இந்திய மாணவர் கொலை.......

கனடாவின் பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா மாகாணத்தில் உள்ள க்வான்ட்லென் பல்கலைக் கழகத்தில், மேலாண்மைத் துறையில் இந்தியாவைச் சேர்ந்த , 27, என்ற மாணவர் பட்டப்படிப்பு படித்து வந்தார். சர்ரே நகரில் உள்ள ஒரு கடையின் உரிமையாளர்கள் கிறிஸ்துமசை கொண்டாடுவதற்காக, இவரை, அன்று மதிய நேரப் பணியில் இருக்கும்படி கேட்டுக் கொண்டனர். குப்தாவும் அன்று மதிய நேரம் முதல் கடையைக் கவனித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார்.

அப்போது, மர்ம நபர் ஒருவர் கடைக்குள் புகுந்து, குப்தாவை துப்பாக்கியால் சுட்டு விட்டு ஓடிவிட்டார். இதையடுத்து, அருகில் உள்ளவர்கள், குப்தாவை மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சைக்காகச் சேர்த்தனர். எனினும் குப்தா இறந்து விட்டார். இதுகுறித்து, சர்ரே நகர போலீசார் விசாரணை நடத்தி வருகின்றனர். குப்தாவின் குடும்பத்தினருக்கு தகவல் அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது. கொலையாளி கைது செய்யப்பட்டு நீதியின் முன் நிறுத்தப்பட வேண்டும் என, குப்தா குடும்பத்தினர் வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளனர்.

நோபல் பரிசு பெற்ற வெங்கட்ராமன் ராமகிருஷ்ணனுக்கு

அமெரிக்க இந்தியரும், வேதியியல் பிரிவில் நோபல் பரிசு பெற்றவருமான வெங்கட்ராமன் ராமகிருஷ்ணனுக்கு பிரிட்டன் அரசு "நைட்ஹூட்' விருது அறிவித்துள்ளது. பிரிட்டனின் மிக உயர்ந்த விருதுகளுள் ஒன்று, "நைட்ஹூட்'. சில சாதனைகள் மற்றும் சேவைகளுக்காக வழங்கப்படும் இந்த விருது, மிக மிக அரிதான சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் மட்டுமே, வெளிநாட்டினருக்கு வழங்கப்படும். பொதுவாக, பிரிட்டனின் நீதிபதிகள் மற்றும் குடிமை அதிகாரிகள் தான், இந்த விருதினைப் பெறுவது வழக்கம். கடந்த 2009ல், வேதியியல் பிரிவில், மூலக்கூறு உயிரியலில் அரிய கண்டுபிடிப்புகளைக் கண்டுபிடித்ததற்காக, அமெரிக்காவைச் சேர்ந்த இந்திய வம்சாவளியினரான வெங்கட்ராமன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன் நோபல் பரிசு பெற்றார்.

இந்நிலையில், பிரிட்டன் அரசு, 2012ம் ஆண்டுக்கான புத்தாண்டு கவுரவ விருது பெறுவோர் பட்டியலை, நேற்று வெளியிட்டது. அதில், மூலக்கூறு உயிரியலில் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க சேவைகளைப் புரிந்துள்ளதால், ராமகிருஷ்ணனுக்கு, பிரிட்டனின் உயர்விருதான "நைட்ஹூட்' விருது வழங்கப்பட இருப்பதாக குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. தற்போது இவர், பிரிட்டனின் கேம்பிரிட்ஜ் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில், மூலக்கூறு உயிரியல் பிரிவில், மருத்துவ ஆய்வகத்தில் உயர் பதவியில் உள்ளார். இதுகுறித்து, ராமகிருஷ்ணன் கூறுகையில், "பிரிட்டனில் வெளிநாட்டவர் குடியேறுவதைப் பற்றிய விவாதம் நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் இச்சூழலில், பிரிட்டன் சமூகத்திற்கு, வெளிநாட்டில் இருந்து அந்நாட்டில் குடியேறியவர்கள், அதிகளவில் பங்களிப்பு செய்துள்ளனர் என்பது, இந்த விருதின் மூலம் நிரூபணமாகியுள்ளது. கேம்பிரிட்ஜ் பல்கலையின் மூலக்கூறு உயிரியல் மருத்துவ ஆய்வகத்தை நிறுவியர்களில் பலர், வெளிநாட்டில் இருந்து பிரிட்டனில் குடியேறியோர் தான்' என்றார். "நைட்ஹூட்' விருது பெற்றவர்களின் பெயருக்கு முன்னால்,"சர்' பட்டம் சேர்க்கப்பட்டு அழைக்கப்படுவர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. ராமகிருஷ்ணன் தவிர்த்து, ரஷ்யாவைச் சேர்ந்தோரும், தற்போது பிரிட்டனில் வசிப்போருமான, பேராசிரியர்கள் ஆண்டர் ஜெய்ம் மற்றும் கான்ஸ்டான்டின் நோவோஸ்லெவ் ஆகிய இருவருக்கும், இந்த "நைட்ஹூட்' விருது அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவர்கள் தவிர, இந்தியர்கள் பலருக்கு பல்வேறு விருதுகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

Who is the highest-earning female musician?

It shouldn't come as a surprise. She not only rules the charts and award shows, but also reigns supreme when it comes to bringing in the most dough.

We are talking about Lady Gaga, who is rated the top-earning female musician by Forbes magazine. For your information, between May 2010 and May 2011, Mother Monster raked in a staggering $90 million. That's two times what country music darling Taylor Swift, who holds the second place, earned in the past year.

Most of Gaga's paychecks come from her concert sales. Forbes estimated that she takes in $1.3 million nightly gross while on tour. On top of that, her second studio album Born This Way, released in May, as well as lucrative endorsement deals with the likes of Polaroid and Virgin Mobile, help fatten up her purse, too.


Lady Gaga is the top-earning female musician in the past year.

Meanwhile, Swift, who just turned 22 two days ago, towers over the rest of her contemporaries - except Gaga - with an income of $45 million, with most of it coming from her tour (which brings in an estimated $1 million a night) and the sales of her last album, 2010's Speak Now.

Pop royalties like Katy Perry and Beyonce did not fare too badly either. Perry, 27, comes in at the third place with an earning of $44 million, while Beyonce follows behind with $35 million - less than what she usually raked in, however, according to the magazine.

Other singers making to the top ten list are Rihanna ($29 million), Pink ($22 million), Carrie Underwood ($20 million), Celine Dion ($19 million, the bulk of it coming from her Vegas show, with her being paid $2.3 million every night), Adele ($18 million).

Sharing the tenth place are pop princess Britney Spears ($10 million) and R&B star Alicia Keys ($10 million).

He was killed in train accident but he still could be sued…

He was killed in train accident but he still could be sued…

A teenager who was killed by a train in 2008, can be held responsible for the injuries that his flying body parts caused a woman, an American court has ruled.

Hiroyuki Joho, 18, was running to a train in the pouring rain with an umbrella when he was struck by a train travelling at more than 70mph (112kmh).

A large portion of his body flew about 30 metres on to the southbound platform, striking Gayane Zokhrabov, then 58.

She was knocked to the ground, and broke her leg and wrist and injured her shoulder.

A Cook Country judge dismissed Zokhrabov's lawsuit on the grounds Joho could not have anticipated the injuries his flying body parts would have caused.

But, the appeal court disagreed. It argued "it was reasonably foreseeable" the train would kill the teen and fling his body towards waiting passengers.

Leslie Rosen handled Zokhrabov's appeal and said while the case was "very peculiar and gory and creepy" it was straightforward negligence.

"If you do something as stupid as this guy did you have to be responsible for what comes from it."

நடிகை ஹன்சிகா

நடிகை ஹன்சிகா ஒரு தொழில் அதிபரிடம் சிக்கி கொள்ள இருந்தார். தோழிகள் அவரை பற்றி சொல்ல உஷார் ஆகி விட்டாராம்.

நல்ல நாகரீகம் ....

நல்ல நாகரீகம் ....எப்போதும் எதற்கும் தயார் எனும் சிங்கப்பூர் சிறுசுகள்.எதாவது ப்ரோப்ளம் என்றால் ஓட முடியுமா ?

