Sunday, February 22, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Entertainment

They are responsible for this

Being in the Bigg Boss house has drained me emotionally and physically. I lost 4kgs, my Haemoglobin level plummeted. I am still trying to regain my health,? says an anguished Kamaal, who was the first participant to be thrown out of the house by Bigg Boss himself. The pathetic living condition, he says, was what shocked him. ?I had expected at least four or five washrooms to be there, instead of one. The food was pathetic. The beds were small and uncomfortable. In those 21 days, I was s…

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Pune

State crime rate rose by 5.4% in 2008; convictions dropped by 1.7%

The crime rate in Maharashtra increased by 5.4% in 2008 as compared to the previous year while the conviction rate of 9.4% under the Indian Penal Code registered a decrease of 1.7% during this period.With this, Maharashtra has registered the poorest conviction rate in the country during 2008, according to the 11th annual report of ‘Crime in Maharashtra 2008’ released by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) here on Saturday.The report states that Mumbai had the highest nu…

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Ahmedabad

Girlfriend ke liye kuch bhi karega

Tushar alias Lalo Patel (22), an engineering student, took to crime to make some quick bucks to lavish on his girlfriend.Patel used to steal mobile phones to keep the charade of a rich boyfriend. He was nabbed by the Gujarat University police on Thursday afternoon with 2 mobile phones.? Sources in the department said that Patel had started stealing mobile phones to make some easy money.? Cops said a fortnight ago, Patel had been shown the door by his father for his spendthrift ways.<br …

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Pune

‘We aren’t comfortable with entrepreneurship’

Encouraging entrepreneurial development, MAEER’s MIT School of Business (MITSOB) organised a one-day workshop on entrepreneurship development for budding entrepreneurs, in association with DNA and the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries &amp; Agriculture (MCCIA). The workshop was held at MCCIA Trade Tower on Senapati Bapat Road recently.There were interactive sessions, case analyses, discussions and interactive exercises covering topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Mea…

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Art & Culture

‘Writers inspire me’

Farah Oomerbhoy is probably the society set’s best-kept secret. Admittedly preferring to keep a low profile, you’ll never see this drop-dead-gorgeous society swan preening and posturing to the page 3 flashbulbs; instead, she prefers to spend her time in the hallways of thought ? in bookshops. ?I’m not into all that socialising. I prefer to keep to myself?and yes, I am slightly shy,? says Farah in her first ever interview, dressed in aunt Pallavi Jaikishan’s unique couture creation ? a ‘dress-…

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