Indian stock market up on global cues

Indian stock market took a cue from the fresh attempts by Republicans to bail out US financial market. Markets The proposal will be an alternative to that proposed by US Treasury Secretary...

India inflation lifts rate rise prospects

"   By Joe Leahy in Mumbai Published: August 21 2008 20:58 | Last updated: August 21 2008 20:58 India’s inflation rate shot up to its highest level in more than 16 years this month, increasing...

Shame drives HIV couple to kill themselves and their three children

This was very tragic...Parents who apparently infected HIV in Bombay hanged themselves after poisoning their three children. The incident happened after discovering that their only daughter had also contracted the virus. " The couple, who lived in a middle-class district...

Indian stocks soars after key vote

Stocks market in India have given thumping welcome to government's victory in Parliament. Markets opened  sharply today morning as ruling UPA government won trust vote yesterday. Strong US market on the back of...

India lorry driver's mass strike could force out government

" As many as five million Indian lorry drivers went on strike today to protest against a surge in fuel prices, dealing what may prove a fatal blow to the country's beleaguered Government. Congress, the biggest...

Indian baby 'back from the dead'

"Hospital authorities in India have ordered an independent inquiry after a baby was declared dead, only to make an apparently miraculous return to life. The baby girl - born in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) - was...

India plans huge 'liberty' statue

I just learned the other day, (through a very bad movie, whose title I won't tell you), that there are actually two Statues of Liberty in the world - one in New York and one in Paris. Well, now there may be one off...

Karnataka elections:B.J.P Government sworn in

Karnataka: latest: B.J.P Govt  for the first time was sworn in today afternoon,When the c B.S.Yeddyurappa took oath as chief minister of Karnataka. the 66 year old Yeddyuruppa was elected fom shikaipura for 6th...

Cannes winner "The Class" reminds of "Salaam Bombay"

"CANNES, France —61st Cannes Film Festival awarded the French film "The Class," a story about classroom life using real students and teachers (amateur actors) at a junior high school, with Palme d'Or, the most...

Flamingos thriving in MUMBAI filth

Flamingoes in Mumbai.. do not die of pollution.....they thrive on it...........Just like Mumbaites.They are reported to be killed here only due to illegal poaching at one place and they gradually shifted their...

Indian vultures may be gone in 10 years

Extensive usage of diclofenac drug is killing Indian vultures and experts warn that they may be extinct in less than 10 years. Drug causes kidney failure in these birds. "Despite a 2006 ban on veterinary...

Veteran actor Om Puri is the new Chief of India's Film Development

"Veteran actor Om Puri is the new Chief of NFDC One of India's most celebrated actors Om Puri of 'East is East', 'Ardh Satya' and 'Paar' fame has taken over as Chairman, National...

Pakistan May Lift Bollywood Ban

I had no idea, until this morning, that Bollywood movies were banned from being screened in Pakistan. Having only allowed three Indian films to be shown in Pakistan, back in 2006, today's announcement proposes that...

"Bollywood Today"

""" It would be a mistake to look only at the photos in this new book on Bollywood. The real eye candy is not the photographs but the writing. ""In Bollywood Today, Kaveree Bamzai entertainingly combines good-prose with insightful-analysis. Details are contemporary...

Disaster Proof Tips to Doing Business in Dubai, Shanghai and Mumbai

There are always lessons to be learned but rather than do that through travel disasters, why not do our homework before heading for the airport. That's why the Been There Guide to Business Etiquette caught my eye.  Let me share a few elements I gathered from this article.

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