நடிகை லக்ஷ்மிராய் - இது வரை அவருக்கு வராத காதல்

நடிகை லக்ஷ்மிராய் , உயரமான வெள்ளை நடிகை. இது வரை அவருக்கு வராத காதல் இப்போது புதியதாய் முளைத்திருக்கிறது. அவர் வேறு யாரும் இல்லைங்கோ. நம்ம டான்ஸ் மாஸ்டர்தான். " அவர் எதுவா இருந்தாலும் நல்ல விளங்கரா மாதிரி சொல்லித் தனது செய்யறார் " என்றாராம் தோழிகளிடம். நடிப்பை பற்றி தான் சொல்லியிருப்பார் என்று நம்புவோம் ?

இவர் ஏற்கனவே ஒரு மலையாள நடிகரிடம் ரொம்பவும் பாசத்தில் இருந்தாராம்.இவரிடம் தெரிய வேண்டியதை எல்லாம் தெரிந்து கொண்ட அவர் பின் கழட்டி விட்டாராம்.

சங்கீத சாம்ராட் இளையராஜா .........

சென்னை நேரு உள்விளையாட்டு அரங்கில் ஜெயா டி.வி., சார்பில் 6 வருடங்களுக்கு பிறகு 'என்றென்றும் ராஜா 'என்ற தலைப்பில் இளையராஜாவின் இன்னிசை கச்சேரி நடந்தது. நடந்த இந்த இசைக்கச்சேரியில் பிரபல பின்னணி பாடகர்கள் எஸ்.பி.பாலசுப்ரமணியம், கே.ஜே.‌யேசுதாஸ், பால முரளிகிருஷ்ணா, சித்ரா உள்ளிட்ட பலர் பங்கேற்றனர். சரியாக 6மணிக்கு வெளிநாட்டு இசை கலைஞர்களின் இசையுடன் நிகழ்ச்சி தொடங்கியது. பிறகு இளையராஜா மேடையில் தோன்றிய போது ரசிகர்களின் கரகோஷம் ஸ்டேடியத்தை அதிர செய்தது.

முதல் பாடலாக 'ஜனனி ஜனனி..' பாடலை பாடினார் இளையராஜா.

அதனைத்தொடர்ந்து யேசுதாஸ் பேசும்போது, "நாங்கள் எல்லாரும் சின்ன வயசில் சாப்பாட்டுக்கே ரொம்ப கஷ்டப்பட்டோம். அப்போது இந்த ‌இசை தான் எங்களை காப்பாற்றியது " என்று உருக்கமாக கூறினார். பின்னர் தன்னுடைய இனிமையான குரலில்' பூவே செம்பூவே' பாடலை பாடியதோடு, இந்த பாடல் தனக்கு ரொம்ப பிடித்த பாடல் என்று கூறினார்.

அதனைத்தொடர்ந்து எஸ்.பி.பி., மறைந்த இளையராஜாவின் மனைவி ஜீவாவுக்கு சமர்ப்பணமாக நானாக நானில்லை பாடலை பாடி அசத்தினார். அவர் பேசுகையில் 'நானும், ராஜாவும் வேறு வேறு இல்லை. இருவருமே ஒன்று தான்' என்றார்.

தொடர்ந்து டைரக்டர் மகேந்திரன் படத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற பாடலை, பாலு பாடி அந்த பாடல் எப்படி உருவானது என்பதையும் மேடையில் விளக்கி அசத்தினார். நிகழ்ச்சியின் இடையே நடிகர் கமல்ஹாசன், இளையராஜாவை வாழ்த்து பேசிய வீடியோ காட்சி ஒளிப்பரப்பட்டது. நிகழ்ச்சியின் ஹைலைட்டாக பிரபல பின்னணி பாடகர் பால முரளி கிருஷ்ணா மேடையில் ‌தோன்றி, பாலுவுடன் சேர்ந்து சின்ன கண்ணன் அழைக்கிறான் என்ற பாடலை பாடினார். அவரைத்தொடர்ந்து இளையராஜாவின் வாரிசுகள் யுவன், பவதாரணி ஆகியோரும், பிரபல பின்னணி பாடகர்கள் சித்ரா, ஹரிஹரன் உள்ளிட்ட ஏராளமான பிரபலங்களும் பாடி அசத்தினர்.

இசை நிகழ்ச்சிகளுடன் அவ்வப்போது பல சுவாரஸ்யமான தகவல்களையும் இளையராஜா பகிர்ந்து கொண்டார். கவிஞர் கண்ணாதசன் அவர்களுடன் பணியாற்றிய அனுபவத்தை கூறிய ராஜா, " இந்த உலகத்திலேயே கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் போல இன்ஸ்டன்ட் கவிஞர் யாரும் இல்லை. நான் நிறைய பேர் கூட வேலை பார்த்து இருக்கேன். ஆனால் கண்ணாதாசன் அவர்கள் கூட வேலை பார்த்தது சுவாரசியமான அனுபவம். ஒருமுறை ஸ்டுடியோவில் பாட்டு எழுத வந்தார் கண்ணதாசன். நான் டியூன் போட்டு காட்டினேன். தூ என துப்பினார். ஐயோ இவர் இசையை கேட்டு துப்பினாரா அல்லது கதையை கேட்டு துப்பினாரா என்று புரியல. பிறகு இசையை கேட்டு அப்படியே வரிகளை சொல்ல ஆரம்பிச்சார், அந்த பாட்டு தான் ஆயிரம் மலர்களே மலருங்கள் அமுத கீதம் பாடுங்கள்... என்ற பாட்டு. அதில் தான் மலேசியா வாசுதேவன் அறிமுகமானார் " என்றார்.

இந்த இசை நிகழ்ச்சியில் ஏராளமான ரசிகர்களுடன் ஷோபா, விஜய் அண்டனி, ஜேம்ஸ் வசந்தன், தரன், தேவிஸ்ரீ பிரசாத், சரண்யா, ஜெய சித்ரா, பாலு மகேந்திர போன்ற பிரபலங்களும் கலந்து கொண்டனர். கொலவெறிக்கு இசை அமைத்த அனிருத் இடம் கிடைக்காமல் நின்றபடியே இசை நிகழ்ச்சியை ரசித்து பார்த்தார். இரவு 12 மணி வரை நீடித்த இளையராஜாவின் என்றென்றும் ராஜா நிகழ்ச்சி, ரசிகர்களுக்கு இசை விருந்தாக அமைந்தது.

இது எங்கே எடுத்தப் படம் ?

Is it a true shoot ?

A 99-year-old Italian man wants a divorce

A 99-year-old Italian man wants a divorce after recently discovering his wife had an affair, some 70 years ago.

The Daily Telegraph reported Antonio C found love letters from his wife to her ex-lover in an old chest of drawers.

He immediately confronted his wife of 77 years, Rosa C.

He demanded a divorce despite being together nearly eight decades, having five children, a dozen grandchildren and one great-grand child..

Rosa confessed everything but still could not save the marriage.

However, the marriage was already fragile - Antonio briefly left their house for a few weeks, 10 years ago.

The case appears to set a new record - the previous oldest couple to divorce were Bertie and Jessie Wood, both aged 98, from the United Kingdom.

குறி

காளையார்கோவில் : குறி சொல்வதாகக் கூறி, பெண்ணை பலாத்காரம் செய்த போலி சாமியாரை, காளையார்கோவிலில் போலீசார் கைது செய்தனர். சிவகங்கை மாவட்டம், இளையான்குடி அருகேயுள்ள திருவேங்கடத்தை சேர்ந்த கருப்பையா மகன் மாரிமுத்து,36. இவர், காளையார்கோவிலில் வசிக்கிறார். ஊத்துப்பட்டியில், கருப்புசாமி கோவில் கட்டி, குறி சொல்லி வந்தார்.

சிறுவூர் கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர் முத்தையா,45; கட்டடத் தொழிலாளி. இவர், கடந்த ஒரு வாரமாக, சாமியார் வீட்டில் வேலை பார்த்து வந்தார். சாமியாரிடம், "என் மனைவிக்கு உடல்நிலை சரியில்லை; மருத்துவமனைக்கு செல்ல சம்பளம் தாருங்கள்' எனக் கேட்டுள்ளார்."உன் மனைவியை என்னிடம் அழைத்து வந்தால், குறி பார்த்து நோயை சரி செய்து விடுகிறேன்' என, சாமியார் கூறியுள்ளார்.

