Mumbai, Feb 12 - Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who underwent two abdominal surgeries Saturday, tweeted fans about his condition as soon as he could from the hospital bed and thanked them for their wishes, which he feels never fails.

Big B's scheduled abdominal surgery went off smoothly Saturday morning at the SevenHills Hospital here. His abdominal pain was due to an injury he suffered during shooting of "Coolie" in 1982.

Mumbai, Feb 10 : Having started trade on a dull note, a benchmark index for Indian equities markets Friday slipped into the red amid profit booking in blue chips like Infosys and ICICI Bank.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,817.59 points, was ruling at 17,781.22 points, 49.53 points or 0.28 percent down from its previous close at 17,830.75 points. The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was also trading subdued at 5,400.55 points, down 11.8 points or 0.22 percent from its previous close.

Mumbai, Feb 9 - His fans look up to him as an idol, but superstar Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana believes her father isn't the perfect youth icon as he smokes a lot.

"Daughter just reprimanded me... how can u be the HT survey youth role model if you smoke. So to all the youths out there... please don't smoke!!" tweeted Shah Rukh.

"Big reprimand for smoking from my strict little atom bomb of a daughter!!!" he added.

The 46-year-old is said to be a chain-smoker but has admitted smoking is the "worst habit". (IANS)

Mumbai, Feb 9 - Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed that he will undergo abdominal surgery Saturday.

"There were some medical procedures today as well for -- and this is being disclosed to the Ef (extended family) at this point of time -- a surgery that I shall be undergoing on the 11th morning. I do not wish to talk much on my medical condition, but trust and faith in my FmXt (extended family) allows me to do so," Amitabh wrote on his blog bigb. bigadda. com.

Mumbai, Feb 9 - Model-turned-actress Malaika Arora Khan is often complimented on her perfect figure. She plans to share her fitness mantra with her fans and has decided to come up with a DVD soon.

"Hopefully, that will be soon enough. I am very much into yoga. I hope to come out with something which will also have diet plans in my DVD," Malaika told IANS.

Before this, Shilpa Shetty and Bipasha Basu had launched their fitness DVDs.

Mumbai, Feb 9 - Benchmark indices at Indian equities markets were Thursday ruling dull a little before noon, but buying continued in mid-to-smaller sized scrips.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,647.8 points, was ruling at 17,664.55 points, 42.77 points or 0.24 percent down from its previous close at 17,707.32 points.

The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was also trading subdued at 5,364.75 points, down 3.4 points or 0.06 percent from its previous close.

Mumbai, Feb 8 - Film director Sujoy Ghosh feels honoured that Amitabh Bachchan lent his voice to the song "Ekla Cholo Re" for his "Kahaani" but he doesn't want to exploit the megastar's love by asking him to be part of the video.

"Yes, we have thought of a music video but Amitabh Bachchan has already done a huge favour to me by lending his voice. It is generous of him. It would be wrong to exploit Mr. Bachchan's love," Ghosh told IANS.

Mumbai, Feb 8 - Indian equities markets were ruling higher a little before noon Wednesday, with a benchmark index trading 131 points higher amid positive cues from other Asian bourses.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,631.69 points, was ruling at 17,753.84 points, 131.39 points or 0.75 percent up from its previous close at 17,622.45 points.

The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was also trading higher at 5,375.4 points, up 40.25 points or 0.75 percent from its previous close.

Mumbai, Feb 7 - Filmmaker Kiran Rao, who became a mother to son Azaad last year in December, says she is not a perfect mother yet but is enjoying motherhood.

"I don't think I am perfect, but I certainly try and it's such a joy. I think every mother does what is best for her child because it's such a joy and a daily learning experience. So, I am enjoying it thoroughly. I don't think I could have asked for more," the 38-year-old said here at the launch of painter Sangeeta Gupta's exhibition.

Mumbai, Feb 6 - Indian equities markets started on a positive note Monday with a benchmark index rising smartly to rule 175 points higher in morning trade.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,741.91 points, was ruling at 17,780 points, 175.04 points or 0.99 percent up from its previous close at 17,604.96 points.

