TopNews

Mumbai, July 31 : Young and bubbly actress Sonam Kapoor, who was romantically linked with her "I Hate Luv Storys" director Punit Malhotra in the past, says she will not date anyone from the film industry as she believes all the good ones here are already taken.

"I won't date anyone from the industry, honestly. Industry guys are amazing, but the good ones are taken," Sonam said here.

"I have learnt that work and pleasure should be separate," added the actress, who was present at the cover launch of Stardust magazine, featuring her and her "I Hate Luv Storys" co-star Imran Khan.

Chennai, July 31 : Non-banking finance company (NBFC) Shriram City Union Finance plans to raise around Rs. 1,000 crore issuing debentures and through other debt this fiscal to achieve a growth of around 25-30 percent over the next couple of years, a top company official said Wednesday.

"The fund raising is expected to happen sometime this year to support the company's target. The company will continue to grow its non-corporate book size in a focused manner," G. S. Sundararajan, managing director, told reporters here.

Going by the growth plans, the company would need around Rs. 2,500 crore for the next 2 to 3 years.

Kochi, July 31: A hand-painted Tata Nano car was sold for over Rs. 13 lakh at an online auction here.

The Nano, painted by artist Bose Krishnamachari, fetched Rs. 13,01,402 ($22,438) at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in a 24-hour online bidding organised by Saffronart at www. saffronart. com.

The online bidding ended 8.00 p. m. Tuesday, bringing down the curtains on the country's debut art car auction, said a statement from the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF).

A Nano costs around Rs. 1.20 lakh.

Taxpayers' last-minute rush to file returns for the assessment year 2013-14 has made the website of the income tax department run slow, ahead of the soon-to-be-concluded July 31 deadline.

More taxpayers are filing their returns online as the central board of direct taxes (CBDT) has made e-filing of the returns mandatory for even people who have an annual income of up to Rs 5 lakh.

Some problems in accessing the website for e-filing returns are primarily because of network restrains of the local Internet service providers (ISPs).

The government has decided to sell just 5 per cent of its stake in Coal India Ltd (CIL), half of the size it previously planned to offload, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal confirmed on Tuesday.

In May, the government was all set sell 10 per cent of its stake in the coal miner, but worker unions opposed the plan and issued warnings that they would go on an indefinite strike if the government went on with its stake sale plan. The severe opposition forced the government to postpone the plan.

The government is in search of a successor to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao as he does not want an extension in his term.

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters that Subbarao had told him that he wanted to move on and would not like to be considered for an extension.