Kashmir burns again
Even as Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for another all party meeting on Wednesday, desperately searching for solution to the Kashmir situation, violence escalated in the Kashmir region on Tuesday as 13 people were killed in firing by security forces during protests as well as other incidents of violence. For the first time in 13 years, curfew has been clamped in the entire Valley. more...

Abhinav Shoots Olympic Gold
Abhinav Bindra, the lad from Chandigarh fired himself into Indian sporting history by ending his country's 108-year wait for an individual Olympic gold medal. And certainly in another matter of pride for India, Raj Bhavsar, a young man of Gujarati - Indian origin did his country - the USA proud on Tuesday, as he was a part the US gymnastics team that won the bronze medal. more...

HSMP Forum takes further legal action against Home Office
The HSMP Forum has commenced further legal action against the Home Office for not fully complying with the recent High Court ruling. The HSMP Forum earlier wrote to the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) and the Immigration Minister to reverse the indefinite leave to remain (ILR) qualifying criteria changes made in April 2006 in light of the recent high court judgment but this was declined. more...

‘Greedy’ gang jailed for £15m NatWest fraud
Two Scots were among a group of six "greedy" businessmen jailed recently for laundering more than £15m stolen from NatWest. Ilyas Anwar, 35, and Syed Alam, 51, helped trick the high street giant out of the money after others discovered a "flaw in the banking system". more...

Brothers guilty of triple murder
One of two brothers who have been found guilty of murdering three drug dealers in a gangland-style execution has been jailed for life. more...

India - UK resolve to continue co-operation in all sectors
The second meeting of the Ministerial-level India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held in London on 11th August, 2008. The Indian side was led by Shri P. Chidambarm, Finance Minister and the UK side by Mr. Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer. more...

Gyani Gurbachan Singh is the new head of Akal Takht
Gyani Gurbachan Singh was installed as the jathedar of the Akal Takht (highest Sikh temporal seat) on Thursday last. He had been confirmed on this highest position of Sikh religion after his predecessor, Gyani Joginder Singh Vedanti resigned from his post on Tuesday, 5th August. It took 36 years for Gyani Gurbachan Singh to rise from sewadar to jathedar of the Akal Takht. His installation ceremony was held in Amritsar on Thursday amidst tight security. more...

Musharraf’s woes pile up, NWFP joins ouster call
Islamabad: Pressure piled up on Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf to step down, with a second provincial assembly on Tuesday passing a resolution with an overwhelming majority asking him to seek a vote of confidence from parliament. The resolution passed in the North West Frontier Province assembly said Musharraf should resign if he failed to take a confidence vote, further proposing that the President be impeached if he did not resign. more...

16 killed in ‘terrorist’ attack on police station in China
Beijing: Police suspected a terrorist plot was behind a raid on Monday last against a police station in north-western China's Xinjiang region in which two attackers killed 16 police and injured 16 others, the official Xinhua news agency said. more...

Israel build-up to counter Iran’s nukes
Jerusalem: Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over Iran's nuclear ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple Tehran's atomic program, even if it can't destroy it. more...

HAL beats competition to supply ‘Dhruv’ to Turkey
Good times for India's indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) 'Dhruv' have just begun, with bluechip HAL beating competition to strike a deal with Turkey to supply three of the helicopters by this year-end.
A month after striking a USD 51-million deal to supply seven Dhruvs to South America's Ecuador, India won the contract in Turkey to first lease out two ALHs for five years and later supply one more of the aircraft, but all before December this year, top HAL officials said on Monday. more...

I’ve been framed: Monika
CRPF havildar and weight lifting contestent who was to compete at Beijing Olympics but missed the flight at the eleventh hour, Monika Devi has alleged she was framed up in the doping scandal, as she offered to go for any tests anywhere, and would shoot herself if she tested positive. more...

A Gujarati gymnast wins bronze for USA
He had almost decided to call it quits. But lady luck smile on him at last. Raj Bhavsar, a Gujarati origin youth was a part of the US gymnastic team that won the bronze medal at Beijing on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Houston lad, born to Gujarati parents Bob and Sue Bhavsar, was part of the six-member American men's team which won the bronze medal in artistic gymnastics. more...

England beat SA for a consolation victory
As fresh starts go this wasn't too shabby from England as they wrapped up a consolation six-wicket victory on the final day at The Oval. Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook broke the back of the run chase with a positive opening stand of 123, before Makhaya Ntini and Paul Harris claimed two wickets apiece to take away a little of the gloss. But a week after England were plunged into uncertainty, Andrew Flintoff signed off the victory with a six to give Kevin Pietersen a winning start. more...

Bollywood

Katrina is the new brand ambassador of Nakshatra
Nakshatra, one of India's popular jewellery brands has announced Katrina Kaif as its new brand ambassador. The brand Nakshatra had earlier in the year been wholly acquired by the Gitanjali Group - India's largest integrated diamond and jewellery manufacturer and retailer. more...

Katrina and Salman are still in love
Contrary to media reports Salman Khan and his girlfriend Katrina Kaif are still a couple. The two have definitely not broken up. more...

No participation in reality shows: Shilpa
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty said that reality shows like Big Brother reveal what kind of a person the participant is in real life.
"Only those who are confident that they have nothing to hide or do not want to become famous overnight can participate in such a show," Shilpa, who will host the second season of Big Boss, the Indian version of racist slur-marred Big Brother, told reporters in New Delhi. more...