Lisbon High Court has agreed to Abu Salem’s extradition to India so the underworld don can face trial for his part in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Salem is currently in a Portuguese jail serving a four-and-a-half year term for possessing forged passports along with Bollywood actress Monica Bedi. The High Court in Portugal [...]
After the success of the Swift, Suzuki has announced that it will release a cheap mini-SUV to be made in India, China, Japan, and Hungary, priced as low as $15,000. The company has said the new mini-SUV will cost Rs 2,012 crore to develop, and have a two-liter engine, with a worldwide sales target of [...]
Reports show that only 40 percent of Mumbai’s residents have access to sewers, leaving 50 percent of its residents in sewerless slums, and 15 percent still using obsolete septic tanks. Most of the city depends on the Mithri river for drainage, except it’s now clogged with debris and waste, forcing residents to deal with the [...]
Hyderabadi tennis sensation Sania Mirza may have to skip next week’s Rogers Cup tournament after pulling a stomach muscle, according to her father. Sania performed well in last week’s Acura Classic, losing in the third round to Nadia Petrova, but managed to break into the Top 50 WTA rankings, while nothing that rankings “seldom matter [...]
Five kids from Pune were reprimanded on Monday for prank calling and sending SMSs to Preity Zinta while pretending to be Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan. The five offenders were called to a western Mumbai police station and reprimanded after Zinta filed a complaint on August 3rd, but the kids didn’t receive any [...]
A compilation of links regarding the JAAG India PIL against the government’s substandard flood relief operations:
Film biggies to file PIL against Gov’t - Midday
Bollywood Personalities’ P.I.L. Against State Govt. - Sify.com
Bollywood v. Maharashta Government - Boulevard India (first report)
Flights grounded in rain replay - The Telegraph, Calcutta
Celebs ready to sue state for flood - [...]
Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has proposed that Indians who do not have a toilet in their house will not be able to participate in elections, in an attempt to “eradicate the practice of open defecation by 2010.” Singh remarked, “If you cannot build a toilet in your own home, what use can you [...]
I spoke too soon yesterday - Sania Mirza is now ranked 47th on the WTA Tour. She moved up after beating number eight Nadia of Petrova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 at the Acura Classic women’s tournament in San Diego, marking her second win against a top 10 player. Sania is the first Indian since Ramesh [...]
India is in talks with Iran and Pakistan to join their consortium to build a $7.4 billion pipeline throughout the three countries, construction of which is expected to start in 2007. A top official remarked that India needs to be directly involved with the pipeline in order to control the price of gas and ensure [...]
India’s own Sania Mirza climbed five places up the ladder this week, now ranked 59th in the WTA rankings. Although she lost to Wimbledon champ Venus Williams at the Stanford WTA tournament, Sania made a strong showing at the Acura Classic, beating the Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6 in straight sets. Sania also beat Galina [...]