LG launches Bello smartphone for Rs 18,500 in India

The handset features a 5-inch IPS display with 2,540 mAh battery combined with 1.3 GHz quad core processor. It has 1 GB RAM and 8 GB of internal memory, it added.

The Android KitKat-powered smartphone has a 8 megapixel rear camera with powerful features, including Touch and Shoot whereby one can simply touch anywhere on the screen, focus and get instant shots.

Besides, the Gesture Shot enables users to take selfies with a mere hand gesture. It features a front camera light that captures perfect selfies in low lit settings through the use of bright flesh-tone illumination framed around the subject.

Bello also has UX features like Knock Code, Smart Keyboard, Guest Mode, Capture Plus, Easy Home, QSlide and QuickMemo+.

The mobile phone has colour options like white, titan black and gold.

"Bello is the perfect choice for budget-conscious young people who are active users of social media. It presents the most practical and convenient user experience in the mid-tier smartphone market," LG Mobiles India Marketing Head Amit Gujral said.

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Now, send money to your Facebook friends real time for free

"This is a bank agnostic product, the sender and the receiver may not be our account holders. We have used the IMPS platform on the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) network to make this possible," KMB's executive vice president and head of digital initiatives, Deepak Sharmasaid.

At present, a sender can initiate fund transfer to any person through mobile phone, courtesy the IMPS infrastructure.
  
The IMPS platform has 28 banks under it and account holders of any of these banks can use the newly launched service, Sharma said, adding that there will be no charges for either sending or receiving the money.
  
KMB has worked closely with the Reserve Bank and the National Payments Corporation of India for it, he said.
  
The sender will have to register on a dedicated website for the initiative called 'KayPay' wherein he will have to give bank account details and the bank's MMID, apart from personal credentials, Sharma said.
  
Once registered, the sender can initiate transactions and if the beneficiary is not registered on KayPay, he will be directed to a page to register for completed a transaction.
  
If the beneficiary is registered on KayPay, the transaction will be executed faster.
  
On the security front, Sharma claimed it is fully secure, even in the event of the Facebook account getting compromised as it uses two-factor authentication to complete a transaction. Additionally, there is also an expiry time for a transaction, he said.
  
KMB has set a limit of Rs 2,500 per transaction and a total of Rs 25,000 a month for sending, while a beneficiary may also not get more than Rs 25,000 a month, Sharma said.
  
"We wanted to make fund transfers for small amounts as less cumbersome as possible," Sharma said.
  
It can be noted that at present, some lenders like ICICI Bank allow fund transfers for their own account holders using Facebook.
  
Sharma declined to give any target of the transactions which the bank is targeting, but said that the scope is vast as there are at least 250 million Facebook users in the country having a bank account, who can benefit from it.

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Hrithik Roshan's 'Bang Bang!' crosses Rs.150 crore in India

According to reports, the Siddharth Anand-directorial film had a good second weekend as it collected Rs 4.9 crores on Friday, 6.3 crores on Saturday and 8.03 crores on Sunday and now stands with a collection of 154.68 crores (approximately Rs.221 crore gross) at the domestic box office and the total worldwide collection soars to Rs 290.97 crore gross.

Released Oct 2, "Bang Bang!" collected USD11.3 million (Rs70 crore) in 11 days in the overseas market. If the Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif-starrer enthralled massy film lovers in home country, it also managed to perform well in the Middle East, Britain, US, Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan.

With this 'Bang Bang' has also smashed the record of Salman Khan starrer 'Dabangg 2'. Dabangg had made an overall worldwide collection of 265 crores. Bang Bang has now jumped to the 8th position in Bollywood's top worldwide earners list.

The film, that has been produced by Fox Star Studios, was made in the budget of Rs.140 crore.

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Kareena is a blessing in my life: Karisma Kapoor

She is my sister and we are very close. I think she is more of a friend to me than just a family member. We share a great bond and she is a blessing in my life," Karisma said.

The 'Zubeidaa' actress, who had a successful career in 90s' and 2000, says it has been a rare instance when two sisters have successfully worked in the same decade.
  
"I think there has never been a precedence where two sisters in Bollywood have been successful working simultaneously as heroines in same decade or same generation. I think we have been lucky and fortunate to have had great careers," she said.
  
Though they share a close bond as sisters personally, Karisma says professionally they never interfere in each other's decision.
  
