Just read an interesting news item in DNA – Indians are forking out as much as Rs 1 crore ($250,000) to Shah Rukh Khan and other Bollywood celebrities to sing/dance at their functions and shake hands with their guests. Here’s an excerpt from the DNA piece: Shah Rukh Khan may not agree to do a […]
Indian perfume millionaires Mahender Muralidhar Sabhnani and his wife Varsha Mahender Sabhnani were found guilty by a New York jury of forced labor, harboring illegal immigrants, involuntary servitude and conspiracy charges in a high-profile case dubbed by prosecutors as “a case of modern day slavery.” The Sabhnanis, who live in a multi-million dollar home in Muttontown, a wealthy […]
A new poll published after President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule on November 3, 2007 shows that two-thirds of Pakistanis want him to quit while 70% feel the country is headed in the wrong direction. Conducted by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute, the poll casts a harsh spotlight on Musharraf with 67% calling for the […]
Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace social networking web site is chasing after Bollywood stars as it expands into new geographies. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that MySpace is sending its employees to meet with Bollywood folks in hopes of getting the stars to create profiles and share news and videos with fans. MySpace’s Bollywood mission […]
Titillating magazine and adult video pioneer Penthouse Media Group has spent $500 million to buy a bunch of social networking web sites with its acquisition of Various Inc and its subsidiaries. Various operates 25 online communities including adultfriendfinder.com, which supposedly has 18 million members. All together, Various is said to have a membership base of […]
Bollywood entertainment house T-Series is frustrated that YouTube (owned by Google) has failed to take cognizance of the Delhi High Court’s interim order in November restraining YouTube and Google from infringing its content and plans to file a contempt petition. T-Series has filed a suit against Google and YouTube for a permanent injunction and the case is […]