India call centres hear US pain

"GURGAON, October 15 With her flowing, hot-pink suit, jangly silver bangles and perky voice, Bhumika Chaturvedi, 24, doesn’t fit the stereotype of a thuggish, heard-it-all-before debt collector. But lately, she has had no problem making American debtors cry. For the past...

Bank's Recovery Agents Abducted An Executive In Delhi

"October 16, 2008City MNC executive alleges two recovery agents abducted and robbed him of Rs 1lakh AN MNC executive was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and robbed of Rs 1 lakh by recovery agents of HDFC Bank. Vikas Garg, who hadn't paid his credit card bills, said the...

Muslim sues Tesco for forcing him to carry alcohol

"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...

Saif 'assaults' photo journalists, arrest likely

"Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on Sunday night found himself in trouble after a tiff with photo journalists in Patiala during the shoot of a film. The journalists have lodged a complaint against him and his security guards on the charge of manhandling them.The incident took...

Rakhi Sawant Of Indian Journalism!

After Rajdeep Sardesai left NDTV,the "Big Fight" programme he hosted lost the sting and insight mainly due to the naivety of the new host Bikram Chandra.But it was very watchable yesterday because all the Anti-Hindutva icons were present in full force there.Congress and BJP...

US will welcome its small cars

"A top Ford Motor Co. executive says market research shows the company's coming line of global small cars will be well received in the U.S. Derrick Kuzak, group vice president of global product development, says the European-designed Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact...

Italian model puts virginity on offer for € 1mn

"An Italian model has planned to sell her virginity for one million euros. Showgirl and men's magazine model Raffella Fico, 20, told an Italian magazine that she would use the cash to buy a house in Rome and pay for acting classes. "I can't wait to see who's going to pull out...

Churches attacked in coastal Karnataka

"In what appears to be a planned series of attacks on church-goers in different districts of the state, separate groups of miscreants unleashed violence on churches in Udupi, Mangalore and Chikmagalur on Sunday morning.Around ten prayer centres in Mangalore were vandalised,...