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November 28, 2008
Bollywood actor Ashish Chowdhury’s sister and brother-in-law were among the many hostages killed at the Oberoi Trident Hotel in Mumbai.
The actor, who had been maintaining a tense vigil outside the hotel ever since he came to know about the terrorist attacks, broke down after hearing the news.

New Delhi, Fri, 28 Nov 2008 NI Wire
Giving nod to the proposed salary hike of the members of higher judiciary in view of huge pay hike for the central government employees as per the Sixth Pay Commission, the government has decided to increase salaries of the judges of Supreme Court and High Courts.

The wait is over. After 15 years, after $12 million spent and after a hard rock soap opera of a story, the world finally has a new Guns N’ Roses album, “Chinese Democracy.” Time will tell how this album is ultimately accepted (there’s still a lingering shock it was even finished) but for now it’s [...]

The world’s oldest person has died at the age of 115. Edna Parker died at her nursing home in Shelbyville, Indiana on Wednesday. She was 115 years, 220 days old according to Robert Young from the Guinness World Records.

Mumbai, the financial capital of India with about 19 million inhabitants, was still struggling Thursday afternoon to subdue the bands of terrorists that struck the city the night before, leaving at least 119 dead and 288 people wounded.
A shadowy group calling itself Deccan Mujahideen reportedly claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks, though analysts told CNN [...]

New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) Former Prime Minister V P Singh, who died here today, would be cremated tomorrow afternoon in Allahabad. A close associate of Singh, Wasim Ahmad told PTI that “the cremation would take place tomorrow afternoon in Allahabad and the body will be flown there early morning”.

If Guns N’ Roses were in China they’d probably be belting their most famous verse: “Oh, where do we go now?”
The band’s latest album titled “Chinese Democracy” didn’t quite fare too well with Global Times, a Chinese media publication of the communist party. Its headline article reported: “American band releases album venomously attacking China.”

Afshan Yasmeen
Post-monsoon conditions ideal for the disease spread by rodents.
Bangalore: Even as the incidences of dengue and chikungunya are yet to subside, Bangalore hospitals are now recording cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease commonly known as rat fever. So far, some 40 cases have been reported this month.

Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world’s sexiest woman by E! TV.
Beating a host of beautiful ladies in Hollywood, Karolina Kurkova has won the title of ‘World’s Sexiest Woman’ in a new poll.
The leggy Czech lingerie model topped of World’s Sexiest Top 10 list by E! Online. The list was a clear example [...]

20 Nov 2008, 1036 hrs IST, IANS
BANGALORE: Karnataka is all set to take justice and legal literacy to the doorsteps of its people across the state, particularly to the poor as they cannot pay for the expensive and time-consuming court battles.
A specially designed bus will serve as a court room to conduct the lok [...]

NEW DELHI: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has said that Rahul Gandhi is doing the same thing as (Mahatma) Gandhi by going around the country and getting the feel of the ground realities and the problems of the people. “He is young, innocent and the General Secretary of Congress who is contributing his best to the [...]

IANS | Friday, 21 November , 2008, 11:16
On December 7 Mumbai, Hong Kong and Los Angeles will simultaneously experience the power of music and entertainment as American rock singer Bon Jovi and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan along with other stars take to the stage for the Live Earth India concert.
Joining them will be [...]

Black Friday (shopping)
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Since Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday may be as early as the 23rd and as late as the 29th of November.
Black Friday [...]

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Shillong (PTI): As Bangladesh continues to deny India access to the landlocked northeast through Chittagong port, a little-known Burmese port on the Bay of Bengal has promised to solve the long-standing problem.
Sittwe port on the Myanmar coast was not long ago a small village of fishing communities and farmers. Now, it could serve as [...]