ME&EM Launch New Jeans Line
Designed by MiH [Made in Heaven] and named according to the city style that they have been designed after the jeans are branded, London, New York and Paris in homage to the great fashion cities of the world. Finding the right pair of jeans can be hard, but because these jeans have been selected by ME&EM you can be sure of a great comfortable fit. There is nothing worse than jeans that fit around the bottom but not around the waist or have legs that are just too wide. These jeans have been designed by MiH to be up to the minute in their design but as comfortable to wear as the old pair o..
West Bengal To Act Against Illegal Hotels On The Beach
The West Bengal government is moving court against the unauthorised hotels and resorts that have come up on the sea beach at Mandarmani in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms. 'We are going to file an affidavit in the Calcutta High Court. We have already informed the court about the gross violation of CRZ by the hotel owners and the environmental damages in the coastal belt,' a senior environmental department official told IANS. Mandarmani, located about 180 km from here in East Midnapore district, is a virgin sea resort to which the tourists are flocking in large n..
Where Has All The Election Colour Gone, Ask Pakistanis
No interesting graffiti, only the odd corner meeting and no bite even in the daily fare of verbal fisticuffs on TV. Pakistan's parliamentary elections are only four days away, but the colour and verve are strangely missing. And so people say this is the most lacklustre and pale election they have ever witnessed. The reasons cited are many -- fear of increased suicide and bomb attacks at public gatherings, price hikes making ends meet a daily impossibility, the missing face of Benazir Bhutto and lack of confidence in the interim government for holding free and fair elections. B..
Automaker Mahindra To Start Rolling In The US
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra plans to export sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickups to the US by next year, becoming the first Indian company to enter the world's biggest auto market. The Mumbai-based company has signed an agreement with Global Vehicles USA Inc of Atlanta in Georgia, which will import and distribute Mahindra vehicles. Mahindra is thus set to become the first Indian company to break into the North American auto market, the largest in the world, following up on its managing director Anand Mahindra's statements last year on expanding overseas. ..
Australia Prepared To Wither Storm Of Cancelling Pakistan Tour
The Australian cricket board is prepared to face dire consequences by sticking to the advice of independent security agencies that have asked them to abandon the tour of Pakistan, the media reported here Thursday. According to a report in The Age, Cricket Australia (CA) chairman Creagh O'Connor wrote a letter to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) explaining that it has been advised not to send Ricky Ponting's team to Pakistan because of political turmoil. CA insisted that they are yet to arrive at a decision and are waiting eagerly for the outcome of the Feb 18 elections in Pakist..
MNS Violence Is Part Of NCP Conspiracy: BSP
In its first reaction since the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) launched a tirade against north Indians in Mumbai, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Thursday said the campaign was a conspiracy by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to divide the votes of 'communal forces'. In a statement issued 12 days after north Indians were first targeted in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, BSP state convenor Sudhir Sawant said the whole incident was pre-planned. 'It is part of the conspiracy engineered by the NCP to cause division in votes of communal forces,' Sawant added. ..
Bollywood Celebrates Valentine's Day In Myriad Ways
From visiting cancer patients and holding special movie screenings to flirting and sipping wine, Bollywood stars had various interesting plans for Valentine's Day celebrations. Aishwarya Rai: 'I'll be attending the premiere of 'Jodhaa-Akbar' in Delhi on Valentine's Day, but Abhishek will be with me. So no complaints.' Bipasha Basu: 'We're going for a short trip to Cape Town. For the last three years on Valentine's Day John and I have been in different countries. I'm looking forward to this flash holiday. Zayed Khan: 'I propos..
Mobiles, CDs Seized From Meerut Jail Inmates
The police recovered mobile phones, CDs and pornographic material from Meerut jail when they were called to intervene between two groups of clashing inmates, a police official said here Thursday. During the raid Wednesday night, the police recovered eight mobile phones, SIM cards, CDs and pornographic material from the prison cells. The seizures were made when policemen moved in to control the violence. Proceedings under the Gangsters Act have been launched against 17 inmates under trials. Those involved in the violence are to be shifted to other jails in the state, an official sai..
Quikjet To Move Air Cargo From April
Bangalore-based Quikjet Cargo will start hauling domestic air cargo from April this year, said a top official. 'In the first phase, Quikjet will be using two-three Boeing type B737-300 cargo planes to cover the main Indian metros using Bangalore's new airport as a hub,' Cyrus Guzder, managing director and chairman AFL Pvt Ltd, told IANS. Quikjet's parent company Aviation Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd is a joint venture between Cardinal Aviation Pte Ltd, a private equity firm in Singapore, and Mumbai-based logistics firm AFL Pvt Ltd. Guzder said it would be an overni..
ICC To Discuss Sledging, 2011 World Cup
India's cricket board will try to get support from other friendly countries at next week's chief executives' meeting in a bid to completely stamp out sledging from the sport, a top official said Thursday. 'When I go there (Kuala Lumpur) I will discuss this issue with other countries. Basically, I will be asking a question, which is a common sense question,' Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told IANS. 'Our demand is that umpires should take action if they hear any abuse in the field. But whether or not the Internati..
