Consumer Complaint: After Snapdeal, Flipkart Cheated Karnataka Man, Gets Empty Box Instead of Pen Drive

Bad experiences with e-commerce are not uncommon: your products are not delivered, sometimes they are lost and sometimes they are delivered to you, but not in one piece.

Recently, Snapdeal delivered one man a soap and a brick instead of the smartphone he ordered. And now it's Flipkart's turn. According to a post on Facebook by Adarsh Anandan, Flipkart sent him empty boxes instead of the pen drive he ordered. Not once, not twice, by three times.

Annoyed with Flipkart, the Mysore resident decided to share the pictures on Facebook.

News Analysis: Sex, politics, and women: 5 reasons we Indians fawn over godmen like Rampal

In his 1992 bestseller No Full Stops in India, Mark Tully narrates a captivating tale of Babas, gullible women and superstitious rural India.

In his story, a follower of a popular Baba takes her bahu to him because of the bride’s inability to conceive and produce an heir. The omnipotent Baba promises to solve her delicate problem and asks her to bring the bride to his ashram. When the bahu arrives, the Baba makes her fall asleep in his private chamber. Nine months after the bleary-eyed bahu wakes up, a family heir is born. The grateful family stays indebted forever to the Baba for his chamatkar.

Weekly Review: Behold Bigg Boss' screwed up sense of morality: Parineeti's 'harassment' vs Puneet's punches

Last week, I was most impressed by Bigg Boss. A male contestant, Ali, stroked the thigh of a female contestant, Sonali, without her consent - and was taken to task for doing so. It was good to see the serial, not known for its high standards of behaviour, to stand up for a woman’s right of choice and consent.

But good things rarely last, especially on Bigg Boss. The very next day, the Bigg Boss creative team came up with a stunt that was ludicrous and offensive on so many levels that I’ve lost count. Parineeti Chopra, who had entered the house to promote her new film Kill/Dil accused the same contestant – Ali -- of touching her inappropriately. Salman Khan, Govinda, Parineeti Chopra, Ali Zafar and Ranveer Singh then read Ali the riot act, berating him as a repeat offender who needed help…. until it was revealed to be a prank a few minutes later.

Breaking News: Modi's cabinet rejig rumours: Sushma is safe; I&B for Smriti; Ahir to get coal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming reshuffle of his council of ministers -- likely on 9 November, two days before he leaves for his eight-day three-nation tour -- is going to spring many surprises.

Some incumbent ministers may see their wings clipped or even dropped. New ministers are set to be inducted. Current ministers are likely to be reshuffled, some involving big names.

Special Report: How Cellphones Are Reviving India’s Folk Music Scene?

Spending time in rural India in the past few years, it has been difficult to miss the cellphone, especially in the hands of millennials. It has also been hard to ignore how rapidly the phone has been absorbed in the vernacular social fabric.

According to a Deloitte report, the sales of feature phones and smart phones, used as much for communication as for entertainment, are estimated to have surged by a 100% in the past year across India. In a nation where mobile phones are the primary entertainment device for those who own them, their use is now expanding to preserve and perpetuate traditional folk and tribal music.

Salman Khan hired Hyderabad Nizam's Falaknuma Palace at whopping 3 crore per day for sister Arpita's wedding

Planning to have a stay at Hyderabad’s famous Falaknuma Palace in the second last week of November? You can’t? Reason, actor Salman Khan has booked the entire hotel for a period of one whole week for sister Arpita Khan’s wedding. 

For the grand event which is slated for November 16 where Arpita will tie the knot with boyfriend and Delhi based businessman Aayush Sharma, the star is spending a whooping 3 crores per day for having the entire venue (Falaknuma Palace) exclusively for the marriage ceremony. Thus, the “Khan-daan” will end up shelling out approximately 21 crores on just the venue for one week stay, excluding taxes and other expenditure.

INNLIVE gives you an exclusive break-up of how much moolah is the family spending on the venue.

Bigg Boss 8: Uttaran fame, TV actress Rashmi Desai to enter the house?

Makers of controversial reality show, Bigg Boss 8 are leaving no stone unturned to boost the TRP of the show. If sources are too believed, popular television actress Rashmi Desai has been approached to be the second wild card entrant after Ali Quli Mirza.

A source says, “The makers are very keen to see Rashmi Desai as a contestant in the house. She has been approached to become the second wild card entrant.  But so far nothing has been finalised.”

Bigg Boss 8: Puneet Issar shown the door. Will he be back?

Celebrity reality show Bigg Boss 8, on Tuesday once again witnessed high drama over weekly task eventually leading to an elimination.

The day started rather pleasantly for the housemates with much peace and harmony but by evening the house had turned into one hit by a storm, an emotional one.

Puneet aka Duryodhan of Mahabharat was ousted from the house after he was accused of using physical force on co-contestant Aarya Babbar during a luxury budget task.