Asked if she is worried that Kareena is rejecting many film offers after marriage, Karisma supported her sister and said “She is married and wants to pick and choose the work she is doing. It is completely her choice.”

“She is been that kind of person. I think, right from her first film, she has done whatever she has wanted to do in her life, and I think that is the kind of person she is and we respect that," she added.
  
Karisma, who went against her family to enter Bollywood, says she would never enforce anything on her children, Samiera and Kiaan, on what they want to be in life, including becoming an actor.
  
"I am a kind of parent who will let them do whatever they want to do in life. Whether they want to be an actor or not be an actor. I would never enforce anything on them," she said.

As a mother, Karisma wants her children to grow as strong and responsible individuals at their own pace.
  
Karisma does not want to get back into films as she wants to spend some time with her two children. The actress says she cannot think of being away from them for a long period of time.
  
"It is my personal choice and preference. I think my children are very young and when we do a film, it takes many days to complete a film. I want to be around for my children. I think I feel happy as a parent," said Karisma.
  
Acting may have taken a back seat after marriage and motherhood but Karisma feels she is still loved by her fans.
  
"In a way, I strike a balance with masses and classes. I also have that connect with the audience and I am thankful to my fans that they want to see me. Commercials don't consume a lot of time. I just did a book last year. I did a radio show. So, I like doing different things and that keeps me busy and active apart from parenting," she said.
  
Karisma feels young women should lead a healthy life to be active in life.
  
"I want to propagate to young women out there, you are beautiful as you are and you must lead a healthy lifestyle eat correctly and go to gym or do yoga or do something everything in moderation that's all," she said.

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Sonakshi Sinha goes glam for Action Jackson

The actress took to her official Facebook page to reveal her first look from the Ajay Devgn starrer film.

"My #firstlook in #ActionJackson! You Like ?" wrote Sonakshi along with the glamorous picture.

Donned in a navy blue short dress, a chequered shirt tied to her waist, teamed with ankle length black boots and a cowboy hat, the actress look an absolute chic in the picture.

The 'R Rajkumar' actress has shed her desi avtar for the film, and looks extremely gorgeous with her soft curls in the picture.

Helmed by Prabhu Deva, ‘Action Jackson’ is a tribute to the' King of Pop' Michael Jackson. The action comedy also stars Ajay Devgn, Yaami Gautam, Manasvi Mamgai, Kunaal Roy Kapur and Rocky Verma.

Co-produced by Ajay Devgn, the film is slated to release on December 5.

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Love working with young breed of actors: Prakash Raj

Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menon are playing the lead in the film, which has cinematography by PC Sreeram.

"Dulquer and Nithya Menon wow! Love working with these young breed of actors. With Mani Ratnam and PC calling the shots life is richer! Cheers (sic)," Prakash Raj tweeted on Monday.

The film, which is said to be a romantic story, will be shot against the backdrops of Chennai and Mumbai.

Mani Ratnam is expected to wrap up the film in about two months.

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Get ready for Google 'phablet' this month

Named Shamu (killer whale), the new Nexus phone will be larger than Apple's iPhone 6 Plus (5.5 inches) and Samsung Galaxy Note (5.7 inches), US daily reported.

Motorola Mobility, the phonemaker that Google is selling to China's Lenovo Group Ltd, is reportedly manufacturing the phone.

Google also plan to release a new version of its Android mobile-operating system simultaneously.

In 2011, phablets accounted for 1 percent of the global smartphone shipments but this year, these devices will make up 24 percent of the market, according to a report by global consultancy firm Strategy Analytics.

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Facebook may launch app for sharing posts anonymously

The standalone app may also have health-focused features to connect users suffering from the same illnesses to create a kind of support network, a US daily reported.

According to the report, the app will allow people to use pseudonyms so they can have discussions about topics "which they may not be comfortable connecting to their real names".

Whether the standalone app will connect to Facebook's main page and users' account is still not clear.

Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that releasing new standalone apps would be a top priority for the social networking site.

Facebook has already launched an ephemeral messaging app called Slingshot. The Facebook Messenger app has already been downloaded over 500 million times on Android-based devices.

Facebook-owned Instagram has also released a standalone private messaging app called Bolt.

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'Put gold to work for economy': World Gold Council

"Our vision for gold is that it should be put to work for the economy, creating jobs, developing skills, generating exports and revenues an essential part of the financial, economic and social structure of the country," a statement by WGC said here on Saturday.

