After days of dilly-dallying, the Mumbai Police finally gathered the courage to arrest Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who has been inciting locals against Mumbai residents who hail from other states of India like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Raj Thackeray, who is the nephew of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, was arrested on Wednesday after a […]
 Nov.26, 2008 – Terrorists Strike Mumbai; 80 Killed; 250 Injured Bollywood star and Bombay blast convict Sanjay Dutt has scored a hatrick with his recent third marriage. The Bad Boy of Bollywood married his girlfriend Manyata on Monday. Manyata is wife No-3 for 48-year-old Sanjay Dutt, a former drug addict and the son of late […]
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Babe Amte, has died. The 94-year-old social worker died of cancer at his Anandwan Ashram (in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra) on Friday. A follower of Gandhi, Baba Amte took up several worthy causes including care of leprosy patients and rehabilitation of tribals impacted by construction of large dams.
Transcendental Meditation guru Mahesh Yogi has died. The 91-year-old Indian died at his home in Netherlands, a month after he stepped down as head of his vast organization and retired into silence. Mahesh Yogi’s followers included the Beatles, Mia Farrow, Beach Boy, Mike Love and British singer Donovan. Many summers ago, we attended a short […]
Update: Amit Kapur Leaving MySpace Rupert Murdoch’s social networking site MySpace has named Amit Kapur Chief Operating Officer. Kapur will be responsible for leading development and implementation of all global business operations. Amit Kapur MySpace is said to have 110 million users worldwide. Kapur will also oversee growth and expansion of MySpace partnerships across the upcoming […]
Sanjay Mehrotra is a co-founder of Silicon Valley-based SanDisk, manufacturer of removable storage cards, flash drives and MP3 players. SanDisk’s products are used in digital cameras, multi-function mobile phones, USB flash drives, digital audio/video players and other digital consumer devices Before becoming President and COO of SanDisk in April 2006, Sanjay worked as Director of memory […]