Mega Star Chiranjeevi has wonderful sense of humor not only onscreen but also off screen, when it comes to having fun with his co-stars. While addressing the audio songs release of Ram Charan's 'Racha', mega star expressed his desire to romance Tamanna for his 150th movie. That's not all, he also said that he is ready to do the milestone film if Tamanna says 'YES' to act opposite him. So what happened next? An overwhelmed Tamanna obliged the mocking …

The yen edged up against the dollar and the euro in Asian trade Tuesday as investors adjusted their positions. The dollar was trading at 81.42 yen in Tokyo morning trade, down from 81.53 yen in New York late Monday. The euro was changing hands at $1.3223 and at 107.58 yen compared with $1.3218 and 107.76 yen. "Although there are risks of a stronger yen coming from position-adjusting after the performances of stock markets in Europe and the United …

The shooting for Billa 2 has been wrapped up. Manoj K Jeyan, who plays the lead villain in Billa 2 is now currently busy with a Malayalam movie which will have a one month long schedule in Punjab. With the trailer and audio gearing up for release very soon, the frenzy amongst the fans is all set to touch a new high, running up to the eventful May Day when Billa 2 will hit screens.

The euro edged up in Asia on Wednesday, supported by positive expectations over the European Central Bank's second batch of low-interest loans to eurozone banks. The single currency fetched $1.3482 in Tokyo afternoon trade, compared with $1.3466 in New York late Tuesday. Against the yen, the euro was unchanged at 108.34. "There is a strong sense of anticipation," a senior trader at a major Japanese trust bank said as the market awaited a flood …

AR Rahman's student Ved Shankar will be making his debut in the music industry with Naduvala Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom. It is a film to be directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan and features newcomers, Vijay Sedhupathi and Bagavathi. Andrea has sung one of the tracks and Ved Shankar has also rendered a number in his voice. Ved Shankar was the first student enrolled among the 40 students, AR Rahman handpicked personally for his KM Music Conservatory which …

They are deadly, hard to detect and fast becoming one of the most sought-after weapons in the air defence industry. Global demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, is heating up as armed forces invest in new systems to boost their ability to carry out reconnaissance and strikes without putting soldiers' lives in danger. Propelled by a rise in Asian defence budgets, annual global spending on UAVs is forecast to almost …

Nearly 500 elephants have been killed in a Cameroon national park in less than two months by poachers from Sudan and Chad, a park official told AFP on Thursday. "As of today we estimate that 480 elephants have been slaughtered in our park," said Mathieu Fometa of the Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Chad, where the animals roam freely. "Formally, we did count 458 carcasses," he said, but he cautioned that "these …

The euro firmed against major currencies in Asian trade Friday thanks to an upbeat German business confidence survey and improving investor sentiment about Greece. The common currency was trading at $1.3374 and 107.12 yen in Tokyo trade, compared with $1.3369 and 106.94 late Thursday in New York. The greenback stood at 80.11 yen in Friday trade, compared with 79.98. Noriaki Murao, a senior dealer at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York, said …

Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires. Most of those deaths are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 157,000 people die as a result of being exposed to such fires annually, with southeast Asia ranking second with 110,000 deaths. "I was surprised at our estimate being so …

The euro was flat against the dollar in Asia Wednesday as enthusiasm over a eurozone agreement on a bailout for Greece faded due to concerns more must be done to get the country back on track. The euro faces downward risks as investors are likely to start adjusting their positions, dealers said. The euro changed hands at $1.3236 and 105.63 yen in Tokyo morning trade, compared with $1.3238 and 105.50 yen in New York late Tuesday. The dollar edged …