Jul 3 2008
After wooing the Hindustaan Ki Janta and winning a reality show ‘Yeh Hai Jalwa’, Rakhi has successfully managed to impress Aamir Khan too! Aamir has answered Rakhi’s prayers and will be seen as a guest on her talk show soon. Come this weekend,...
Jul 3 2008
A prolonged absence from the big screen, weighty issues, legal trouble and a pet project that’s been in the works for ages now – a mere actress, you’d imagine, would chew off all her manicured nails if she had all this to contend with. But then,...
Jul 3 2008
The London Eye gives you a bird’s eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would you like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet? A prototype of the craft you would ride for such a space venture was unveiled in Salford on Tuesday. Rocket maker, Steve...
Jul 3 2008
The US leads the world in rates of experimenting with marijuana and cocaine despite strict drug laws, World Health Organisation researchers said on Tuesday. Countries with looser drug laws have lower rates of abuse, the researchers report in the Public...
Jul 3 2008
Jacqueline Ballantyne, who has allegedly robbed three shops in Goa, may have struck once again. Police suspect that Jacqueline is behind the Rs 90,000 heist at a Caranzalem showroom. Cops said Jacqueline, aged 24-25, has been using the same modus...
Jul 3 2008
For a split second, Fatik Haldar didn’t know what had hit him. It was a sudden, searing pain. His feet were stuck in the mud, in four feet of water in a river near Benifeli forest in the Sunderbans. Dropping his fishing net, he screamed in agony...
Jul 3 2008
In a well-planned heist in broad daylight, five robbers stormed the branch of Oriental Bank of Commerce at Sector 55 in Gurgaon, held staff and customers at gunpoint, and beat up the bank manager and security guard before decamping with Rs 1.48 crore on...
Jul 3 2008
Coaching for admission to the IITs and other engineering colleges has acquired the status of a big industry in India. According to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the size of the industry is Rs 10,000 crore. ASSOCHAM’s conclusion is...
Jul 3 2008
US stem-cell researchers are calling for changes to state laws that prohibit compensating women who donate eggs for research. The laws, in leading stem-cell research states such as Massachusetts and California, are crippling the promising field of...
Jul 3 2008
Claiming that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is planning to apply for the US visa to attend the World Gujarati Conference in New Jersey in August, as many as 25 Indian American organisations urged the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that he...