bpb's weekly pick-tionary of happenings from Mumbai and beyond.

Aviation minister Praful Patel detained at the O’hare airport in Chicago as his name and birth date shows up in the authorities’ watch list. Looks like the sky really is the limit!

Bird’s eye view also shows the Indian government’s plan to protect Common Wealth Games from terror attacks: MiGs and UAVs will be circling the venue at all times from October 3 to 14.

Fall Collection: Sonakshi Sinha may have been riding high on the success of Dabangg, but the actress has a great fall as she walks the ramp for designer Gavin Miguel in Bangalore. In other slips, Lalit Modi is replaced as Vice President of the BCCI by Rajiv Shukla and buzz is that Jyotiraditya Scindia will be the cricket board’s new GenNext representative.

Fourth Coming: Peepli Live is selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film Category, becoming the fourth film associated with Aamir Khan to make it to the international awards.

Gallery BMB (Fort) organises Smooth Runnings, a photography exhibition that features a collage of over 400 photographs of the city’s potholes. You pot heads up for this?

Germany, Britain, France and United States on high alert as American and European officials fear a series of coordinated terror attacks similar to Mumbai’s 26/11 massacre. 

Going U.P? With the Ayodhaya verdict announcement on September 28, security measures have been stepped up in Uttar Pradesh, with over 25 districts in the state on high alert.

Landslide triggered by heavy rain in Mexico leaves over 1,000 dead; rescue operations stalled as bad weather continues to play truant. R.I.P.

Mahindra Satyam (they earlier went by the name Satyam Computers) goes public with its financial earnings for the year 2009-2010, two years after the company’s name was maligned in one of the biggest scams. No cheat sheets, we hope.

Milan Fashion Week’s velvet rope turns fashion noose for Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan as they show up sporting strange velvet ensembles. 

So Long Farewell: The cast of classic film The Sound of Music come together after 45 years to make an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Takes a Village: Nandan Nilekani’s ambitious project finally takes off as Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi give ten tribals from Maharashtra’s Tembhli village their Unique Identification Number (UID).