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It was five years ago when Tamil actor Suriya was picked up by director, Ram Gopal Varma. He was picked up for his role in the movie, 'Kakha Kakha'.

Since that time, he has become like a family friend of Ram Gopal and they share very cordial relationship.

And this has proved to be very beneficial for the South Indian actor with haute-packs. He was poured in with many offers from the Hindi producers. But, he says that he has waited till now so that he is able to get the right script.

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In its directive, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed the urban co-operative banks (UCBs) to start their off-site ATM.

Till now, the UCBs had t to take prior approval from the central bank for opening their ATMs at places which were not within their branch area.

The notification of RBI said, "It has been decided to allow well-managed UCBs to set up off-site ATMs without seeking approval through the annual business plans."

It has been reported that light primary election turnouts in Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina Tuesday produced no major upsets as veteran campaigners took key U. S. Senate races.

In North Carolina, all congressional incumbents won, including Republican U. S. Sen. Richard Burr, who had no problem dispatching three intraparty challengers.

The world's second largest retailer, Carrefour has announced that it will be expanding its business in China and India.

It is being done so that it can have a strong hold on the two fast growing emerging markets where the retail giant is not having a foothold till now. The announcement was made by the Chief Executive of the company, Lars Olofsson.

Lars was talking during the annual general meeting of the group and made the announcement during his speech in front of the shareholders.

According to the official reports, U. S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared a major disaster area in four Tennessee counties devastated by flooding.

It has been reported that the declaration requires federal resources to be deployed to Cheatham, Davidson, Hickman and Williamson counties to aid in the recovery from the severe floods and winds that have killed at least 29 people and wreaked havoc across the Tennessee and Ohio river valleys since April 30.