18:26
A day dominated by Aishwarya's pregnancy (and the truly witty Ramesh Srivats' take: BigB, WannaB and BayB), miffed Munde's decision to stay with the BJP and of course, Arindam Chaudhury filing multiple lawsuits against Caravan magazine, Penguin and Google. As for the other stories, do scroll...
18:14
More comments on Arindam Chaudhury. Have fun!
18:07
And another comment from an Arindam Chaudhuri fan and an IIPM student... Ankit18 April 2011 04:01 PM: To all the haterz....myself student at IIPM Delhi...its the most fantabulus college...does any other college were Shahrukh khan coming ...we have forein tour were v r goin to all...
18:01
Caravan has removed the story online, but here's another link.
18:00
A comment from an IIPM student supporting mentor Arindam Chaudhuri on the Caravan story. Rahul20 April 2011 07:46 AM All these peoples are totaly jealus of IIPM. I passedout in 2009 frm IIPM delhi and got 180,000$ investment bank plasement. Nobody can able to matching the trackrecord of...
17:51
In the David Lean film Lawrence of Arabia, there is a mirthful scene where the greedy powerful local Howeitat tribe's chieftain Auda abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn) had to be induced to turn against the Turks during the famous Aqaba expedition, and Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) stumbled upon a brilliant...
17:48
Much murmurs of discontent at Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's office after he announced it would soon turn 24x7.A decision to this effect was taken at the state cabient meeting held today, Chandy said. He said the functioning of the office and other features would be web-cast. 'I will give...
17:32
Arindam Chaudhuri is trending on Twitter for suing Caravan magazine, Google and Penguin for Rs 500 million. Tweets...Arindam Chaudhuri better change his slogan from 'Dare to think beyond the IIM's' to 'Dare to think beyond the High Court' Time someone sues Arindam Chaudhuri for being such a...
17:16
And news from the other 'Gandhian', Baba Ramdev. After holding the recent agitation against graft, Ramdev is all set to conduct yoga camps here. Preparations are on in Patanjali Yogpeeth for the camps, Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna said in a press conference last evening. Ramdev reviewed the...
16:43
Addressing a press meet now, Anna Hazare says he will go on fast on August 16, as promised earlier. Lashing out against the government, Hazare says he has lost faith in the government, pointing out that corruption is worse than a threat from Pakistan.
16:38
Former Maharashtra chief minister and Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said it is up to the commission, probing irregularities in the scam-tainted Adarsh housing society, to decide on the controversial land allotment issue. Whatever I have to say I have stated in my affidavit. Whatever...
16:28
An all-party meeting to discuss the government and civil society drafts on the proposed Lokpal Bill will be held on July 3. The government will present two versions of the anti-corruption bill before the political parties following major differences on several key issues such as exclusion of the...
16:26
The Pakistan police have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the assassination of former Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. According to The Dawn, the suspect, Hafiz Nazar, was arrested in Karachi and is currently being questioned. It happened Bhatti, a...
16:17
The Andhra Pradesh police today called late Sathya Sai Baba's nephew R J Ratnakar and Sathya Sai Central Trust member V Srinivasan for questioning in connection with the seizure of Rs 35.5 lakh from Puttaparthi town recently. Notices were issued to Ratnakar and Srinivasan asking them to appear...
16:00
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Gopinath Munde hold the promised press conference. Munde says: I am in the BJP and will remain in the BJP. I am not leaving the party. Said he has not met Ahmed Patel (Sonia Gandhi's chief strategist) or Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan and is not joining the...
15:44
Here is Caravan magazine's excellent rejoinder on why they are fighting Arindam Chaudhuri's Rs 500 million lawsuit. More power to Caravan...Read
15:37
President Asif Ali Zardari has accused former premier Nawaz Sharif of trying to pit the ruling Pakistan People's Party against the powerful military and said he would not allow this to happen. Launching a blistering attack against main opposition PML-N chief, Zardari described him as a 'moulvi'...
15:28
Wannabe rebel Gopinath Munde has met with Sushma Swaraj and has said he is with the BJP. Any time now, is Munde's press conference.
15:17
Pre lunch we had a post on insect cuisine (after careful consideration so your stomach would be able to retain your lunch) and now, here's news of a mouse being swallowed alive. A man in the US state of Utah has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly ate a live...
15:03
Yet another effort to reach a consensus on the Women's Reservation Bill failed to make any progress with two major political parties staying away from an all-party meeting in Delhi today and others opposed to the measure sticking to their guns. The meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker...
15:00
Tweet from Caravan Magazine: We are forced to remove our cover story - Feb issue - Sweet Smell of Success.
14:55
The ponytailed chap with the slicked back hair that you see in the purple stripe suit in every leading newspaper announcing his management school IIPM has sued Caravan magazine, Penguin and Google for Rs 500 million. Incidentally, the chap's name is Arindam Chaudhuri. Read why
14:35
After over 30 years in the Hindi film industry, Hema Malini has still not lost her Tamil accent or her beauty. Watching her promote her movie on TV.
14:16
And the witty tweet from Sidin Vadukut ...Hello, is this Arundhati Roy? Yes This is Aishwarya. I have good news... *click*
14:15
First the background.In an interview with Stephen Moss in the Guardian, Arundhati Roy tells him, I have been told quite openly by several correspondents of international newspapers, that they have instructions No negative news from India because its an investment destination. So you dont...
14:07
A backgrounder on the Reddy murder.Kiran Reddy, the daughter Jaipal Reddy's elder sister Bharati, was married to Dr Chaitanya Reddy five years ago. The couple have a four-year-old daughter. Chaitanya was a businessman and Reddy was working with a private hospital On Friday night, the couple had...
