After days of dilly-dallying, the Mumbai Police finally gathered the courage to arrest Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who has been inciting locals against Mumbai residents who hail from other states of India like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Raj Thackeray, who is the nephew of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, was arrested on Wednesday after a […]
American auto giant General Motors has reported a mega-loss of $38.7 billion in 2007. The massive loss was mostly due to three reasons: * A charge related to unused tax credits in the third quarter * GM produces some of the crappiest cars that no one wants to buy * Decades of poor management GM’s […]
 Nov.26, 2008 – Terrorists Strike Mumbai; 80 Killed; 250 Injured Bollywood star and Bombay blast convict Sanjay Dutt has scored a hatrick with his recent third marriage. The Bad Boy of Bollywood married his girlfriend Manyata on Monday. Manyata is wife No-3 for 48-year-old Sanjay Dutt, a former drug addict and the son of late […]
One of India’s most beautiful women and one of India’s most mediocre actress converge in the Bollywood historical romance Jodhaa Akbar (click here to read the review). And unless you’ve just come in from Mars, you know we are talking about Aishwarya Rai, or Ash as she is popularly referred to by the fawning Indian […]
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Babe Amte, has died. The 94-year-old social worker died of cancer at his Anandwan Ashram (in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra) on Friday. A follower of Gandhi, Baba Amte took up several worthy causes including care of leprosy patients and rehabilitation of tribals impacted by construction of large dams.
We all know (at least the reading ones) that Chicken Tikka Masala is now the unofficial national dish of UK. But now it seems even UK’s Royals are publicly acclaiming their fondness for curry. The other day Prince William, second in line to the British throne, dropped by at the Saffron Desi restaurant in Micklegate, […]