இதை நம்பி முத்தையா , அவரின் மனைவி அழகம்மாளை,30, சாமியார் வீட்டிற்கு அழைத்து வந்துள்ளார். கடந்த, 27ம் தேதி இரவு, 9 மணிக்கு சாமியார், அழகம்மாளை தனி அறைக்குள் அழைத்து சென்று, பலாத்காரம் செய்து, கழுத்தில் கிடந்த மூன்றரை பவுன் தங்க செயினை பறித்துள்ளார். மனைவியின் சத்தம் கேட்டு, தட்டிக்கேட்ட முத்தையாவை, சாமியார் அரிவாளால் தாக்கியுள்ளார். இந்த சம்பவத்தை யாரிடமாவது சொன்னால், இருவரையும் கொலை செய்து விடுவதாக மிரட்டியுள்ளார். போலீசார் வழக்கு பதிந்து, அழகம்மாளை மருத்துவ பரிசோதனைக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்தனர்; போலி சாமியார் மாரிமுத்துவை கைது செய்தனர்.

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Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections. I used to hate my imperfection, but now I have learnt to accept it with open arms.

- Winnie Chin

Musician, 75, in love with 55yr old politician

A 75-year-old musician has written hundreds of love letters and poems to a Taiwan politician he admires.

Lin Rong-de has expressed his love for the former vice premier Tsai Ing-wen,55, in the about 200 letters he wrote over the past two years.

He has also written dozens of his love poems for Tsai and gathered them in a book -A poetry collection for Xiao Ying - specially dedicated to the single woman, a millionaire with a law degree.

"She is so elegant and refined," said the septuagenarian, adding that he was attracted to Tsai because of her interactive skills and personality.

However, Lin has yet to pass his letters to the chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party, saying he would do so when Tsai visits Tainan, where he is currently living.

When asked for her comment, Tsai thanked Lin for his support and said: "Hope to see (you) in Tainan."

Tsai, is currently running against President Ma Ying-jeou of the ruling Kuomintang in the 5th presidential election in 2012.

She has set the record by becoming the first female presidential candidate in the history of Taiwan.

Minority women in Bangladesh gang raped

A judicial commission in Bangladesh has concluded that ''over 200 minority women were gang raped'' in the violence following the October 2001 parliamentary poll that was intended to force families ''to leave the country''.

The acts were allegedly committed by cadres of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami, who won the 2001 poll, the report says, citing the "involvement" of many top leaders and lawmakers of the alliance that is now in the opposition.

With Begum Khaleda Zia as the prime minister, the BNP-Jamaat alliance ruled Bangladesh during 2001-06.

Violence went on for 15 months and "the barbarous act was intended to force them to leave the country. They were, in the eyes of the culprits, enemies as they voted for Awami League", The Daily Star said Tuesday, quoting commission sources.

An official of the commission submitted the report to Home Minister Sahara Khatun.
It lists over 3,625 incidents of major crimes, including killing, rape, arson and looting.

Media reports at that time had detailed the plight of hundreds of Hindu families crossing over to neighbouring India, forcing the Indian government to express concern.

Bangladeshi poet Daud Hyder, who visited the camps in India where these families were lodged and wrote about it, was later charged with sedition and imprisoned.

The wave of violence was the subject of "Lajja" by novelist Taslima Nasreen, who angered the Islamists at home and was forced to leave Bangladesh. She still remains exiled.

Many victims and their family members interviewed by the probe panel narrated "harrowing experiences", but said they did not lodge police reports or undergo forensic tests for fear of inviting social stigma, the report says.

An official said the victims think putting their names on record as rape victims will worsen their life in society.

Many victims and their family members across the country contacted the commission when it was conducting the probe.

According to the panel, it would be "tough or, to some extent, impossible" to continue the probe into the rape allegations, "as the victims themselves are unwilling to do the legal battle".

The probe panel found that most of the gang rapes occurred in the country's southern part - Bhola, Barisal, Agoiljhara and Gaurnadi.

The accused were acquitted for lack of witnesses. In some cases, police gave final reports while the names of the accused were dropped in over 500 cases out of the 3,625 major crime incidents.

With the passing of a decade, some of the accused utilised "good connection with ruling Awami League men", which forced the police to drop many cases, the media report said.
The panel has named several BNP and Jamaat leaders for their "involvement" in the post-poll violence.

CBI charge sheets Kanimozhi, 4 others in 2G scam

The CBI today (April 25) filed its second charge sheet in the 2G spectrum case naming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter and MP Kanimozhi and four others as accused. However, the CBI has not named Karunanidhi's wife Dayaluammal, whose name had figured in the 2G probe, as the accused in the supplementary charge sheet filed before Special judge O P Saini.

Others who have been charge sheeted along with Kanimozhi are Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa's cousin Asif Balwa, Rajeev Agarwal -- Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, and Karim Murani of Cineyug Films (Pvt) Ltd.

Kanimozhi has been charged with section 7 and 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The sections deal with acceptance of alleged gratification. Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar and Murani have not been arrested by the CBI but Asif Balwa and Agarwal are in judicial custody. The charge sheet said the investigation into the case disclosed that money had travelled from DB Realty to Kalaignar TV.

Kanimozhi, Dayaluammal and Sharad Kumar, Managing Director of Kalaignar TV, have 20, 60 and 20 per cent shares in the channel respectively. The CBI told the court that Rs 200 crore connected with the 2G spectrum scam had travelled from a partnership firm of Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd.

The agency which in the first charge sheet had said the money travelled through a "circuitous route" through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, a DB group company and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd, has maintained the position in the second charge sheet.

"Investigations have revealed that in furtherance of the conspiracy, Dynamix Realty, a partnership firm of DB Realty Ltd and other DB group companies, paid Rs 200 crore to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd during December 2008 to August 2009, following a circuitous route through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd (DB group holds 49 per cent equity in it)," CBI had said in its first charge sheet filed on April 2.

The CBI, in its first charge sheet filed on April 2, had said former telecom minister A Raja conspired with top bureaucrats, including a retired IAS officer, and corporate honchos to cause a loss of Rs 30,984 crore to the exchequer in the allocation of 2G spectrum. Besides Raja, the agency had named eight others and three telecom companies.

The agency had alleged former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia and Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech wireless, entered into a conspiracy for manipulating the procedure for allocation of spectrum with the aim of favouring companies like Swan Telecom and Unitech.

Others named in the charge sheet include Vinod Goenka, a Director of Mumbai-based DB Realty, which was also the promoter of Etisalat DB, Sanjay Chandra, Managing Director of Gurgaon-based real estate company Unitech and Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd and Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, Group Managing Director and two Senior Vice Presidents of Mumbai-based Reliance ADAG.

The CBI had charged Raja with cheating, forgery and abuse of official position under the provisions of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act. All the nine accused, named in the first charge sheet, are presently in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.

Nude dancing caught on camera

A man took photos of his friends dancing with a naked woman at a karaoke joint in China.

But what was initially meant to be a "just for fun" act among the group, turned out to be evidence in an anti-vice operation carried out by Guigang police recently.

When police stormed into a room, they saw a man hugging a naked woman.

Police immediately detained the four men and two women there for questioning.

Upon checking one of the men's cellphone, police found photos of his bare-chested friends dancing with a naked woman.

The karaoke has been ordered to close down, police said on Friday.

நீங்கள் கேட்க வேண்டிய பாடல்

Model turned 'Narco Queen' nabbed

A Colombian model accused of leading a drug-trafficking gang that persuaded pretty young women to smuggle cocaine to Mexico was arrested Wednesday after evading Argentine police for five months.

Angie Sanclemente Valencia had been hiding out in Buenos Aires since December, when airport police caught a 21-year-old Argentine woman with 55 kilograms of cocaine in
That led to arrests of six other alleged gang members who allegedly fingered Colombia's former "coffee queen" as a ringleader.

Argentina's media quickly dubbed Sanclemente the "Narco Queen," but two officials involved in the case told The Associated Press that her specific role in the smuggling organization has not been established.

"When they organized the trafficking of cocaine to Mexico, she participated in the meetings," said one of the sources, both of whom agreed to discuss the case on condition they not be identified because the investigation was still open.

Police were able to determine Sanclemente's identity because she had made quite an impression upon her arrival in Argentina, flying first class with a Pomeranian dog, the other official said.

The 30-year-old model was captured Wednesday in a hostel for foreigners in the fashionable Palermo neighborhood, airport police spokesman Maximiliano Lencina said.

Lencina declined to discuss the evidence, but said Sanclemente "was an important figure in the organization" that allegedly recruited pretty young Argentine women to smuggle cocaine on flights to Cancun.


Police figured she was still in Argentina: She declared her innocence on Facebook, where she posted pictures of Buenos Aires dated after Interpol issued a warrant for her arrest, and her mother arrived in the country weeks ago to help with her defense.

