New Delhi, Feb 9 - Aamir Khan starrer "3 Idiots", that has gone on to become the biggest hit in Hindi film history, has helped multiplexes recover from the two-month strike last year.

"3 Idiots" -- which takes a critical look at the education system in the country -- has already earned more than Rs. 382 crore (Rs. 3.82 billion/$82 million) worldwide since its release Dec 25 last year.

Kathmandu, Feb 9 - Two years after Ram Gopal Varma's remake of the Bollywood classic "Sholay" suffered censors' scissors in Nepal, the film director's new release "Rann" has met with an entirely different response here, with top Maoist leaders calling it "inspiring".

Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who had often called for a ban on Hindi films during their 10-year "People's War", have now trooped to see "Rann", starring Amitabh Bachchan, who plays a media tycoon grappling with wily politicians.

Stock market analysts have maintained 'buy' rating on Core Projects & Technologies Ltd with an intraday target between Rs 220-224.

According to them, interested traders can purchase the stock around Rs 215-217 with a strict stop loss of Rs 210.

Shares of the company, on Monday (Feb 08), closed at Rs 217.35 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 220.50 and a low of Rs 42.70 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio of the stock stood at 17.19 & 12.48 respectively.

The latest news is that the official website of the country's biggest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 'tcs. com' has been hacked.

The cyber-terrorist placed a "For Sale" message in English and French for a whole day. Moreover, the cyber-terrorists offered email identification, abed_uk@hotmail.com.

The hack is said to be a DNS hijack, like the cyber attack that Twitter had during the last year.

Mumbai, Feb 9 - Seasoned actor Pankaj Kapoor is all set to make his directorial debut with "Mausam" with son Shahid in the lead. The father is confident that Shahid's varied acting skills will surprise everyone.

"I know people would be curious to know what we're making together. That would be a big USP for me. Shahid has great potential. People have always seen him as a chocolate-box hero. But in 'Kaminey' we could see another side of him," Pankaj told IANS.

The Victoria police has faced criticism for its advice that asked Indian students to "try to dress poor". The Police said that the comments were blown out of proportion and were meant to be a "light hearted summation" of the safety advice.

The police as well as the Government has said that the advice could have been given to any community member to make them aware of their valuables and that the remark "try to look as poor as you can" must be seen as "light-hearted summation of the advice".

The Agriculture Minister of the state of Madhya Pradesh has said that the Genetically Modified crops have no place in the state. His comments came barely three days before the likely announcement by the centre on the fate of Bt Brinjal.

The minister expressed that he wants his state to emerge as India first "organic farming state" and also said, "I have already written a letter to the Centre against the commercialization of Bt Brinjal in country, as it wasn't good for human health and environment."

South African fast bowler Del Steyn has taken seven wickets as Indian team has returned to pavilion for just 233 runs on the board in their first inning in the first test match against South Africa at Nagpur on Monday.

India today resumed their inning from overnight score of 25 runs without loss of any wicket. Indian batting order collapsed against the swing of Steyn as they were forced to follow on in the second inning.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the 14-member Pakistan squad for two T20 international matches against England to be played on 19th and 20th February in Dubai.

Shoaib Malik has been named as skipper of the team as Shahid Afridi will not play in the first T20 international match due to two matches ban on him by International Cricket Council. Afridi was banned for two T20 matches due to ball-tampering charges in fifth ODI against Australia.

India's Rohan Bopanna and his partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan has won their maiden ATP title as the Indo-Pak duo clinched the men's doubles title in the South African Open at Johannesburg.

Rohan-Qureshi has defeated Slovakian Karol Beck and Harold Levy of Israel 2-6 6-3 10-5 in the final at the Montecasino Outdoor Arena. The Indo-Pak pair lost the first set but came back strongly in the second set and clinched the match by winning last two sets.

ARSS Infrastructure Projects has opened for subscription its initial public offering today through which the company plans to riase about Rs 103 crore.

