Archive for March, 2009

Shilpa Shetty to wed Raj Kundra in October

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is all set to settle down with her Britain-based NRI entrepreneur beau Raj Kundra. After declaring her love for Raj to the world, Shilpa said that she is ready to marry him. Now, the news is that they are going to tie the knot in October this year.

Shilpa said that she [...]

Published on March 30, 2009 · Category: Bollywood

Indian Court appoints lawyer for Kasab

Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone surviving terrorists of the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008, got a court-appointed government lawyer to defend him in the court. On Monday, special Judge M.L. Tahilyani announced the name of Anjali Waghmare, who is on the Maharashtra Legal Aid Committee, as the lawyer who will represent Kasab [...]

Published on March 30, 2009 · Category: News

Deepika Padukone at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week

On Saturday, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone rocked the ramp for two designers at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week at Delhi. It was the fourth day of the fashion week and Deepika Padukone was the show-stopper who walked the ramp for Indian designers Rana Gill and Rina Dhaka. Take a look at the picture gallery [...]

Published on March 26, 2009 · Category: Photo

Assamese Newspaper Editor Shot Dead

Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday night shot dead Anil Majumdar, the Editor-in-Chief of Assamese daily newspaper ‘Aji’. Majumdar, in his late 30s, was shot dead by armed youths near his residence on Rajgarh Road, Guwahati.
Majumdar, 40, was returning from office and was about to enter his residence when one of the five unidentified gunmen, who were [...]

Published on March 25, 2009 · Category: Assam

Jade Goody lost her battle with Cancer

British reality star Jade goody has lost her battle to cervical cancer. The 27-year-old mum of two, who recently married boyfriend Jack Tweed, died in her sleep at her home in Essex, southeast England, her publicist Max Clifford said.
Goody was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 but the disease spread to her liver, groin and bowel [...]

Published on March 23, 2009 · Category: Entertainment

Vitamin D deficiency may worsen Chronic Pain

A new scientific study suggestst that Vitamin D deficiency may worsen the condition of people already suffering from chronic pain. During the study, the researchers from Mayo Clinic has found a link between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. It means people with chronic [...]

Published on March 20, 2009 · Category: Health and Fitness

CBI starts custodial interrogation of Satyam fraud accused

Armed with a court order, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s prime investigative agency, today began custodial interrogation of Company founder B Ramalinga Raju and two other accused in the case of more than Rs 7,800 crore financial fraud in Satyam Computer Services.
A 16-member Multi-Disciplinary Investigation Team (MDIT) of the CBI, led by DIG [...]

Published on March 20, 2009 · Category: News

HP launches HP Software University

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday launched HP Software University (HPSU) in partnership with the Indian Institute of Hardware Technology (IIHT) to train and certify software testing professionals.
The global software testing market is estimated to be $13 billion and India is expected to contribute 70 per cent of the market. Its present share is $6.5-7 billion. This [...]

Published on March 20, 2009 · Category: Technology

ISRO to launch Israeli Satellite

It is reported that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch Israeli satellite RISAT in the first week of April. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of ISRO is getting ready for the task at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
RISAT is a radar-imaging satellite used for remote-sensing that can take pictures of the earth 24 [...]

Published on March 20, 2009 · Category: Technology

ISRO finds new Bacteria Species in Stratosphere

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Monday that three new species of bacteria had been found in the upper stratosphere. The three species of bacteria, which are not found on the earth and are highly resistant to ultraviolet radiation, have been discovered in the upper stratosphere (more than 15 km above the earth) [...]

Published on March 17, 2009 · Category: Science