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Boy mimics movie, tries to slit taxi driver's throat

A 13-year-old school-going boy tried to kill a taxi driver by slashing his throat, copying a scene from a Telugu movie featuring his favourite hero. The shocking incident occurred in Molakalapundla......

Indian taxi driver in UAE wins $245,028 Lamborghini

An Indian cab driver scooped a $245,028 prized Lamborghini Gallardo in a lucky draw at a local shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. Soupi Abdulla's prized car was plucked out from nearly a quarter of a......

A deadly mix of white supremacy, ignorance, hatred

The Sikh community, which was already concerned over the spate of hate attacks on individual Sikhs like taxi drivers, gas station attendants etc since 9/11, will be even more concerned over this......

Indian taxi driver gets bail in Australia in rape case

A 25-year-old Indian taxi driver, accused of raping a young female passenger and then fleeing the country, has been granted conditional bail by an Australian court in Melbourne.Melbourne......

Indian cabbie accused of rape in Australia gets bail

An Indian taxi driver, who was accused of raping a woman in the back seat of his car in Australia, has been granted bail. According to a report, Jaswinder Singh Mutta, 25, will not be freed from......

Delivery boys, taxi drivers risk death everyday

On March 3, a 21-year-old man landed in the trauma centre of Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences. His leg had been crushed - apart from the gaping wound there were multiple fractures in......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

Insurance for auto, taxi drivers

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will kick off a massive energy conservation drive on Saturday with the launch of an insurance scheme for auto and taxi drivers using environment friendly CNG as fuel......

J-K economy loses Rs 4,500 cr after Afzal's hanging

Jammu and Kashmir's economy has taken a hit from the rash of strike calls given by separatists groups and curfew in the Valley in the aftermath of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal......

'Energy revolution is America's big comeback story'

How many of us travel with $25 billion in our luggage? Ruchir Sharma, head of the emerging markets equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, New York, certainly does. An economic......

Why Dev Anand's Taxi Driver is a MUST WATCH

In this new series starting today, we re-visit fabulous Hindi film classics. We start with Dev Anand's Taxi Driver (1954).Already a star with hits like Ziddi, Baazi and Jaal under his belt, Dev......

Martin Scorsese's Hugo is a hot contender for Globes, Oscars

Shunning dark and violent sagas like Shutter Island, The Departed and Taxi Driver, films that have brought him commercial success and solid reviews over the last three decades, Martin Scorsese has......

'US film has become barren'

Hollywood is officially out of ideas.So feels Paul Schrader, the writer-director best known for screenplays like Taxi Driverand Raging Bull. Which is why he's now making a Bollywood movie.Quoted in......

'Pacino, Jack, De Niro are lazy'

Jack Nicholson in Chinatown, Al Pacino in The Godfather, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver. Truly classic performances, universally acclaimed.And whileFrancis Ford Coppola (inset) isn't disagreeing......

Leo DiCaprio loves Taxi Driver

Leonardo DiCaprio told the British daily The Independent in an article published on Thursday about his favourite films. It's a top ten list largely comprising of classics, and fans of the young......

Taxi driver dives off Tower Bridge in Olympic protest

A man dived off London's historic Tower Bridge into the River Thames on Monday during a protest by taxi drivers over their exclusion from part of a special Olympic Games road network in the......

Shortage of black cabs during Olympics feared

Flagging down a black cab on London's streets may prove a little harder during this year's Olympics after taxi drivers had a request to raise fares by 22 percent turned down on Thursday. Drivers......

Schumacher turns taxi driver to catch his flight

Michael Schumacher can add the unofficial title of Germany's fastest taxi driver to his other achievements after taking over behind the wheel to get his family to the airport on time.The retired......

'Schumacher drives a like taxi driver'

World champion Michael Schumacher has it too easy on the race track and it is about time the other drivers put him under some pressure, Renault boss Flavio Briatore said on Sunday."We've made it......

Athens cabbie's minutes of fame as medallist

An Athens taxi driver has enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame for honestly returning a mislaid Olympic medal -- but he admitted he did try it on for size first."I put it on and, for a few moments,......

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Q. What is Macrosociology and Microsocialogy?
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Q. Flying plane is easier than driving taxi then why taxi drivers are paid so less ?
Gisma: A. Macro-level sociology looks at large-scale social processes, such as social stability and change.Micro-level sociology looks at small-scale...... more

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Q. what are the precautions a lady must take before Taking an Auto or Taxi at Night.
Angel: A. i am a truck driver..i am paid even lesser..i drive between Amritsir to lahore..every day .. more

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Q. Will you be willing to pay taxi drivers if they ask you to donate for taxi stands?
Farhaan: A. Before getting into an auto at night, note down its registration number. Then use the mobile to call your family or friend and pass on the details...... more

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Q. Two policemen are parked in a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They see a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, but they do nothing to stop him. Why?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. If he is my regular man and is also very congenial to me and is located in my area I will be definitely give donations more

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Rohtang Pass to be opened to tourists from 22 May

"The tourists bound for Rohtang Pass from Manali will be allowed to travel Wednesday onwards," district tourism officer Vinay Dhiman told IANS here... ...

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Dusty road takes zing out of Panambur beach visit

Every year lakhs of tourists from across the country and abroad arrive at Panambur beach on holidays. The Dakshina Kannada district administration... ...

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Mumbai taxi drivers threaten to go off roads on June 25

Taxi drivers have threatened to go off roads on June 25 to protest against the government rule to phase out cabs, which are 20 years old, from... ...

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Wheelchair vacations

They make up nearly 20 per cent of our population. Here are those who've made tourism accessible for the disabled. In 2010, the Ministry of Tourism... ...

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Obscure side of the moon

martin kämpchen looks back on 40 years in India WHEN I travel by train from, say, Bolpur to Howrah, often people accost me asking, How do you like... ...

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