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Dia’s ‘under the weather’

Post Hum Tum Aur Ghost, Dia Mirza does not have any films on hand but that does not bother the actress. The former Miss Asia-Pacific refuses to do a film purely for financial benefit, “It’s quality over quantity for me now,” she says, adding, “I want to do things that excite and motivate me, this will in turn make me want to go to work the next day.”

Asin’s fine balancing act

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Very few stars can manage to a successful career in two different industries but Bollywood newbie and South superstar Asin is doing that with remarkable ease.
Reveals an industry source, “Barely two films old in Bollywood and the actress has already worked with both Salman and Aamir. Not only that she has the best projects down South too. On the endorsement front too Asin has impressive brands to her credit.

Making India dance to her tunes

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DJ Eve Carey, who toured India recently as part of the Ministry of Sound World Tour, had only good things to say about her experience. “India is amazing! I loved Bengaluru. It was my first time playing in Mumbai and the crowd was fantastic. I didn’t really get to see the city as I was on a hectic schedule,” says the UK-based DJ, whose mixes consist of big room pumping house and energetic music, much like her personality.

NIA team off to US today

Indian investigators will finally be able to question American-Pakistani Lashkar-e-Tayyaba operative David Headley who has confessed his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. A four-member team, consisting of three officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a law officer, are expected to leave for the United States late on Sunday night.

‘Social media is the way to go’

IPL’s merger with Google that allowed live cricket to be streamed on YouTube broke new ground earlier this year. For the first time in Indian broadcasting history, live sporting action was being streamed on a website. The T20 World Cup that followed it went one step even further, when for the first time a video capsule was produced exclusively for the Internet.

J&K leaders placed under house arrest

Kashmiri separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and several supporting activists have been placed under house arrest or detained in police lockups ahead of the anniversary of death of two Shopian women whose bodies were found in a mountain stream a day after they had disappeared while returning home from the family apple orchard on May 29 last year.

Pregnant woman unaware of husband’s death

Yasmeen Khatoon, who has escaped from the death claws with a few broken bones, is more worried about her husband’s well-being. The three-month expecting mother has no idea that her husband is lying lifeless on an ice slab, wrapped in white.

Joint plan by PCPA, Maoists?

The Maoist mystery behind the Gyaneswari Express accident has been unmasked. Investigating officers have stumbled upon vital clues that have helped them reconstruct the sequence of events that ultimately led to the death of over a hundred passengers.

Jaya declined RS seat for Big B: Amar

Expelled SP leader Amar Singh attributed the decision of Jaya Bachchan to turn down the offer of the Samajwadi Party for Rajya Sabha renomination to her husband Amitabh Bachchan’s views that his family should be away from politics. Mrs Bachchan had on Friday surprised the SP leadership by turning down the offer of renomination of the Rajya Sabha.

Civic polls acid test for Trinamul, CPM

The civic polls scheduled for Sunday have assumed importance because these are being viewed as the dress rehearsal to the Assembly elections of 2011.
These municipal elections will allow the CPI(M) to find out whether it has recovered the ground it lost in the Lok Sabha elections. For the Trinamul Congress will also get a

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