14:01
Just in: Police have arrested Chaitanya Reddy, the husband of Jaipal Reddy's neice Kiran, after the postmortem showed she was smothered to death. Kiran, who was found dead recently in suspicious circumstances, had blood accumulation in the upper part of her head which is symptomatic of...
13:40
On Twitter: Sidin Vadukut says: Maybe PM's office is bugged? Maybe this is why he is silent? Would explain things.
13:37
A sea and a continent separates us, but the culture sadly, is much the same. Families in Syria have been known to kill raped female members to reclaim their honour.' Even if families allow such women to live, they are not eligible to marry.So, a group of men in Syria have pledged to marry...
13:22
Hours before BJP senior leader Sushma Swaraj meets with rebel Gopinath Munde, the party has now asked him to clarify his stand -- is he planning to quit the party and join the Congress. No reactions from Munde yet. Incidentally, Munde will address a press conference at 3 pm, at precisely the same...
13:14
And here's Pranab Mukherjee's take on the issue. The finance minister asked the media not to waste time on bogus things. All these are bogus things. Don't waste your time on this, he shot back at reporters who sought replies on his statement yesterday that the Intelligence Bureau found nothing in...
13:04
The UPA has rejected demands for a probe into the reported attempts of bugging the office of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The BJP had demanded a probe in the matter saying it was India's Watergate and that either the government was tapping its own, or it was done at the instance...
12:58
Update on the murder of Mid Day journalist J Dey:Additional Commissioner (crime) Deven Bharti has said that while the 3,000 emails in Dey's gmail account are an assortment of links and information that Dey was more interested in, it's the collection of 250 drafts that are very crucial as...
12:31
The report on Shahzad also says: So far the investigation has not yielded any lead that could help narrow down the scope of the investigation and bring into sharp relief any possible suspect(s) Amazing parallel with Indian journalist, J Dey's murder. Updates in a bit.
12:29
An initial probe into the murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has concluded that allegations against the ISI on his abduction and killing are of a general nature and based on a perceived sequence of events that allegedly culminated in his death. These observations were made in an...
12:26
What does this say about Abhishek? Junior Bachchan has disappeared from Twitter trends to be replaced by his dad.
12:22
Read only if you are beside yourself with excitement at Aishwarya's pregnancy.Amitabh Bachchan reacts: There is joy and happiness around us. The legacy of my father lives on. My father and my mother brought forth two sons - Amitabh and Ajitabh. Amitabh had two -- Shweta and Abhishek....
12:16
Meanwhile, a sampling of Ash pregnancy jokes on Twitter... Aishwarya is pregnant. At last Abhishek Bachchan has a hit! How did this happen? Abhishek has 'No Idea'. Aishwarya tells Abhishek: Main tere Bachchan ki maa banne waali hoon.
12:14
Grunting tennis players at Wimbledon have been sounded off saying they are spoiling the game for the millions of spectators and putting off their opponents, the head of Wimbledon said yesterday.Read more
12:04
More on the woman or rather the bottom which seems to have taken Britain by storm -- Pippa Middleton. Prince Harry has nicknamed Pippa Commando - sparking rumours she didn't wear knickers at the royal wedding, reports the sun.co.uk. It also emerged party planner Pippa, 27, has a pet name for...
11:57
After that delectable slideshow, on to other other news. Sulking BJP leader Gopinath Munde now appears to be moving closer to the Congress. An indication to this effect was available today as Munde has not met any BJP central leaders especially L K Advani after his arrival here last night from...
11:51
And take a look at this slideshow as well on bug cuisine. Yum!
11:47
On cnn.com, a story that will bug you: Sixteen ways to eat a cicada: The fine art of insect cuisine.Warning: Read it before you lunch.
11:42
Days before Mamata Banerjee's poll win in West Bengal, the then chief minister hopeful had said the Tatas were welcome to return to the state. Over a month later, it seems highly unlikely.... The Calcutta High Court today refused to hear ex-parte Tata Motors' petition challenging...
11:33
This is what the British tabloid, the Daily Mail says on Aishwarya's pregnancy. Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai, famous for her role in hit film Bride & Prejudice, is pregnant. It will be the first child for the 37-year-old actress and her actor husband Abhishek Bachchan, 35, who married back...
11:30
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has revealed that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The assassins and perpetrators of Benazir Bhutto's murder have been identified. Some have been arrested while others...
11:12
Even as Google Inc contemplates chucking the I'm Feeling Lucky link, it has added five more Indian languages -- Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu -- thus increasing its reach to a potential half a million population. In addition to this, there's Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and...
11:06
And another from Mr Srivats. The BJP is suffering from Munde morning blues, eh?
11:03
Had to share this. A tweet from our favourite Ramesh Srivats on Aishwarya's pregnancy. Bachchan Household : Three generations of Bachchans - BigB, WannaB, and now BayB.
11:01
A day after the high-level BJP meeting over senior leader Gopinath Munde, Sushma Swaraj says she will meet miffed Munde at 3 pm today. The crack in BJP was first noticed when Munde raised his voice against party president Nitin Gadkari's decision to appoint Vikas Mathkari as Pune president...
10:53
Morning. The reason behind Aishwarya Rai's weight gain has finally been revealed by her father-in-law. The lady is pregnant and she and Abhishek (the husband) are already trending on Twitter. One tweet goes... After Aishwarya Rai, every fat girl now will be suspected of pregnancy. And that's just...
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