World to end on Saturday, say New York preachers
It's raining in New York, and everyone tries to get out of the rain. Not Manny. The 56-year old Dominican, unflappable, stands on a corner with his umbrella, warning people that on Saturday, May 21, t
Mumbai Police's pro-citizen website awaits rebooting
A website of the city police, launched with much fanfare two years ago to remain connected with the people, particularly the youth, has not been updated since December last year.
The website, copconn
Operation Donkey brings Iraqi equine to US
It took 37 days and a group of determined animal lovers, but a donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident.
Smoke The Donkey, who became a friend and mascot to a group of U.S. Marines living in Iraq's An
End of an era as Vegas casino closes
Las Vegas marks the end of an era this week as one of the US gambling mecca's last original ‘Rat Pack’ casino-hotels, the Sahara, finally closes its doors.
Opened in 1952, the Sahara hosted everyone
Accounts piece together bin Laden's fugitive trail
For a man on the run, Osama bin Laden seemed to do very little running. Instead, he chose to spend long stretches, possibly years in one place and often in the company of his family.
As details emerg
Promos move on - using autos, cabs to steer a hit
It's advertising on the move, as clever and gimmicky as they come. Buses are passe and producers are now hitching a ride on Mumbai autorickshaws and looking at taxis too to drive their movies to the m
Indian brides told to put down their mobile phones
Punjab has issued an advisory asking newly-wedded women to avoid talking too much on their mobile phones for the first two years of marriage in case it provokes jealousy from their husbands.
The Punj
60 percent of Pak girls are school dropouts: UNICEF
UNICEF has revealed about 7 million children in Pakistan are out of primary school and 60 percent of them are girls.
UNICEF representative Dan Rohrmann warned the possibility of increasing dropouts b
With Maharaja a pauper, is it time to sell Air India
With accumulated losses amounting to nearly $3 billion, the 10-day crippling strike of Air India pilots may have come at the worst possible time for the flag carrier, but it has also raised the pitch
Osama, who? ask clueless teenagers
While millions of people across the world heaved a sigh of relief as TV channels broke the news of world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden being killed in a US special operation on Monday, a lar