"She is no drug trafficker, nor is she the queen of cocaine," her mother, Jeannette Valencia, declared after the arrest.

"There are bad intentions - a plot against her. She will prove her innocence," Valencia told reporters after police prevented her from entering her daughter's room.

Judicial authorities already rejected a request for special treatment from her lawyer, Guillermo Tiscornia, who said Sanclemente had not turned herself in for fear that her looks would expose her to rape or other mistreatment in a common prison.

Sanclemente had "fear that they will rape her, that they will cut her face" in prison, her mother added.

"I feel great anguish and desperation. I can't rest, I'm very sad that the Argentines have treated me so badly, wiping away the trash with me. I don't deserve this," Valencia told the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.

Sanclemente, a native of Barranquilla, Colombia, won her country's National Coffee Queen beauty pageant in 2000.

Then 21, she was forced to give up her crown when it was discovered she was married at the time in violation of pageant rules.

ரஞ்சிதாவுடன் உல்லாசமாக இருந்தது யார்?

உண்மைதான் .வீடியோவில் இருப்பது நித்தியானந்த இல்லை.உண்மையில் அது யார் என்பது லெனினுக்கு தெரியும்.குமுதம் ஆசிரியர் பிரகாஷ் என்கிற கல்யனராமனுக்கும் தெரியும் .இவர்களை விசாரிக்க வேண்டிய விதத்தில் விசாரித்தால் உண்மை தெரியும்.

- மதுமிதா

சில்க் ஸ்மிதா

தமிழ்த் திரையுலகில் 1980களில் முன்னணி கவர்ச்சி நடிகையாக இருந்தவர் சில்க் ஸ்மிதா. இவர் 400க்கும் மேற்பட்ட படங்களில் நடித்துள்ளார். அலைகள் ஓய்வதில்லை, வண்டிச்சக்கரம் போன்ற ஒருசில படங்கள் தவிர அனைத்து படங்களிலுமே அரைகுறை ஆடையுடன் கவர்ச்சி விருந்து படைத்தார். சில்க் ஸ்மிதாவின் ஆட்டம் இருந்தால்தான் படம் ஓடும். அவருக்கு என ரசிகர் பட்டாளம் இருந்தது. கமலுடன் ஆடிய நேத்து ராத்திரி யம்மா பாடல் இன்றும் கிளு கிளுப்பூட்டக் கூடியது. பின்னர் காதல், மது என வாழ்வு திசை மாறியது. அன்புக்காக ஏங்கிய அவரை பலர் போலியாக காதலித்து ஏமாத்தினர். சொத்துக்களையும் பிடுங்கினார்கள். இறுதியில் வாழ்வில் வெறுப்படைந்து தூக்கில் தொங்கி இறந்தார். சில்க் ஸ்மிதாவின் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு திரைப்படமாகிறது. இந்தி, தமிழில் ஏக்தாகபூர் படத்தை தயாரிக்கிறார். மிலன்ருத்ரியா இயக்குகிறார். சில்க்ஸ்மிதா கதாபாத்திரத்தில் நடிக்க வித்யாபாலனிடம் பேசி உள்ளனர்.அவர் யோசித்து சொல்வதாக சொல்லியிருக்கிறார்.அனால் அவர் சில்க் ஸ்மிதா பாத்திரத்தில் நடிப்பதில் ஆர்வமாய் இருப்பதை தெரிகிறது.முதலில் தூக்கு பின் கொலை என பேசப்பட்டு கடைசியில் அவர் தூக்கு போட்டு இறந்ததாக போலீஸ் வழக்கைமுடித்தது ?

- நெருப்பன்.

Relatives try to smuggle dead man onto airplane

British police say an elderly man whose relatives allegedly tried to smuggle his corpse on a flight to Germany died of natural causes up to 12 hours before they were supposed to depart.

Willi Jarant's two relatives were arrested Saturday on suspicion of failing to notify authorities about a death when they were trying to fly him out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Authorities said Friday he died of natural causes.

Gitta Jarant and her daughter Anke Anusic deny the charges. They say they thought he was asleep. Police say the two are free on bail while the case in investigated.

Willi Jarant was in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses when police made the arrest before the flight after discovering he had no pulse. He was 91.

- Madhumitha

சீடர் லெனினுக்கு கொலை மிரட்டல்

சாமியார் நித்யானந்தாவும், நடிகை ரஞ்சிதாவும் ஒன்றாக இருக்கும் ஆபாச வீடியோவை அவரது முன்னாள் சீடர் லெனின் வெளியிட்டு இருந்தார். இது நித்யானந்தாவின் ஆதரவாளர்கள், சீடர்கள் மத்தியில் பெரும் பரபரப்பு ஏற்படுத்தியது.

ஆபாச சி.டி.யில் இருப்பது தான்தான் என்பதை நித்யானந்தா ஒப்புக்கொண்டார். இதையடுத்து ஆசிரம பொறுப்புகளில் இருந்து விலகிக் கொள்வதாக அறிவித்தார்.

நித்யானந்தாவின் லீலைகள் நடந்தது பெங்களூர் ஆசிரமம் என்பதால் தமிழக போலீசார் வழக்குகள் அனைத்தையும் பெங்களூர் போலீசாரிடம் ஒப்படைத்து விட்டனர்.

சீடர் லெனினுக்கு கொலை மிரட்டல் விடுத்த வழக்கு உள்பட 2 வழக்குகள் மட்டுமே தமிழக போலீசார் பதிவு செய்துள்ளனர்.

கடந்த வாரம் சீடர் லெனினிடம் பெங்களூர் போலீசார் விசாரணை நடத்தி வாக்குமூலம் பெற்றனர். அதில் சாமியார் நித்யானந்தாவின் தவறான நடவடிக்கைகளை வெளி உலகுக்கு தெரிவிக்கவே சி.டி.யை வெளியிட்டதாக தெரிவித்தார்.

முன்னதாக தன்னுடன் நித்யானந்தா சமரச பேச்சு நடத்தியதாகவும் அதற்கு ஒப்புக்கொள்ளாததால் கொலை மிரட்டல் விடுத்ததாகவும் கூறினார். இதையடுத்து இதற்கு ஆதாரமாக நித்யானந்தாவுக்கும் தனக்கும் இடையே நடந்த உரையாடல்கள் முழு விவரமும் அடங்கிய ஆடியோ சி.டி.யை லெனின் போலீசாரிடம் ஒப்படைத்தார்.

இது தொடர்பான வழக்கு தமிழக போலீசாரிடம் இருப்பதால் நித்யானந்தாவின் ஆடியோ உரையாடல்கள் அடங்கிய சி.டி. தமிழக போலீசில் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

.இனி ஒரு வருடத்திற்கு கொச்சி வீரகளுக்கு குஷிதான்.

ஐ.பி.எல். போட்டிக்கும், நடிகர், நடிகைகளுக்கும் நெருங்கிய தொடர்பு இருந்து வருகிறது. ஷாருக்கான், ஜூஹிசாவ்லா இணைந்து கொல்கத்தா நைட் ரைடர்ஸ் அணியை வாங்கி உள்ளனர். பஞ்சாப் அணிக்கு பிரீத்தி ஜிந்தாவும், ராஜஸ்தான் அணிக்கு ஷில்பா ஷெட்டியும் உரிமையாளர்களாக உள்ளனர். பெங்களூர் அணி வீரர்களை முன்பு கத்ரினா கைப் உற்சாகப்படுத்தினார். தற்போது தீபிகா படுகோன் அந்த வேலையை செய்கிறார். அக்ஷய் குமார், அமீர்கான் ஆகியோரும் அணியை பிரபலப்படுத்தும் விளம்பரங்களில் வருகிறார்கள். சென்னை சூப்பர் கிங்ஸ் அணி வீரர்களை த்ரிஷா ஸ்டேடியத்துக்கு வந்து உற்சாகப்படுத்தினார். அந்த அணியின் விளம்பர நிகழ்ச்சிக்காக விஜய்யும், நயன்தாராவும் கூட வந்து போனார்கள். இந்த விளம்பரத் தூதர் வரிசையில் இனி நடிகை அசினும் இடம் பெறுவார். அடுத்த ஆண்டு நடைபெறும் ஐ.பி.எல். போட்டியில் புதிய அணியான கொச்சி பங்கேற்கிறது. ரெண்டஸ்வஸ் நிறுவனம் ரூ.1500 கோடிக்கு மேல் எடுத்து கொச்சி அணியை வாங்கியது. கொச்சி அணியை பிரபலப்படுத்த தூதுவராக அசின் நியமிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறார். இது தொடர்பாக அவருடன் அந்த அணி உரிமையாளர்கள் பேசி வருகிறார்கள். விரைவில் அசின் கொச்சி அணியின் தூதுவராக நியமிக்கப்படுகிறார்.இனி ஒரு வருடத்திற்கு கொச்சி வீரகளுக்கு குஷிதான்.

