One boy was killed and at least 14 injured in a bomb blast in a Mehrauli flower market of South Delhi on Saturday around 2:15PM local time. Early reports suggest that the explosive was hidden in a polythene packet and planted by two motor cyclists. The bomb exploded when a young boy picked up the packet killing
We have always wondered why one of the biggest Bollywood movie distributors Eros International associates itself with Hindi movies that are lifted from successful Hollywood movies. Over the last couple of years, Eros has been involved with at least three high profile Hindi movies that are outright lifts of Hollywood movies – Partner (Hitch), Heyy […]
Seeking to spoil fellow Indian software firm Infosys’ party, HCL Technologies has launched a rival – and higher – bid for UK SAP consultant Axon Group. HCL Technologies has bid 441 million pounds ($814 million) in cash for the deal. HCL’s bid comes in at 650 pence a share or 8.3% higher than
Two new Indian consulates are coming up in Atlanta and Seattle to address the growing Indian community in these cities. India’s Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon made the announcement about the two new consulates during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s current visit to the U.S. Indian Embassy in Washington DC Besides the Indian embassy in Washington DC, India’s […]
If you are an Indian or if you live in the U.S, you can’t but help be impacted by outsourcing. Yes, we are referring to that insidious process by which your American job is snatched from you and handed to an Indian or Chinese coolie so that some gluttonous corporation may appease the gods on […]
Boy, this is straight out of Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Fans of the heavy metal band Metallica are whining that the music is getting too loud! Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has an interesting front page piece on Metallica fans complaining that the music in the band’s latest album Death Magnetic is too loud. […]