The issue will close for subscription on February 11, 2010. The price band for the issue has been fixed at Rs 410-450 per share. At the upper price band the issue will constitute 16.67% of the post-issue equity capital of the company.

India's no 1 Somdev Devvarman has moved up 21 spots to be at the 141st place in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings for men's singles released on Monday.

Somdev had made into the quarterfinals of the recently concluded South Africa Open at the Johannesburg. Somdev had defeated Xavier Malisse in his sojourn to the South Africa Open quarters.

India is emerging as the new leading destination for Stem cell research as both the government and the private sector takes part in the initiatives in the industry.

Stem cell research is seen as the new medial technology around the world. The technology is believed to have the potential to change the ways of treatment. These cells are found in certain parts of the body like umbilical cord, bone marrow, embryo and even teeth.

These cells can become like any other cell in the body. The technology in this sector could grow back body parts.

A federal court in San Francisco has reversed a ruling on Friday to reopen a class-action lawsuit against Dell alleging that the company sold defective laptops.

The suit against the computer manufacturer alleges that the company was producing and selling defective laptops between July 2004 and January 2005.

The US District Court for the Northern District of California had earlier ordered the parties to arbitration. But when the plaintiffs refused to comply with the arbitration order the court completely dismissed the case.

Prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, arrived in Kuwait on Sunday and was given a red carpet welcome.

She departed from Dhaka, by a special aircraft, sent by Kuwaiti Amir Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and was seen off by Cabinet members, Chiefs of the Armed Forces and other top officials at Zia International Airport.

The Prime Minister is being accompanied by her Foreign Minister, Dipu Moni, Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, State Minister for Environment, Hasan Mahmud, Ambassador at large M Ziauddin, her Principal Secretary, Abdul Karim and Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.

Kuwait's central bank reduced its key discount rate by 50 basis points to 2.5%, thus reducing its borrowing costs, so as to boost up its growth in the non oil sector, while the inflation is keeping low.

Since October 2008 the central bank has reduced its key rate by 200 basis points where as the last reduction was done in May 2009.

On 4th February, a Partnership Agreement was signed by Doha Bank and Unesco at Unesco Headquarters at West Bay, which was attended by R Seetharaman, Doha Bank Group CEO; Dr Hamed Al Hammami, Unesco Representative in the Arab States of the Gulf and Yemen, Director of Unesco Doha; Dr Benno Boer, Unesco's Ecological Science Advisor in the Arab Region; Mark Sutcliffe, Unesco's Project Assistant - Natural Sciences, Saleh Souror, Secretary General of the National Commission, Doha Bank Management, other guest and dignitaries.

The governments attending the next triennial world conference of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are proposing new measures to safeguard and mange sustainably the bluefin tuna, elephant populations and a wide range of sharks, corals, reptiles, insects and plants.

It should be noted that immediate measures to deal with illegal wildlife trade and protect the livelihoods of the rural poor, would also be discussed by the representatives of 175 governments.

The conference to be held in Doha, Qatar, from March 13 to 25, will see more than 40 proposals getting decided.

It is well known that Dubai had earlier roiled markets with a request to delay debt payments late last year, but the latest update is that it now is aiming at repairing the damage to its reputation.

Nick Anstee, the 682nd lord mayor of the City of London, explained, "They are absolutely determined to mitigate that reputational damage by arriving at a solution because they want to continue to deal and trade with people who have been part of building Dubai to what it's today."

The health of Mumbai was described as healthy and fine by legendary actor Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, who has lived in the city for over four decades.

At a function, where Big B was asked about the recent Shiv Sena activities that have triggered tensions in the city, the humble actor said that the health of Mumbai is fine.

He explained, "Please, I have come here to your state for a good thing, to launch a health programme."

But when he replied with this statement, an array of other questions flowed in as they were all concerned with the health of Mumbai.