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As the Lalit Modi's brainchild Indian premier League is still getting into the real action mode in the third season of this much-hyped format, advertisers have already started to worry about the expected hike in the ad-rates next season.

Notably, this week, The Sahara Group along with Rendezvous Sports purchased the Pune and Kochi franchisee for a whopping $370 million and $333 million respectively.

The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led government in the state of Uttarakhand has set its mood up to get the tax holidays extended from the central government for another three years.

In fact, the leaders of the opposition party Congress have also supported the move of extending the tax holidays. While the tax breaks vary from product to product but broadly it is referred to the excise duty concessions that the companies get who are operating in the state.

The latest buzz is Google's TV which encases an Internet platform in itself. Combining the strengths of Intel as chip developer and Sony for the television manufacturing, this device is posed as a 'thing of desire'. The prototype of the set-top box will facilitate in better web-browsing experience.

It is also believed that the device which is attributed to navigate amongst web-browsers also aids in creating better software's by the developers.

It works hand in glove with Logitech to develop the remote and a mini keyboard for the system.

Shyam Benegal tells Jyothi Venkatesh that his ambitious Indo-Sri Lankan project Buddha has been put on the backburner, thanks to International recession which has taken a toll on the project.

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Shilpa Shetty Kundra's tryst with reality shows continues as she's drafted in as a celeb judge on Colors show IPL Rockstar, say various media reports.

Shilpa was quoted in a tabloid saying that she's judging a reality show but couldn't speak more.

Boman Irani tells Jyothi Venkatesh over a cup of green sugar free tea that though he was skeptical when Shyam Benegal told him that Minissha was to play his daughter in his film; she surprised him by essaying the character with aplomb.

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