- நெருப்பன் .

Kerala admin faces collapse as 20,000 retire in single day

Kerala is gripped by a fear of administrative collapse, but no, it's not because of a crippling strike threat or a financial gridlock. More than 20,000 government employees retired from the state service on Wednesday, practically emptying out offices.

The void was caused by a government order unifying their retirement age. The retirement date of all those due for end of service in any month after April 1, 2009 was extended to March 31, 2010.

About 12,000 of those who retired were teachers and employees of the education department. Besides, nearly 3,000 personnel left the state police force while 180 bid adieu to the secretariat. There were also retirements from the health, revenue and tourism departments. However, there was no official word yet on the exact number. The total number of state government employees is around 3 lakh.

According to unofficial estimates, the retirement could cost the state exchequer Rs 1,500 crore towards payment of pension and other retirement benefits.

- Madhumitha

Monica Bellucci poses nude for Vanity

Monica Belluci - who is six months pregnant with her second child - has posed naked to show off her baby bump for Italy's Vanity Fair magazine for the second time.

But the 45-year-old actress insists she is just a normal mother-to-be who feels "lucky" to be expecting another baby.

In fact, she feels like she's an "ordinary farm wife".

She said: "Women who have children late like me are always told how brave they are and it's true that the older you are the more risks you run both for the child and yourself."

"But I don't feel brave, I just feel very lucky. I already have a healthy daughter whom I gave birth to in Umbria like an ordinary farm wife. This second pregnancy is just as fantastic, but I wouldn't say I was an example to follow."

While she understands having children later in life isn't ideal, The Matrix star - who already has five-year-old daughter Deva with her husband Vincent Cassel - couldn't make up her mind about whether or not she wanted to have a second child.

She explained: "When I had my first child at 39 I was told that if I wanted another I should try straight away but I wasn't ready. Eventually I decided that I was and I wanted one straight away but babies are not like movies and cannot be organised in a hurry."

- Sitiemilia , Singapore.

Hollywood can wait

While most of our Bollywood actresses would never miss a chance to star in a Hollywood film, Priyanka recently refused to star in Dawn of War. And it wasn’t because she didn’t like the script. The only reason Priyanka turned down the offer was because she chose to star in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf instead.

A source said, “The dates of Dawn of War and Saat Khoon Maaf were being worked out at the same time and Priyanka was asked to allot her dates in early April.

Left with no choice but to choose one of the two projects, Priyanka didn’t think twice before agreeing to star in Bhardwaj’s film. Priyanka was given a copy of the script of Dawn of War while she was shooting in the US for Siddharth Anand’s Anjaana Anjaani.”

After Priyanka refused the offer, director Tarsem Singh signed Freida Pinto to star opposite British actor Henry Cavill. Priyanka is currently shooting in Gulmarg and Srinagar for Saat Khoon Maaf and remained unavailable for comment.

- Madhumitha .

Rani gets mobbed in Delhi

Most people want to be famous so that people recognise them. Ironically, when they do get there, they will try any trick to move around incognito. Rani Mukerji hoped that she could get away with some shopping in Khan Market in Delhi while shooting for Who Killed Jessica Lal, but had to retreat in a hurry when a crowd gathered around her.

One fine afternoon a few days ago, Rani decided to dress in plain, simple clothes and wore no make-up as the urge for some retail therapy struck. Khan Market is about a kilometer away from her hotel. She surprised her driver when she told him that she didn’t need the car. The next minute the driver saw her walk off briskly into the market, unescorted.

The excursion started with a bit of window-shopping. Just when she was beginning to enjoy herself, she realised that some people were staring.

Hearing her name being called out in soft tones a few minutes later, Rani looked over her shoulder and sensed that a crowd was gathering around her. Clearly, her plans for some alone time had gone awry. Sensing that the situation could get out of hand, she had to make a quick decision.

Without losing a minute, Rani called up the driver and asked him to come and take her back to the hotel. Pronto.

Rani, at least, can take comfort in the fact that even if she isn’t inundated with films, her fans haven’t forgotten her yet.

- Madhumitha

Girl examinee strip-searched

A girl student, appearing in the Class X exams of Uttar Pradesh board, was allegedly strip-searched by invigilators at a college here suspecting that she was carrying chits for copying, the police said on Friday.

The girl was writing the English paper of the UP Intermediate Education Board (UPIEB) exams in Rukmani Modi Mahila Inter College in Modinagar, 20 kms from here, when the incident took place on Thursday.

The police said they received a complaint from the girl's family that the invigilators made her remove her clothes to search for chits being carried for copying.

Nothing was found in the search but the girl could not complete the paper because of the incident, they said.

Parents and family members of the girl staged a protest in the college and approached the police.

Principal of the college, Mr Kamlesh Gaud, then tendered an unconditional apology to the parents of the girl and closed the matter with an assurance that full protection will be given to all girls appearing in the examination.

"We have apologised for the incident, which has been accepted by the parents. The matter has been resolved," Mr Gaud said.

Inspector R.K. Singh of Modinagar police station said no action was taken as the two parties resolved the issue.

"We had received a complaint from the girl's family. The matter was later disposed of amicably and the police did not interfere," he said.




- Madhumitha

China student sentenced for killing snoring room-mate

A university student in northeast China has been given a suspended death sentence for murdering his room-mate after becoming fed up with his loud snoring, state media reported on Friday.

Guo Liwei, 24, was found guilty of fatally stabbing his 23-year-old room-mate in the chest and back in November last year, 'Xinhua' news agency said.

Guo was also ordered by the court in Changchun, the capital of Jilin province, to pay the victim's family more than 270,000 yuan ($39,000) in compensation, it said.

Guo had allegedly angered his room-mate by videotaping him snoring and posting the footage on the website of the Jilin Agricultural University, where the two attended classes, the report said.

A death sentence with a two-year reprieve is commuted to life in prison if the convict commits no further crime while in jail.

- Indian Journalist.

Minister's convoy kills 5 in mishap

Five persons were killed when a car which was part of the Minister of State for Defence, Mr M.M. Pallam Raju's, convoy hit an autorickshaw in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Thursday, police said.

The police said five persons including four women, who were travelling in the three-wheeler were killed in the mishap that took place in Perumallapuram in Todangi Mandal.

Seven persons including three policemen were also injured in the accident. They have
been admitted to a government-run hospital in Kakinada.

The police said the minister, who was on his way to attend an official programme at a village near Kakinada town, was unhurt. Shocked over the accident, the minister got down from his car and supervised the relief operations. The Tondangi police have registered a case.

In a similar incident, six persons were killed when the auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling collided with an escort vehicle of ruling Congress chief whip Bhatti Vikramarka in Nalgonda district last month.

- Indian Journalist.

Police arrest man who hacked Obama's Twitter a/c

French police say they have detained a 25-year-old who allegedly hacked Twitter accounts of numerous well-known figures, including Britney Spears and US President Barack Obama.

Police said on Wednesday the suspect, who went by the pseudonym ``Hacker Croll,'' was caught following a joint operation with the FBI and arrested Tuesday in the Puy-de-Dome region of central France.

Police say the FBI contacted them after discovering in July that someone had managed to get access to confidential information after hacking into the Twitter system and passing for an administrator.

Police say the challenge, not money, motivated the hacker. Twitter has been the target of several attacks. Hackers have posted information online or sent fake messages.

- Indian Journalist.

Govt paints wrong Bhagat Singh picture

he government just can’t seem to get its advertisements right.

On Tuesday, the 79th death anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Punjab government splashed separate ads in leading newspapers of the Capital and in Punjab featuring paintings of the martyr.

Historians and Bhagat Singh’s descendants are unhappy with the paintings. “When there are so many photographs of Bhagat Singh available, why use paintings?” asked Chaman Lal, professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and editor of Singh’s documents.

The I&B ad had Bhagat Singh in a red turban, the Punjab government one in a yellow one. “Actually, Bhagat Singh wore a European style hat,” said Jagmohan, his nephew.

“Bhagat Singh did not wear a turban for the last three years of his life — from 1928 to the day he was hanged,” added Bipan Chandra, noted historian. “Nor did he have a beard, as the Punjab ad shows.”

