A 20 year old, first year student of Baldwin College, was shot dead early in the morning on Sunday when he intruded into the Flag Staff House in Bangalore.

Army guards shot him as they thought him to be a terrorist when he entered a Brigadier's residence and there after tried to flee.

The student, identified as Mohammad Mukarram, was drag racing with some of his friends on MG Road when the police chased them away.

Mukarram ran and entered the Flag Staff House.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) , BK Singh,  said that the student did not surrender when asked to do so by the sentries and they thus fired three rounds.

Police said that Mukarram was taken to a hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.

Now this surely would have make Salman Khan very angry.

According to a latest buzz, the gorgeous screen siren Katrina Kaif injured herself badly while shooting for Priyadarshan's De Dhana Dhan last week at Film City in Mumbai. Fortunately, the actress did not receive any serious injuries.

According to the sources, Singh is Kinng actress, Katrina was doing an underwater sequence with Akshay Kumar when her foot got tangled under water.

After the India's tourism industry being hit by terrorism government has now invited some of the best writers on travel from the US and Europe to help recover the industry.

They shall visit India from January onwards and shall visit exotic destinations and the cities affected by terrorism and to write about how safe is the travel in the country.

An official from tourism said, "Some of the writers will be taken to those cities where terror attacks have taken place so they can write about the security steps taken by the authorities."

The much-awaited 3G spectrum is likely to be set back by at least a few weeks as DoT has not received sanction from Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) over it.

According to senior DoT officials, earlier, the government has announced 16 January as the date for auctioning of 3G spectrum.

The sources said that the DoT had decided to take Cabinet's permission on higher 3G spectrum charge and number of blocks to be auctioned in order to avoid any controversies in the coming future especially on the back drop of criticism it faced over its 2G policy decisions for new operators.

For the fourth successive year, Trident Hotels garnered the 'Best First Class Hotel Brand' at the Galileo Express TravelWorld Awards 2008.

Incorporated by Galileo India Pvt. Ltd. and Express TravelWorld, the travel business magazine from The Express Group, the Galileo Express TravelWorld Awards are acknowledged amongst the most revered in the Indian travel and tourism industry.
 

The latest entry to the cinema halls on 26th December was “Slumdog Millionaire” which has been shot in the bustling and hectic streets of Mumbai and is basically a compelling film which brilliantly portrays life in modern India. The movie that originally is based upon the novel "Q and A" by Indian author Vikas Swarup, is a British/American/Indian co-production and can be labeled as the slickest, coolest and most original pictures of 2008.