Youth Breaks Beer Bottles On Own Head For A Record
A youth in Orissa has broken at least 185 beer bottles on his head and about 100 tube lights on his body in an attempt to create a new world record. Ramiya Ranjan Parida, a 20-year-old from Malkangiri, some 700 km from here, demonstrated his feat to hundreds of people in his hometown Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. At the beginning of his stunt, two of Parida's aides beat him up with old tube lights one by one and smashed at least 100 tube lights in the process, Binash Kumar Mishra, a local martial art trainer, told IANS. After that Parida himself picked up empty beer bottles kept ..
Sri Lanka Court Flays Indiscriminate Arrest Of Tamils
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has rapped the police for indiscriminately arresting Tamils in drives meant to nab Tamil Tiger suspects or their collaborators. A bench headed by Chief Justice Sarath Silva Wednesday asked the police to formulate rules on detention, arrest and investigation of Tamils who might be suspected of being agents of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE has been waging an armed struggle to secure an independent Tamil state of Eelam in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court said the rules for detention should be submitted to it March 4...
Punj Lloyd To Build $282-million Resort In Singapore
A subsidiary of engineering construction firm Punj Lloyd Ltd, Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Ltd (SE&C), has bagged a contract to set up a resort in Singapore from Asia's leading resorts developer Las Vegas Sands Corp's affiliate Marina Bay Sands Ltd. The $282.3-million (400 million Singapore dollars) contract envisages the construction and building of the north podium of Marina Bay Sands' integrated resort comprising a casino, theatres and retail arcades in Singapore. According to a communique to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Thursday, work on the project w..
Police File Case Against Madhya Pradesh Opposition Leader
A police case has been registered against Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh assembly Jamuna Devi for allegedly using fraud to get her daughter admitted to a medical course and getting her a lecturer's job at a medical college. The case was registered Wednesday on a complaint filed by Ram Singh Marawi of Harsud in Khandwa district six months ago. In his complaint, he had alleged that Jamuna Devi, a former MP, got her daughter Hemlata admission in the MBBS course at the Indore Medical College under the Scheduled Tribe quota on the basis of a forged certificate in 1968. He..
Petrol Up By Rs.2, Diesel By Re.1
Petrol prices will go up by Rs.2 and diesel by Re.1 from midnight Thursday. Petroleum Minister Murli Deora told journalists that the government had decided to allow oil marketing companies to effect the price hike. He was briefing the press after a cabinet meeting. ..
Separate Telangana Might Help Maoists: CM
Intelligence agencies have warned that separate statehood for the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh could strengthen Maoists, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy told the state assembly Thursday. He said that intelligence agencies of the state and the central government had warned that Maoists want a separate Telangana as this would strengthen them. The Maoists had been considerably weakened in Andhra Pradesh during the last couple of years, he said, adding: 'In this situation, there is a view that a separate Telangana state might help them.' According to Reddy, the intel..
On Valentine's Day, It's Roses All The Way!
What's the ideal gift for your valentine? 'Flowers!' youngsters shout in unison. No matter what the latest trend magazine says about the other more interesting gift options for your beloved, it's flowers, and especially roses, for the old and young alike on Valentine's Day in the capital. The Delhi University (DU) area in north Delhi was throbbing with life early Thursday morning as students thronged the flower vendors in every nook and corner of the campus. Askok Tiwari, a flower vendor in Roopnagar, close to DU, said that Valentine's Day was special for him..
Taslima To Get Visa Extension, But Not Freedom (RE-ISSUE)
India's foreign ministry has informed Taslima Nasreen that her visa will be extended but restrictions on her movements would continue, says the Bangladeshi author who has been confined to a 'safe house' in New Delhi. Nasreen's visa - or residential permit - would be extended further when it expires on Feb 17, the writer said Thursday. 'An external affairs ministry official told me that my permit would be extended. But I would not be allowed to move out of this place, meet friends, accept guests or return to Kolkata,' Nasreen told IANS on telephone from the sa..
A Day Later, Raj Thackeray Does Not Stand Very Tall (Profile)
Raj Thackeray's dramatic arrest and hurried release may have catapulted him into political stardom but it is not clear if the attacks on north Indians his men commandeered has really enhanced his stature. As India's financial and movie capital calculated the profits and losses of 10 days of unrest in Maharashtra, one thing seemed clear: Thackeray has a long way to go in a state where the dominant players continue to be the alliances led by the Shiv Sena and the Congress. As Mumbai University official S. Vivek made a telling remark, the so-called street protests that followed..
Perth Ready To Give Farewell To Local Hero Gilchrist
A packed crowd at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground here will give a standing ovation to Adam Gilchrist, as the retiring Australian vice-captain plays his last game at his adopted home ground here Friday. The first time Gilchrist appeared at the ground as a Western Australia player at the WACA ground, a home crowd booed him because local hero Tim Zoehrer was axed to make way for him. Gilchrist will make his final appearance at the famous cricket ground in the one-dayer against Sri Lanka Friday and the sell out crowd at the WACA will give him a rousing farewell when h..
