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The markets started the day on a negative note reacting to the unexpected hike in repo and reverse repo rates by 25 bps each by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The central bank announced this hike ahead of Monetary Policy for 2010-11 on April 20.

Bharti Airtel’s board on Saturday approved a $9 billion offer for Kuwaiti telecom Zain’s African assets, Bloomberg reported, citing two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Exclusive talks between Bharti and Zain expire on March 25,

Text books say when the economy shrinks in two consecutive quarters, you have recession. By this measure, the recession is very much behind us. In fact, International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, released last October starts with this sentence:

A fter more than a year since his last release, Siva Manasula Sakthi, a hit, Jiiva returns with Kacheri Aarambam, releasing today. Why the hiatus? Laughs Jiiva: “I wanted to be sure that we came out with a winner again. KA will be an entertainer for all classes of audience.”

Cinema can go a long way in promoting positive bilateral relations between Australia and India, especially Bollywood films as they are ’all about heart’, said Rani Mukerji, who was in Sydney as chief guest at the 2010 Indian Film Festival - Bollywood and Beyond.

The IPL season I saw a showdown between the Mohali police and Ness Wadia over smoking in the stands, Season II was all about the Slapgate between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth, and now, they are in the news for an ad featuring their team in a Chandigarh newspaper.

Three losses on the trot without Gautam Gambhir, Delhi Daredevils stand-in skipper Dinesh Karthik on Sunday conceded that the absence of their regular captain had affected the fortunes of his side in the Indian Premier League.

Two more teams will enter the Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket tournament, after bids worth a combined $703 million for team franchise rights were announced on Sunday. Counting some of India’s best-known Bollywood stars

Andrew Symonds starred in an impressive all-round effort, racing to 35 and picking up three wickets, to help Deccan Chargers achieve their third consecutive victory in the IPL - a result in contrast to Delhi Daredevils’ run in the competition, .