Soon the Indian stores will see the arrival of the BlackBerry Curve 8900, which was earlier launched in US, Canada and UK.

The smartphone sports a trendy look and weighs only 110 grams and measures 109x60x13.5mm. Furthermore, this classy and attractive smartphone also boasts a full-QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4 inch HVGA+ (480? 360) light-sensing display, which would provide comfortable feel while one-handed or two-handed use.

Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and her daughter Soha Ali Khan are all set to take part in the Mumbai Marathon to show solidarity with a cause taken up by actor Rahul Bose's NGO.

“Children are the future of India and as UNICEF’S Goodwill Ambassador. I have pledged to speak up for the cause of children whenever and wherever it is necessary. I am participating in this marathon to support HEAL, a project run by Rahul Bose’s NGO,” said Sharmila in a statement.

According to UNICEF’s recent report, “Uttar Pradesh is the most dangerous state of the country for a women to give birth to a child.” Health services are not good in the state and the state has high rate of death of mother during childbirth there.

In Uttar Pradesh maternal death rate is 1:42 whereas in Kerala it’s just 1:500. Around 1/3 of all maternal deaths in India are reported from UP alone. Main causes of high maternal and neonatal deaths are inadequate nutrition, lack of birth spacing and less reproductive health care.

Asiya Andrabi, head of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, sent a legal notice to Rahul Dholakia demanding that she should first see the script of movie Lamha. Reports claim that Bipasha Basu's role in Lamhaa portrays the life of a woman Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi.

The notice says: "As Asiya is a political personality and follower of Islam, she doesn't want to be portrayed by any actress in the movie who is incompatible with her virtues."

Automobile giant, Bajaj Auto posted 22.43 per cent decline in net profit for the quarter ended December 2008. Its net profit stands at Rs 166 crore as against Rs 214 crore in the same period last year.

Decline in vehicle sales and tight liquidity conditions contributed to the decline in profit for the quarter under consideration.

Company's turnover declined 15.84 percent and currently stands at Rs 2,141 crore. It sold 493,748 units of vehicles with 31 per cent decline as compared to 713,135 units sold in the same period last year.

MMTC has decided to hold investment plans in a special purpose vehicle created by Maytas group for setting up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Experts believe that that recent auditing fraud by Satyam chief R. Raju is a major cause to roll back from investment plans in SEZ. Maytas Infra Ltd and Maytas Properties are controlled by the sons of Satyam Computer Services Ltd founder, B Ramalinga Raju and their role in the corporate fraud is still not clear.