Mumbai, July 12 (ANI): At least 200,000 saplings were distributed free of cost by local authorities on Sunday as part of a green drive, kick-started by the civil authorities and members of Bollywood film industry here.

The plantation drive ‘I love Mumbai’ aims to turn Mumbai, which is viewed as one of the most polluted cities in the world, into a clean and green city.

Bollywood actor Vidya Balan and local politicians turned up at the launch of the ‘I love Mumbai’ campaign, organized by the municipal corporation here.

Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak and many dignitaries including designer-turned- politician Shaina NC were present on the occasion.

Vidya Balan on this occasion said the campaign was a big step to make Mumbai safer, cleaner and greener.

“It’s about planting trees all over Bombay (Mumbai). I think it’s a very small step for each of us to take to ensure that a healthier, safer, cleaner and greener environment,” said Balan. (ANI)

BEML Limited, second largest maker of earth moving equipment in Asia, announced that it has established an assembly division, BEML Brasil Industrial Ltda, at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Shri Pradeep Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Govt of India inaugurated the BEML BRASIL INDUSTRIAL LTDA in the company of His Excellency Shri BS Prakash, Ambassador of India to Brazil and Shri V RS Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director, BEML LTD.

In a declaration, BEML said that the new unit has been set up for assembling its products relating to mining and construction, rail and metro, and defence sections to cater to its prospective clients in and around Brazil.

The company also said that it would strengthen its sales progressively with competent after-sales-service support in all the regions of Brazil and other Latin American nations, which include Suriname, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Bolivia, among others.

Moreover, BEML also eyes to foray into other business regions including contract mining, since the LatAm nations form the worldÂ’s largest mining bowl.

The company said that it aims to reach business revenue of at least US$ 10 Million by the next three years, and from its Assembly establishment in Brazil, in a year.

During the last month (March 2009), BEML entered into a MoU with NFM Technologies (NFM), France, to make Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) in the Indian market.

Shares of the company, on Friday (April 17), closed at Rs 471.95, up 1.5%, on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Current EPS and P/E ratio stood at 51.38 and 9.18 respectively. The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1180 and a low of Rs 280 on BSE.

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Aatish Taseer makes his mark on the bestseller list as his ‘Stranger to History’ tops the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while the king of racy fiction Jeffrey Archer tops the fiction category with his new ‘Paths of Glory’.

The top 10 in each group are:

Non-fiction

1. ‘Stranger to History’

Author: Aatish Taseer

Publisher: Picador India

Price: Rs.495.00

2. ‘Curfewed Night’

Author: Basharat Peer

Publisher: Random House

Price: Rs.395.00

3 ‘Descent Into Chaos’

Author: Ahmed Rashid

Publisher: Allen Lane

Price: Rs.495.00

4. ‘Delhi: Adventures in A Megacity’

Author: Sam Miller

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.499.00

5. ‘Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century’

Author: Nandan Nilekani

Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane

Price: Rs.699.00

6. ‘The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and The Challenges to American…’

Author: David E. Sanger

Publisher: Bantam Press

Price: pound6.25 (Rs.460.00)

7. ‘A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to The 21st Century’

Author: Mani Shankar Aiyar

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.599.00

8. ‘My China Diary 1956-88′

Author: K. Natwar Singh

Publisher: Rupa

Price: Rs.395.00

9. ‘Madhavrao Scindia: A Life’

Author: Vir Sanghvi and Namita Bhandare

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.550.00

10. ‘A Place Within Rediscovering India’

Author: M.G. Vassanji

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.599.00

Fiction

1. ‘Paths of Glory’

Author: Jeffrey Archer

Publisher: Macmillan

Price: pound2.99 (Rs.220)

2. ‘The Associate’

Author: John Grisham

Publisher: Arrow Books

Price: pound2.99 (Rs.220)

3. ‘In Other Rooms, Other Wonders’

Author: Daniyal Mueenuddin

Publisher: Random House

Price: Rs.395.00

4. ‘The Immortals’

Author: Amit Chaudhuri

Publisher: Picador India

Price: Rs.495.00

5. ‘Life is Perfect’

Author: Himani Dalmia

Publisher: Rupa

Price: Rs.195.00

6. ‘Salim Must Die’

Author: Mukul Deva

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs.225.00

7. ‘The White Tiger’

Author: Aravind Adiga

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs.395.00

8. ‘The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay’

Author: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.499.00

9. ‘The Story of My Assassins’

Author: Tarun J. Tejpal

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs.495.00

10. ‘Solo’

Author: Rana Dasgupta

Publisher: Harper Collins

MUMBAI: Big Pictures’ thriller 13B, which was released last week in Hindi and Tamil, has in all grossed Rs 90 million (Rs 9 crores) at the box office in its opening weekend.

While the Hindi version grossed Rs 68 million (Rs 6.80 crores), the Tamil version grossed Rs 22 million (Rs 2.2 crores). The movie stars R Madhavan and Neetu Chandra in lead roles and has been made on a production budget of Rs 65 million (Rs 6.50 crores).

Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, BIG Pictures distribution head Kamal Gianchandani says, “Going by the opening weekend collection of the movies, we are targetting it gross somewhere in the range of Rs 150 – 160 million (Rs 15 – 16 crores) at the box office. Moreover, the fact that Tuesday (Eid) and Wednesday (Holi) are holidays should work in favour of the film.”

Gianchandani says that movie has performed better in terrotries like Nizam, Mysore, Rajasthan and Bombay. “The movie has done better at multiplexes than in single screens,” he adds.