Thaman confirms Shruti item song in Aagadu

Superstar Mahesh Babu’s ‘Aagadu’ will now have a sensational item song and the actress to shake a leg in the number will be none other than the sizzling hot Shruti Haasan. Music director Thaman promised to reveal a surprise a few days ago and this is the surprise he has been waiting to announce.

Will NTR attend CBN swearing in?

After a close fight, Chandrababu Naidu managed to emerge as the winner in the Seemandhra General Elections. Naturally, the party and all those celebrities who campaigned for the TDP are euphoric and they are planning to attend the swearing in ceremony, to celebrate the occasion.

Ram’s Pandaga Chesko from 12th

Hero Ram and Rakul Preet Singh will be the hero and heroine in a new film. This film is going to be ‘Pandaga Chesko’ and it is going to be a romantic comedy entertainer with lots of comedy and good songs.

Deadly MERS passed on from camels to humans: Study

Researchers have said they found the first direct evidence that the potentially deadly Middle East respiratory virus, or MERS, jumps directly from camels to humans.

The virus has hit Saudi Arabia the hardest, killing 282 people out of 688 infected, according to the Saudi health ministry's latest figures.

MERS has been found elsewhere in the Middle East and in Europe, Asia and North America, brought by travellers who were infected in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.

Weakness in banks, RIL drag Nifty below 7,400

Markets have come off morning lows as gains in SBI and metal major capped losses in heavyweights. At 1040 hrs, the Sensex was down 88 points at 24,717 and the Nifty was down 16 points at 7,385.

Meanwhile, the broader market firmed with both the mid and smallcap indices adding 0.8% each.

Oil & Gas, Auto and Bankex were the only indices in red, down 0.2-0.6%. Defensives like IT and FMCG indices were down 0.1% each.

PM breaks the ice with secretaries, bowls them over

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, true to his style, opened a direct channel of communication with the country's top bureaucrats on Thursday. In a meeting of almost three hours and well into late evening, Modi is learnt to have clearly indicated to the secretaries (77 of them were present) that he's a hands-on prime minister.

The secretaries Business Standard spoke to said it was an upbeat experience for them. They could speak to the PM on any matter whenever there was a problem - on phone, email or through face-to-face interaction - Modi assured them, calling each by his name. Modi also recounted his first day in the Prime Minister's Office, saying he walked the corridors, greeting officials and catching a glimpse into their files.

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