Babu Srinivasan on May 19th, 2010

A woman told the cabin crew that she heard the cleric saying over phone “jahaz udne wala hai, ham udane wala hai” (the plane is about to take off, we are about to blow up), police said.

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Babu Srinivasan on October 21st, 2009

In today’s news:

While China continues to claim Arunachal Pradesh as its own, technology giant Google seems to have decided to take a line to please both Beijing and New Delhi. On the Google Maps site localised for users

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Babu Srinivasan on April 11th, 2009

You may encounter a plot like this in a bad spy novel. It goes something like this:

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blockquote> A top ranking anti-terrorism official enters 10 Downing Street clutching a folder containing a “For your eyes only” document. He briefs the Prime Minister — about an ongoing stakeout involving potential terrorists

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Babu Srinivasan on February 26th, 2009

A few years back, say about the time when a certain Hussein was being hanged, who would have thought — or wagered — that another Husein would soon be giving USA’s State of the Union speech. Wait, there is more.…

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