Shahid Afridi banned for two T20s for ball-tampering

Shahid Afridi has been suspended for two Twenty20 internationals after television cameras caught him biting the ball during his side's two-wicket defeat to Australia in Perth.

Afridi, who was captaining the side, was seen putting the ball to his mouth and apparently biting down on the surface of the ball.

In a hearing straight after the close, match referee Ranjan Madugalle imposed two suspension points on the all-rounder, equating to two T20 matches for his country.

Afridi pleaded guilty to breaching article 2.2.9 of the International Cricket Council's Code Of Conduct after being charged with "changing the condition of the ball in breach of Law 42.3 of the Laws of Cricket" by on-field umpires Asoka de Silva and Paul Reiffel.

Afridi, who captains the Pakistan side in Twenty20 cricket, will miss the match against Australia on February 5 as well as the first of two matches against England in Dubai on February 19.

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam had earlier admitted Afridi's transgression.

Afridi was previously banned for one Test and two ODIs for damaging the pitch with his boot during a Test match with England in 2005 after attention was diverted by an exploding gas canister.

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Miss America Katie Stam gets engaged on eve of Miss Virginia

The day before she turned her crown over to Caressa Cameron, Miss America Katie Stam was given another jewel to take its place.

Stam's fiance Brian Irk proposed to the beauty queen on Friday during a fundraiser gala, People.com reports.

600 guests watched as Irk got on one knee and said, "I love you so much. Will you be my Miss America forever?"

The couple are returning home to Indianapolis after the Miss America 2010 ceremony and plan to marry in the fall.

Stam reigned as Miss America for the whole of 2009, but passed her crown onto Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron on Saturday night.

The 22-year-old journalism student from Fredericksburg, Va. also won a $50,000 scholarship.

"It's bittersweet but being engaged and going back to Indiana knowing that I'm engaged to the man that I love, makes it really special and makes it easier to let go of being Miss America," Stam told People.com.

Miss California Kristy Cavinder was first runner up and will take over Miss America's duties if she cannot perform them.

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Brightest and biggest full moon of 2010

The brightest and biggest full moon of 2010 will be seen on Saturday which will be around 15 percent bigger and 30 per cent brighter as compared to other full moons during the year.

The full moon will be at its best at around 8 PM.

The phenomenon occurs as the Moon's orbit is elliptical with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other.

At closest, our natural satellite lies roughly 3,56,630 kms from Earth compared to the Moon's average distance of 3,84,800 km from Earth.

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Grammy Awards 2010 to be held on January 31

The 52nd annual Grammy award is scheduled to be held on Sunday, Jan 31st. 2010.The venue of this year’s Grammy award ceremony is Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The event will be aired live by CBS.

The nominations for the 52nd yearly Grammy awards were announced last year. Since then, the expectation of the fans of the nominated music artists has been running high.

This year the fight is tough and the main battle is likely to be between two contenders- Beyonce Knowles and Taylor Swift. Beyonce Knowles has a wide fan following and she has got a whopping 10 nominations.

However, it would be wrong to underestimate rising star Taylor Swift. The young country singer has been making waves since last year. Her album ‘Fearless’ has fetched her 8 Grammy nominations.

As per the latest reports, the 52nd Grammy awards ceremony will be inaugurated by no other than Lady Gaga. Incidentally, she has also got six Grammy nominations.

This annual award is presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to the outstanding achievers in music industry. The ceremony witnesses performances by eminent music artists. Its origin can be traced back to 1958.

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VT manpower job fair

VT Manpower Consultancy Services Private Limited” is one of India’s largest “HR Solutions” company. VT Manpower is in progress from the year 2006, and has around 750 clients as our credit from all the major Industries. VT Manpower has conducted many Job Fairs in the past days and helped lot of Job Seeker to identify their Suitable Job. Now we conducting 2010’s First VT Mega Job Fair. This is going to become the Most Successful Job Fair in 2010.

