Maharaja Style Travel
If you are the duke of Colaba all set to marry the princess of Cuff Parade, Mumbai's new luxury car rental service is here to provide you the perfect vintage wheels
Anna Hazare Most Popular Cyber Personality in India
'Anna Hazare’ and ‘Corruption’ are the most used words in way2sms messages.
Hungary's Krishna Valley
HUngar's Krishna Valley is run by devotees of Krishna along Vedic principles.
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India Along the Grand Trunk Road
Four chaotic weeks on India's famous Grand Trunk Road, described by Rudyard Kipling as "such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world.
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Scamster Poet
Satyam' scamster Ramalinga Raju’s recently published book of poems extols morals and ethics.
How Are Hurricanes Named?
As Irene bears down, wonder how hurricanes get their names? Irene gets its name from the list for 2011 are managed by the World Meteorological Organization. Irene will return in 2017.
Demand for Rajasthani Camel Riders in Arab Countries
Hundreds of camel riders from Jaisalmer not only rear camels in many Arab countries, especially Dubai, but also train them for racing.
Hurricanes Get Name from Carib Indians' God of Evil
The word hurricane is derived from "Hurican," the Carib Indians' god of evil.
Full Bodied Support
Marathi actress Yoggitta Dandekar has used body paint to pledge her support to Anna Hazare’s cause.
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Teen Steve Jobs Sought Tranquility in India
The journey was a sort of ascetic pilgrimage. They had even shaved their heads. "Except we didn't know where we were going," his friend Dan Kottke has been quoted as saying. The pair were only seeking spiritual solace and enlightenment.
India's Oldest Prisoner, 108, Dies
Brij Bihari Pandey, 108, a murder convict, described as the "oldest prisoner in the history of Indian prisons" died in his ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district.
Between a Dock and a Plastic Place
The Ministry of Environment and Forests’ proscription of the use of plastic pouches for the packaging of pan masala, gutkha and tobacco is being challenged in the Bombay High Court by a pan masala manufacturer on the grounds that the regulation arbitrarily targets one particular class of products for discrimination.
Steve Jobs in 1973 India
Jobs never got the enlightenment he was looking for, but did return to California in Indian clothes, and a Buddhist.
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Trousers Didn't Fit, You Must Acquit
Dr Narendra Sharma, a father-of-two, told the hearing he had secured his trousers with medical tape because they did not fit but a kicking patient caused them to partially fall.
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No Onions for Chauffeurs for the Rich
The drivers are taught to shave and bathe daily, avoid eating raw onions, polish their shoes, use hand sanitizer after meals and refrain from eating in the car, says Alam Khan, a hospitality industry veteran who is the Institute’s head of training.
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Indian or Bangladeshi?
Residents of an Indian enclave in Bangladesh can opt to take Bangladeshi citizenship once the area is assimilated in Bangladesh.
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Six Year Search for Son
Ryan, who was 21 when he disappeared on the morning of August 24, 2005, from an ashram, had stayed in the pilgrim town by the Ganga for two weeks, learnt yoga and met several sadhus. What might have given the couple some hope is a sentence they recently came across in their son's diary. "If I am gone, I am not dead, I have gone to free my mind..." the words read.
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Affluence Puts More Proteins on Indian Plates
If scrumptious non-vegetarian dishes were once-a-week affair for most Indian families before the sweep of liberalization, home food is now liberally peppered with non-vegetarian helpings throughout the week.
Social networking sites helping Team Anna
A crucial ingredient of the India Against Corruption movement's success has been its use of social networking as a tool for mass mobilisation and rapid information dissemination through the Internet.
Luxury Retail Lags in India
When Nita Ambani went shopping for 25,000 pieces of high-end Japanese crockery, she did not go to the Noritake store in her posh neighbourhood of southern Mumbai. Instead, the wife of richest man in India called a Noritake store in Sri Lanka, where the upscale dinnerware for her new $1 billion home would be far cheaper.
Coriander Cures Food Poisoning
Coriander oil is toxic to a broad range of harmful bacteria and its use in foods and in clinical agents could prevent food-borne illnesses and even treat antibiotic-resistant infections.
Hot Water Inflated to Bursting Point
Ashutosh Chopra, 17, displays his strength by inflating a hot water bottle to its 500psi bursting point during a performance at a school in Bangalore.
Gandhi Topi in Vogue
"The Gandhi Topi is very much back in fashion. I can see teenagers wearing the Gandhi Topi with a high pony tail. As today's generation does everything with style, the Gandhi Topi is very much in vogue."
The Indian Bulge
City-bred Indians are three times more likely to be overweight than rural folk-there is also the particularly Indian genetic propensity of accumulating fat against muscle mass.
In India, Charity Begins — and Stays — at Home
The culture of philanthropy has yet to take root in India. You hear all the time about weddings that cost as much as the American defence budget, but hardly ever about charity balls or fundraising dinners.
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Sachin in Saris
The 9m by 6m mosaic of Tendulkar, created from fabrics and saris, was put together by artist Laura Hadland. "Immortalising Sachin Tendulkar in fabrics seemed the perfect way to capture the spirit of Leicester as it gears up to welcome him and his teammates."