Stocks of gold in India currently stand at over 22,000 tonnes held by individual households and temples. The WGC Saturday unveiled its vision for year 2020 for the Indian gold industry at the India International Bullion Summit.

This vision is aimed at outlining objectives for the industry that address the savings habit underpinning gold demand, support value addition, increase employment opportunities and benefit the industry in an organised way without curbing supply or impacting the current account deficit.

The statement said that in the next five years, India should target to increase gold jewellery export by five-fold. "India should be 'jeweller to the world' and increase gold jewellery exports to USD 40 billion (five-fold) from current $8 billion," the statement.

It suggested that in the next five years the sector should double the number of people it employees creating 5 million new jobs across the gold value chain manufacturing, retailing, assaying and recycling.

"Forty percent of gold demand should be met through domestic stocks and 60 percent from imports and mining. Big and meaningful thrust should be given to enhancing gold deposit schemes, extend duty benefit and import entitlement for domestic gold deposits," the statement said.

It said 75 percent of gold sold should be standardised and hallmarked as there is higher loan-to-value ratio for hallmarked jewellery. "There should be mandatory hallmarking for pieces above a designated selling price."

It stated there should be 'Karigar welfare scheme' towards skill development and training of artisans. It also suggested starting of 'gold tourism' circuit, showcasing handcrafted Indian jewellery.

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Oil Ministry sets up panel on delays in ONGC's gas discovery

The three-member committee will be headed by BN Talukar, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, and will have the financial advisor and a director from the ministry.

The panel will inquire into delay in developing fields by Oil and Natural Gas Corp in the block KG-DWN-98/2 or KG-D5, and submit its report by end-October, sources said.

ONGC's KG-D5 sits next to Reliance Industries' eastern offshore KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in Bay of Bengal. Both blocks were awarded in the first round of auction under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) in 2000.

While RIL began oil production from its KG-D6 block in September 2008 and gas output in April 2009, ONGC, which has made 11 oil and gas discoveries in KG-D5 block, is at least four years away from first gas. The ministry now wants to investigate the reasons for the delay.

ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh K Sarraf welcomed constitution of the committee and said the company will extend all cooperation in the investigation.

He said gas production from the block is planned to begin in 2018 and oil output in 2019.

KG-D5 will produce up to 90,000 barrels per day (4.5 million tonnes per annum) - the largest from any field on the east coast. ONGC will produce 17 million standard cubic meters per day of gas from the block.

"We plan to put to production discoveries in northern part of the block together with finds in a neighbouring block," he said, adding that the company is working on a field development plan which will detail investment required.

KG-D5 is divided into a Northern Discovery Area (NDA) and Southern Discovery Area (SDA).

NDA holds an estimated 92.30 million tonnes of oil reserves and 97.568 billion cubic metres of inplace gas reserves spread over seven fields.

ONGC bought 90 percent interest in Block KG-DWN-98/2 from Cairn Energy India Ltd in 2005. Cairn subsequently relinquished its remaining 10 percent interest in favour of ONGC.

Before selling most of its stake and giving away operatorship of the block, Cairn made four discoveries in the area Padmavati, Kanakdurga, N-1 and R-1 (Annapurna).

Subsequently, ONGC made six significant discoveries - E-1, A1, U1, W1, D-1 and KT-1 in NDA and the first ultra- deepwater discovery UD-1 at a record depth of 2,841 metres.

The NDA comprises discoveries like Padmawati, Kanadurga, D, E, U, A, while the ultra deepsea UD find lies in SDA.

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Gold, silver tumble on fall in demand, weak global cues

Silver followed suit and eased by Rs 450 to Rs 38,200 per kg on poor offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

The market remained closed on Thursday and Friday on account of 'Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti' and 'Dussehra', respectively.

Traders said fall in demand at prevailing higher levels and a weakening trend global market pulled down gold and silver prices.

Globally, gold in New York, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, fell two percent to USD 1,190.30 an ounce, the lowest since December 31 after US employers added more jobs in September than forecast, stoking speculation that the Federal Reserve will move closer to raising interest rates.

Silver also fell 1.3 percent to USD 16.82 an ounce on the Comex, after touching USD 16.64, the lowest since March 2010.

In Delhi, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 percent purity plunged by Rs 440 each to Rs 27,030 and Rs 26,830 per ten gram, respectively.