1. All the companies are having openings for both Freshers and experienced candidates.

2. VT Manpower gives you 75%* placement assurance.

3. If you have any idea to change your job or career, this is a perfect opportunity for you.

4. This will not waste your time and effort.

5. If you are having any idea to change your domain, you can attend this job fair.

6. Age limitation is 32 for all the openings.

7. Have minimum three offers in your dream company and take home your choice.

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Beating Retreat ends Republic Day celebrations

The Beating Retreat ceremony Friday concluded India’s 61st Republic Day celebrations as some 1,000 bandsmen drawn from the three services held the audience enthralled for more than an hour with a perfect blend of melody and military precision. The function lasted a little over an hour.

The entire event was done in the presence of the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the three service chiefs- Army chief General Deepak Kapoor, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik and Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, and other dignitaries.

The program included 21 martial tunes, including popular ones like ‘Sam Bahadur sky board song’, ‘Pipes and Drums’, ‘Pipers Cave’, ‘Jock Wilson’ and ‘Highland Laddle’.

The Navy and Air Force bands played tunes like ‘Ocean’s Splendour’, ‘Bharatiya Navsena’, ‘Sky Hawks’ and ‘Swantantra Bharat Ki Shaan’.

Military bands played tunes like ‘Hanste Lashai’, ‘Gangotri’, ‘Abhinandan’, ‘Giriraj’ and ‘Dola Re Dola’.

The function concluded with Massed Bands playing ‘Drummer’s Call’ and Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite tune “Abide With Me’. This was followed by retreat by ‘Buglers’ and ‘Saare Jahan Se Acha’.

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RBI hikes CRR, repo rates unchanged

The Reserve Bank of India has increased mandatory cash reserve of banks held by it by 75 basis points in a bid to suck excess liquidity to combat rising inflation.

However, short-term lending and borrowing rates between RBI and banks were kept unchanged, leading to speculation that banks' commercial lending rates may not change.

The apex bank also upped its economic growth projection to 7.5 per cent from its earlier estimate of 6 per cent for the current fiscal.

According to RBI estimate, inflation is likely to touch 8.5 per cent by this fiscal-end from over 7 per cent in December.

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Jr NTR Marriage | Jr NTR weds Lakshi Pranathi

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao more popularly known as NTR Jr marriage was fixed with StudioN channel chairman's daughter lakshmi pranathi.

NTR Jr is an actor.He is the grandson of late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was a fine actor, founder of the Telugu Desam Party.NTR Jr born on May 20, 1983.He is the son of Harikrishna and Shalini.

NTR began his career as a kid artist. His first step into Tollywood was with his grandfather's movie Brahmarshi Viswamithra and then Bala Ramayanam, directed by Gunasekhar. Coincidentally, his character in the second movie was Lord Sri Rama, a role often played by his grandfather NTR.

Lakshmi pranathi studying intermediate 2nd year and she is 18 years old.

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Sania Mirza's engagement called off

The beginning of New Year hasn't as good as Indian Tennis sensation Sania Mirza. After crashed out of seasons' first Grand Slam Australian Open, Sania Mirza's off the field life has been in trouble, her engagement has been broken off.

According to the sources, the 23-year-old Hyderabadi girl's father Imran Mirza has called off her engagement to Mohammed Sohrab Mirza.

The glittering engagement ceremony of Sania Mirza and Sohrab was held at a luxury hotel in Hyderabad in last July. Sohrab belongs to a business family in Hyderabad. At present, he is pursuing his business studies in United Kingdom.

When approached Sania Mirza to comment, she said that she and Sohrab were longtime friend but after engagement they found themselves incompatible for life time bonding.and confirmed that a engagement was called off.

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New Apple touchscreen tablet computer, iPad price

Apple Inc. has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.

It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone.

Apple had kept its "latest creation" tightly under wraps, though many analysts had correctly speculated that it would be a one-piece tablet computer with a big touch screen, larger than an iPhone but smaller than a laptop.

The iPad has a 9.7-inch touch screen. It is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and comes with 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash memory storage. The device comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology, but no mention was immediately made of a data connection through a wireless carrier.Battery lasts for 10 hours, and that the device can sit for a month on standby without needing a charge.

iPad pricing details:

* iPad 16 GB with WiFi: $499, with 3G: $629
* iPad 32 GB with WiFi: $599, with 3G: $729
* iPad 64 GB with WiFi: $699, with 3G: $829

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The owner of Haldiram held guilty of murder

A fast track court on Wednesday pronounced Haldiram confectionery chain owner Prabhu Shankar Agarwal and four others guilty of conspiring to kill a tea stall owner in Kolkata about five years ago.

