HP is firing 24,600 employees following its acquisition of EDS to “streamline the combined company’s services businesses.” While roughly half the job-cuts will come in the U.S., the remaining will be spread over several other countries and is sure to impact India too. The guillotine will drop on both EDS and HP employees. We don’t […]
Indian telecom operator BSNL is promising to provide broadband Internet access in 1.48 lakh villages in the next six months. Currently, broadband coverage is said to exist in 30,000 villages (we doubt that given the poor broadband quality even in big cities). BSNL also plans to expand its broadband coverage to more cities – from […]
Latest reports from Indian newspapers suggest that the party may be coming to an end for Indian software developers whose rise has corresponded with a steady decline in fortunes for American programmers. India’s leading daily The Times of India reports that Satyam Computers could fire up to 4,500 employees, about 9% of the company’s 51,000 […]
Yes, that’s sex thousand sex hundred and sexty-sex Rs and sexty-sex Paisa for sexty seconds of pure sextasy. Blame it on inflation. Or attribute it to the big money floating around in the new India. Or chalk it up to high aspiration wants quick money. Whatever. Some prostitutes in India are charging as much as Rs 2-lakh […]
Several bomb blasts rocked the Indian capital of Delhi on Saturday evening. Early reports say at least 18 people are dead and several dozen injured. Two of the blasts happened in the Connaught Place shopping area of Delhi and the rest in other busy areas. The Indian Mujahideen militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks […]
(The below post is based on a tip from Satya, a regular reader of the SearchIndia.com blog. Thanks.) The thieving scumbags of the Tamil movie industry have done it again – they have stolen a nice Hollywood movie called Judgment Night (1993, Director: Stephen Hopkins), made a few cosmetic changes and called it Saroja. First […]