Software giant Infosys is planning to hire 13,500 more employees over the next nine months, according to Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Managing Director S. Gopalakrishnan. He said the addition would include 7,000 new employees during the second quarter. The news comes after the company added 3,056 employees in the first quarter of this fiscal [...]
People who just can’t get enough of Amitabh Bachchan rejoice: the Bollywood icon will be appearing in three films in the coming months. However, the roles won’t be what AB fans are used to - he’ll be playing himself in all three. Director Sanjay Daima’s debut Ramji Londonwale’s main character is a Bachchan fan who [...]
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert announced that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address a Joint Session of Congress on July 19th at 10am, during a visit to the United States. The announcement comes after a group of senators led by Hillary Clinton and John Cornyn signed a letter to Speaker Hastert urging him [...]
Fans of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be disappointed to hear that Paheli will be his last release for a full year. SRK will start work on his next four films - Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvidaa Na Kehna, Farah Khan’s Happy New Year and Farhan Akhtar’s Don after four months, but will remain unemployed [...]
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi
MTV President Christina Norman announced that MTV Desi, the MTV Network for young people with ties to South Asia but living in America, will be launching July 12th at 9pm ET. The network is set to feature programs like “MTV Desi News,” “Bollywood on Ice,” and the “Immies”, the Desi equivalent of the MTV Movie [...]
WorldSpace Satellite Radio announced yesterday the launch of its services in Delhi, as the first satellite radio provider for India. WorldSpace, which boasts the world’s largest satellite radio footprint, now broadcasts 39 radio stations in Delhi, spanning a variety of musical genres, news, sports, and more. The service also features dedicated genre channels broadcasting clearly [...]
A French footwear company has angered the UK’s Hindu population with a new shoe that features an image of Lord Rama, one of the most revered gods in Hinduism. Despite pleas to remove the shoes from shelves, shoemaker Minelli has not complied. As a result, Hindu Human Rights has staged demonstrations outside the French embassy [...]
Even after a possible attempt at reconciliation this past weekend, Bollywood queens Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukherji are still not speaking to each other. It all started when Rani stepped into Ash’s role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the upcoming Chalte Chalte, and failed to ask if Ash it was okay. The two were like [...]
Readers across India have been praising “The Voyage to Excellence,” a new book Nischinta Amarnath and Debashish Ghosh describing the stories of 21 of India’s most successful businesswomen. Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, says the authors “have done a wonderful job of capturing the thrills and challenges that pave the road [...]