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'Paris in Jail' video a hit ! 2007-06-17 02:57:00 Paris Hilton's prison stint has made headlines. But now a Paris parody has gotten its own attention on YouTube - "Paris in Jail: The Music Video" takes Paris' own musical quasi-hit and plays with the words. The parody was made by comedians Allan Murray and Sean Haines and initially appeared on their own website, Omovies.com. "I think we're at almost five-million hits, in eight days. That's pretty good," says Allan Murray, the parody’s co-creator. The real Paris Hilton is serving out her sentence in a Los Angeles county jail for a parole violation related to a drunk-driving incident. Read more:Paris
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Amma head third front ?! 2007-06-17 02:49:00 When the leaders of the eight regional parties came together on a common platform in Hyderabad earlier this month, it was clear they were tired of being marginal players. Eager to be counted in the corridors of power in Delhi, they have decided to pool their strength.Sources tell that top on the agenda will be announcing AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa as the chairperson of the third
front. Jayalalithaa is being projected as the third front's mascot, and all crucial decisions will have not only Amma's approval, but also her voice.
Pratibha Patil Vs Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2007-06-17 02:24:00 It was a rare occasion when politics ruled over protocol. Unmindful of protocol, Vice-President Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat, on Saturday called on UPA's Presidential nominee and Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil
at Jodhpur House in New Delhi after Patil had indicated earlier in the day that she would visit the Vice-President to seek his blessings. Shekhawat ,who is going to fight the presidential elections against Patil as an Independent candidate, pulled off a coup of sorts by pre-empting the impending visit by his would-be rival, which many thought could have been a major public relation boost for the UPA candidate. The Vice-President was accompanied by his party colleague and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. The meeting between Patil and Shekhawat lasted just about 20 minutes. The Minister of State in PMO, Prithviraj Chauhan, was also present in the meeting. Shekhawat did not speak to the waiting reporters after the meeting. He brushed aside the mikes of the waiting
North Korea's denuclearization - CNN toled 2007-06-17 01:50:00 North Korea
has invited inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog back into the country to monitor the shut down of its main nuclear reactor, state media reports. A letter inviting a "working level" delegation to visit and monitor the suspension of the operations of nuclear facilities was sent to the International Atomic Energy Agency, North's Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.Earlier Saturday, frozen North Korea
n funds that were thawed as part of a February agreement to get Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program were transferred out of a bank in Macau, China, to a Russian bank, where North Korea has an account.Ri Je Son, North Korea's director general of the General Department of Atomic Energy, sent a letter to the IAEA confirming that transfer of the funds was completed as required before the invitation would be extended, according to KCNA.Francis Tam Pak-yuen, Macau's secretary of economy and finance, said more than $20 million went from Banco Delta Asia to a North Read more:North
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Maoists as the biggest internal security challenge : PM 2007-06-17 00:40:00 Special ArticlePrime Minister Manmohan Singh has described Maoists
as "the biggest internal security
challenge." There are high-level coordination committees at the Central and State levels to constantly review and fine-tune counter strategies but left-wing extremism, which has spread across 15 States, now threatens to turn the special economic zones (SEZs) concept into a new conflict ground and potential agenda for its cadres. Inputs with internal security experts suggest that displacement of the local population, especially tribals, has been viewed by the Maoists as "conditions suiting the promotion of their revolutionary ideology." Security forces, particularly the Central Paramilitary Forces, are also aware that the Maoist threat needs to be tackled not only by policing but also from economic and cultural perspectives. The central forces and special forces such as the National Security Guard, endowed with cutting edge of technology and highly-trained manpower, feel the need for a
President poll: Very hot climate ! 2007-06-17 00:23:00 Shiv Sena not being averse to the candidature of UPA-Left President
ial nominee Pratibha Patil, the saffron party, a key constituent of NDA, said it would announce on June 19 whom to support in next month's Presidential poll. The Sena's top brass discussed the issue here for two hours, after which Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut said that party chief Balasaheb Thackeray would announce the decision on June 19, which also happens to be the party's foundation day. Although nobody from Sena was willing to go on record whether a decision had been taken to support Pratibha Patil, who hails from Maharashtra, the party has indicated that it was "less opposed" to her than to some other Presidential hopefuls whose names were making the rounds earlier. Party mouthpiece "Saamna" also echoed the same sentiment in its front page story this morning, terming it as "historic" that a Maharashtrian had been considered. Although there is one view in Sena that says the party should support Patil to become