It had gained Rs 240 in the previous three sessions.

Sovereign followed suit and shed Rs 100 at Rs 24,100 per piece of eight gram.

Silver ready dropped further by Rs 450 to Rs 38,200 per kg and weekly-based delivery by Rs 285 to Rs 37,885 per kg.

Silver coins also nosedived by Rs 2,000 to Rs 66,000 for buying and Rs 67,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

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Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha to team up again in R Balki's Shamitabh?

'Ranjhanaa' actor Dhanush, who is also starring in the film, posted a picture of himself with the yesteryear sensation on micro-blogging site Twitter. He wrote, "LOOK whom I'm sharing screen space with in shamitabh. The one and only REKHA JI !!! beautyforever."

Reports suggest that the film which has Dhanush, Akshara Haasan and Amitabh Bachchan in lead will also have gorgeous Rekha. Director Balki has made this official and after ages, Rekha will be in the same film as Amitabh.

Dhanush will be seen romancing Kamal Haasan's younger daughter Akshara Haasan. The film also marks Bollywood debut of producer-director Mahesh Bhatt, who will be seen in a special role.

Balki's regular cast Ilayaraja and PC Sriram take the music & cinematography chair respectively as well. Shamitabh will be released worldwide on 6th Feb 2015.

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Shabana looks at Javed's 50-year journey with 'respect'

"50 years ago Javed Akhtar came 2 Bombay 2 pursue career in films - slept on d streets no food 4 days only talent n determination. RESPECT," Shabana posted on her Twitter page Saturday.

The 69-year-old got his first break in "Yakeen" (1969), and since then, he has been credited with a slew of songs, scripts and poems, which have been highly appreciated.

Farhan Akhtar, Javed's son from his first marriage to Honey Irani, said the family has celebrated his journey with a lunch. "Lunch with the family today to mark 50 years since @Javedakhtarjadu first stepped off a train at Bombay Central station with a big dream," tweeted the actor-filmmaker.

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Nothing concrete about 'Ishq Vishk' sequel: Kumar Taurani

According to reports, Ramesh Taurani has said the movie's script is almost finalised. The reports also say that the the sequel will be directed by Ken Ghosh, who had first helmed the 2003 candyfloss romantic drama. But Kumar Taurani says nothing as of now.

"We keep looking at different scripts, and as far as this sequel is concerned, nothing is concrete right now. Ken is still busy developing the script, so I can't talk anything about the film right now," Kumar told IANS.

If reports are to be believed, the sequel will have newcomers. The original movie had featured Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao as young college friends-turned-lovers.

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Assembly polls: Modi, Sonia to hit campaign trail today

On Saturday, Modi will address rallies in Beed and Aurangabad in the Marathwada region followed by Mumbai, the country's commercial capital, that evening, Bharatiya Janata Party vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said.

"We have planned out around 15-16 election rallies by the PM; There can be more if required," he told media persons.

Sahasrabuddhe expressed confidence that the BJP would win a majority on its own strength and form the government without requiring any post-poll alliances.

To a question about former ally and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray opposing so many rallies by the Prime Minister in the wake of a "Modi wave", Sahasrabuddhe countered that the BJP had full right to have the meetings and nobody could stop them.

The BJP election rally in Mumbai will be addressed by Modi on Saturday evening 7 pm at the Mahalaxmi Race Course. Top state and central BJP leaders are expected to be present at the much-awaited rally which the party hopes could turn the tables on the other four major contending parties - the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena for the elections.

This is the same venue where Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray launched his party's poll campaign two days ago and blasted the state BJP for snapping the two parties' 25-year-old alliance.

The build up to Modi's rally has seen a series of public meetings by state BJP leaders and also union minister Nitin Gadkari in the state in the past few days. The BJP hopes to independently come to power for the first time since it ruled the state in coalition with the Shiv Sena between 1995-1999.

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Badrinath Temple to close for winter on 27th November

"According to the auspicious date fixed on the occasion of Vijayadashmi today, the temple will close at 3.35 PM on November 27 this year," said chief of Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee Ganesh Godiyal.

The three other dhams Yamunotri, Gangotri and Kedarnath will close this month only.

While Gangotri shrine will close the next day after Diwali, Yamunotri and Kedarnath temples will close on Bhaiya Dooj.

