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    • Indiblogger hosted a blogger’s meet yesterday at Hotel Sea Princess, Juhu. It was touted as the biggest such event and I think that’s a fair claim. The event actually began a half hour late, at 2:30p.m., by which time the hall was almost completely packed. Registrations were done online by logging into the Indiblogger site. A [...]
    • New Rickshaw tariff fare approved by RTA with the rounded off fares.
    • I started this as a Tiny Tale. But Anish Vyavahare added a chapter to it making it a collaborative effort and a bigger story. That got up featured on Protagonize’s editor’s weekly picks. I’ve just added the third chapter. You can read just my two pieces independently or read the three-in-collaboration here. Comments [...]
    • A park separates them. If it can be called a park, that is. A grassy patch chequered with muddy patches, that turn into puddles in the monsoon. The dogs like it anyhow. They keep him awake at night with their barking. Nobody seems to care at 2 in the a.m. One such night is filled with little [...]
    • Next Sapling distribution drive is happening on 6′th June 2010 in the  following cities : Bangalore: Venue: Lalbagh, Glass house. Time: 10:30 AM Joel Fernandes – 9008905774 Chennai: Venue: Isha Project Green Hands, No. 5 Moolachathiram, Perumal Kovil St, MMC Post, Chennai 51 Time: 10:00 AM Rajasekar – 9840727371, Magesh – 9940305209 Delhi : Venue: Rose Garden, (Inside Lodhi Gardens), Delhi Time: 8:00 AM Garima [...]
  • Mumbaimirror
    • Forwarding a bizarre legal argument, the Mumbai police on Thursday sought to block Marine Drive hit-and-run accused Sushil Kotharis bail, saying that since he is a Hindu and both his victims Muslims, setting him free in the charged atmosphere of Ramzan could lead to communal...
    • When Walkeshwar-based builder Sushil Kothari settled behind the wheel of his white Honda Accord around 1.30 am on Wednesday morning, he had just finished half a bottle of expensive whisky at a dinner with six relatives and friends at Hotel Intercontinental. It was an intimate friends...
    • Detectives from Scotland Yard have summoned the seven Pakistani cricketers under suspicion of spot-fixing, along with officials from the Pakistan Cricket Board, the International Cricket Council and the England and Wales Cricket Board, to their offices in Westminster on...
    • A day after the match-fixing storm put world cricket on the brink of another crisis, Pakistan captain Salman Butt has emerged as the man at the centre of the controversy. According to sources in the team, Scotland Yard investigators last weekend found wads of cash worth 50,000...
    • The daily struggle of Mumbai’s five lakh cab and auto commuters to find a driver who doesn’t turn them down has finally found sympathy with the powers that be. After thousands of commuters recently voiced their protest – through the Meter Jam campaign – against autowallahs and cabbies who ...
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