Two months ago, the Women and Child Development Ministry had used the photo of a former Pakistani air force chief on an ad commemorating the girl child.

- Indian Journalist.

Govt paints wrong Bhagat Singh picture

he government just can’t seem to get its advertisements right.

On Tuesday, the 79th death anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Punjab government splashed separate ads in leading newspapers of the Capital and in Punjab featuring paintings of the martyr.

Historians and Bhagat Singh’s descendants are unhappy with the paintings. “When there are so many photographs of Bhagat Singh available, why use paintings?” asked Chaman Lal, professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and editor of Singh’s documents.

The I&B ad had Bhagat Singh in a red turban, the Punjab government one in a yellow one. “Actually, Bhagat Singh wore a European style hat,” said Jagmohan, his nephew.

“Bhagat Singh did not wear a turban for the last three years of his life — from 1928 to the day he was hanged,” added Bipan Chandra, noted historian. “Nor did he have a beard, as the Punjab ad shows.”

Two months ago, the Women and Child Development Ministry had used the photo of a former Pakistani air force chief on an ad commemorating the girl child.

- Indian Journalist.

Penelope Cruz to play Johnny Depp's lover in Pirates

Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz will play Johnny Depp's lover in the fourth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Contactmusic reported.

The two were last seen together as husband and wife in the 2000 film, Blow.

The 35-year-old actress has signed up to play the daughter of British actor Ian McShane who will portray Depp's new nemesis, the notorious pirate Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, according to producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

"She's the daughter of the bad guy... very feisty. There's a little romance between Captain Jack and the character that Penelope plays," said the movie mogul.

Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley who were part of the previous three films in the hit franchise are not returning for the fourth movie as they feel their characters' storylines are at an end.

- Indian Journalist.

800 varsities, 35,000 colleges needed in next 10 years: Sibal

India will need at least 800 more universities and another 35,000 colleges in the next ten years to increase the percentage of students going for higher education from the present 12.4 per cent in the country, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said in New Delhi on Wednesday.

"India has about 480 university and about 22,000 colleges. If we were to increase that figure of 12 per cent to 30 per cent, we will need another 800 to a thousand universities in the next ten years. We will need another 35,000 colleges in the next ten years...We are still below 40 per cent which I think is critical," he said.

Sibal was speaking at the first contact group meeting of Parliamentarians for Education of the UNESCO South Asia Cluster, in which delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka and other south Asian countries participated.

Highlighting the importance of human resource development, Sibal said, "When the global economy is doing well and the stock market is in the up swing, the developed nations share their prosperity with us." But it is not the case when global economy is not doing well and the stock market is on decline, he said.

"And I think that if we in this part of the world recognise the facts, we will realise how important education is for a developing economy," he said.

Sibal said the energy of a nation ultimately depends on its youth. "The energy of a nation does not depend on parliamentarians who are over 60 years, he said.

He said that in the 21st century, acquisition of physical or tangible assets will not be the wealth of any country but it will be the acquisition of intangible assets which are created not in the stock market but in the university system of nations.

- Indian Journalist.

A former doctor armed with a large knife killed eight children and injured five others Tuesday at an elementary school in eastern China, a local offic

(A Chinese woman whose child was killed in a stabbing incident gets help outside a elementary school in Nanping in east China's Fujian province Tuesday.)
A former doctor armed with a large knife killed eight children and injured five others Tuesday at an elementary school in eastern China, a local official said.

The assailant was arrested after the 7:20 a.m. attack, Xinhua News Agency said. He is a former community clinic doctor with a history of mental health problems, said a man surnamed Wu in the Nanping city government office, who would not give his full name as is common among Chinese officials.

Eight children from Nanping City Experimental Elementary School were killed, and five were being treated at a hospital, Wu said. Six died at the scene.

The attacker, who is 41 or 42, had resigned from his post at the community clinic, Wu said, but he wasn't sure when.

The school, located in Fujian province, was closed and students were sent home.

China has witnessed a series of school attacks over the past several years, which are often blamed on personal grudges or people with psychiatric problems, leading to calls for improved security.

- Sitiemilia , Singapore.

Indian-origin taxi driver attacked in New Zealand

An Indian-origin taxi driver has been assaulted by a passenger in a New Zealand city, an official said. The attack comes less than two months after an Indian taxi driver was fatally stabbed by a passenger here.

Mohinder Singh was recovering at home after being assaulted in Tauranga city on Sunday morning, the New Zealand Herald reported. A second taxi driver was threatened and robbed by another passenger later.

Company manager Bruce Rainey said the twin attacks were worrying. "There's some sort of perception that our guys are an easy target."

On January 31, Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini, 39, was fatally stabbed by a passenger after which his taxi collided with a tree in Mount Eden.

The other Indians killed in New Zealand include liquor store owner Navtej Singh, who was shot dead in 2008. Last year, an elderly man, Jasmatbhai Patel, died in a road rage attack.

- Indian Journalist

Dino's kiss harmless

If that’s true, then Dino Morea must have rocked their love boat! The pictures of her and Dino, in what looked like a passionate kiss was harmless according to the actress. “I know Dino for a while now. We’ve met socially and even had a few laughs but to make it seem like there is something more is terrible,” says the curly-haired temptress. Kangna also adds, “I’m done with relationships.

I have 10 movies to complete this year, and will perhaps take on another dozen next year. What I’m trying to say is that I’m completely swamped by work. I have no desire to get into another relationship. I’m done with those.” The actress says the next time she dates a man, it will have to lead to a walk up the altar. “Marriage is what it will be,” says Kangna, adding, “I may marry three years down the line or perhaps even five years down the line. But I’m certainly not interested in the dating scene.”


- Madhumitha

I’m like a mature 45

She wants to believe that her 23rd birthday (adding up to 5) today will take her several notches up, professionally. She has ten films on hand, and is romancing Hrithik Roshan (Kites), Abhishek Bachchan (Crooked), Ajay Devgn (Once Upon a Time in Mumbai) R Madhavan (Tanu Weds Manu) and Akshaye Khanna (No Problem). But, of course, it isn’t all roses for this mountain beauty who still feels like a little girl lost in Mumbai.

“I’m guessing this will be an extra special birthday,” says Kangna. “Professionally I’m rocking. There’s so much work happening that I barely have time to hear myself think. I want it that way because this is the time for work,” she says, pointing out that the shelf life of Bollywood heroines has shrunk to around six years. “Bollywood plays by its own rules. It is never about your talent here. It is always about which hero is romancing you on screen. I’m super-confident about my talent but if you judge me only by which heroes I’m working with, then you may argue that I’m not even in the race. However, as far as I’m concerned, my career has gained momentum. And, I’m making the niche I need to,” says the National Award winning actress.

But at the same time, Kangna laments she’s got no personal life. “I believe that if one has to have emotional growth then he/she needs a personal life. I’m currently single and not about to mingle. In this mad race for stardom, I sometimes feel I’m missing out on what I would say are life’s essential moments. I’m not in a relationship but the thought is always there at the back of my head. I wonder if lack of a personal life will stunt my growth as a person. But these are fleeting thoughts. As I hop from studio to studio, my love life is put on the back-burner,” she says.

The actress admits that she may be 23 but in her head, she’s as mature as a 45-year-old. And as she reflects on her life today, she realises that her goal for the moment may be superstardom. But she sometimes fears she is chasing a hollow dream. “If I want to be actually enlightened, like I do, I need to set a larger goal for myself. I want to turn director someday, I need to make place for a permanent relationship. I need to look for the rainbow. Perhaps these are the things that will complete me. Who knows? But I’m looking.”

- Madhumathi

I can't step into Akshay's shoes

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who is all set to replace actor Akshay Kumar as the host of reality show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi', insists she can never step into his shoes.

"I can never step into his shoes because they are very big shoes to fill. Akshay is the original 'Khiladi'. He is super good at what he does," said Priyanka.

"He has taken the show to a different level and my effort will be to take it forward from there. He has already made my job easier," she added.

The actor was the host for the reality show in 2009, which had 13 women - models and actresses - taking part in it. Akshay popularised the show with his daring stunts, which is an Indian version of the US reality show 'Fear Factor'.

Now Priyanka will be anchoring the special IPL Edition of the show on Colors, which will have 13 Indian and international cricketers competing with each other.

The 27-year-old actress had made her Bollywood debut opposite Akshay in 2003 film 'Andaaz' and also went on to star with him in films including 'Aitraaz', 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi' and 'Waqt: Race Against Time'.

