Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is most likely headed back to his father-in-law’s place on September 27. Now out on bail, Sanjay Dutt will have to return to his father-in-law’s place once he is served with a copy of the judgment (readers of Rabindranath Tagore’s fine story Kabuliwallah will recognize that father-in-law’s home is an euphemism for jail). Sanjay […]
Taiwanese PC vendor Acer is acquiring Gateway for $710 million in stock ($1.90 per share) in a deal that should mean more difficult times ahead for struggling computer company Dell. The merger would lead to a company with $15 billion in annual sales and 20 million PCs shipped. Acer intends to retain the Gateway brand […]
Indian business house Tata is interested in buying Jaguar and Land Rover, two disasters that struggling U.S. auto maker Ford is looking to jettison. Apparently, Tata Motors is looking to expand beyond India, which now accounts for the overwhelming majority of its sales. Hence its interest in Jaguar and Land Rover. Jaguar and Land Rover are […]
Indian restaurants are choc-a-block in New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island). Mysore Masala Dosa, Chicken Manchurian, Lamb Roganjosh, Punjabi Chole, Dhokla, American Chop Suey, Chicken Chettinad, Bisibele Bath, Pongal…whatever be your fancy you can get ’em all here. Folks, there must be at least 225 Indian restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Flushing Ganesh […]
Nokia phones Made in India at a plant near the South Indian city of Chennai are being exported to 58 countries. In the 18 months upto July 2007, Nokia’s Indian plant has turned out 60 million phones. Buoyed by the success of its Indian operations, Nokia is looking to make the Indian plant an export hub. […]
Two bomb blasts killed 40 people and injured over 80 on Saturday evening at the Lumbini amusement park and a food stall in the Kothi area in the South Indian city of Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The blasts are said to have occured around 7:40PM local time within minutes of each other. […]