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For 72nd birthday, Big B plans digital gift for fans

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On his 72nd birthday, Amitabh Bachchan is geared up to surprise his fans! An active user of social networking media, he will sending a personal video message and digitally signed posters to a few lucky ones on Saturday.

This is his way of “reciprocating the love” of his audience.

Big B, in association with micro-blogging platform Twitter and celebrity digital media network Fluence, will respond to all his fans that follow him on Twitter handle @SrBachchan, and tweet and send him birthday wishes with the hashtag #AB72Wishes starting Wednesday.

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Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami would appeal to every Aam Aadmi – Abhinav Shukla

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Dynamism could well be Abhinav Shukla’s middle name. After helming the success of Nautanki films in the television world with blockbuster serials, Abhinav is gearing up to set foot in Bollywood with his maiden venture, Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami. In a detailed chat with Tellychakkar.com, Abinav talks about his movie, the 100 crore club and SRK.

How did the idea to produce Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami germinate?

Nobel Prize for seeing how life works at molecular level

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Ehrenberg speaks next to Lidin and Normark as they announce the laureates of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

By Sven Nordenstam and Ben Hirschler STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – A German and two American scientists won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for smashing the size barrier in optical microscopes, allowing researchers to see individual molecules inside living cells. U.S. citizens Eric Betzig and William Moerner and Germany’s Stefan Hell won the prize for using fluorescence to take microscopes to a new level, making it possible to study things like the creation of synapses between brain cells in real time. …

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Ravi Shankar Prasad highlights Congress misrule, says Maharashtra needs change

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Mumbai, Oct.8 (ANI): Asserting that the Congress’ misrule at the Centre during the last 10 years had brought it down to 44 seats in the Lok Sabha, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said Maharashtra needs change, adding he is confident that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form a majority government in the state.

Modi’s welfare reforms may need to be bigger and bolder

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India's Prime Minister Modi speaks at Madison Square Garden in New York

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Kamla Rani, a 50-year-old housewife living in a run-down area of New Delhi, baulks at the idea of having heavily subsidised food benefits replaced by money deposited in a bank account. “How can we believe the government will pay on time or increase the amount when prices go up every month?” she asked, sitting in the doorway of her modest home in Gulabi Bagh, a residential area in the north of the capital where many people live in slums. …

A Closer Look: What map apps can do for you

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This combination of screen shots shows mapping apps, from left, Apple Maps for iPhones, Microsoft Here for Lumia-branded Windows phones, and Google Maps for Android. Mapping apps have grown more sophisticated in the last five years. (AP Photo)

CHICAGO (AP) — Many people use smartphone apps to map their drive to dinner or find a less-congested route to work. But did you know that you can use them for public transit, too? You can even access some maps offline, when you have a spotty connection or are in the subway.

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Pallavi Sharda gears up for Australian film

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Actress Pallavi Sharda, who made her Bollywood debut with Besharam, will soon begin workshops to prepare for an Australian film.

“I have just wrapped my film Hawaaizaada and now I will start shooting for my next project, which is an Australian film in a couple of months. The film is about a real life case. It’s a criminal story based on a novel written by Helen Garner,” Pallavi told us.

“I will begin the workshops for this film from Diwali. I am not allowed to reveal much about this film.”