The national award-winning actress, who was in the capital to launch four new body wash variants from Lux, has three films in the pipeline.

"My next film 'Anjana Anjani' will release in July or August. I am also starting work on 'Saat Khoon Maaf' with Vishal Bhardwaj and once 'Khatron..' is finished, I will start shooting for 'Don 2'," said Priyanka.

- Madhumitha

No to booze zone

Brunei's religious affairs minister has poured cold water on a plan to set up an "alcohol zone" for tourists in this Muslim country saying it would invite God's wrath.

Brunei's laws ban the public sale and consumption of alcohol in this small sultanate on Borneo island, though non-Muslim visitors are allowed to bring in limited amounts for private consumption.

On Monday, Religious Affairs Minister Zain Serudin rejected lawmaker Goh King Chin's proposal to establish a special area for foreign tourists to buy and drink alcohol.

"What we are most afraid of is the wrath of Allah," Zain said. "The wrath of Allah will not only come for the doer but others as well."

Tourists who want to drink "can do it more freely in their own countries - not only can they drink it, they can even take a bath in it," Zain told the Parliament.

Goh, a member of Brunei's Parliament, sparked debate last week when he suggested authorities could promote tourism by establishing a special "alcohol zone" for non-Muslim foreign visitors.

Such a move would also mar Brunei's reputation as a devout religious nation, the minister added.

"Today they want this zone, later they may want clubs, then what else? Prostitution zone? Then casino zone," he said. "This is why we need to fight to maintain Brunei as a peaceful country called the 'Abode of Peace."'

- Sitiemilia , Singapore.

Caught in the (sex) act

It is most embarrassing but one of the most common situations during a police raid is being caught in the midst of having sex.

The most recent occurrence took place at George Town, Penang, on Monday night, when two women, believed to be guest relations officers (GROS), found themselves in such an awkward situation when the police charged into the hotel rooms.

The women, a Chinese national and a Vietnamese, were half-naked and were believed to be in the midst of providing sex services to their customers when they were detained at a hotel at Burma Road.

The operation, carried out near midnight, saw the police nabbing 21 women in their twenties and thirties, four hotel caretakers – one of them wanted by the police – and 17 patrons.



The patrons were later released after having their statements recorded in the police station.

Condoms, cash and receipts were also confiscated from the scene, said State CID chief Senior Asst Comm (II) Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said.

The women will be investigated for violation of their social visit pass, he added.

- Sitiemilia , Singapore.

Google lifts censorship

INTERNET titan Google stopped censoring its search engine in China on Monday in a move that was hailed by rights groups but risks angering the Chinese authorities.

Google said it had ended censorship of its Chinese-language search engine Google.cn and was redirecting mainland Chinese users to an uncensored site in Hong Kong.

Google also said it intended to continue research and development work in China and maintain a sales presence there.

Google's lifting of censorship on Google.cn comes a little more than two months after the Mountain View, California-based company said it had been the victim of cyberattacks originating from China.

'Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on Google.cn has been hard,' Google chief legal officer David Drummond said in a blog post. 'Earlier today we stopped censoring our search services - Google Search, Google News, and Google Images - on Google.cn,' he added.

'Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong.' Mr Drummond expressed hope the Chinese authorities would not seek to block Google services, which also include sites such as YouTube.

- Tom Lee

Taiwan teens burn abusive dad

TWO Taiwanese teenagers have been arrested for allegedly burning their 45-year-old father to death in revenge for what they described as severe physical abuse, police said on Tuesday.

The victim, identified only by his surname Tseng, was allegedly drugged onSunday by his 17-year-old son, who is accused of taking him to a field with the help of his 18-year-old sister and her boyfriend, aged 26, police said.

A witness reported seeing the trio watching a fire burn in the field where the charred body of the victim was discovered several hours later, the police in southern Pingtung county said.

The brother and sister, who were arrested on Tuesday, had admitted to plotting Tseng's death but defended their alleged actions by saying they were victims of domestic violence, police said. The sister's boyfriend was also arrested.

According to Taiwan's Central News Agency, Tseng, who was divorced 11 years ago, was alleged to have frequently beaten his children with belts.

- Sitiemilia , Singapore.

9/11 attacks official version, a ''big lie'': Ahmadinejad

The official version of the September 11 attacks on the United States is a "big lie" that was used by Washington as an excuse to launch the war on terror, state media quoted Iran President, Mr Mohammad Ahmadinejad, as saying.

Addressing the intelligence ministry staff, Mr Ahmadnejad said: "September 11 was a big lie and a pretext for the war on terror and a prelude to invading Afghanistan."

He called the attacks a "complicated intelligence scenario and act."

The Iranian president has questioned the official US version of the September 11 attacks before, but this is the first time he ventured to label it a "big lie."

In 2007, New York officials rejected Mr Ahmadinejad''s request to visit the World Trade Center site while he was in the city for a UN meeting.

The President also sparked an uproar when he said during a lecture in New York that the causes and conditions that led to the attacks, as well as who orchestrated them, still need to be examined.

At the time, he also told Iranian state TV the attacks were "a result of mismanaging and inhumane managing of the world by the U.S," and that Washington was using September 11 as an excuse to attack others.

He has also questioned the September 11 death toll of around 3,000, claiming the Americans never published the victims'' names.


- Indian Journalist.

City boy shot dead in US

A Hyderabadi student of the Oklahoma State University was shot dead at a convenience store in Oklahoma City in the United States on Sunday evening.

G. Prashant was a resident of Santoshnagar in the city. He had gone to study at the university just two months ago and was doing his MS.

Prashanth was reportedly shot dead during an armed robbery at SK Foods, a convenience store where he was working part-time at about 7 pm local time on Sunday night.

Police said they were investigating the death as a homicide as there was trauma to the body. It was unclear what led to the shooting.

His family was informed of his death by his friends at the university.

Prashant’s father, Mr G. Rajaiah, works in the state health department. A native of Suraram in Medak district, Prashant completed his B.Com from Badruka college.

Family sources said Prashant had left the city to study at the Oklahoma State University on January 25.


- Indian Journalist.

‘Congress has failed Muslims’

The Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) floor leader, Mr Akbaruddin Owaisi, on Monday, warned the Congress of losing the support of Muslims in the 2014 elections if it continued to fail in protecting their interests.

Speaking on demands of welfare departments in the Assembly, the Majlis leader said the government, on one hand, failed to defend its initiatives in the legal battle and cut down allocations for several schemes in 2010-2011 Budget.

Maintaining that not a single day passed without Muslims feeling the absence of former chief minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, Mr Owaisi sought to know from Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, whether his government was sincere in implementing welfare schemes. He referred to the government marking zero allocations for several schemes which got funds last year.

- Zainab

Courts may declare India as Hindu Rashtra: Akbaruddin

The Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen floor leader in the Assembly, Mr Akbaruddin Owaisi, on Monday said the “judiciary may declare India to be a Hindu Rashtra and pronounce the adherents of religious minorities to be a second class citizens.”

Participating in a debate in the Assembly, Mr Owaisi said instead of strengthening the secular character of the Constitution, judicial pronouncements in recent times tended to turn against religious minorities, more particularly Muslims and Christians.

“If this trend is allowed to continue, the government may be forced to give up its secular mukhota (mask). We must put an end to this dangerous trend by clearly delineating once again the powers that separate the judiciary from the executive and the legislature,” he said.

The Majlis leader was cautioned to maintain restraint while speaking about the judiciary by the Deputy Speaker Mr N Manohar, who was in the chair. Mr Owaisi replied that he was exercising his Constitutionally guaranteed right to speak on the judiciary in the Assembly.

The Majlis leader was critical of the judiciary for its rulings against four per cent reservation to Muslims, state funding for pilgrimage to Jerusalem by Christians and construction of new churches or their renovation.

Maintaining that judicial activism had become “hyper active,” Mr Owaisi said public interest litigations were being filed and entertained by the courts on a daily basis. “The High Court may be getting more PILs than original and appellate writ petitions and suits,” he added.

Mr Owaisi referred to two HC judgments by benches headed by then Chief Justice Mr Anil R. Dave and said the petitioners in these cases were Mr Satish Agarwal, who contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket, and Mr T Hanuman Chowdary, IT adviser with the Telugu Desam government.

“A day will come when all the welfare schemes meant for the minorities would be nullified by the courts on PILs filed by Sangh Parivar activists,” he said.

He said the state government had failed to defend its actions and policies in the courts. He sought to know from the Chief Minister whether the state intended to appeal against HC orders on pilgrimage and funding to churches.

