Mumbai, Sept 7: An off-handed remark by actress and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan supporting the use of Hindi by north Indians in Maharashtra has snowballed into a controversy with the Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) launching a scathing attack on her.

At the promo of Hindi film Drona last night Jaya had said, "We are from Uttar Pradesh and should speak in Hindi.”

While the Shiv Sena said, "People of Maharashtra will not tolerate such language from Jaya Bachchan," MNS demanded an apology from her for insulting the Marathi people.

Mumbai, Sept 6: Mumbai celebrated the popular festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha, with much pomp and show on Saturday.

The ten-day festival called as ''Ganesh Chaturthi'' began on Wednesday, which marks the birthday of lord Ganesha.

The festival is celebrated with much gaiety and people from all walks of life participate with equal enthusiasm and faith.

Mumbai, Sep 5 : D Subbarao today took charge as the governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from Y V Reddy and set for himself the immediate task of containing inflation.

"The immediate priority for me as the governor of RBI will be to manage inflation and anchor inflationary expectations," Subbarao said here.

He said the priority in short-to-medium term will be to pursue financial sector reforms in the context of financial and price stability.

Inflation eased to 12.34 per cent during the week ended August 23 due to fall in food prices from 12.40 per cent a week earlier.

Mumbai, Sept. 4 : The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that a bar dancer can be termed a ''genuine artists''.

"Merely because these girls were performing in dance bars earlier, it cannot be readily inferred that they are not genuine artists," Justice A B Chaudhary said.

The dance bars of Mumbai had been given performance licenses by the government itself, Justice Chaudhary further noted.

Kolkata-based Austral Coke and Projects got listed at Rs 206 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), a premium of 5.10 percent from the issue price of Rs 196.

The scrip gained strength and touched a high of Rs 308.80. It also touched a low of Rs 206 thus far. At 10:03 am, the company’s shares stood at Rs 297 after hitting a high of Rs 308.80 and a low of Rs 206.

BSE has assigned a scrip code 533,016 to the company, while its shares will trade in the `B` group.

Coimbatore/Tamil Nadu/Mumbai/Pune, Sept 3 : Devotees thronged a temple in Coimbatore, to offer prayers to Lord Ganesha on the occasion of ''Ganesh Chaturthi'', the ten-day long annual festival, which began on Wednesday.

The festival, which marks the birth anniversary of lord Ganesha, is celebrated with great fanfare across the country.

Hundreds of devotees thronged the temple in Coimbatore today, to offer prayers on the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi, in front of the idol, which is claimed by the temple priests to be the biggest in Asia.