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

26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab spits on his webcam during a video conference trial with the Mumbai High Court. Spitting image?

BCCI sends a notice to the yet-to-be-inducted Kochi team, warning that it must solve multiple-owner issues or else…. Run-out?

Cops refuse to re-open deceased model Viveka Babajee’s case in spite of fresh evidence from a forensic test. Imagine that!

Editor-in-chief of India Today Aroon Purie issues shockingly lame apology to Slate.com writer after plagiarising a story about superstar Rajnikanth. Time for a (law)suit and boot?

Four militants attack Chechen Parliament, holding several officials hostage and killing seven people before being gunned down by security forces.     

Football superstar Wayne Rooney decides to leave Manchester United, most likely to join rival club Manchester City. What do we do with our jerseys now!?

Home(page) run: This social experiment reveals ten ways in which Facebook decides what shows up on your news feed. One of life’s mysteries is solved.

Hiss and Tell: Mallika Sherawat makes love to a snake in her upcoming Hollywood movie Hisss; and Anil Kapoor to play a bad guy in Mission Impossible 4.

Legally Yours: India becomes the third country to set up a court mandated to deal specifically with environment-related cases. Earth to The National Green Tribunal (NGT)!

Peace talks between the President Hamid Karzai and leaders of various Taliban groups are  initiated with the support of NATO. May the force be with you.

Reporters walk out of press conference after brand ambassadors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor arrive two hours late. Word.

Say Sleaze! Lea Michele and Dianna Agron from Glee strip down for a spread in GQ magazine, and Avril Lavigne sheds her shirt and inhibitions for Maxim’s November issue. Over the top?

Sen(a)sational: The Shiv Sena is at it again, asking for a ban on burqas in Maharashtra and protesting against mosque loudspeakers after cops interrupt a party-organised Dusshera rally for violating sound decibel regulations.