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

Bay Blunders: 103 fall ill after a chlorine gas leak in South-Central Mumbai; the city averts a mid-air collision between two planes; and the state Government plans to form flying squads that will raid sonography centres to prevent sex determination tests.

Bar Tender: Lindsay Lohan warned of lesbian gangs in jail and will be likely housed in the murderer’s wing.

Cheesy Come, Easy Go: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone finally call it quits.

Kill Bill: France’s lower house of Parliament proposes ban on Muslim women from wearing a full veil in public, orders a $200 fine.  We want a face lift!

Microsoft Outlook befriends Facebook, providing its users with status updates, pictures and wall posts from the social networking site.

Oil’s Not Well: BP postpones pressure test on the blown-out Gulf oil well after being accused of brokering release of the Lockerbie bomber in exchange for drilling rights.

Octogenarian octopus? Paul the Octopus  puts his supernatural skills to rest and will not make any more forecasts, says a spokesman from Paul’s aquarium in Germany.

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem get married in a hush-hush ceremony in the Bahamas. It’s been a good week for the Spaniards!

Recently married MS Dhoni becomes the highest paid sportsman in India after signing the 210 crore deal, and Cristiano Ronaldo hones his nappy-changing skills. Looks like these boys have run into some lady luck!

Relief for students as the Supreme Court orders Maharashtra government to extend five out of six subject rule to ICSE schools too. Full marks!

Zoolandish: Shobhaa De called an ‘old fossil’, Akshay Kumar accused of being a “ Jackass”. Wild times in Bollywood!