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Reliance Big, Brad Pitt pact for sci-fi film "Dark Void"

Reliance Big Entertainment and Brad Pitt's production company Plan B have entered into a pact with leading video gaming firm Capcom to make the sci-fi action game "Drak Void" into a motion picture.

Kurbaan' a brilliantly designed terror plot

"Kurbaan"; Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Kirron Kher; Director: Rensil d'Silva; Rating: ****

Parents take away Xbox; boy dials 911

There is a view that removing all 15-year-old boys from this earth would not only help global warming but also our cultural horizon.

Men are more emotional than women

Tying the knot makes men feel happy to the worth of 18,000 pounds while women experience the joy worth only half the amount.

For job seekers, it's still dress to impress

Whenever Eddie VanArsdall ventures out to sell himself in a job interview, he errs on the side of being too dressy instead of not dressed up enough.

Shifting blame to others is socially contagious

A new study has shown that the habit of blaming someone in an organisation, even if he or she is innocent, greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the H1N1 flu.

Bin Laden's son wants to join the UN to promote peace

The son of Osama bin Laden favoured to carry on Laden's work, said that he would like to work for the United Nations instead -- as a peace campaigner.

'The Great Khali' to fight Punjab police - outside the ring

This is one fight where former World Wide Entertainment (WWE) champion "The Great Khali" has nearly lost round one without making any move -- but he is resolved to continue the battle and eventually hopes to emerge victorious.

It is a wonder I am still getting offers: Amitabh Bachchan

Age is no bar for Amitabh Bachchan. From television to films to endorsements, he is doing everything and that keeps the 67-year-old megastar busier than his younger colleagues.

Gambhir and Tendulkar centuries save Test for India

Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar Friday hit match-saving centuries as India drew the first cricket Test, leaving Sri Lanka still without a Test victory in this country.

Please, don't 'disturb' trains, Mamata to Maoists

"Please, don't disturb trains," Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to Maoists Friday, a day after the rebels blew up track in Jharkhand derailing a passenger train and leaving a man dead.

Schwarzenegger to quit politics next year

Hollywood star-turned-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced he'll quit as a politician next year.

Kamal Khan not a wild card entry in 'Bigg Boss' house

Director Kamal R. Khan, who was evicted from the "Bigg Boss" house due to his misbehaviour with the housemates, has made a comeback on the show. But he isn't a wild card entry and is expected to leave at the weekend.

After Tagore-Yates union, Indian and Irish poets to meet in India

Nearly a century after the Irish poet W.B. Yeats helped launch Rabindranath Tagore to global fame, some of Ireland's most distinguished poets have teamed up with their Indian counterparts to celebrate a week-long festival of languages and culture.

Woman walks 110 km in 15 days for medical help in Chhattisgarh

Such is the state of medical care in Chhattisgarh that a woman had to walk 110 km for 15 days to reach a government-run hospital to get her burnt hands treated.

Most? How much is that?

When most people say "most", they mean 80-95 percent, no more and no less, a researcher in linguistics has found.

Rahul Bhatt did not train Headley, says Moksh gym management

The multimedia house, Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, said Thursday that Rahul Bhatt, son of eminent filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt did not train Lashkar-e-Taiba suspect David Coleman Headley at its Moksh gym where he was a member.

Online shopping flourishes through 'Third Factor'

E-commerce market in India may not be on the same level as it is in the U.S, but following the implementation of 'Third Factor' authentication process by RBI in August this year, the online shopping witnessed an unexpected growth.

Late rally pushes Sensex above 17,000-point mark

A late rally by banking and energy stocks Friday helped a benchmark index close above the 17,000-point mark, up 1.41 percent, after languishing in the negative terrain for most of the day.