Wrecked Myanmar shocks India aid pilot You would have heard that the junta is refusing visas to aid workers!

Shrines outnumber schools Not a surprise at all. Considering that a city like Mangalore I feel is filled with shrines/temples of all sizes and denominations, not counting the houses of worship of other...former gymnast Initially thought he was trying to give competition to Mr Rushdie. Until it turned out to be a hoax. But then we will still have to wait and watch to confirm the news is really fake

World opinion The World’s Cheapest Wheels - Newsweek Tata’s new $2,600 car - Financial Times Four Wheels for the Masses: The $2,500 Car - New York Times Tata Motor's $2,500 car to put India on global autos map - Reuters India's Tata Leads Car Innovation--But Is It The Right Innovation? - Business Week Tata Motors to launch bargain car - BBC

Indian women to keep Liberia peace Indian women peacekeepers praised Suchitra happened to see this on CNN in their programme called Untold Stories - Female peacekeepers . This page has the video...Force, created by the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF. Do you know why a women force was sent by the UN! The videos tells me that there has been problems of abuse by male members of a UN force

Drama in real life - three held for murder on stage This was on stage, one of the actors was supposed to shoot the other when he came on stage. He did so, except that the gun was real and had a bullet...Bihar, so I suppose the props where real?! Probably a real gun would cost as much as a fake, after all they are not some fancy Smith and Wesson, or a Ruger, it would be some dumb country made thing

Foreign tourist dies in Madikeri This happened Feb 25, 2007. I wanted to make a post here and then forgot. Ambulance For Madikeri-True Story David Lord The site which was set up by Lena Liambey to raise the funds to buy the ambulance.

Changing Mumbai’s taxis, Singapore style Whenever I have travelled in Bombay, I have found that their cabs where the most efficient method of getting around. Trains... forget it! Rickshaws are good...black Padminis where never replaced. So once in Bombay I remarked to my brother "one fine day there will a great big thunderous crash, and you will find all the Bombay cabs have crumbled into rust!

It is okay to kill someone if he or she throws trash in your house/compound/shop/etc. No you will not be released scot free, but will under go 5 years RI (Rigorous Imprisonment) instead. Story is of...Muthu would most probably take his own time in opening/cleaning/praying before accepting whatever that Shiva had brought. Surely killing someone for that is murder. Mercy for murderous rubbish rage

'Cow-eating' trees of Padrame No it is not reported on The Onion, this one is from the Express News Service of India. I have no idea what this is, and the news item barely has any news in it. I would like to see some photos!

150-year dream for 150-year old ships Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar tells you why he will oppose the Ram Sethu bridge, and that is not because Ram or his monkeys built it. He looks at economical reasons only.