The quantum of punishment will be announced on Friday.

Agarwal hired a contract killer Gopal Tiwari in 2005 to dispose of the tea stall owner who had refused to remove the stall which was blocking the entrance of a large confectionary shop the businessman was about to open in the Burrabazar area of central Kolkata.

Tiwari and his three henchmen shot at and injured the stall owner Pramod on March 30, 2005.

Tiwari was arrested on May 22 the same year from Hyderabad by sleuths of the Kolkata Police.

Based on information provided by Tiwari, Agarwal was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi Jun 7, 2005 on his return from Britain, where he had gone to open a branch of his confectionery chain.

All five were charged under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 120B (conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) for allegedly hiring out a contract, besides the Arms Act.

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Apple unveils new touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad

Apple Inc. has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.

It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone.

Apple had kept its "latest creation" tightly under wraps, though many analysts had correctly speculated that it would be a one-piece tablet computer with a big touch screen, larger than an iPhone but smaller than a laptop.

The iPad has a 9.7-inch touch screen. It is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and comes with 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash memory storage. The device comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology, but no mention was immediately made of a data connection through a wireless carrier.Battery lasts for 10 hours, and that the device can sit for a month on standby without needing a charge.

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Padma Awards 2010 | Complite list of Awardees

Padma Bhushan for Aamir Khan, Padma Shri for Sehwag.

Nobel laureate of Indian origin Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Apollo hospital chief Pratap Reddy and former RBI Governor Y V Reddy were chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan.

Music maestro A R Rahman and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan have been named for Padma Bhushan

Cricketer Virendra Sehwag, Hockey national Ignace Tirkey, Formula 1 driver Narain Kartikeyan, Badminton star Saina Nehwal, Boxer Vijender Singh and Sachin Tendulkar's 'guru' Ramakant Achrekar have been selected for Padma Shri awards in sports category.

The awards will be conferred by the President of India at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March orApril.

This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise six Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards. There are 17 ladies among the awardees.

Padma Vibhushan : Ebrahim Alkazi (Art), Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman(Art) Smt. Zohra Segal (Art) Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Public Affairs) Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, (Science and Engineering )Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy (Trade and Industry)

Padma Bhushan : Shri Ilaiyaraaja (Art), Aamir Khan (Art), Akbar Padamsee (Art), Allah Rakha Rahman (Art) Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (Art) Smt. Kumudini Lakhia (Art) Kuzhur Narayana Marar (Art), Prof. Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky (Art), Ms. Mallika Sarabhai (Art), Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana (Art), Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai (Art, Ram Kumar, (Art) Shrinivas Vinayak Khale (Art), Ustad Sultan Khan (Art) B.K. Chaturvedi (Civil Service) Moosa Raza (Civil Service) Dr. P.R. Dubhashi (Civil Service) Fareed Zakaria (Journalism) Anil Bordia, (Literature and Education)Prof. Bipan Chandra, (Literature and Education), G.P. Chopra (Literature and Education), Prof. Mohammad Amin (Literature and Education) Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri (Literature and Education), Prof. Tan Chung (Literature and Education), Prof. Belle Monappa Hegde (Medicine), E.T. Narayanan Mooss (Medicine), Dr. Noshir M. Shroff (Medicine)Dr. Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier (Medicine)Dr. Ramakant Madanmohan Panda (Medicine) Prof.(Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal (Medicine), Prof. Abhijit Sen (Public Affairs), Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay (Public Affairs), Sant Singh Chatwal (Public Affairs), Prof. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (Science andEngineering), Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha (Science and Engineering), Jagdish Chandra Kapur (Science and Engineering ), Dr. Balagangadharanatha Swamiji (Social Work), Eknath Rao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, (Social Work) Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair (Trade andIndustry) Dr. Kushal Pal Singh, (Trade and Industry), Manvinder Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga (Trade and Industry), Narayanan Vaghul, (Trade and Industry) S.P. Oswal, (Trade and Industry).

