Displaying their solidarity, Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) have announced a blackout of fresh programming, due to their inability to cope up with the increased costs.

The viewers will have to watch re-runs of their favorite soaps and shows on television as, facing the first day of 'zero fresh content' on their channels, broadcasters have sent strong signals to the TV content producers and workers that they would not absorb any rate hike at a time when the global economy is on a tailspin.

The shooting for Rahul Dholakia's 'Lamhaa' in Kashmir has had its moments for the hot and happening actress, Bipasha Basu - first, there was news of Bipasha being mobbed by the crowd, and now it's nothing less than a marriage proposal from a cop!

While on the shoot, the huge crowd dying to catch a glimpse of her was proof enough of Bipasha's tremendous sex appeal- in fact, wherever the lady went, the crowd followed, to the extent that the huge mob also distracted the shoot.

Ace Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is receiving ‘Z’ category security now-a-days to keep away from the prying eyes of her buffs as well as media persons.

Director Mani Ratnam and his team are keen in taking maximum effort to make sure that no one views the ‘look’ donned by diva for his flick ‘Ravana’ in which Ash dons the role of Sita.

Mani does not want to disclose any pictures of his movies before the release.

Scientists in the US examined brain scans of bullies and non bullies and found them to differ in their response to scenes of pain.  The researchers found the area associated with reward was stimulated when violent teenagers were shown pictures of people inflicting pain on others which is contrary to current thinking that aggressive teens lack the ability to empathize with people in pain and that their violent behavior could be innate as well as learnt.

The Sensex fell below the 10,000 level on the back of heavy selling action, weak global markets and fears of a deep and prolonged recession.

Realty, oil & gas, consumer goods and metal stocks were hammered badly.

The various relief and rescue packages declared by worldwide central banking institutions failed to lift investor response.

At 1:37 p.m., the 30-share index, BSE Sensex stood at 9936.97, down 599.19 points, from its previous closing mark, while the broad-based Nifty slipped to 2971.30, down 176.95 points.

ZTE Corporation, a top global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has rolled out the prototype of the world’s first 10G EPON network equipment including related system services.

The ZXA10 C220 and MDU prototype equipment are unified platforms designed for EPON, 10G EPON and GPON networks.