Sam Raimi may direct Wizard of Oz prequel
Spider-Man helmer Sam Raimi has been offered the chance to direct Oz, The Great and Powerful, the sequel to 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz.
BBC faces £1 million compensation claims
The BBC has paid compensation, totalling around £1 million, for bizarre incidents like microphone which fell in loo, in the last three years, a media report said.
China questions Dalai status as Tibetan head
In a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama, a mouthpiece of the Chinese government on Sunday criticised his call for greater autonomy for Tibet and questioned whether he was really qualified to speak for six
Gaddafi will pay £2bn to IRA victims
In a goodwill gesture, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is to pay up to £2 billion to victims of Irish terrorism for his role in supplying shiploads of deadly plastic explosives to the IRA, a leading Bri
It’s business as usual for M&M firms
It’s business as usual for the $7-billion-plus conglomerate Mahindra Group with the shares of flagship M&M spurting 4.5 per cent last week despite its chairman, Mr Keshub Mahindra, being sentenced by a Bhopal court for the Bhopal gas tragedy case.
53 ex-Tigers tie the knot at mass wedding in Lanka
As many as 53 former LTTE combatants tied the nuptial knot in a mass wedding ceremony witnessed by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, and several Sri Lankan leaders in Vavuniya on Sunday.
Maran on top, gets Rs 37cr pay
Calls for reining in astronomical salaries for corporate head honchos notwithstanding, the number of top management personnel getting a pay package running into crores of rupees has crossed the century mark, and the data flow has just started.
Ambanis on African safari
Leaving little to doubt about their growing understanding at home and at work, Mukesh and Anil Ambani holidayed with their families in South Africa and are believed to have discussed synergising their businesses to mutual advantage.
Nepal to get world’s tallest Shiva statue
The world’s largest Shiva statue, built at the cost of Rs 7 crores near Kathmandu, will be inaugurated on June 21.
Akshay to host show on cooking
After his breath-taking stunts in Khatron Ki Khiladi, Akshay Kumar is all set to display his culinary skills in a cookery show called Master Chef India on the small screen.