How Hamas took over the Gaza Strip 2007-06-16 10:45:00 The Gaza Strip
is under the control of Hamas
, following a week of factional fighting which left more than 100 dead. The map below details some of the key locations Hamas militants control and strongholds it took from its rival, Fatah.1) Gaza City: Presidential compound seized overnight on 14 June Headquarters of Fatah's Preventative Security Force seized Key security and intelligence compounds targeted 2) Beit Hanoun: Four killed and at least 15 injured in fighting on 11 June, UN reports Most of northern Gaza under Hamas control by 12 June, UN reports 3) Central Gaza: Hamas believed to control area, including Maghazi, Brej and Nuseirat refugee camps by 12 June
Karunanidhi wants VP post: Jayalalitha 2007-06-16 10:27:00 AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa claimed on Saturday that she had information that DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had demanded the Vice President's post for himself."According to reliable sources, Karunanidhi was planning to make his son M K Stalin Chief Minister here and was asking the Vice-President's post for himself," PTI quoted her as saying. She continued, "That’s why he took his wife Dayalu Ammal along during his recent visit to New Delhi and made her personally call on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.” Read more:wants
Abducted Indians freed in Nigeria 2007-06-16 09:46:00 The 10 Indians
, who were taken hostage in Nigeria
16 days back, have been released. All of them worked with a franchise of Indonesia-based Indorama firm. The 10 people, including Indorama's Managing Director Arun Taneja, had been kidnapped by some gunmen after an attack on their residential quarters in Rivers state on June 1. While the Indian High Commission had taken up the matter with Nigerian officials, the negotiations for their release were conducted by the company officials. Indorama had sent a director-level officer to Nigeria to negotiate with the kidnappers.The High Commission had taken up the matter of Indians' security with Nigerian Foreign Ministry and National Security Adviser while the External Affairs Ministry took up the issue with the Nigerian High Commission here. Since January 2006, more than 180 foreign workers have been seized. Militants in the area say they want more of the oil revenues to be spent on local communities. The less developed Niger Delta r
India-born author Salman Rushdie knighted 2007-06-16 09:21:00 India-born author SalmanRushdie
, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' earned the ire of the clergy in Iran, has been knighted. The author, along with England's legendary cricketer Ian Botham, will be knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Rushdie was forced into hiding for a decade after Iran's spiritual leader ordered his assassination following the publication of Satanic Verses. Rushdie is one of the prominent and often one of the most controversial novelists of the late 20th century. Besides the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children in 1981, he won the ''Booker of Booker'', a special award honouring the best novel in the 25-year history of the prize in 1993. The inclusion of Botham comes after he was previously denied the honour for being suspended for smoking marijuana on a cricket tour to the West Indies in 1986.His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), provoked violent reactions from radical muslims. After death threats and a fetwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, callin Read more:India
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Third Nominee for the Presidential polls 2007-06-16 07:58:00 The Third Front is likely to field a nominee for the Presidential
polls.A press release from the AIADMK, which is part of the eight party grouping, today said the conclave of non-Congress and non-BJP parties here on June 18 will "choose a nominee" for the Presidential elections. The conclave would be held at the residence of party supremo Jayalalithaa, it said.The AIADMK, TDP, Samajwadi Party, AGP, INDL, Kerala Congress (T), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and MDMK had recently met at Hyderabad and decided to form a front, to maintain equal distance from both the Congress and BJP.They also decided to give a formal shape to the front at their next meeting in Chennai. Read more:Nominee
Big step towards empowerment of women ! 2007-06-16 07:30:00 Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil arrived in Delhi on Saturday to gear up for the presidential election as a nominee of the UPA camp. "My nomination for the top post reflected the respect women get in India and it would encourage the fairer sex," she declared.Soon after her arrival, Patil went straightaway to 10 Janpath to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and discussed matters related to the Presidential election. "I am very happy to be selected as the UPA candidate," 72-year-old Patil said. Patil possible first woman president of the country. Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has set a new record for the longest uninterrupted space flight by a woman. Williams, surpassed the 188-day, four-hour mark set by her compatriot Shannon Lucid in 1996. It was not the first record set by Williams, who began her space journey last December 10.Earlier this year, she logged 29 hours and 17 minutes in four space walks, eclipsing the record held by astronaut Kathryn Thornton for most spacewal
