Apr 2 2008
Railway minister Lalu Prasad’s nephew Anil Rai, charged late on Monday night for allowing the use of his car to allegedly kidnap and criminally intimidate one of Patna’s best known urologist, Ajay Kumar, obtained bail on Tuesday after the...
Apr 1 2008
Today is April Fools’ Day, or All Fools’ Day. People across the world, particularly in western countries, celebrate the day to make a fool of others, to turn off the seasons and as the day of adoption of a new calendar. These days most of...
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Mar 31 2008
Mustaq Sheik, the son of Gujarat’s infamous underworld don Abdul Latif Sheik, has now joined the Sangh Parivar. He says he’s doing it to promote communal harmony. Dawood Ibrahim’s pointsman in Gujarat, Sheik Sr had achieved a near...
Mar 31 2008
The Gateway of India will be wiped off the Mumbai skyline. Bhelpuri at Chowpatty will become the stuff of grandmother’s tales. No flights will take off from Chhatrapati Shivaji airport. No couple will canoodle at the Marine Drive promenade and...
Mar 28 2008
In yet another example of breach of security in the highly protected areas, a police constable on Friday fired shots outside Prime Minister’s Office located in South Block. A commando, identified as Sanjay, has sustained injuries in the firing...
Mar 28 2008
US Republican presidential candidate John MacCain has said that India and Brazil should replace Russia in the G8. He said it in a major foreign policy address that defended his hardline views on the ongoing war on terror. McCain stressed on the need...
Mar 28 2008
A dengue epidemic has claimed at least 54 lives in Rio de Janeiro state since January, health officials said. Hospitals have reported a total of 114 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease, but 60 of those cases are still being investigated, officials...
Mar 28 2008
‘D-Company’ is now officially part of the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s terror network, with Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) getting Dawood Ibrahim to merge his gang with the fundamentalist terror organisation as part...
Mar 28 2008
The popularity of the wonder drug has been so immense that it has been prescribed — according to some estimates — to over 30 million men worldwide. In India, Pfizer has sold more than 18 lakh tablets, but that appears to be an extremely small...
Mar 28 2008
Tibetans in India are euphoric over what is happening and some believe that this time around the Chinese have to back down. The international community is with them. They are planning to make sure that the relay of the Olympic flame through Delhi is...