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Director Rahul Dholakia's latest movie Lamhaa starring Bipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt, and Kunal Kapoor, has been banned the Middle East. The film is releasing in India tomorrow on July 16.

Lamhaa deals with the controversial Kashmir issue, which has been much politicized in these years. The content of the film has been the reason behind the ban as the subject is believed to be a controversial and objectionable one.

Navbharat Power which is being set up in Dhenkanal in Orissa is being purchased by Essar Power. The UK listed, Essar Energy has announced the intentions of its subsidiary towards the 2250 MW coal fuelled power plant. EPL will put their money into 76% of the current equity and the rest is expected to be bought as certain project targets are accomplished.

A joint venture between Malaxmi Energy ventures and Nava Bharat Ventures, Navbharat power has been granted all the major clearances and even the coal linkages are in place, with the land acquisition process currently in progress.

Lindsay Lohan is trying hard to avoid serving the jail term but she is also not in the mood to pay the fees for a new lawyer. Shawn Chapman Holley, the original lawyer of Lohan resigned following the sentencing by Judge Marsha Revel. Now, the actress has hired another attorney named Robert Shapiro, who is renowned for handling the case of O. J. Simpson during his 1994 murder case.

It is reported that renowned defense attorney Robert Shapiro has agreed to take up the case of the troubled Hollywood actress. He represented the case of Simpson, which is considered to be one of the most controversial criminal trials in history of the US in 1994.

India, along with Canada's richest province, Ontario, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to enhance cooperation and investment in geology and mineral resources.

It is a happy occasion for both the countries as the MoU will enable a Canadian investment for mining and mineral evacuation purposes, and will also aid in the transfer of technology and joint ventures.

India is looking forward to work jointly with Ontario under the MoU objectives, and start their action within a proposed specific timeline.

Three distinct films release tomorrow - 'Lamhaa', 'Tere Bin Laden' and 'Udaan'. Incidentally, none of the three films are true blue conventional Bollywood outings. They are not romantic affairs, they don't boast the kind of comedy that Bollywood is known for and also they don't quite fit into the category of family films. However, at least a couple of them do look interesting here - 'Lamhaa' and 'Tere Bin Laden'. 'Lamhaa' boasts of the star power of Sanjay Dutt and Bipasha Basu and the hard hitting promos that promise a quality outing seems to have done the trick.

The U. S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday that U. S. stimulus money for advanced battery and electric vehicle grants has been matched at least dollar for dollar.

The department said on Wednesday night that the economic stimulus money, intended to create jobs and promote investment and consumer spending during the recession, is also projected to increase U. S. production of the world's batteries for hybrid and electric cars to 40 percent by 2015 from 2 percent this year.