri Lankan and Indian governments.

Hollywood re-assesses attitude towards India: Variety Posted: 22 Mar 2008 03:30 AM CDT Hollywood investors are now 'reassessing their previous cool attitude' towards India and major players like Viacom, Universal, Dream Works and Warner Bros. prefer to invest in the Indian entertainment industry compared to China, says Hollywood trade magazine Variety.

Volatility in market in truncated week Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:30 AM CDT Negative cues from the global markets and heavy selling by foreign institutional investors led the Indian market to suffer losses for the third straight week.

Small industries hold key to industrial progress: Ahluwalia Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:30 AM CDT Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said small and medium enterprises (SME) hold the key to the country's industrial progress.

Rani, Bipasha to do Shah Rukh's IPL music video Posted: 22 Mar 2008 05:00 AM CDT Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has roped in Rani Mukherjee and Bipasha Basu to participate in his music video for his Kolkata Knight Riders.

'Taare Zameen Par', 'Race' to be released in Pakistan Posted: 22 Mar 2008 08:30 AM CDT UTV, which released 'Taare Zameen Par' and 'Race' in India, will release both the movies in Pakistan March 28.

'Race': sleek thriller, predictable plot Posted: 22 Mar 2008 03:30 AM CDT Film: 'Race'; Cast: Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy; Director: Abbas-Mustan; Rating: **

Bumper potato crop leaves Gujarat farmers poor Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:00 AM CDT Potato farmers in the Deesa region are at their wits' end trying to tackle a problem of plenty. A bumper harvest has left them worried as cold storages are packed to capacity and now the crop is lying in the open.`

'Bhram' can be heard only once Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:01 AM CDT Film:' Bhram'; Music Director: Siddharth-Suhas and Pritam Chakraborty; Singers: KK, Sonu Nigam, Richa Sharma, Shaan, Siddharth Suhas, Earl D'Souza, Suraj Jagan, Sunaina and Khushboo Jain; Rating: **

Cheap and clean fuel in plenty by 2048: Arthur Clarke Posted: 22 Mar 2008 02:00 AM CDT Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the renowned British science fiction writer and visionary who died here Wednesday, had predicted that cheap and clean fuel might be available in plenty by 2048.

Delhi, the best e-governed state in India: survey Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:00 AM CDT Delhi emerged as the best e-governed state in 2007, followed by Goa and Chhattisgarh, even as Karnataka and Gujarat plummeted in e-governance initiatives, a Dataquest-IDC e-Gov survey says.

PM celebrates Holi with ministers, Sonia with party men Posted: 22 Mar 2008 05:30 AM CDT While the entire nation rejoiced in the the festival of colours Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quietly celebrated Holi with some of his ministerial colleagues.

Advani did meet Mulayam to trip Sonia Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:00 AM CDT Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav did meet secretly in 1999 to prevent Congress president Sonia Gandhi from becoming prime minister, sources close to Yadav and former defence minister George Fernandes have confirmed.

Indian economy at crucial juncture, says expert Posted: 22 Mar 2008 11:31 AM CDT The time has come for India to take vital decisions to chart the course of further economic progress, according to C.K. Prahalad, noted professor of corporate strategy and international business.

Pyramid Saimira enters broadcasting arena, Chinese markets Posted: 22 Mar 2008 09:30 AM CDT Pyramid Saimira has finalised two international deals this month including a satellite broadcasting deal with Britain-based Spize TV to make its initial foray into the broadcasting arena and another for operating theatres in china.

ATTENTION EDITORS: Sports Schedule for March 22, 2008 Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:01 AM CDT Following is the Sports Schedule for March 22, 2008:

South Africa captain banking on spinners to beat India Posted: 22 Mar 2008 06:30 AM CDT South Africa captain Graeme Smith said Saturday that he was banking on his two left-arm spinners to do the trick on slow and turning Indian pitches in the three-match Test cricket series starting here Wednesday.

Taslima's exit is a blow to Indian secularism Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:01 AM CDT Taslima Nasreen's departure from India marks perhaps the lowest point in the history of Indian secularism.

South Africa series will be challenging: Kumble Posted: 22 Mar 2008 09:31 AM CDT India's Test cricket captain Anil Kumble said here Saturday that the three-match Test series against South Africa, beginning here Wednesday, will be a 'challenging' one.

Culling in bird-flu hit town to be completed Sunday Posted: 22 Mar 2008 02:32 AM CDT The slaughtering of 44,000 poultry birds in West Bengal's bird flu-hit Malda district is expected to be completed by Sunday, an official said.

Sri Lanka naval craft sunk in explosion, 10 sailors missing Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:01 AM CDT A Navy fast attack craft on a routine patrol off the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka sank after being caught in a pressure mine explosion Saturday morning, leaving 10 sailors missing, Navy sources said.

BSF trooper attacks commandant in West Bengal Posted: 22 Mar 2008 06:30 AM CDT A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper hacked and seriously injured a commandant of his platoon in Malda district of West Bengal Saturday.

SECL set to make coal production record Posted: 22 Mar 2008 09:31 AM CDT The South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) - the largest coal production subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL) - is set to make a record in coal production in the current fiscal.

Heavy rain kills three children in Kerala Posted: 22 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CDT Three children who ventured out to fish in heavy rain died when a chunk of soil fell on them in north Kerala Saturday afternoon. Two more children suffered injuries in the incident.

Heavy rain kills nine in Tamil Nadu Posted: 22 Mar 2008 07:30 AM CDT Heavy rain lashed Tamil Nadu for the third consecutive day Saturday leaving 207 villages flooded and nine people dead, government officials said here.

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