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In a bid to ease the liquidity pressure in the monetary system, the union government has directed public sector enterprises to keep their surplus funds with public sector banks (PSBs) without any competitive bid. Total surplus funds amounts to about 1,00,000 cror. This amount would meet fund requirement of the banks, as they have already used funds to cover government sponsored farm loan waiver and other debts.

Brad Pitt faced a weird incident when he was roughed up by a security guard. The guard grabbed him and spun him at the premiere of his latest movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Incidently, the guard had been hired to protect the actor.

Brad Pitt had to struggle to get out of the clutches of the guard and eventually locked himself in a washroom to escape humiliation.

LondonLindsay Lohan admits her relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson but says she is not a lesbian.

"I think it's pretty obvious who I'm seeing ... She's a wonderful person and I love her very much," says Lohan, 22. "I feel like [talking about my relationship] jinxes it. It's hard. The second I start talking about whomever I'm seeing, a month or two later it's failed." But is she bixexual? "Maybe. Yeah," she responds, but then says "No" when asked if she's lesbian.

With 'Ananthapurathu Veedu' - the next venture by Director Shankar's S Pictures - 'thriller specialist' Naga is making his debut as director on the big screen.

The story, screenplay, dialogues and direction are by Naga. Even though Naga claims that the film would be a family-oriented one, sources say that it would be another thriller along the lines of his TV serials, like Marma Desam, Vidaathu Karuppu and Chidambara Ragasiyam.