The Maharashtra state’s ban on the screening of Kamaal Khan’s ‘Deshdrohi’, under Section 6 of the Bombay Cinema Regulation Act, will continue for the present, as the Bombay High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the state’s order. Nevertheless, a division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Sharad Bobde asked the government to give a hearing to the film’s producer and pass a fresh order by November 20.

New York, November 18: Actress Heather Locklear has been charged with a misdemeanour driving under the influence of prescribed drugs following her arrest in September.

The ‘Firestarter’ star was arrested, and later released, in Santa Barbara County, after a paparazzo reported her ‘erratic’ driving to the cops on September 27.

Locklear was handcuffed by a California Highway Patrol officer who saw her parked car blocking a freeway traffic lane in Montecito and determined her ‘obvious impairment’.

Taipei  - Taiwan stocks finished 3 per cent lower Tuesday as uncertainties over the island's and the global economy dampened investor sentiment, dealers said.

The benchmark Taiex index dropped 134.62 points, or 3.03 per cent, to close at 4,305.18.

Taiex opened sharply lower in reaction to Wall Street's overnight fall, caused by US banking giant Citigroup's announcement of massive lay-offs.

In order to fortify its commitment for a high performance computing, Microsoft Corporation India on Monday added another feather to its cap by launching the Release-to-Manufacture of Windows HPC server 2008.

Windows HPC server 2008 offers an easy-to-deploy cost-effective and scalable high-performance computing solution-which combines the power of Windows server platform with rich,out-of-the-box functionality to help enhance productivity and reduce complexity of any given HPC environment.

London, Nov. 18: Liverpool's Fernando Torres has been named Barclays Premier League player of the year at the Northwest Football Awards.

Torres scored 33 goals in his first season at Anfield before helping Spain to European Championship glory, reports the Daily Express.

Ryan Giggs was named footballer of the year while his manager Sir Alex Ferguson won an outstanding achievement award following Manchester United's league and Champions League double.

Washington, Nov 18: Johns Hopkins researchers have come up with a new theory which, if harnessed, could pave way for computer chips that emit less heat and better biosensors to detect bio-hazards and medical conditions.

The researchers theorised that on being struck by laser light under certain circumstances, atoms in a crystal will counter uniformity.

Under the right conditions, the electrons of such atoms will begin moving apart and then joining together again repeatedly like lively swing partners on a dance floor.