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March is usually a dry month for the Hindi film industry thanks to the Class 10 and 12 board examinations and so the industry has little to offer in terms of big budget outings.

Adding fuel to fire will be Indian Premier League (IPL) matches on the big screen. The IPL event starts on March 12.

After belling the day on a steady note, the benchmark index for Indian equities gained 60 points in just 25 minutes of trading.

At 9.24 a. m., Sensex, which opened at 17,072.94, gained 60.01 points to trade at 17,112.55 as against its last closure at 17,052.54.

Meanwhile, the broad-based Nifty stood at 5,117.35 as compared to its previous close at 5,101.5, an increase of 0.31%.

Broader markets also witnessed gains with the BSE midcap index surging 0.4% up and the BSE small cap index 0.46% higher.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan may not be bagging the coveted film roles any longer, but she might make millions in a court case over a widely seen TV advertisement.

The 23-year-old actress has filed a suit against online brokerage E-Trade for $100 million alleging that the company advertisement in which a baby named Lindsay is referred to as a "milkaholic" assaulted her rights.

The commercial launched during the Super Bowl in February and featured a baby boy saying sorry to his lady friend for standing her up as he was very busy trading shares.

Major US stock indices registered modest gains on Tuesday, headed by troubled financial companies bailed out by the US administration in 2009.

General Electric (GE), Boeing, AT&T and United Technologies also witnessed their shares get higher yesterday.

Boeing's gains came after contenders EADS and Northrop Grumman late Monday drew out of an offer for a worthwhile Air Force agreement to construct aerial refuellers.

Citigroup, Financials American International Group (AIG) plus mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all recorded firm rallies. There was no obvious reason for the unexpected gains.

In spite of worldwide slump, software exports from Haryana rose 17% during the last fiscal (2008-09).

The total software exports from the state stood at Rs 21,000 crore (Rs 210 billion/$4.5 billion) as against last year's figure of Rs 18,500 crore.

Gurgaon contributed the most to the yield of IT as well as Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry in the state as over 90% of the units are situated in the district.

UK-based waste management firm Shanks on Tuesday walked away from talks with Carlyle Group rejecting the latter's final buy out offer. Shanks' shares, which has been on a roll since the discussion started in December last year, dropped over 16 per cent after the company issued the statement.