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Tokyo, March 25 - Japanese stocks rose in Friday morning trading following overnight gains on Wall Street with some high-tech shares leading the advance.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 94.13 points, or one percent, to trade at 9,529.14 while the broader Topix index was up 4.12 points, or 0.48 percent, at 858.07.

Tokyo stocks opened higher with high-tech shares getting a boost after the US technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index soared 1.41 percent Thursday.

Mumbai, March 25 - Yash Raj Films has given its whole library to a new venture between Intel and Hungama Digital Entertainment, which is making available a selection of famous Bollywood and international movies for downloading and streaming by movie buffs.

"We are very much delighted that Intel is debuting their newest technology with Yash Raj Library. We are very happy with the association. Now the audiences would have all the films of their choice at their fingertips," Yash Chopra, chairman (entertainment) of FICCI-Frames told reporters at the conclave.

Panaji, March 24 : "Three Idiots" star Omi Vaidya, who played the lovable snitch Chatur Ramalingam in the movie, should be funded to make a film on Goa, a ruling party legislator told the assembly Thursday.

Former deputy chief minister and Congress member Dayanand Narvekar said the Goa government should do away with hosting the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) and spend the money on producing films by professionals, which showcase Goa and boosts the local film industry.

Mumbai, March 24 : Dev Anand is upset with the makers of the forthcoming movie "Dum Maaro Dum" for using his cult song of the same title in it. Producer Ramesh Sippy has clarified it was a issue of timing and it's their misfortune that the legend is upset with them.

The popular song "Dum maaro dum" from Dev Anand's 1971 super-hit movie "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" has been re-arranged and used in Sippy's "Dum Maro Dum", which is directed by his son Rohan. The new version has weird lyrics, new music with an underlying feel of the hit song and has been picturised on Deepika Padukone.