India Revamps Intelligence Setup

Following increasing incidents of terrorists strikes and bomb blasts in different corners of the country, India has set up a Multi-Agency Centre and Joint Task Force on Intelligence in its domestic spying agency, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) at Delhi. Indian intelligence officials hope that setting up the Multi-Agency Centre and Joint Task Force on Intelligence at the […]

Broadband Internet Growth Pitiful in India

Broadband Internet penetration is just not making headway in India. According to the mandarins at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the country added a mere 20,000 new broadband subscribers in October 2007 taking the total broadband subscribers to 2.69 million. The broadband picture in India looks even bleaker when you consider that the TRAI […]

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Fares Badly in U.S.

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal has turned out to be a dud at the U.S. box office for the November 23-25 weekend. At the box office, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal brought in a pitiful $66,011 and came in at No-40. Featuring John Abraham, Arshad Warsi and that non-actress Bipasha Basu, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is the […]

Bollywood Dancing Queen Madhuri is Back

Bollywood’s yesteryear dancing queen Madhuri Dixit will be back on the Big Screen this Friday in Aaja Nachle after a gap of six years. Madhuri Dixit thrilled Bollywood movie fans with her pretty looks and fine dancing skills in scores of Hindi movies from 1986 to 2002 when she called it quits after her marriage […]

Abu Dhabi Pumps in $7.5b To Save Citigroup

Reeling from massive losses due to its disastrous missteps in the subprime mortgage segment, embattled financial services giant Citigroup is getting a $7.5 billion cash infusion from Gulf nation Abu Dhabi through a sale of Equity Units convertible into shares. The Abu Dhabi investment is expected to close within the next several days.  The badly-needed cash […]

Google To Debut Data Storage Service

Search giant Google is looking to offer an online data storage service that will let consumers store their files on the company’s hard drives, access them on the Internet and share them online with friends, according to a story in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required). Apparently, the plan is to offer some free storage with additional […]