Ganoeri (Maharashtra), Mar 31 : Farmers in Ganoeri village of Aurangabad district of Maharashtra have expressed happiness after their farm loans were waived off recently.

Congress-led Government had on May 23, 2008 raised the total farm loan waiver limit to Rs. 716.8 billion from the Rs. 600 billion.

"The government has given a lot to us. They have made us loan free. Earlier, we were in shackles but now we are in less shackles. The government has done a lot of favor to us," said GorakhBeraker, a farmer.

Mumbai, Mar 31 : Anjali Waghmare, who is representing Amir Ajmal Kasab, the lone arrested terrorist in the November 26 terror strikes, on Tuesday told the special court that she needs another day to reconsider her decision on appearing in the case.

Waghmare, who faced violent protests outside her home on Monday said, "I am under a lot of pressure. Give me one day to decide and think over it."

Ace Bollywood beauty Tabu made a comeback in Lakme Fashion Week and impressed the audience with her alluring beauty along with her beau Nagarjuna.

Nagarjuna in a white shirt and blue jeans and Tabu in a black number swept the cheering crowd’s heart away when they walked the ramp for designer Asmita Marwah on the opening day of the Lakme Fashion Week at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.

They both looked comfortable in each other’s company.

The actress kept mum about her so-called relationship with Nagarjuna up till now.

Mumbai, March 30 : A special court here today appointed Anjali Waghmare as the new lawyer for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in the Mumbai terror attacks last year.

Waghmare, who is a lawyer from the state legal aid cell, will now represent Kasab.

Kasab, during an earlier court hearing on March 23, had said he wanted a lawyer to represent him during the trial and was ready to accept a government-appointed lawyer.

During the hearing, Kasab had also accepted the fact that he hailed from Faridkot in Pakistan.

Mumbai, Mar 30 : Layers, frills and skirts, with 'feminity' written all over in bold letters, highlighted Nita Lulla's collection displayed at the Lakme Fashion Week.

Lulla's collection, represented eco-friendly organic line, was displayed here last evening.

"This entire collection has a sense of Indianism to it but its more projecting contemporary India. Another feature of entire collection is the introduction of two new collections in eco-friendly fabrics," said Lulla.

Mumbai, Mar 29 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Sunday said that the Bollywood actor-turned-politician Govinda has expressed unwillingness to contest the upcoming general elections.

"Govinda has declined the offer to contest the Lok Sabha elections again," Chavan told reporters at State Congress party office here.

Govinda is the Congress MP from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency. He won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from the constituency after defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ram Naik.