The Majlis leader said the proceeds of Common Good Fund raised from Hindu temples were utilised for renovation of temples and construction of Ramalayams in weaker section colonies. But proceeds collected by Wakf Board from wakf institutions were used for salaries. He demanded that these funds should be utilised for repair of mosques.


- Indian Journalist.

Husain's work fetches over Rs 2 crore

An untitled work by eminent painter MF Husain sold for over Rs 2 crore at the Saffronart Spring Online Auction 2010.

The art work that crossed the Rs 2 crore mark shows four horses and a female rider and was painted by Husain 1970.

The Saffronart auction Wednesday witnessed resurgence in demand for works by pioneering contemporary masters, said a statement issued by the Mumbai-based online art auction house.

A 1953 portrait by Akbar Padamsee, "Prophet", sold for Rs 1.25 crore against an estimate of Rs 36 lakh while FN Souza's "Decomposing Head" went for Rs 1.57 crore against an estimate of Rs 1.12 crore.

Subodh Gupta's "Doot" sold for Rs 1.75 crore. The online auction raked in Rs 21 crore ($4.6 million).

Said Dinesh Vazirani, CEO and co-founder of Saffronart: "The strong results of our spring Online Auction 2010 are an affirmation of the renewed confidence of the growing collector base for Indian art. The results from the auction indicate a consistent demand from collectors for top quality and rare works with important provenance."

Saffronart's Spring Online Auction featured 100 works by 47 modern and contemporary Indian artists including MF Husain, FN Souza, SH Raza, Manjit Bawa, Akbar Padamsee, Subodh Gupta, Shibu Natesan, Anju Dodiya and Jagannath Panda.


- Art Lover.

Kingfisher explosive stowed in cabin baggage

The explosives recovered inside the Kingfisher airliner on Sunday might have been smuggled in using a trick similar to the one used by the "Christmas bomber" in the US.

Officials investigating the Kingfisher security breach suspect that the culprit could have hidden the explosives inside his underpants, just like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had done during a failed attempt to blow up a US-bound jetliner from Amsterdam on Christmas day.

And what has thrown the security establishment into a tizzy is the revelation that the explosive material was recovered from the cabin and not from the cargo hold of the plane.

Sources have told HT that the explosive material was found near the cabin area. "The most probable conclusion that can be drawn is that a passenger carried the explosive during boarding though we don't rule out theories like the involvement of ground staff. Recovery from the cabin means that the person went through all security checks, which include x-ray screening of the handbag, passing through the metal detectors and frisking," an official said on condition of anonymity.

Investigators believe that the suspect might have placed the packet while going to or coming out of the toilet.

The explosive included some powder - suspected to be nitrate, containing traces of sulphur, ammonium and potassium chlorate. Some aluminium foils too have been recovered. The exact nature of the explosive would be ascertained only after the forensic report is out.

Sources from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) - the regulatory authority for civil aviation security in India -said the bureau has decided to come up with revised guidelines for security checks, likely to be issued in the next couple of days.

The guidelines would be a reiteration of security instructions issued in 2005. Airports would be asked to enforce stringent implementation of the directives and "pat-downs" and manual checking of handbags would be made compulsory.

- Indian Journalist.

B-town stars ecstatic over National Awards glory

"Great", "Amazing", "Fabulous" and "Wow" -- these were some of the expressions that Bollywood stars, directors and filmmakers came out with after receiving their National Awards at a ceremony here Friday evening.

High on Bollywood quotient, films from the Hindi film industry bagged 13 awards at the 56th National Awards ceremony and the winners just couldn't stop beaming.

Priyanka Chopra after receiving the Best Actress award for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion said: It feels great. It feels amazing. I just can't believe myself.

Kangana Ranaut after receiving Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the same film: I feel great. It's absolutely amazing to be a part of it. I am so amazed.

Arjun Rampal after receiving the Best Supporting Actor award for Rock On!!: When we made 'Rock On!!', we were just hoping people like our belief and they did. With this award, it feels all our efforts have come back to us. Being chosen for it by the awards jury feels I'm worthy enough for the award. It feels great.

Farhan Akhtar on the same movie that was his debut film as an actor and co-producer: It feels amazing. It's great. The feeling is fabulous. The director-producers also had similar sentiments to share.

Madhur Bhandarkar on his film Fashion: I am very ecstatic at the moment and I can't express my feelings. More than anything else I am happy for my actresses Priyanka and Kangana who did a wonderful job in the film. They completely deserve the award.

Abhishek Kapoor after receiving the Best Film award for his directorial venture Rock On!!: I am so happy. I am on top of the world. This shows when you do something with utter sincerity and a vision, you get the best.

Jugal Hansraj after receiving the Best Animation Film award for his directorial debut: This is something that I had never imagined and getting the national award for your debut film is just amazing.

Neeraj Pandey after receiving the Indira Gandhi award for Best First Film of a director for A Wednesday: I am very happy. It's good to be recognised. It's just wow.

Sooni Taraporewala after receiving the award for the best film on family values for Little Zizou: It's just the best feeling. It's really really great. It has been a long run. It's been a year now (to the film).

Ronnie Screwvala for productions Fashion, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, A Wednesday and Jodhaa Akbar that all won awards in different categories: It's good. When you are producing a movie, you take a lot of risks but through such recognitions, you feel proud of yourself on the other side.

The event was compered by actors Ashutosh Rana and Divya Dutta and the former felt "honoured" at the opportunity.

Ashutosh Rana: It's a great honour to present the award at a platform where you also have the president of India. I am thrilled at this opportunity.

- Madhumitha

Freida Pinto is no Bond girl

Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto has denied that she was approached by director Sam Mendes to play the lead in his next Bond film.

Reports suggest that the 24-year-old actress will not be seen alongside Daniel Craig as she has not been roped in to play the next Bond girl.

Accoring to a report, an official spokesperson in a statement said, "I would like to confirm that as of today, Freida Pinto has not been approached to be part of the next Bond film. It is of course very flattering to even be rumoured to be part of a Bond film but she has certainly not been approached for the role of the next Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig as yet," he added.

Freida is right now working on her forthcoming projects, Julian Schnabel's Miral, Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger and Tarsem Singh's Dawn of War.

- Indian Journalist.

Rajdhani derails in Bihar following suspected Maoist blast

assengers onboard the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a miraculous escape when seven of its coaches and the engine derailed near Gaya station following an explosion triggered by suspected Maoists late tonight, police said.

There was no casualty or serious injury, Gaya district Superintendent of Police Sushil Khopde said, adding none of
the derailed bogies fell on its side which possibly was the reason why no casualty took place.

Sanjay Saraogi, a passenger of the D-3 coach, one of the seven derailed bogies, said that none of the passengers were harmed in the incident.

"We heard the sound of a blast, but to my knowledge no harm has been caused to the passengers in the affected
bogies," he said from the spot, about 15 km from Gaya station.

The explosive planted in the tracks between Kasta and Paraiya stations went off shortly after the train left Gaya
station, Khopde said, adding a medical team with rescue train was sent to the spot.

Seven coaches and the engine of the 2445 up Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express jumped the tracks due to the impact of the blast, suspected to be a handiwork of the Maoists who have called a 48-hour bandh in seven states, including Bihar, starting Monday.

The spot of the explosion is under Gaya-Mughalsarai section of the East Central Railway. The 48-hour bandh has been called by the CPI (Maoist) in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and three districts of Maharashtra to protest against the 'Operation Green Hunt' launched against them.

- Indian Journalist.

Tiger Wood's wife ‘disappears'

tiger woodsGolfer Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren has reportedly disappeared as one of his alleged mistresses vowed to unveil more racy text messages she claims to have received from the golf star.

Former porn actress Joslyn James revealed she is ready to unwrap more dirt on the shamed golfer, with whom she allegedly had a three-year affair.

According to the Mirror newspaper, James has set up a website where Woods'' alleged sex texts can be read and she would soon post some of the more than 1,000 text messages.

"I just wanted the public to know and the truth to be out there for me to have people see what I was being told and not just judge me for being with a married guy," the Daily Telegraph quoted James as saying.

The 32-year-old apparently added: "If I would have known everything that was going on, and wasn''t being lied to, I would have done things differently.”

She also told the New York Daily News: "There were certain things about our relationship that were not conventional. There were a couple situations when he was a bit more aggressive than usual."

Meanwhile, Elin, the mother of Wood’s two kids, has not been seen at their residence for several days, according to TMZ.com.

- Indian Journalist.