Again violence in Nandigram today ! 2007-06-15 10:39:00 A fresh wave of violence rocked Nandigram today as four policemen were injured, one of them seriously, in bomb blasts and firing allegedly by members of a Trinamool Congress-backed group opposing the acquisition of farm land for industry.This was the first major incident of violence in Nandigram since the killing of 14 people in police firing and clashes on March 14.Police fired two rounds in the air to ward off attackers from Sonachura, close to Nandigram, but this proved futile and firing allegedly by members of the Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee continued in two phases during the day, IGP (law and order) Raj Kanojia said here. District Enforcement Branch Inspector Prabhat Kumar was critically injured when he was hit in the head by a bullet. He was brought to SSKM Hospital here for surgery. Three other policemen sustained bullet injuries. Read more:Again
film actor Srikanth cheating ? 2007-06-15 09:26:00 Srikanth is a south Indian film actor. He debuted in the Tamil movie Rojakootam. His debut was a big plus for him. He tried some action movies which didn't give him enough success at box-office. He is one of those ungifted actors in Tamil cinema, who has no proper sense of humour, and is the worst lead-actor when it comes to comedy scenes. Srikanth has also starred in telegu movies with the screenname Sriram. He is engaged to Vandana, a Chennai model who completed her MBA in Australia. Srikanth and longtime girlfrien d Vandana's impending wedding has been called off due to personal reasons. Good thinking guys, better than marrying in haste and regretting at leisure. Today Vandana toled press already married with actor srikanth. she relesed some wedding photos.
Sivaji was released ! fans including Karunanidhi ,Jayalalithaa 2007-06-15 02:23:00 AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa was among hundreds of movie buffs who managed to catch AVM Production's mega-budget movie on the first day of its release. A special screening of the movie was arranged at the AVM studio here for the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, who watched the film along with Rajnikanth, producer A V M Saravanan and director Shankar. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has already watched the movie along with Rajnikant. TDP leader and former Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu saw the Telegu version of the movie which also hit the screens on Friday in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Hamas 'in full control of Gaza' 2007-06-15 01:24:00 Hamas
(Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya) or "Islamic Resistance Movement"; the Arabic acronym means "zeal") is a Palestian Islamist organization that currently (since January 2006) forms the majority party of the Palestinian National Authority.Fatah , literally conquest, is a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filasti, literally: "Palestinian National Liberation Movement"). Fatah is a major Palestian political party and the largest organization in the Palestian liberation Organization (PLO), a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the center-left of the spectrum. It is mainly nationalist although not predominantly socialist. Fatah has maintained a number of militant groups since its founding.In June, renewed fighting broke out between Hamas and Fatah. As of June 14th, 2007, the current Palestinian government has been dissolved. The dissolution came four hours after Hamas extremists announced that the Gaza Strip was under God's ru
India's first woman President ! 2007-06-15 00:37:00 Pratibha Patil was born to Narayan Rao in Jalgan, Maharashtra. She married Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat. The couple has one son and one daughter. Before joining politics, she served as a social worker, and also practised as an advocate at Jalgaon.Bio-DataFather’s Name - Shri NarayanraoDate of Birth - 19th December, 1934Place of Birth - Distt. Jalgaon (Maharashtra)Marital Status - Married on 7th July 1965Spouse’s Name - Dr. Devisingh Ramsingh ShekhawatChildren - One son and one daughterEducational QualificationM.A., L.L.B. Educated at M.J. College, Jalgaon (Maharashtra) & Govt. Law College, MumbaiProfessionSocial Worker, practiced as Advocate at JalgaonPermanent Address57, New Congress Nagar, Opp. Govt. Milk Scheme, Amravati (Maharashtra)1701, Vainganga, Worli Sagar Co-operative Housing Society, Pochkhanwala Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400 025 Tel. 24950888Position held 1962-85 Member, Maharasthra Legislative Assembly1967-72 Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing Read more:President
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Pratibha Patil is UPA Presidential candidate: Sonia 2007-06-14 08:19:00 At the end of the day, the name of Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil
was proposed and the Left agreed to the proposal without any difficulty.Pratibha Patil H.E. is Governor of Rajasthan state in India.She was born on 19th December 1934. She is a leader of Indian National Congress party.She is 16 th governor of the state. Earlier she was deputy chair person of Rajya Sabha.She is Rajasthan's first female governor. She is also currently the only woman state governor in india.She hails from Rajasthan and is a Rajput who is married to a Maratha.She was Table Tennis Champion in her college days . She holds MA in Arts and a Law Degree. Beside her political career she also manages her own educational institutes for poor and industries. Read more:Presidential
