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Mumbai, Aug 27 : Link-up rumours are unavoidable in showbiz, but bubbly actress Parineeti Chopra is not taking reports of an alleged romance with director Maneesh Sharma lightly.

"Earlier, I used to take it lightly, but when people started writing too many stuff, I got angry, especially about Maneesh," said Parineeti, who was introduced to filmdom by Maneesh with his directorial venture "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl". She is also playing the female lead in his next - "Shuddh Desi Romance" - coming out Sep 6.

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Irregularities of Rs. 230 crore have been found in the government's Rs. 52,000-crore farm loan waiver scheme, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

"Around 37.3 million farmers benefited from the scheme. In a scheme of this scale and magnitude, there will be errors of inclusion and exclusion," he said during question hour.

"Irregularities have been found in 336,516 accounts involving Rs. 230 crore," he said, adding the Reserve Bank of India and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development are examining the accounts.

Mumbai, Aug 27 : International dancer-actress Lauren Gottlieb, currently seen as one of the contestants on celebrity dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6", reveals right now she is reading scripts and waiting for the right project to come her way.

Lauren made her Bollywood debut with choreographer-director Remo D'Souza's 3D dance movie - "ABCD- Any Body Can Dance".

London, Aug 27 : Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley feels more comfortable in kaftan and one-piece dresses than bikinis.

The 48-year-old also said that she hires younger women to shoot for her luxury swimwear and beachwear range named Elizabeth Hurley Beach, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

Asked if she worries about her figure, Hurley said: "Oh, yes. Hell yes. I don't tend to do a lot of bikinis now. I do kaftans and one-pieces and we hire someone half my age to do bikinis on the whole."

"But it's always fun to do it and we choose fabulous photographers," she added.

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Mobile TV channel Zenga TV Tuesday bagged the exclusive rights for the final tennis major of the year, US Open, which is currently being played in New York.

The event is being licensed by Zenga Media Pvt. Ltd. from Seven3Sports, who has licensed it from Ten Sports. With this initiative, Zenga TV users can watch live tennis action on their mobile device and listen to live commentary as well. This service will be completely free of charge except for the data consumption charges.

For watching the matches, new users have to download Zenga application or simply visit http://m.zengatv.com.

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies here on Sep 7, state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala said Tuesday.

"The state of art research centre would be housed in a 40,000 sq ft building which will have a library and a convention centre. We are also seeking the help of the Indian Council for Social Science Research," Chennithala told reporters here.

The institute, located on the city outskirts, has G. Mohan Gopal as its chairman.