Pune, Jan 21 : Bollywood Actor Sanjay Dutt is now the owner of a super luxury bus priced at 30 million rupees which can be used for multiple purposes like shoots and also his newly announced political career.

Dutt, who is all set to make his debut in politics by contesting in the forthcoming general elections from Lucknow on the Samajwadi Party''s ticket, will have to do a lot of travelling and the multiple utility luxury bus will be helpful.

The bus built by India''s ace automobile designer Dilip Chhabria on the original Volvo chassis is laced with gadgets providing all comforts.

BSNL landline phone service would offer a rent rebate to Pune customers whose phones had been dead or faulty for 15 days at a stretch during April 2007 to July 2008.

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has issued an interim circular to give a “rent rebate” to 22,700 customers whose telephones had gone dead for three or more days in a row. The telephones went dead due to technical faults, and occurred intermittently over a 14-month period.

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), one of the leading construction and civil engineering firm, has signed two MoUs with Gujarat Government for a total investment of Rs 41,500 cr.

The company stated in an official release that it has signed the first MoU with the Gujarat Government Infrastructure Board, to develop a water front city with a total investment of Rs 40,000 crore.

Sources revealed that the proposed new city will be on the lines of Lavasa, India's first hill city being built by the company near Pune, Maharastra.

The 7th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) took off to a colourful start at the Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch on January 8. The week long gala event inaugurated by, Anand Sharma, Minister of state for external affairs, will showcase around 150 films from about 42 countries. In World Competition Section, 109 films from 30 countries would be screened. French-Iranian-English animation film 'Persepolis' was screened at the inaugural ceremony.

Following a three month run, the Mumbai Police was finally able to arrest an MBBS doctor from Pune, a member of the Indian Mujaheedin (IM) module responsible for at least 11 blasts across the country since 2005. The accused is named Dr. Anwar Ali Bagwan and is 26 years old. IM was responsible for the July 11 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai and serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008.

The seventh Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will start from 8 January. Around 150 films from 42 countries will be screened during the festival. Minister of State for External Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma will inaugurate the eight-day festival. During inauguration, Veteran actors Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Sulochana will be given with the Lifetime Achievement Awards.