Embattled Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as the country’s military chief before the upcoming elections. In a deal reached with Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto, Musharraf is also said to have agreed to drop corruption charges against Bhutto and other politicians. General Musharraf, who seized power from the civilian government […]
Indian movies will earn $208 million (Rs 850 crore) in 2007 in the overseas market, India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting P.R.Dasmunsi told the country’s parliament on Wednesday. Last year, Indian movies are said to have earned $171 million in the overseas markets. Indian movies in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and other languages are usually […]
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. […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has shut down 10 Reliance Industries superstores after protests by small traders and political activists. Five supermarkets run by another Indian retail chain Spencer’s have also been shut down. Mayawati, who became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh recently, after a resounding victory, said: I have constituted a high-level committee to […]
A must see movie of this summer, Bourne Ultimatum delivers solid entertainment for those of us tired of the same old, same old Bollywood balderdash. Ever since we read our first Jason Bourne thriller in 1980 – that was Bourne Identity – we’ve been hooked on the late author Robert Ludlum’s best known creation and […]
Did anyone say that politics makes strange bedfellows? Ah, how true. How true. Beleaguered Pakistan President and military chief Pervez Musharraf has held secret talks for a second time with his bitter foe Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and former Prime Minister of the country. The secret meeting is believed to […]