Padma Shri : Gulam Mohammed Mir (Public Service), Rekha (Art), Arjun Prajapati (Art), Arundhati Nag (Art), Carmel Berkson (Art), Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar (Art), Gul Bardhan (Art), Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (Art), Hari Uppal (Art), K. Raghavan (Art), Guru Mayadhar Raut (Art), Mukund Lath ( Art), Nemai Ghosh (Art), Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Art), Rajkumar Achouba Singh (Art), Dr. Ram Dayal Munda (Art), Resul Pokutty (Art), Saif Ali Khan (Art), Dr. Shobha Raju (Art), Sumitra Guha (Art), Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Art), D.R. Karthikeyan (Civil Service), Dr. Ranjit Bhargava (Environment Protection), Arun Sarma (Literature and Education), Prof. Arvind Kumar (Literature and Education), Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (Literature and Education), Prof. Govind Chandra Pande (Literature and Education), Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri (Literature and Education), Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke (Literature and Education), Janaki Ballav Shastri (Literature and Education), Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri (Literature and Education), Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan (Literature and Education), Lalzuia Colney (Literature and Education), Maria Aurora Couto (Literature and Education), Dr. Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy (Literature and Education), Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji (Literature and Education), Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy (Literature and Education), Fr. Romuald DSouza (Literature and Education), Prof. Sadiq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai (Literature and Education), Sheldon Pollock (Literature and Education), Dr. Surendra Dubey (Literature and Education), Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla (Medicine), Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin (Medicine), Dr. B. Ramana Rao (Medicine), Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (Medicine), Dr. K.K. Aggarwal (Medicine), Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath (Medicine), Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta (Medicine), Dr. Philip Augustine (Medicine), Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh (Medicine), Dr. Vikas Mahatme (Medicine), Dr. Rafael

Iruzubieta Fernandez (Public Affairs), Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao (Science and Engineering), Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan (Science and Engineering), Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (Science and Engineering), Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop John (Science and Engineering), Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri (Science and Engineering), Dr.(Ms.) Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath (Science and Engineering), Anu Aga (Social Work), Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (Social Work), Deep Joshi (Social Work), Dr. J.R. Gangaramani (Social Work), Kranti Shah (Social Work), Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil (Social Work), Baba Sewa Singh (Social Work), Sudha Kaul (Social Work), Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh (Social Work), Ignace Tirkey (Sports), Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Sports), Ramakant Vithal Achrekar (Sports), Saina Nehwal (Sports), Vijender Singh (Sports), Virendra Sehwag (Sports), Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju (Trade and Industry), Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai (Trade and Industry), Deepak Puri (Trade and Industry), Irshad Mirza (Trade and Industry), Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan (Trade and Industry), Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (Trade and Industry), T.N. Manoharan (Trade and Industry), Venu Srinivasan (Trade and Industry)

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Republic Day of India to be celebrate tomorrow

The Republic Day of India ‘26 January’– The Republic Day of India is the day that marks the adoption of the Constitution of India and the transition of India from a British Dominion to a republic on January 26, 1950. It is one of the three national holidays in India.

India is a nation where humanity has lived since ages. It is a country which is blessed with different religions, societies, cultures and languages, all interplaying with each other in harmony.

It was on 26th January, 1950 that Republic of India was formed and the Constitution of India came into force. Over these years India has come a long way in overcoming various obstacles and hurdles to rejoice in the moments of triumph, glory and the pride of being an independent nation. Republic Day reminds us of the fulfillment of the pledge that was made on the midnight of Independence as a “tryst with destiny”.

This day also marks the recognition that we Indians thrive in a sovereign, secular, and democratic land that stands for the principles of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, the golden words that form the essence of our Preamble.

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Tendulkar, Dravid in world record stand | Dravid retired hurt

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid shared a world record 17th 100-plus partnership as India reached a formidable 373 for two on the second day of the second cricket Test against Bangladesh at Mirpur on Monday.

The Indian duo's 100-plus partnership came after the drinks break in the post-lunch session when Tendulkar.

Tendulkar and Dravid's 100-run partnership for the third wicket came in 25.3 overs and included 10 boundaries.

This puts the Indian pair above the Aussie pair of Mathew Hayden and Ricky Ponting and West Indies Cricketers Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, who have made 16 centuries partnership each.

Both Sachin and Dravid made centuries in this test match. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar made 143 (182) and Rahul Dravid made 111 (188). The openers Sehwag and Gautam gambhir made Half-centuries which set India way top on Bangladesh.

