25
08
2007
Bollywood star Salman Khan was arrested by police on Saturday and sent to jail after a court rejected his appeal against a five-year conviction for shooting an endangered species of gazelle.
Television channels showed pictures of the muscular actor surrounded by policemen as he left the airport in Jodhpur after arriving from Mumbai, as TV crews […]
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25
08
2007
In the wake of the euphoria following actor Sanjay Dutt’s incarceration and interim bail in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, it seems that the culture of hero worship is more pronounced in India than anywhere else in the world.
Largely, the media is being blamed for glorifying the actor by reporting every little aspect connected […]
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Categories : culture of hero worship, dhamaka
7
08
2007
Mahendra Singh Dhoni today termed his elevation to Twenty-20 captaincy three years after his India debut as a “fairy-tale” and said he would strive hard to meet the challenges and expectations.
“To be honest, I never dreamt of playing for India. I just played the game for the love of it. So just to play for […]
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26
07
2007
Underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala, currently operating from Australia and New Zealand, planned to eliminate film director Raj Kumar Santoshi and music composer Himesh Reshammiya.
This was revealed by one of his sharpshooters, Anis Radiowala, arrested along with three other hit men by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police at Dewa near Barabanki, […]
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18
07
2007
You’ve heard of the glitterati and then the chatterati and now it’s the turn of the causerati! Yes, it’s all those celebrities who like to flaunt their causes. One such cause has Bollywood meeting Hollywood. Amitabh Bachchan and Tabloid Princess Sienna Miller are getting together for the fight against global warming.
An umbrella and a blonde […]
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Categories : Annoucements, dhamaka
18
07
2007
Shilpa Shetty, easily the most popular Indian in Britain thanks to her performance on reality show Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, will be awarded a honorary doctorate by the Leeds Metropolitan University today.
The award will be conferred on her as part of the university’s summer graduation celebrations, and is in recognition of her contribution […]
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16
07
2007
he administration of the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri Monday launched two websites through which the famous Rath Yatra (chariot festival) can be viewed live across the world.
Designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), www.jagannath.nic.in and www.rathyatra.nic.in, the websites also contain information about the 12th century shrine, lord Jagannath, lord Balabhadra and goddess Subhadra.
‘Our motto […]
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14
07
2007
Astronomers have reported the first hard evidence of water on an alien planet, a giant swirling world of gas that is steaming up.
This planet absorbs starlight in a way that can only be explained by the presence of water vapour
The new observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope run by the US space agency Nasa provide […]
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Categories : Annoucements, dhamaka, science and technology
13
07
2007
The human gait is a marvel of coordination. All aspects of movement control – from the angle of the knee joints to the momentum of the hip up to the balance point of the torso – need to be meticulously adjusted. In addition, the gait is adaptable to different environments. Walking on ice is different […]
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Categories : Annoucements, dhamaka, science and technology
12
07
2007
In a list on the 100 most beautiful women today published by the current Harpers and Queen magazine, the former Miss World has been placed ninth. Interestingly, she bagged the same position in the publication’s list last year too.
Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie topped the list followed by supermodel Christy Turlington, Queen Rania of Jordan, film […]
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Categories : Annoucements, Entertainment Site, dhamaka