All the four dhams are closed for devotees every year in October-November due to heavy snowfall. They reopen in April- May.

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DMK alleges law and order breakdown in Tamil Nadu

"We request you to exercise your Constitutional authority by taking appropriate action to implement the rule of law in Tamil Nadu," DMK Organisation Secretary RS Bharathi said in a memorandum to the Governor.
   
The DMK urged him to direct the government to "act in accordance with law" and take action against ruling partymen, who had "violated the law."
   
After the jailing of Jayalalithaa, ministers and AIADMK office-bearers engaged in various "unlawful" agitations, the DMK alleged and referred to burning of buses and claimed that their party offices were attacked.
   
Alleging that public properties were damaged, the DMK urged recovery from AIADMK for damages.
   
"The government machinery remains muted against offences by ruling party functionaries. There is no law and order in the entire state of Tamil Nadu and peace and public tranquillity is at stake."
   
The local bodies, which have Constitutional status, were passing resolutions criticising the judge who delivered the verdict against Jayalalithaa and attributing ill motives against him, the DMK alleged and said "it is nothing but an assault on the Constitution."
   
"If such violations are not prevented by your excellency these violations would certainly continue," the memorandum said.

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Jayalalithaa spent Rs 3 crore on Sudhakaran's wedding: Special Court

Sudhakaran's marriage, dubbed as 'mother of all weddings' was held in 1995 when Jayalalithaa was Chief Minister and had raised a huge controversy, inviting public criticism for ostentation, protests and petitions to Court.

"It is established in evidence that huge amount was spent towards the printing of invitation, publication of thanks in the dailies, 'tamboolam' and valuable presents given to the guests, all of which would certainly entail an expense of more than Rs three crores even by modest and conservative estimation," Special Judge John Michael D' Cunha said.

"Taking into consideration all the above facts and circumstances, a sum of Rs three crores is taken as the expenses incurred by A-1 (Jayalalithaa) towards arrangement for the marriage of A-3 (Sudhakaran)," he said rejecting their contention that the expenses were met by the bride's family.

The judge noted that oral and documentary evidence produced by the accused in support of their defence is "replete with the inconsistencies and irreconcilable contradictions".

The evidence indicates that the arrangements were sponsored by Jayalalithaa and at her instance all the arrangements were made and even the payment was made by her, he said.

The prosecution had come up with the case that over Rs six crore was spent for the marriage.

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Lalu attributes stampede to administrative 'lapse'

"Gandhi maidan stampede appears to be a matter of administrative lapse," Prasad wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter.

"Stern action shall be taken against officials found guilty...I am keeping a watch over the event," he said.

"From the beginning we have been demanding that height of the boundary wall of the Gandhi Maidan should be lowered and there should be more and more entry and exit points in the maidan," Prasad said.

The RJD is extending support to Jitan Ram Manjhi Government in Bihar.

Prasad said he was very sorry that he could not reach Patna due to health problem.

He repeated the helpline number 0612-2219810 released by the district administration for the relatives of the stampede victims.

Earlier known as the "Patna Lawns," Gandhi Maidan is a historic ground at Patna near the banks of the Ganga.

Several movements were launched on the Patna Lawns during the freedom struggle, the most important being the Champaran movement and the Quit India movement of 1942.

Jaiprakash Narayan had launched his movement against Congress from the same Gandhi Maidan in 1974.

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Stampede: Union Ministers slam Bihar government

"It is not only an unfortunate and regrettable incident but also shameful. Dussehra festivities take place in Gandhi Maidan every year. Still no appropriate arrangements were made... recently there was an incident during Chhatt puja. There was an incident during Narendra Modi's rally in October last year," Prasad said.

He was referring to the blasts which rocked Modi's rally venue.

Prasad said while he has spoken to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, a team of NDRF has already left for Patna to assist the state administration.

The Law Minister said that the Centre will render all possible assistance to the state government to deal with the situation.

Prasad and Paswan plan to visit Patna on Saturday to take stock of the situation. Both are from Bihar.

Expressing grief, Paswan attacked the JD(U) government in Bihar for allegedly failing to put in place measures to prevent the tragedy.

He said similar incidents had taken place during Chhatt Puja in Bihar but the state government has "failed to learn lessons."

At least 32 people, including 27 women, were killed and 22 others injured in the stampede that took place this evening at Gandhi Maidan in Patna shortly after the Dussehra celebrations.

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