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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 06 February 1998   Plea to legalise cyber-gambling Backers of internet gambling have invited US lawmakers to tax their profits so long as that would legalize their industry in the United States. A bill to outlaw gambling on the internet is being considered in the US.   The blue-eyed baby Karisma kapoor is the Bollywood's hottest star and with a Sooraj Barjatya film under her belt she is only getting hotter. she has been signed by Sooraj Barjatya for Rajashree Productions' latest film, Hum Saath Saath Hain. Soothing star Tara Dehspande, the latest to join the Maharashtrian matinee mannequins, comes across as a woman with her head fixed firmly on her young shoulders. And what if eating is not a forte, she has her sights on bigger and better things. City music group celebrates its diamond jubilee The 60-year-old Suburban Music Circle, one of the oldest music institutions in Mumbai, is celebrating its diamond jubilee from February 11 to 15. It has organised a five-day music festival for music lovers in the city.   Cat calls greet Nair's labour of love Tamed by a six-month battle with the censor board which subjected Kama Sutra to multiple cuts, the movie unspooled to a predominantly male audience in Metro cinema in Mumbai. The film tells the sexcapades of four impeccably accented NRIs let loose on 16th century India -- Navin Andrews, Ramon Tikaram, Indira Verma and Sarita Choudhary. Show Buzz The entire film industry is abuzz with the news of the two ex (?) lovers working together again. Despite the failure of Silsila, another movie casting the Big B opposite Rekha is on the cards.