A fishing boat lost in the massive Japanese tsunami a year ago has turned up off Canada's west coast, authorities said Saturday. An aerial inspection suggested that there was no one on board, Transport Canada spokeswoman Sau Sau Liu told AFP. The 65-meter (210-foot) vessel was spotted Tuesday by a Canadian Forces aircraft on a routine surveillance patrol, and its Japanese owner has been notified, said Transport Canada. A military photo …

Don 2 – The King is Back” has earned Rs.15.3 crore on the opening day, which is the highest first day collection on a non-holiday Friday. The film is a sequel to Farhan Akhtar’s 2006 “Don”, which was a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan starrer of the same name. In overseas markets, “Don-2..” broke the record for the highest single day gross for a Hindi film in Australia with estimated earnings of US$82,000 Friday. The earlier record was Reliance …

The massive response for 7aum Arivu has compelled the distributors in the US to increase the number of screens. The latest we hear is that the film with English subtitles will be screened in three more AMC locations – 2 in New Jersey and 1 in Illinois. 7aum Arivu is being screened in North America in all Big Cinemas, Cinemark and AMC locations. The increase in screens will make sure that the film reaches out to more number of audiences.

Bharat Creations will release 7th sense and 7aum Arivu in about forty states in the US and 10 cities in Canada. The number of cities that this film will be screened in the US is 57. After Endhiran, this film is to be the second biggest release for a Tamil film in the US. 7aum Arivu’s release is being expected with bated breath by fans all over the world ever since the audio and trailer was out. With just a couple of days more to go for its release, …

Wizcraft, the organizers of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, have denied reports that Shahrukh Khan may skip the awards ceremony here this week due to his knee injury. “That’s not true. These are just rumours spread by the media. He is definitely coming. Don’t believe in these rumours,” a Wizcraft media representative told IANS here. Apart from performing at the IIFA Awards, Shahrukh Khan will also join Vivek Oberoi at a red-carpet …

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson Tuesday said mobile broadband subscriptions are likely to reach the one billion mark globally in 2011. “During the course of 2010, a significant milestone in terms of mobile broadband subscriptions was reached as their number surpassed the half-a-billion mark globally. Ericsson estimates that this number will double before 2011 ends,” the company said in a statement. The greatest number of subscriptions, around …

India’s IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd has been ranked number one among retail IT services providers worldwide for 2010 in a global evaluation, the company said Monday. The Bangalore-based global software major emerged top in the evaluation by the US-based Retail Info Systems News (RIS) IT Services LeaderBoard when placed in a head-to-head ranking among 32 global service providers, the company said in a statement here. “Our overall ranking …

India’s second largest infotech company Infosys Technologies Monday said it had won the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) awards in the global, Asian and Indian categories for 2010. “The MAKE selection panel recognised our company for creating a corporate knowledge-driven culture and a learning organization, transforming knowledge into shareholder value,” Infosys vice-president Srikantan Moorthy said in a statement here. The MAKE awards …

Here’s a beauty queen with a difference. Like her peers, Miss India Worldwide Canada Amin Dhillon also wants to join Bollywood, but only as an item girl. Amin, 26, who is also a budding author, said she is “very keen on doing item numbers in Bollywood”. “I love to dress up and I love being the centre of attention. I personally love the item song ‘Kajra re’ and I have actually given live performance on that. I love to perform on stage; so performing …

Karan Johar directed and SRK-Kajol starrer, ‘My Name Is Khan’ (MNIK) has gone out to make a new history. The film, which released on Feb 12, has become a top-grosser film in North America with total sales of $3,635,000 after 17 days of release. Being a path-breaking film in Shah Rukh’s career, MNIK has surpassed his earlier 2007 film ‘Om Shanti Om’ records (of $3,597,372) and continues to play in 119 theatres across the US and Canada in its third …