| Here is a wrap of the best and worst of India in | | | | Baath Hui, Jai Shri Krishna and Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina. |
| 2008: | | | | The channel is still going strong with innovative shows |
| 1. Best Indian achievement in sports: Abhinav Bindra | | | | like Dancing Queen and Chotey Miya. The year 2008 |
| became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal | | | | also show two of the flagship Starplus serials, Kyunki |
| at the Olympic games. | | | | Saans Bhi Bahu Thi and Kahan Ghar Ghar Ki, making |
| 2. Best entertainment of the year: IPL matches | | | | an unceremonious exit. |
| (Twenty 20) matches kicked off in India. Aired in Set | | | | 9. Worst crime 2008: Arushi murder case was |
| Max, it was the most watched TV event 2008. | | | | probably the worst murder case in the sense that it |
| Indian premiere league matches commenced on April | | | | intrigued the police for months. On May 16, 2008, |
| 18 2008 and culminated on June 1, 2008. The most | | | | Arushi a 14 year old girl was found murdered with |
| unexpected team or the under-dog Rajasthan Royal | | | | her throat slit her parents' home at Jalvayu Vihar in |
| won the IPL series under the captaincy of Shane | | | | Noida, a posh suburb of Delhi. Her servant Hemraj |
| Warne. | | | | who was initially suspected by the police was also |
| 3. Worst natural disaster in India: The 2008 Bihar | | | | found murdered on the terrace of her building. A |
| flood is the worst flood in the history of Bihar. It | | | | disorganized, confused investigation by the Noida |
| happened due to a breach in the Kosi embankment | | | | Police led to the arrest of Arushi's dentist father |
| near Indo-Nepal border (at a place called Kusha in | | | | Rajesh Talwar. Rajesh's wife Dr. Nupur Talwar |
| Nepal) on 18th August 2008. The river changed its | | | | protested that her husband was frame and |
| course and t he flood affected over 2.3 million people | | | | requested the UP government to transfer the case |
| in the northern part of the state of Bihar. | | | | to CBI. The team finally arrested accused Krishna, |
| 4. Worst man made disaster in India: The terror | | | | Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal in connection with the |
| attack on 26/11 in Mumbai is supposed to be the | | | | murdered and absolved Rajesh Talwar of the murder |
| worst terror attack in India, second only to 9/11. | | | | charge. On August 9 2008, CBI director Ashwani |
| Terrorists from Pakistan attacked Mumbai CST, took | | | | Kumar said that the case is still unsolved, as many |
| siege of Taj hotel and Trident-Oberoi hotel from 11 | | | | important corroborative pieces of evidence yet to be |
| pm 26th November 2008. Brave NSG commandoes | | | | found. This was one murder case which was played |
| came to rescue and gunned down all terrorists by | | | | to the top by the media and police; both whom were |
| 30th November' 2008. About 250 lives were lost in | | | | later blamed to giving hasty conclusion and indulging in |
| the terror attacks with many injured, and property | | | | character assassination of the slain Arushi and her |
| worth 700 crores were destroyed. | | | | father. |
| 5. Best movie of 2008: Ghajini, the Aamir Khan | | | | 10. Best author of the year 2008: Booker Prize |
| starrer proved to be the biggest hit of 2008. Ghajini | | | | Winner Aravind Adiga made India proud as he |
| is the only movie with the best advanced booking, | | | | became the Booker Prize Winner for his interesting |
| running to packed houses in the history of Bollywood. | | | | book-The White Tiger. |
| 6. Best actor and actress of 2008: Aamir Khan's | | | | 11. Best achievement in the field of modelling, 2008: |
| brilliant performance in Ghajini and Priyanka Chopra in | | | | Parvathi Omanakuttan won the Miss World Runner |
| Fashion. | | | | Up Prize, at Johannesburg, South Africa on December |
| 7. Most watched TV reality show : The mother of all | | | | 13, 2008. |
| reality shows, Bigg Boss kicked off on August 17 th | | | | 12. Best advertisement of the year 2008: Max New |
| 2008 and ended on November 22' 2008. The high | | | | York Life Insurance Company advertisement that has |
| point of the show when Rahul Mahajan, Zulfi Syed, | | | | a newly married couple asking their toddler to say |
| Raja Choudhary and Ashutosh Kaushik-the finalists, | | | | "banana" and "Czechoslovakia" became house-hold |
| ran away from the house to search for food outside. | | | | name. |
| Rahul later quit from the show. Eventually, Ashutosh | | | | 13. Best achievement in the world of |
| Kaushik won the show. | | | | technology:Chandrayaan 1, India's first mission to the |
| 8. Most watched TV channel: Colors Channel, replaced | | | | moon launched by India's national space agency the |
| Star plus as the most watched channel. It kicked off | | | | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 22 |
| with the dare devil game show for women: Khatron | | | | October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, |
| Ke Khiladi. Close on the heels was the widely | | | | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 06:22 IST (00:52 |
| watched Bigg Boss. Colors channels also had a good | | | | UTC).The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar |
| line up of serials like Balika Vadhu, Utran, Jaane Kya | | | | orbit on 8 November 2008. |