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“There is an awesome amount of talent in India, but our film
industry has to be freed from the clutches of intellectually
bankrupt feudal masters who can’t think beyond the Star System,” says critically acclaimed director Sudhir Mishra whose much-applauded film Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi won recognition all over the world.

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Not paying any heed to the countless bans and debates on
actors smoking onscreen, our desi stars continue to puff
away to glory! This includes our heroines, as well. It is
not only the present day actresses, but even the veterans
who were okay with taking a drag or two on the silver screen!
 So let's take a look at the chimneys of Indian cinema.

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American media giant Viacom Inc. has identified India as a
high priority growth market for television and movies and aims
to produce films in the subcontinent, company president and
chief executive officer Tom Freston announced Wednesday.

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Economic think-tank NCAER has said that service tax will go
up by one per cent per annum in the next four years, following
the government's decision to introduce goods and services tax
(GST) from April 1, 2010.

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Veteran actor Dev Anand is unhappy with the current trend
of revisiting old classics in Bollywood and says no one can
remake his Guide.

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A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a ban
on twin rath yatras of senior BJP leader LK Advani and party
President Rajnath Singh.

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Not only can TV channels in India be penalised for flouting
norms but they may also have to run apology scrolls on the
lines of school punishments.

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F&O markets (futures & options) saw huge volumes and heavy
volatility on Tuesday, even as cash markets hit new all-time
highs during intra-day trading. Volumes were at the higher end
at Rs 32,818 crore. The benchmark Nifty March series closed at
3241, a discount of 21 points to the cash Nifty.

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MUMBAI: There is an increasingly overwhelming aura of
inevitability about the onward march of the Indian bourses.
The sensex these days breaks records with the same casual
nonchalance as Michael Schumacher wins races.

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NEW DELHI: The mini-ratnas’ dreams of making it to the big
league — joining the navratna bandwagon — may die a pre-mature
death.

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The equity markets are on a roll. And with each new landmark
being reached, investors are feeling increasingly nervous
because of the rapid rise reports Team ET.

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Anju Bobby George has moved into the long jump event final
with a leap of 6.41 metres in the preliminaries at the 18th
Commonwealth Games Athletics competition.

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India failed to move into the semifinals despite beating
South Africa 2-0 in their last match of men's hockey league
at the 18th Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.

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Chetan Anand and Anup Sridhar have advanced to the
pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles badminton event
at the 18th Commonwealth Games.

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Former office bearers of BCCI have moved the Bombay High
Court in a case relating to alleged misappropriation of funds
by them and former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya.

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India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza is now officially the
best newcomer on the WTA Tour in 2005.

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The Delhi High Court has issued bailable warrants against
all the nine accused in the Jessica Lall murder case.

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B M Mohanty, a first-year MBA student and the son of Orissa's
Director General of Police, has been arrested for allegedly
raping a German research scholar in Alwar.

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The death toll in the Ganjam hooch tragedy has risen to 26
with one more person succumbing to death at the MKCG Medical
College Hospital in Berhampur.

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A joint meeting of officials of Union Home Ministry and
Jammu and Kashmir government will be held on Wednesday to
finalise the list of detainees to be released.

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Sources in the Congress and the government have told NDTV
that they could bring in an ordinance to change the law on
offices of profit and put it before the Cabinet as early as
thursday.

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MUMBAI: Model and actor Sanjana Shrivastava on Tuesday
told the Versova police in a statement from her hospital
bed that her boyfriend Deepak Mallik had shot her in the
head on March 11.

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MELBOURNE: India's Samresh Jung won the gold and
Vivek Singh bagged the silver in the 10 m air pistol
individual event in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.

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LUCKNOW: Are Muslims in India's most populous state of
Uttar Pradesh moving towards forming a political party
of their own?

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HYDERABAD: The furore over the controversial Sripadasagar irrigation
project continued to rock the Andhra Pradesh Assembly with TDP
legislators stalling the proceedings on Wednesday, prompting
Speaker KR Suresh Reddy to suspend opposition members,
including their leader Chandrababu Naidu, for two days.

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The pedigree is impeccable, the manners flawless, the acting forgettable. Aby Baby's Junior still has to learn a thing or three about running around trees and warbling in the rain. His intense brooding looks are reminiscent of his famous father, but Abhishek Bachchan isn't a patch on him yet or so say millions of fans of the Bachchans.

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This summer Coca Cola has come up with an exciting campaign. "Coca-Cola Thande Ka Tadka" features Aishwarya Rai in the commercial, which will be aired from 26th March onwards.Conceptualized by adman Prasoon Joshi with direction of Abhijit Chaudhuri, the campaign reflects the newfound confidence of the Indian youth.

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Reckitt Benckiser’s flagship brand in India, Dettol, plans to conduct a nationwide campaign, to be called ‘Surakshit Parivar’ or protected family. The company will run the campaign in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

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 India's proposal to raise FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 per cent is vital for attracting more foreign investment in the segment, Association of British Insurers (ABI) Director General Stephen Haddrill said on Tuesday.

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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is eyeing the agri-business sector and a fruit orchard, set up as part of a greenbelt at the Jamnagar refinery of RIL in Gujarat, is set to pilot the corporate major's foray into this segment. Tapping the carbon credits market under the Clean Development Mechanism seems a distinct possibility.

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The Jet Airways-Air Sahara deal appears to have hit an air pocket with confusing signals emanating from both the sides over going through the final phase of the Rs. 2,300-crore agreement, the biggest in the Indian civil aviation sector so far.

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Taking a firm stand, the CPI(M) Politbureau on Tuesday ruled out reconsideration of its decision taken last week denying permission to its veteran leader VS Achuthanandan to contest the next month Assembly polls in Kerala.

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Socialite Bina Ramani, her husband George Mailhot, and daughter Malini, were today questioned by the Delhi Police on destruction of evidence in the Jessica Lall murder case, police sources said here.Officials of the Special Investigation Team, probing the destruction, tampering and fabrication of evidence in the aftermath of the ramp model's murder, interrogated the Ramanis at their south Delhi residence.

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Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were feared killed when their MiG-21 jet crashed in Rajasthan on Tuesday, senior officials here said. IAF spokesman Wing Commander Mahesh Upasani confirmed that the jet, which was on a routine training sortie from the Uttarlai airbase, crashed at 3:35 pm but said there was no information on the status of the pilots.

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Assam paid homage to its former Home Minister and senior Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leader Bhrigu Kumar Phukan who passed away in New Delhi at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday night.

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Assam Charn Chandra Deka has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the amendment made by the Centre in the Foreigners Order of 1964, party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here on Tuesday.

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Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party had been hijacked by "political managers" while the "real" leaders who worked for the party were being banished.

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India is expected to raise the issue of handing over of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, against whom Interpol has issued a red corner notice, during the second day of talks between the premier investigating agencies of the two countries in New Delhi on Wednesday.

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