The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was also trading in the green at 5,376.2 points, up 50.35 points or 0.95 percent from its previous close.

Mumbai, Feb 5 - Almost the entire Mumbai film fraternity Saturday turned up at the wedding reception of Genelia D'Souza and Riteish Deshmukh held at the Grand Hyatt.

Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan, Imran Khan, Avantika, Juhi Chawla, Arjun Rampal, Subhash Ghai, Bipasha Basu, Ekta Kapoor, Arpita, Alvira, Bappi Lahri, Anushka Sharma, Sushmita Sen, Jacqueline Fernandes, Sajid Khan, Dia Mirza were present at the grand celebration.

Mumbai, Feb 4 - Indian equities markets rallied for the fifth consecutive week with investors buoyed by the hope that the economy could shrug off the sluggishness of the past few months that would result in increased inflow of overseas funds.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ended the week at 17,604.96 points, up 2.15 percent or 370.98 points from its previous week's close at 17,233.98 points.

Mumbai, Feb 4 - First acting, then photography and now journalism: Bollywood's talented actor Imran Khan seems to have a knack for everything. Offering a few tips for today's journalists, Imran suggests a good interview should be like a good conversation instead of being an "exam sheet".

Mumbai, Feb 4 - The beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines has deferred its plans to join the oneworld alliance until it can strengthen its financial position, an official said here Saturday.

The high profile airline, owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, was scheduled to become part of oneworld next Friday (Feb 10).

Bruce Ashby, CEO of oneworld, commenting on the development, admitted that these were turbulent times for the airline industry in India and many other parts of the world.

Mumbai, Feb 4 - Imran Khan besides being a good actor is also a fine photographer. He clicked some pictures of Kareena Kapoor during the shoot of "Ek Main Aur Ek Tu" that were shown here Friday.

"Some of the photos were taken on an iPhone while some of them were taken in SLR cameras. Our on-set photographer Amin Ahuja was helping me out on all of this because I am not a professional photographer. So I can't take all the credit. It was because of his help," Imran said.

Mumbai, Feb 4 - Ever since Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson started working for Gautam Menon's "Ek Deewana Tha", speculation about their relationship has been making rounds.

"Me and Prateik are very very close. We have shot for five months and obviously we had a lot of chemistry. How come we can't get romantic when you have such romantic songs?" Amy said.

Prateik said he was very comfortable with Amy on screen and off screen as well.

Mumbai, Feb 4 - Kareena Kapoor, who has earlier worked with Aamir Khan and will now be seen with his nephew Imran Khan in "Ek Main Aur Ek Tu", feels Aamir is the maestro of the film industry.

"Aamir's body of work is unbelievable. He is the maestro of the industry and Imran is just starting out. Working with Imran is a lot of fun. I think he is a marvellous actor and I hope we get to work together in the future too," the 31-year-old actress said.

Mumbai, Feb 3 - Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was the victim of an online death hoax, has tweeted that she is hale and hearty.

"Namaskar. Please don't believe any rumours which are doing the rounds about my health and well-being. All is well, by the grace of god," the 82-year-old Lata wrote on her Twitter page.

Internet was abuzz with rumours Thursday that the singer had passed away. Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also urged the twitterati to stop spreading false rumours.

Mumbai, Feb 3 - Stocks of firms that face cancellation of telecom licences after the Supreme Court order continued to rule in the red Friday, with investors expecting their subscribers to switch to older players not affected by the verdict.

The sharpest fall at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) among the affected companies was seen in the scrip of Idea Cellular, which was quoting at Rs. 94.5 with a loss of 1.41 percent over the previous close.

Mumbai, Feb 2 - Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar says that actor Riteish Deshmukh recently paid him a visit to take his and his wife Saira Banu's hand impression for his upcoming museum called Legends Walk in Mumbai, a desi version of the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Last week, Riteish Deshmukh, my dear friend Vilasrao Deshmukh's talented son, visited us with his life-casting expert to get impressions of my hands and Saira's hands which will be in a museum he proposes to have for cinema lovers," Dilip Kumar wrote on his blog thedilipkumar. mouthshut. com.