Guwahati, Mar 7 : Unfavorable weather conditions for tea plantations coupled with global slowdown have badly affected tea exports of Assam.
Statistics say that India, the second-largest tea producer in the world experienced a slump by 25 per cent in January 2009.
Indranil Sharma, a tea garden owner in Guwahati said that apart from the slowdown in exports, even the weather is playing havoc this season.
Owing to scanty rainfall the soil has literally dried up. Though dry spells are common in Assam but this year the spell is there for a longer period.
Yash Raj Films is releasing their first film of 2009 - New York amidst the peak of IPL's season 2. But then again the release day is also subject to the differences being resolved between film producers, distributors and exhibitors.
Though Mumbai tabloid recently reported about Salman being signed up as Aamir's replacement for a Yash Raj banner film to be directed by Yash Chopra himself. Our sources within Yash Raj however suggest, Aamir's film with the Yash Raj big daddy is still on and is in the pre-production planning stages. Salman however has been finalized for another project under the banner.
Vidya Balan has given some really intimate scenes in Vishal Bhardwaj's Ishkiyan. All her hot scenes in the film are with Arshad Warsi. Vidya play's a slightly grey character in the film who fools the uncle-nephew jodi of Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi.
Akshay Kumar, it seems, has taken a fancy for international singers of late. After Chandni Chowk To China, the actor has again teamed up with US-based desi hip-hop and rap star Bohemia for a peppy song and music video for his forthcoming Percept Picture Company's film 8X10 Tasveer. Apart from this Akshay had earlier teamed up with Snoop Dogg in Singh Is Kinng, Kylie Minogue in Blue.
London, Mar 7 : Chelsea coach Guus Hiddink has ordered Ashley Cole to end his nightlife escapades, admitting that he was "amazed" to have to lay down the law to such an experienced player.
