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Madrid, July 25 : Argentine football star Lionel Messi has said that he had no hand in the appointment of new Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino.

"I had nothing to do with Martino's signing. It was down to the president Sandro Rosell and the club. I said before that I thought he was a good coach, but I don't have anything to do with this," Messi was quoted saying by Telegraph Wednesday.

Martino, former coach of Paraguay, has agreed to sign a two-year contract with the Catalan club and will replace Tito Vilanova, who resigned from the position last Friday due to health issues.

New Delhi, July 25 : "Dabangg" star Sonakshi Sinha

Kolkata, July 25 : With diabetes and obesity on the increase in the country, weight reduction procedures or bariatric surgeries are in huge demand in the country, said an expert.

"Bariatric surgeries are in huge demand. This is an indicator of the rising obesity and diabetes cases. There is a vast difference in the number of cases from five years ago," said Om Tantia, consultant bariatric and metabolic surgeon, ILS Hospital here.

Los Angeles, July 25 : Actress-model Helen Flanagan had an emergency spray tan session at midnight because she was terrified of looking pale.

The 22-year-old, who is due to start filming for the new show "Celebrity Super Spa" in Liverpool, couldn't sleep thinking about her looks and called for a tanning session at 1.30 a. m., reports thesun. co. uk.

"Helen is very self-conscious. She was in her hotel room and wanted to get a good night's sleep before filming her new show the next day," said a source.

New Delhi, July 25 : German luxury automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz Thursday launched its sports sedan car E 63 AMG priced at Rs. 1.29 crore (ex-showroom Delhi).

"With this launch, we now have a very unique and broad range of product offering in India," Eberhard Kern, managing director and chief executive, Mercedes-Benz India, told IANS.

"We have gone ahead and launched various new products this year. We have been getting a very good response from the customers."

Mumbai, July 25 : Maruti Suzuki Thursday reported a 49 percent increase in net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal at Rs. 631.61 crore, up from Rs. 423.77 crore in the corresponding period of 2012-13.

"The increase was due to focussed cost reduction efforts undertaken by the company, favourable foreign exchange rates and the benefit from merger of Suzuki Powertrain India with the company last fiscal," the company said in a statement.

Net sales for the quarter under review stood at Rs. 9,995.12 crore, a decline of 5.1 percent over the first quarter sales of Rs. 10,529.24 crore in the last fiscal.