Saturday, June 20, 2009
Ashutosh Gowariker and Sajid Khan have ugly war during awards show Star Screen Awards 2009. The fight was triggered off after a comment by Sajid on Ashutosh’s hero Harman.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Iran’s election protesters and demonstrators took to Twitter and other social networking sites in the wake of the 2009 election to organize themselves and garner support for their cause. Though the situation precipitated out of the web, it was escalated and brought to mass media attention via the Internet.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Shiney Ahuja's domestic maid lodged an FIR against the actor alleging that he had raped her.The incident took place between 3 pm and 5 pm on Sunday.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Slamming Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for spending Rs 1,000 crore to install her own statues, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the amount could have been used to provide basic amenities to the people of the state and wipe out poverty.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
To take advantage on the immense popularity of former Miss World and top Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai , a soft porn movie has been titled ‘Aishwarya’ and given a catchy punchline ‘Based on true rumours’.
Friday, May 22, 2009
If you dare to bare, you are inviting trouble. Bold actress Neetu Chandra recently received flaks from self-styled moral police for her saucy girl-on-girl photo shoot for The Man's June 2009 issue. It happened when Neetu Chandra was shooting a sizzling photo shoot with model Krishikha Gupta for the magazine The Man outside a three-star hotel. A group of men, who claimed to have connections with Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) started protesting the photo shoot, terming it as 'promotion of lesbianism'. Besides raising objections and shouting communal slogans, they began aggressive with the shooting crew. The photo shoot had to be called off after the guys tried to attack the crew members and turn it into a political controversy.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in the eye of a storm after being accused of plagiarism by a researcher who claims that politician's new book, which was slated to be released, is a copy of his research paper.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
This year's Miss USA pageant succeeded in creating a controversy that will outlast the reign of the newly crowned Miss USA (North Carolina's Kristen Dalton). No, none of the beauty queens slipped in their evening gowns nor had bathing suit malfunctions the controversy, strangely enough, occurred during the interview.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
There was a great controversy where Sonam Kapoor had started referring to Aishwarya Rai as Aunty because she had starred opposite her father Anil Kapoor.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Hundreds of gay-and lesbian-themed books suddenly disappeared from Amazon.com’s rankings over the weekend, causing an uproar among authors and activists who alleged it was a stealthy extension of the company’s policy concerning adult content. The internet bookseller claimed it was the result of a technical "glitch."
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Do you remember the shoe attack on former US president George Bush? Actually months after an infuriated Iraqi reporter flung a shoe at US President George Bush, its now our home minister Chidambaram’s time to face the shoe.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Akshay Kumar's unbutton controversy at the Lakme Fashion Week created a stir, and it was not really good news. Akshay was supposed to be the showstopper for the ‘Unbuttone’ range of Levi’s jeans. According to the script, Akshay Kumar had to be unbuttoned by one of the models of the ramp. However, the Khiladi Kumar decided that his wife Twinkle Khanna should do the unbuttoning. Twinkle sitting in the front row did oblige, but the couple were slammed with obscenity charges.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Gandhi scion Varun Gandhi found himself isolated in the Sangh parivar with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) going along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the controversy over his inflammatory campaign speeches.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The popular Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has kicked off a controversy by criticising the appointing of 'unworthy' persons to head religious bodies like Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams that runs the richest temple in India of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala. The baba, conducting a week-long camp on yoga being attended by about 50,000 daily criticised the appointing of D K Adikeshavulu as TTD chairman. Adikeshavulu, a former TDP MP, was the leading liquor contractor in Andhra Pradesh which irked the baba.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Karan Johar`s latest production seems to have come into some trouble. Some crew members in Philadelphia, USA, where the film was shot last winter, have complained that they have not received payment even after the shoot ended.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Former UN under-secretary general Shashi Tharoor showed disrespect to India’s national anthem by interrupting when it was being sung at an event in Kerala last month, a rights group alleged Monday and said it would move court against him.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Taking cognisance of a news report highlighting actor Ajay Devgan smoking at a public place, published in a section of the Press, activists of an NGO have filed a complaint against him with the police.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Divya Dutta's unsolicited comment angers Rakhi Sawant, and the 'Controversy Queen' picks up a fight on the sets of Arre Deewano Mujhe Pehchano.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The security provided to ace tennis star Sania Mirza has been withdrawn by Andhra Pradesh police for "failing" to pay user fee for the security she had obtained.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Satyam attempted to acquire (Maytas Infrastructure and Maytas Properties) founded by family relations of company founder Ramalinga Raju for $1.6 billion, despite concerns raised by independent board directors. Both companies are owned by Raju's sons. This eventually led to a review of the deal by the government, a veiled criticism by the vice president of India and Satyam's clients re-evaluating their relationship with the company. Satyam's investors lost about INR 3,400 crore in the related panic selling. The USD $1.6 billion (INR 8,000 crore) acquisition was met with skepticism as Satyam's shares fell 55% on the New York Stock Exchange. Three members of the board of directors resigned on 29 December 2008.