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UPA candidate for Presidentship Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande ! 2007-06-14 06:21:00 The new name was thrown up after the Left rejected all the three names that were doing the rounds all this while — that of Shivraj Patil, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Karan Singh. Even the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee was not acceptable for the Left. While UPA sources confirmed that Deshpande’s name did come up at the meeting, they clarified that this was not a final decision. "The names have only been thrown up," they say. Popularly known as Didi among her followers and admirers, Deshpande was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on October 17, 1929. An MA in Political Science from Nagpur, Deshpande also studied Ferguson College, Pune, before joining Morris College, Nagpur, as a lecturer in Political Science. Later she joined the Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s ashram in Paunar and the Bhoodan Movement in 1952. She as also organised several peace marches in Punjab in 1983 and 1984 and a peace mission in Kashmir in 1994. Deshpande, a renowned Gandhian and a two-time Rajya Sabha member, is also a Pa
Prez polls: Left-DMK meeting inconclusive 2007-06-14 02:04:00 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday held talks with the Left parties in a bid to evolve a consensus on United Progressive Alliance’s candidate for the post of President of India. However, the 45-minute meeting
was inconclusive. Both sides decided to meet again later in the day. ‘’We exchanged views on the Presidential issue and decided to meet again in the evening.’’ CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said.‘’The very fact we are meeting again in the evening shows we have not decided on any names,’’ Bardhan told reporters.Karunanidhi will also be having a second round of talks with the Congress president around noon at the prime minister’s residence.While Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil remains the frontrunner, Sushil Kumar Shinde is the other possible UPA candidate.
India shiver over chikungunya ! 2007-06-14 01:26:00 Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral caused by an alphavirus that is spread by mosquito bites from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.Symptoms include high fever, headaches, vomiting, nausea and severe joint pain, which could lead to swollen wrists, knees or ankles. In Kerala, the virus has claimed 52 lives in the last two months. It is confirmed officially that there are 7000 confirmed Chikungunya patients in these areas. In Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, 21 cases have been reported, 16 people have tested positive for chikungunya in Karnataka, and 10 people in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. symptoms of Chikungunya The symptoms of Chikungunya include fever which can reach 39°C, (102.2°F) a petechial or maculopapular rash usually involving the limbs and trunk, and arthritis affecting multiple joints which can be debilitating. The symptoms could also include headache, conjunctival injection, and slight photophobia.In the present epidemic in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tam Read more:India
Mahatma Gandhi grandson Ramchandra found dead 2007-06-13 06:12:00 Dr Ramchandra Gandhi
, a grandson of Mahatma
Gandhi and renowned philosopher and writer, was found dead at the India International Centre, Delhi, on Wednesday. His body was found in Room No 15 of the IIC. Ramchandra Gandhi was the son of Devdas Gandhi, Mahatma's fourth son, and elder brother of West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi. An author of several books on philosophy, Ramchandra had also written and produced several plays and a film on his grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi
. He had several books to his credit, including Sitas's Kitchen, Svaraj: A Journey with Tyeb Mehta's 'Shantiniketan Tryptich, Munniya's Light and others. Munniya's Light was Ramachandra Gandhi's maiden venture into fiction. A renowned playwright, Dr Gandhi researched and wrote six plays, each dealing with spiritual greats like Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Francis of Assisi and Ramana Mahanti through the abhinaya of Narayan. His Kathak-based dance-drama Sanmati — which was based on Chapters V
Abdul Kalam's five-year term expires 2007-06-13 05:34:00 India's election commission announced Wednesday that presidential polls will be held on July 19. President AbdulKalam
's five-year term expires on July 24 and is not likely to be supported by a party to seek re-election.Kalam, a scientist and the architect of the country's missile programme, is India's third Muslim president.Abdul Kalam toled,....On 15 October, I turned sixty. I looked forward to superannuating and planned to open a school for less privileged, but talented children. My friend, Prof. P. Rama Rao, who was heading the Department of Science and Technology in the Government of India, even struck a partnership with me to establish what he called a Rao-Kalam school. We were unanimous in our opinion that carrying out certain missions and reaching certain milestones, however important they may be or however impressive they might appear to be, cannot be the final sum of human life. But we had to postpone our plan as neither of us was relieved by the Government of India. It w
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