Made-in-Mumbai baby for Israeli gay couple

The Israeli Gay couple have made a splash in India by having their own baby through India's liberal and mostly uncontrolled surrogacy practice. With easy availability of Surrogate mother, Surrogacy is becoming a popular option  for childless couple from abroad. But very...

I'm not marrying Monica Bedi, says Rahul Mahajan

" MUMBAI: Rahul Mahajan, son of deceased BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, will not marry actor Monica Bedi after all. Both Rahul and Monica were participants of reality show Big Boss. Rahul was ousted from the show on...

70 school kids hospitalised after food poisoning

About 70 school children were hospitalised near Delhi on Wednesday following food poisoning. Doctors and officials suspect either the daily mid-day meal they were served in the school or jatropha fruits could have caused the illness. "Children of the Government Primary...

HTC Introduces New Touchscreen Phones in India

" HTC has augmented its line-up of cellphones in India again with today’s Mumbai launch of the HTC Touch Pro and the Touch Viva.Priced at Rs. 34,990, the HTC Touch Pro features a full QWERTY keypad that slides...

Beating Aussies, India gear up for England

"RAJKOT: Buoyant India hope to build on their impressive Test success over Australia by defeating England in a seven-match one-day series starting on Friday. Mahendra Dhoni's home team takes the field for the first match here just four days after conquering world champions...

Serving Indian Officer Involved in Terrorism

"Written by www.daily.pk    Sunday, 09 November 2008 21:43 Police in India have arrested an army officer in connection with two bombings in Maharashtra state which killed at least eight people in September.The blasts happened in the mainly Muslim...

Despite cover, Marathi family of Vijay Singh Suryavanshi to leave Haryana-Sta...

Update - A day after they decided to stay back with renewed assurances from the locals and the government. At least there some sense prevailing amongst local populace in one part of the country.On one hand India is aiming for the moon and planning to send a manned mission to...

RBI opens doors to 10 VCFs amid liquidity crunch

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India, which has been holding back applications of several foreign venture capital funds (VCFs) for a few years, is slowly opening the doors to these investors — a decision which could be partly driven by the dollar shortage following the FII...

India cuts rates to ease cash squeeze

Following the example of China and Japan, India decided today to cut its short term lending rate as off 3 November 2008. The measure is aimed at curbing adverse effects on cash squeeze,promote economic growth an...

Indian radical leader Raj Thackeray remains belligerent

Speaking first time after the gag order was lifted after his recent arrest, belligerent Maharastra politician Raj Thackeray continued his tirade against north Indians.He also blasted...

Indian stocks zooms, Asian mkt surge on Japan,US rate cut

Asian stock markets surged for a third straight day, as major economies slashed interest rates. China's central bank began to cut its lending and deposit rate by 0.27 of a percentage point for commercial banks on Thursday. Indian Equities soared higher on Friday, in a...

Youth opens fire in Mumbai bus, 1 dead 2 injured

Here is the latest on the shooting incident in Mumbai. The boy has been shot dead by Mumbai Police. Questions are being asked about Police firing and Police firing seems to be fishy. "The violence triggered by the...

Japan, India sign USD 4.6b loan deal but no nuclear supply pact

India and Japan agree to cooperate on a freight railway project but Tokyo delays any nuclear supply deal. They also continue to have difficulties to solve pending "differences over...

Jet Set Go

It is easy money. In the initial years you will make more money than your friend but eventually you will lag behind the ones who went in a carrer for which they trained and careers which require skills more than just...

Indian stock broker kills self and wife

A broker named Prag killed himself and pregnent wife due to financial crisis.This incident of financial fiasco led killing took place in financial capital of India Mumbai. " Parag Tanna and wife Neha were found dead at home by Parag's mother when she entered their house...

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