Fleming Confirms Retirement After Home Series Against England
Ending all speculations about his career, former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming Thursday confirmed that he will retire from Test cricket after the home series against England next month. The 34-year-old left-hander, who is considered New Zealand's most successful skipper, will play his final match at Napier against England on Mar 22. Fleming, the most capped Kiwi Test cricketer with 108 appearances, has decided to call it quits in order to spend time with his family, especially with his pregnant wife Kelly, who is expecting their second child in June. He had already retired f..
Protests In Arunachal As Naga Rebels Demand Recruits
People in the northeastern state of Andhra Pradesh held protests Thursday after a frontline Naga separatist group, accused of abducting between 39 to 51 boys last month, demanded more recruits from villages along the border with Myanmar, officials said. 'The Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) has sent notices to 13 villages in Tirap district asking for 227 more boys to join the outfit, leading to protests in the area,' a police spokesman said from Itanagar, the state capital. Officials said about 100 youths have already been recruited by the ..
Punj Lloyd To Build $282-million Resort In Singapore
A subsidiary of engineering construction firm Punj Lloyd Ltd, Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Ltd (SE&C), has bagged a contract to set up a resort in Singapore from Asia's leading resorts developer Las Vegas Sands Corp's affiliate Marina Bay Sands Ltd. The $282.3-million (400 million Singapore dollars) contract envisages the construction and building of the north podium of Marina Bay Sands' integrated resort comprising a casino, theatres and retail arcades in Singapore. According to a communique to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Thursday, work on the project w..
Police File Case Against Madhya Pradesh Opposition Leader
A police case has been registered against Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh assembly Jamuna Devi for allegedly using fraud to get her daughter admitted to a medical course and getting her a lecturer's job at a medical college. The case was registered Wednesday on a complaint filed by Ram Singh Marawi of Harsud in Khandwa district six months ago. In his complaint, he had alleged that Jamuna Devi, a former MP, got her daughter Hemlata admission in the MBBS course at the Indore Medical College under the Scheduled Tribe quota on the basis of a forged certificate in 1968. He..
Cricket Australia Keen To See Indian Premier League Go Ahead
Cricket Australia (CA) Thursday reiterated that it is keen to see the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-sanctioned Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition go ahead. CA chief executive Officer James Sutherland said the Australian board was continuing to work through complex details relating to the players' contractual obligations in the IPL competition. 'We have always said we want to see IPL succeed, but on the basis that it does not compromise (the) International Cricket Council (ICC) Future Tours Programme,' he said. Sutherland said: 'There is ..
Bowie To Croon For Johannsson's Album
Rock music legend David Bowie will feature as a guest singer on actress Scarlett Johansson's album. Ananova.com reports that Johannsson gave a preview of the record in which Bowie appears on two tracks to a few New York journalists. The album is titled 'Anywhere I Lay My Head' and is a Tom Waits cover album. When asked if Waits approved of the recordings, Johannsson said: 'I sent him some of the early recordings and he said, 'Go ahead.' I've heard he's very pleased. ..
Force India Struggle For Pace In Test Session
Force India continued to struggle for pace on the penultimate day of the three-day Formula One test session here with test driver Adrian Sutil placed at the bottom of the time charts. Sutil completed 86 laps with a best of one minute, 22.244 seconds around the 4.428-km circuit as the team focussed on further testing the new parts that were fitted on to the car here Wednesday. Force India's lead driver, Giancarlo Fisichella, will take over duties from Sutil later Thursday. 'Even though the weather today was clear, the winds were so strong that it was difficult to do any real work..
Mumbai Gets Back To Business After Thackeray Arrest Drama (Lead)
India's financial capital was quiet Thursday with people going about their business as usual, a day after tension spiralled following the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. Kindergartens, schools and colleges opened as usual, the omnipresent Mumbai dabbawallahs were visible at various railway stations going about their usual chores. Office-goers hurried to their places of work as the city returned to normalcy. Trains and public buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws created the usual traffic snarls on the highways and the four arterial roads as well the link roa..
Manson's New Alcohol Drink Flops
Rocker star Marilyn Manson's new absinthe drink is not being well received by experts. Critics have slammed the new drink called Mansinthe saying it smells like 'sewage water' and has a 'mediocre' taste, reports contactmusic.com. A panel of judges for the site epicurious.com gave their verdict saying: 'Did Mansinthe have what it takes to be a premium absinthe? The answer is, sadly, no. 'The number one problem was the aroma, which some verbally compared to sewage water or swamp mud. With the exception of a lone taster, the panel felt it wasn't re..
'Desperate Housewives' Cast Returns To Shoot
The cast of 'Desperate Housewives' has returned to shoot the show after the end of the writers' strike. The cast met with the show's creator Marc Cherry to discuss the upcoming shoot and decided they would work for six days a week, reports pagesix.com. The shoot will begin Feb 25. Speaking of the actresses having to stop their daily life and return to work, a source said: 'They're all very excited.' ..
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