Chandan Singh,9, never missed an episode of MTV’s reality show Roadies. But Saturday night’s episode was to be his last. The boy hanged himself accidentally while imitating a stunt on the show, in which contestants perform difficult tasks to avoid elimination. Chandan, a class 3 student, had watched the episode of Roadies where two contestants, […]
India-made eco undies a rage in UK
Among the hottest items to fly off British shop shelves these days are environment-friendly knickers produced by a women’s cooperative in Tamil Nadu. The idea of the knickers, made of organic cotton, hemp and silk, and available in boxes made of recycled paper, came to Sarah Lucy Smith, 28, who made them for her final […]
Now, pop music rules at Brit funerals
Pop songs are handily beating out traditional hymns in England as the preferred soundtrack for the final goodbye, the Telegraph reports. A survey of 30,000 funeral-services conducted shows that 58% of funerals feature popular music as the top request, versus 35% for hymns; classical grabs just 7%. The top request? Frank Sinatra’s My Way is […]
Google’s Q1 profit rises slower at 8.9%
Google Inc, owner of the world’s most popular search engine, reported slower profit and sales growth in the first quarter as the recession discouraged users from clicking on ads. Net income climbed 8.9% to $1.42 billion, or $4.49 a share, the company said on Thursday. Excluding revenue passed on to partner sites, sales were $4.07 […]
Finally Raj proposes to Shilpa
Shilpa Shetty is over the moon, and understandably so. The sexy actor was looking her smashing best at a party hosted by her and beau Raj Kundra to celebrate taking a stake in their cricket team and the launch of her spa. But Shilpa has another reason to celebrate. According to sources, on Valentine’s Day, […]
Sukhwinder cheated!
Sukhwinder Singh, whose song Jai Ho has won an Oscar, has just realised that he has been cheated to the tune of Rs20 crore over the past 12 months. A few middlemen posing as his managers charged event organisers three to four times the price that he had actually charged for his stage shows. According […]
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