Businessman Remake:Maverick director RGV and dynamic director Puri Jagannath are set to remake 'Businessman' in Hindi soon. Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan steps into the shoes of Super Star Mahesh Babu in this Bollywood remake. The news has been revealed by RGV via his twitter account, he says “ Finally its confirmed..Me nd puri jagan together are making the remake of the block buster telugu hit `Businessman' with Abhishek bachchan”. Businessman, …

Pakistan's total liquid foreign reserves stood at $16,424.5 million on February 24, 2012, State Bank of Pakistan said Thursday. According to break-up, foreign reserves held by SBP were $12,062.3 million and net foreign reserves held by banks (other than SBP) $4,362.2 million.

In a bid to tighten the noose around habitual traffic offenders, the government today approved five-fold increase in fines under the Motor Vehicle Act, and substantial hike in compensation to accident victims. Under one of the proposed amendments, the government has cleared four-fold increase in compensation to Rs 1 Lakh in fatal accidents, and Rs 50,000 for grievous hurts in hit and run cases. These changes will be incorporated in the Motor Vehicle …

A mobile clip taken of the Tuesday night fight at the restaurant in Taj clearly shows that it was not Saif Ali Khan alone who was the culprit by landing a punch on South African NRI businessman Iqbal Mir Sharma. It was the other way round too. The mobile clip shows, Saif with a broken tooth, crashing on to a sofa, and nursing a black eye with his T-shirt torn. According to staff who were present inside the restaurant, it was Iqbal Mir Sharma, …

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan on Thursday denied starting a fight in which he is accused of breaking a man's nose at a luxury hotel in Mumbai, saying he was acting in self-defence. Khan said the brawl began when his girlfriend, actress Kareena Kapoor, and other companions were verbally abused by fellow diners at the Wasabi Japanese restaurant in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. "There was an ugly incident where my friends and the ladies with us were …

In the currency market, the rupee ended firmer at 90.75/79 to the dollar, compared with Tuesday's close of 90.86/91 amid lack of import payments. But dealers expect pressure on the local unit to continue due to rising international oil prices, which hit a nine-month high on Tuesday. The rupee touched a record low of 91.28 to the dollar in January, pressured by worries about higher payments for oil imports and the country's overall economic health. …

A scrap dealer trying to cut the metallic body of an old petrol tanker with oxy-acytelene gas cutter caused a blast followed by a fire engulfing three other tankers on Tuesday evening, causing severe burn injuries to four children. A local mob in Sadar Bazar's Maccheran locality then went on a wild spree, stoning the tankers and a JCB machine. The mob also stoned a Fire brigade vehicle and a police jeep as both police and fire brigade arrived …

Gold improved by Rs86 to close at Rs 50,228 per 10 grams in the local market Monday as its international price recovered to $1,729 an ounce, market sources said. According to Karachi Saraf Association official, tola (11.664 grams) price also increased by Rs 100 to close at Rs 58,600. Silver closed higher at Rs 934.28 per 10 grams.

Dharmendra and Hema Malini’s elder daughter Esha Deol Sunday got engaged to businessman Bharat Takhtani, whom the Dream Girl describes as a “good looking” guy. “The wedding dates have not been decided yet. However, post ‘Tell Me O Kkhuda’, we had decided that Esha would get settled. We will make an official announcement once we decide the marriage dates,” she told reporters and added: “My son-in-law is very good looking.” The ceremony, which took …

Super Star Mahesh Babu who is riding high on the success of Dookudu and Businessman is acting in a new movie under the direction of Sukumar. The movie was launched yesterday in a low profile event at Ramanaidu Studios, Hyderabad. The regular shooting of the film will begin from March. For the first time, Devi Sri Prasad is going to score music for Mahesh Babu, while Tamanna is playing heroine of the film. Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta and Gopichand …