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The polarisation the controversial Bangladeshi writer is able to produce is amazing. One renowned English daily has gone to the extent of pleading for grant of Indian citizenship to her. Another gentleman, who happens to be UNESCO goodwill ambassador, calls her the living ambassador of secular culture. BJP also has immense love for her and extends its unconditional support to her. They are also for grant of citizenship to her as a respectable crusader for freedom of expression.

She was playing the wannabe diva in Salaam-E-Ishq. And sure enough it seemed like she behaved like one too on the sets. After the entire cast and crew landed in London for a long schedule, Priyanka Chopra expressed her displeasure with her wardrobe. She apparently wanted something more stylish.

There has been a very serious charge made to the police in Orissa about the designs on Aishwarya Rai's wedding saris. The saris were purchased by Amitabh Bachchan for Rai's wedding to his son Abhishek and were designed by Chaturbhuja Meher.

A remark made in jest by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at the recent Filmfare Awards have triggered a controversy. SRK had joked about Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who is a very close friend of Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan.

The popular social news site Digg.com was suffering from what appears to be a user revolt in response to the deletion of several articles revealing the encryption keys for HD-DVD, which would allow individuals to remove the encryption from HD-DVDs. Users are posting articles with links to the codes. At approximately 1:40 a.m [Eastern time] Digg.com was no longer online but returned online with a message from Kevin Rose, Digg's founder, who declared that he would not delete any more articles that contain the code.

The Bush White House e-mail controversy surfaced in 2007, during the controversy involving the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. Congressional requests for administration documents while investigating the dismissals of the U.S. attorneys required the Bush administration to reveal that not all internal White House emails were available, because they were sent via a non-government domain hosted on an e-mail server not controlled by the federal government.

In a television show, Rakhi Ki Raisi, that was aired on April 28, viewers were given a glimpse into her lavish and ostentatious lifestyle. While taking the TV crew around the house, Rakhi also took them to her bathroom, where she had kept a statuette of Buddha. A section of viewers in Amravati took strong objection to this, tagging it an insulting gesture.

Set Max Television's World Cup telecast anchor Mandira Bedi found herself in a controversy after turning up for the final in a sari that had the imprint of the Indian tri colour along with those of the other participating nations.To the dismay of many Indian viewers, it was observed that the imprint of the Indian flag was just near her feet. The controversial sari was designed for Mandira by Satya Paul especially for coverage of the World Cup, being held in the West Indies.

It was the great day for Bachchan family, as Amitabh Bachchan’s son Abhishek Bachchan, was about to get married to former Miss World cum Bollywood gorgeous lady Aishwarya Rai. Soon after the ceremonies were going to begin, a controversy raised that Abhishek Bachchan has an affaire with a girl (model) called Jahanvi Kapoor and the couple had a child too.

We've always known Shilpa Shetty is a pretty woman, but now we have an official endorsement from a visibly smitten Richard Gere. At Seena Taan Ke, an AIDS awareness function organised in Delhi on Sunday to benefit truckdrivers, Gere and Shetty spoke to the vulnerable community about the dangers and misconceptions of AIDS. Gere, looking more than a trifly dizzy, didn't seem content merely to mention that HIV can't be passed on through a kiss on the cheek deciding to make his point by kissing first Shilpa's hand, then hugged her, kissed her cheek, and finally bent over the surprised actress to give her a big kiss, Hollywood-style.

Model-turned-actress and TV anchor Mandira Bedi has once again earned the ire of the Sikh community for sporting an Ek Onkar (God is one) tattoo on her nape, with community leaders threatening to drag her to court for hurting religious sentiments if she did not have the tattoo removed immediately.

The tragic death of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer has scandalized the cricket world. Millions of cricket fans are struck by ambiguity and skepticism. Jamaican police has confirmed that Bob Woolmer was strangulated and murdered. They have taken a suspect in custody and have started interrogating him.

During the shooting of Namaste London, which featured Katrina Kaif wearing a knee-length skirt inside Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's shrine in Ajmer, had created uproar among khadims and the shrine administration.

A Pakistani Urdu daily has recently flashed news about Punjab's former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh's alleged affair and marriage with a Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam.

The Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal resulted from a series of allegations of unsatisfactory conditions and management at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C. culminating in two articles published by The Washington Post in February 2007. Cases of outpatient neglect, which are currently under investigation, were reported as early as 2004, but generated substantial public and media attention, which in turn prompted a number of congressional and executive actions, only with release of the Post exposé.

Actresses Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra are at it again. After a history of spats and catfights, Priyanka has dared to rub Kareena the wrong way yet again. The sexy actress has spoofed Kareena’s ‘Poo’ act in her latest release Salaam-E-ishq . And this time, Kareena isn’t amused. The Kareena-Priyanka feud began a few years back when Priyanka was a newcomer who had still to prove her mettle. Kareena offered her friendship during the shoot of Aitraaz . Says a source, “During the Aitraaz days, Kareena and Priyanka, who are virtually of the same age, hit it off beautifully. There was no rivalry between the two and even after work, Priyanka used to hang out at parties with Shahid Kapoor and Kareena.” However, post Aitraaz , Kareena was reportedly shocked when Priyanka suddenly emerged a star and walked away with the bouqu

The Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy was a series of events related to incidents of racist behaviour by contestants on the television series Celebrity Big Brother 2007 shown on British television station Channel 4. The racist incidents centred on comments made by contestants on this reality television show, most notably Big Brother contestant Jade Goody, glamour model Danielle Lloyd, and singer Jo O'Meara, which were directed towards Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.

Aishwarya Rai has been caught up in a religious controversy after one of her bodyguards was caught desecrating a Hindu temple in Pushkar, India.

Ramdev claimed that regular practice of seven breathing exercises or 'pranayams' popularised by him had successfully cured cancer within six to nine months.

The new year seems to be troublesome for Mallika Sherawat on grounds of her controversy with a social worker over her obscenity during her performance on New Year’s eve.