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06/30/2009:
Sonia Gandhi , the head of the ruling Congress party, cut the ribbon to officially open the bridge to connect western suburbs of Bandra to Worli. The bridge took nine years of construction at cost of more then $400m. The bridge is over the Arabian Sea and has eight lanes and promised to reduce the travel time from 45 minutes to less then 10 minutes. The first of its kind in the country, the 5.6 km link was conceived in the 1990s. The two central towers that soar above the sea will change the city’s iconic skyline.

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Bollywood Movie Cinema Cast, Synopsis, Songs, and Reviews for Luck

Luck (2009) Release Date: July 24, 2009 Genre: Thriller, Action Directed By: Soham Shah Actors: Imran Khan , Sanjay Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Ravi Kissen, Actress: Shruti Haasan , Rati Agnihotri Other Star Cast: Music By: Salim Suleiman () Lyrics By: Shabbir Ahmed, Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat () Ratings: Shooting Locations: South Africa Movie Synopsis: Movie Review: Movie Songs: Aazma Luck Is The Key By Shruti K. Haasan, Clinton Cerejo Jee Le By Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat Jee Le Remix By Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat, D J Amyth Khudaya Ve By Salim Merchant Khudaya Ve Radio Mix By Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant Khudaya Ve Remix By Salim Merchant, D J Amyth Laaga Le By Anushka Manchandani, Robert Bob Omulo Luck Aazma By Sukhwinder Singh, Satya Hinduja Luck Aazma Remix By Sukhwinder Singh, Satya Hinduja, D J Amyth

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06/24/2009:
HTC Hero running the Android OS features new intuitive interface dubbed HTC Sense, 3.2-inch HVGA (320x480) TFT-LCD touchscreen, runs on Qualcomm's 528MHz MSM7200A processor and has 512MB ROM with 228MB RAM, microSD memory expansion slot, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, digital compass, gravity sensor, built-in internal GPS antenna, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, Bluetooth 2.0, first Android OS based phone that brings Adobe Flash support for web browsing, HTC Hero will be available for Europe in July 2009, Asia in late summer 2009 and North American version will arrive in late 2009.

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06/24/2009:
Nokia’s touch screen multimedia N97 smartphone was introduced in India last week through Vodafone and is being dubbed as yet another iPhone killer. The new N97 comes with a large 3.5-inch touch screen, slide out Qwerty keyboard, be able to play the Flash videos (which the Apple iPhone currently is unable to do so), supports instant-messaging and email on the go, five megapixel camera, and 48GB of memory, with one button, ‘always-on’ access to social networking sites such as Facebook, built-in GPS and cost of around Rs. 37000.

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Sania Mirza Won First Round Match At Wimbledon
06/22/2009:
The India tennis star, Sania Mirza beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the next round at Wimbledon 2009. Mirza currently ranked World number 78 beat Groenefeld ranked 52 in one hour, 51 minutes. Mirza will now face 28 seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania in her second round match.

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Shamita Shetty On Cover Of Maxim India June 2009 Issue
Date: 06/19/2009:
Shamita Shetty is being featured on the cover of June 2009 edition of Maxim India . The photos will be part of the Maxim India June 2009 edition.

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Olivia Wilde On Cover Of Maxim July 2009 Issue
Date: 06/17/2009:
Olivia Wilde is being featured on the cover of July 2009 edition of Maxim . The photos will be part of the Maxim July 2009 edition.

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Trisha Krishnan Going From Kollywood To Bollywood?
Date: 06/13/2009:
One of the top actress of Kollywood (Tamil Film), Trisha Krishnan has been signed by director Priyadarshan to play a role opposite Bollywood's Akshay Kumar in movie Khatta Meeta (2009) . The director had introduced Trisha seven years ago to the Kollywood in movie Lesa Lesa in Tamil. The movie is schedule to start shooting in November 2009. Trisha has already worked with the best in the business like Rajnikanth , Kamal Hassan megastar Chiranjeevi.

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Sania Mirza Enters Aegon Classic Semi Final
06/12/2009:
The unseeded Indian, Sania Mirza , was able to continue her good run at the Aegon Classic by beating 16th seed Hungarian Melinda Czink in straight sets 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Friday. Sania will now face winner of the other quarter final match between 13th seed Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova and unseeded Polish Urszula Radwanska. This event is a precursor to Wimbledon.

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06/08/2009:
At the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple introduced the next generation iPhone . The new iPhone will be known as iPhone 3GS and includes features such as more speed, 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and white balancing, ability to record and edit videos on the handset, built in voice controls for hands free operation, cut, copy, and paste capabilities, device tethering, HTTP streaming, auto-fill, multi language support, and built in compass. The new iPhone 3GS will be available on June 19 for $199 for the 16 GB version, and the 32 GB version will cost $299 with a new contract. And the iPhone 3G, 8 GB version now costs $99 with a new two year contract.

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Bipasha Basu Opposite Hollywood Star Billy Zane
Date: 06/07/2009:
Director Tapan Saha has signed Titanic star Billy Zane opposite Bipasha Basu in his upcoming movie Chimera (2009) . The director has also promised a passionate scene between Billy and Bipasha. Shabana Azmi will play Bipasha’s mother, and Anil Kapoor as Zane’s Indian friend. Earlier Bipasha has done love scenes opposite Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham .

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Sonam Kapoor In Rakeysh Omprash Mehra Next
Date: 06/06/2009:
Director Rakeysh Omprash Mehra has signed Sonam Kapoor his upcoming flick which will be an adaptation of legendary love story Mirza Sahibaan. Sonam is going to play the role of Sahibaan but the search for the role of Mirza is still on. Sonam last worked with Omprash Mehra during the shooting of Delhi 6, Dilli 6 (2008) .

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Bollywood Strike Ends Between Multiplex and Producers
Date: 06/05/2009:
A two month strike by the producers of Bollywood movies has now come to an end. The producers had gone no strike in April in regrads to the revenue sharing terms with the multiplex owners and not released any movie for the last two months. Now that the terms have been argreed to by both parties, Bollywood films would start to be on the big screen starting next Friday June 12. The first once out of the gates will be Vashu Bhagnani's Kal Kisne Dekha (2009) and Mithun Chakraborty starrer "Zor Laga Ke Haiya", followed by New York (2009) starring John Abraham and Katrina Kaif . The final settlement, 50, 42, 35 and 30 percent of collections in the first, second, third and fourth weeks respectively will be shared between the two parties.

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