Oprah Winfrey is in India to film a segment of her new show, "The Next Chapter," staying at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in south Mumbai. She is virtually unkown in India since her erstwhile show did not air in India. Wearing an orange sari, Winfrey, visited the home of...
Navteq launches real time traffic in India: Mumbai and Delhi are first
Chicago based NAVTEQ has launched real-time traffic service in Mumbai and Delhi, India with a combined population of 26 million. The company claims that is its research shows that drivers in India who use traffic-enabled navigation on a regular basis can spend 18% less time sitting in congestion over those...
Osama, and the India-USA-Pakistan relationship
Yesterday, American soldiers swooped into a million-dollar mansion in the resort city of Abbotabad, Pakistan, far from the rough frontier area where Osama bin Laden was supposedly hiding. In fact the mansion, surrounded by high walls was just half a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy. The British Newspaper Daily...
India wins World Cup Cricket after 28 years; Economic Bonanza follows
For the first time since the Indian economy liberalized in 1991, India won the World Cup in cricket, the game that is India's passion. By beating Sri Lanka in a thrilling finish at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, India won the trophy in a moment of joy for the entire country on...
Ferrari to sells four models in India this year
In deal with India's Shreyans group,the Italian sportscar maker Ferrari plans to open its first dealership in New Delhi in the upcoming spring, and a second one is scheduled to open in Mumbai in the second half of 2011. The company, a unit of Fiat, will sell its California, 458...
Actor Harvey Keitel to appear in India movie
Harvey Keitel (Little Fockers, Reservior Dogs) will star in his first Indian film, Against Itself, portraying a secular expatriate American schoolmaster in India who struggles to protect his students and school from anti-Gandhian forces. The 71-year-old veteran visited Mumbai and attended script reading sessions, wardrobe tests, interacted with the cast...