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Freida Pinto, the star in the Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire, has leaped ahead of her Indian rivals to become the highest paid actress in Bollywood, a news report said. Following the success of Slumdog, which took home eight Oscars and ... Read More »

Private banks in Switzerland are not allowing their top executives to travel abroad because of the apprehension that they would be detained, as the authorities are cracking the whip on banks over secrecy matters, says a media report. “Switzerland’s private ... Read More »

Rajasthan Royals’ stupendous underdog to title-winner performance in the inaugural Indian Premier League has put the Jaipur-based team in line for being nominated as world team of the year 2008 at the Laureus World Sports Awards. Led by Australian leg-spin ... Read More »

The opening match and final of the second edition of IPL, shifted overseas to South Africa, are to be held at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town and the Wanderers in Johannesburg respectively on April 18 and May 24. The ... Read More »

In its biggest defence deal with India, Israel will provide its largest arms buyer an air defence system at a whopping sum of $1.4 billion. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has officially acknowledged that the defence deal between the two countries ... Read More »

The global downturn has not impacted plans of luxury retail biggies to expand operations across geographies.  Donna Karan New York (DKNY), label of the fashion designer Donna Karan and part of the world’s leading luxury group LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis ... Read More »

India spends 1.2% of its GDP on health, but takes care of foreign patients — the country ranks second in medical tourism. In 2007, Indian hospitals treated 4.5 lakh patients from other countries against topper Thailand’s 12 lakh. A two-year ... Read More »

Google is jettisoning nearly 200 workers in its largest round of layoffs yet, demonstrating that even highly profitable companies are feeling the recession’s pinch. The job cuts announced Thursday affected less than 1 percent of the 20,200 workers employed by ... Read More »

In a bid to help maintain Pakistan’s economic stability, the World Bank has approved $500 million interest-free loan to the country, which is reeling under severe financial crisis. The interest-free credit to support Pakistan is aimed to regain and maintain ... Read More »

A bomb destroyed a mosque in northwest Pakistan during prayers on Friday, killing at least 70 people, a TV channel said. Over 50 people are reported injured. “Forty-five to 46 bodies have been retrieved … up to 70 people could ... Read More »

US President Barack Obama intends to expand the strikes against terror across the border of Afghanistan to Pakistan, which many of his team members believe has emerged as the ground zero of terrorism. The new policy, to be unveiled by ... Read More »

Responding to the sharp slowdown in the real estate industry where supply has started to outstrip demand, DLF that rose to fame by creating the capital’s suburb Gurgaon, is experimenting with a new plan to draw in buyers. The biggest ... Read More »

Software major Infosys Technologies Ltd expects to find acquisition opportunities in the US during the downturn, co-chairman Nandan Nilekani was today quoted as saying. “Acquisitions will definitely be very accessible in this market from a price point of view,” Nilekani ... Read More »

Film: Aa Dekhen Zara (Thriller) Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Rahul Dev Direction: Jehangir Surti Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes Jaadu, the lovable alien of Koi Mil Gaya isn’t alone anymore. Sci-fi comes to India with a bang. Not ... Read More »

After another action-packed Test series, the South Africans and Australians pull on their coloured clothes for the start of the limited-overs component of the heavyweight battle. The first of two Twenty20s starts in Johannesburg on Friday and is followed by ... Read More »