Washington, Dec 8 : Freida Pinto, the Indian actress who starred in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, has revealed that sex scenes in Bollywood are usually shot just for the sake of randy directors, but are eventually edited from films.

In an interview to Complex magazine, Freida admitted that she almost fell victim to one lusty filmmaker, who attempted to convince her that a sex scene was a pivotal part of his movie.

However, she didn’t succumb as she was aware of how such things work in Indian cinema.

New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex surged by over 4 per cent in trading on Monday, buoyed by the government's fiscal measures, including a
4-billion-dollar package to counter the downturn in the economy.

The 30-share-sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange shot up by 370.96 points - an increase of 4.14 per cent - and was quoted at 9,336.16, at 3 pm (9.30 GMT), five hours after trading opened.

The broader 50-share Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange also rose by 3.91 per cent and was ruling at 2,820 levels.

Albany (New York), Dec. 8 : Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, will in all probability, look to the Kennedy clan to convince her to push to be appointed to Hillary Clinton''s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat.

"Right now, it''s more of a family push than her own," the New York Daily News quoted, a source, as saying.

State Governor David A. Paterson has said he has yet to make up his mind whom he will tap to fill the seat that becomes vacant next month if Clinton is confirmed as President-elect Barack Obama''s secretary of state.

London, Dec 8 : A camel might sound bizarre as a Christmas gift, but the desert animal has been named as the most favoured choice in the top ten list of charity gifts for 2008.

The independent watchdog ‘Intelligent Giving’ has compiled the top ten charity gifts from a search of more than 200 charities.

Madrid - Spanish giants Atletico Madrid announced on Monday that they would travel to Marseille, for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Olympique just hours ahead of the kickoff.

Like most European teams, Atletico normally travel the day before the game, in order to get used to the city, the stadium and the weather.

This time, however, Atletico have decided to fly later because of serious security concerns.

Atletico have received several threats from Marseille "ultras", because of the sentence handed out on Friday by a Madrid court to OM fan Santos Mirasierra.

Lahore, Dec. 8 : The banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-toiba has said that it has devised ways at the grassroots level to circumvent a Pakistan Government move to curb its activities.

Authorities in Islamabad have ordered the police to prevent banned militant organizations like the Lashkar from collecting the hides of sacrificial animals.

A member of Lashkar-e-Toiba said that the “organisation has already devised a grassroots-level strategy to collect hides.”