'Most Feared' Pest in Rice Shipment from India at Chicago's O'Hare
The Khapra beetle, which is about 2 to 3 millimeters long as an adult and about 5 millimeters long as a larva, is described as "one of the world's most tenacious and destructive stored-produce pests because of its ability to damage grain."
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Study Estimates World Species at 8.7 Million, Most Undiscovered
Roughly 90 per cent of the species in the world have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued by humans, according to a new scientific study. The study by Canadian researchers estimated the number of species at 8.7 million. The scientists developed a new method of estimating the global total, and published their findings in the journal PLoS Biology on Tuesday.
Fashion Footwear
From mojris, nagras to embellished chappals, youngsters in capital are opting for ethnic footwear
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Mumbai World's Cheapest City
Mumbai may be terribly expensive for the average Indian, but the country’s commercial capital is the cheapest mega city in the world.
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$150 Million Donation for IIT Kharagpur
The donation comes on the day IIT-Kharagpur — where Mani Bhowmick’s father was jailed when the premises was called Hijli Detention camp — is the largest donation in IIT history.
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Strip for the Bill
"My decision is not for gaining publicity. I am not like other models who make controversial claims for grabbing eyeballs. I am not doing it to be famous but for the common people."
BCCI's Secret Report on India's Test Debacle
Humor Us: The committee thus concluded that the contracts of head coach Duncan Fletcher and all specialist coaches should be terminated with immediate effect, .... All members of the team, with the exception of Tendulkar, to be dropped from the side with immediate effect.
Your Head on My Shoulder
What this young Indian man was exhibiting was a remarkable and extremely rare case of craniopagus parasiticus—so rare, in fact, that fewer than a dozen such cases have ever been recorded.Parasitic twinning is just one of many possible outcomes on the multiple-birth spectrum. It's these unsung twins—the disarticulated, malformed, gelatinous or barnacle-like human beings—that are the real marvels of the multiple-birth world. (Actually, as we'll see, while they're certainly human, there's usually not much being to them at all.)
Fighting in Technicolor
An ancient Hindu tradition inspires a music festival's multicolored modern promo.
Competing Parades on Oak Tree
"When we fight for a day to celebrate, we forget the sacrifice of the freedom fighters. This is a day I didn't want to see."
Pune College Students to Co-Author Wikipedia
“We are inviting students and educators in India to join us in this mission by taking part in the India education programme. Information about India and contribution by people from India are not adequately represented on Wikipedia, and we want to change that.”
No Men for Contraception
The final phase of trials before India could unveil to the world a single-dose, safe and reversible contraceptive method for men has failed to recruit even half the number of male subjects it needs for testing.
India-Funded Ghana Presidential Mansion Courts Controversy
Soon after assuming office Pres. John Mills refused to move into the building in line with his campaign promise that he would not live there because the money spent on the building could have been used on other things to benefit the poor.
Once High and Mighty Lie Abandoned
The only Gandhi ignored in death is Sanjay Gandhi: only his widow Maneka Gandhi and son Varun Gandhi come to mourn him at his memorial in Rajghat on December 14, his birth anniversary and June 23, his death anniversary, with flowers and prayers. “No Congress leader is seen anywhere near the site.”
The Hip Sip
"The Highland Nectar bar at the ITC Gardenia uncorked an Armand de Brignac Blanc Champagne costing 1,58,000 ($3500) for a VIP guest."
Maid 'Drives' Employers to Death
A retired widower and his unemployed son hanged themselves at their Bansdroni home, accusing their domestic help in the suicide note of “mentally torturing” them.
The Dumb English Language
A caller from India asked him to spell a name, asking: “Is it S for Surat, M for Mumbai, I for Ichalkaranji, T for Tiruchirappalli and H for Hinjilicut?”
Supreme Court: Horoscopes Weak, But Admissible Evidence
"We reiterate the proposition of law laid down by this court in the earlier decisions that horoscope is a very weak piece of material to prove age of a person and that heavy onus lies on a person who wants to press it into service to prove its authenticity."
Jaipur Polo Match Taken to Tusk
Polo played on elephants instead of horses is a popular novelty sport in Nepal, India and Thailand, and it has been staged in Jaipur for about four decades.
Mango War in US Market
Three years after the Indian alphanso landed in the US to the delight of diehard mango lovers, the popular chausa variety from Pakistan has entered American markets this month,bringing an element of competition between the mango varieties from two countries,
Beggars Can be Choosers
“The entire event is like a mini village fair. There is too much competition to qualify as the ultimate poor in every village. People are jealous of each other and so we keep digging out information, often in disguise to find our target.”
A Rose to India
The film was as much about Ravi visiting his home town and seeing, maybe for the first time, how his privileged upbringing kept him far from the poverty still endemic in his country. The trip was also an opportunity for father and daughter to get to know each other better. He missed her teenage years in Ireland because he stayed in London working, returning to the family’s home in Athy when work allowed.
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