Any reasonable person who’s had the misfortune of watching the Fox News channel in the U.S. knows only too well its “Unfair and Unbalanced” tone. So, it’s with deep regret we note that News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has finally managed to get his grubby hands on one of the world’s finest newspapers – the […]
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has banned two underwear ads on the grounds of vulgarity. Officials from India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said advertisements of “Lux Cozy Underwear” and “Amul Macho Underwear” that are being telecast on several television channels, are indecent, vulgar and suggestive. The ban prohibits transmission or retransmission of the […]
India’s hopelessly incompetent Tourism Ministry has launched an e-commerce portal on the Incredible India web site. The aim is to let visitors to the Incredible India web site make online reservations at a variety of hotels and Bed & Breakfast establishments. India’s Tourism Minister Ambika Soni, a fossil from the Sanjay Gandhi days, wants to […]
Wall Street Journal (subscription required) columnist Bret Stephens has lashed out at India’s supposedly growing defense ties with Iran in a hard-hitting column on Tuesday. Citing articles in DefenseNews and the Washington Quarterly as well as actions by the U.S. State and Justice Departments, Stephens charges India with providing miliary technology to Iran, a pariah state for […]
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to six years of Rigorous Imprisonment on Tuesday for possession of illegal weapons acquired from those involved in the Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people in 1993. In November last year, Sanjay Dutt was convicted for possessing an AK 56 rifle and a 9mm pistol. The 48-year-old actor, who was […]
Did anyone say that politics makes strange bedfellows? Ah, how true. How true. Beleaguered Pakistan President and military chief Pervez Musharraf has held secret talks for a second time with his bitter foe Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and former Prime Minister of the country. The secret meeting is believed to […]