Dravid was later hit by an unexpected bouncer by Shahadat Hossain and was retired hurt at the score of 111.

Earlier resuming overnight personal score of 41, Sehwag reached to his half century in the third over of the morning with a boundary off Shahadat Hossain.

Sehwag and Gambhir continued from where they left on Sunday evening and piled up runs at a quick pace before the former departed after posting his 21st half century in his 74th match.

Sehwag faced 61 balls during his quick knock of 56 which was studded with seven fours.

After stumps India’ score is 459/5 in 102.5 Overs.

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Stars performed at the Hope for Haiti telethon aimed to raise funds

Madonna, Jay Z, Bono and Rihanna apart from other stars performed at the Hope for Haiti telethon aimed to raise funds for the earthquake victims in the Caribbean state.

Actor George Clooney, who organized the concert, asked for support from the celebrities present at the event.

“At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for one another, we take care of each other especially in times of need. The Haitian people need our help, they need to know they’re not alone, they need to know that that we still care.” BBC News quoted him as saying.

Clooney mentioned Madonna contributed 250,000 dollars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave 1m dollars, while supermodel Giselle Bundchen donated 1.5m dollars.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Split?

The Internet is buzzing with reports that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have hired a divorce attorney to help them work out custody of their six children and divide millions in assets.

A story in today's British tabloid News of the World, states that the couple has separated and are working on custody of their children and splitting approximately $300 million in assets.

It would bring an end to one of Hollywood's most watched, most passionate, most electrifying courtships.

According to the tabloid, the children will live with Jolie, but the couple will share legal custody. The tabloid's source said the legal documents were drawn up earlier this month, and an announcement of the couple's split will be made soon.

The couple has not been seen in public together recently. Last Friday night, Pitt, 46, was seen backstage at the Hope For Haiti concert in Los Angeles without Jolie, 34.

Pitt was previously married to "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston, while Jolie is divorced from actor/writer/director Billy Bob Thornton and British actor Johnny Lee Miller.

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'Avatar' and 'Titanic': Four Reasons They Became Mega Movie Hits

Not the movie itself -- which, if you haven't seen, means you're either wholly immune to peer pressure and/or uninterested in wearing flimsy frames to watch blue creatures run around for nearly three hours -- but its success, its astonishing success, is a little scary.

"Avatar's" earnings have reached proportions so massive, it wouldn't be a shock if the movie turned into a living, breathing creature that threatened to occupy all screens everywhere until the end of time (not unlike Jay Leno).

Just kidding. James Cameron's latest Golden-Globe-award-winning epic is on pace to eclipse his last epic, "Titanic," with its ever-rising box office earnings.

As of Thursday afternoon, "Avatar's" global gross earnings totaled more than $1.68 billion, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, putting it a relative hair away from "Titanic's" $1.8 billion, the greatest global gross in movie history. (It ought to be noted that if inflation were taken into account, "Titanic's" haul would total $2.4 billion in today's dollars.)

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56th National film awards 2010

Bengali film “Antaheen”, directed by Annirudh Roy-Chowdhary,starring Rahul Bose, has won four awards including for best feature film.This is second Bangala movie for Rahul Bose which has won National film award. Rahul Bose previously acted in a bangla movie with Mithun Chakrawrthy which also won National Film Award in the past.

Bollywood ruled the 56th National Film Awards Saturday, bagging as many as 13 awards, with films like “Fashion”, “Rock On!!”, “Firaaq” and “Jodha Akbar” winning two awards each in various categories. But Bengali film “Antaheen” won the best feature film award and three more.

While Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Fashion”, a dark tale about the Indian fashion industry, won its heroine Priyanka Chopra the best actress award and got Kangana Ranaut the best supporting actress honour, Farhan Akhtar’s cult music-based film “Rock On!!” got the best Hindi film award. Actor Arjun Rampal won the best supporting actor for the film too.

Ashutosh Gowariker’s epic “Jodha Akbar” won Chinni Prakash and his wife Rekha Prakash the best choreography award for the song “Azeem-o-shaan shehenshah”, a number that depicts dance forms of different Indian states. Fashion designer Neeta Lulla, who styled actress Aishwarya Rai in the film, has won the best costume designer award.

Nandita Das’ directorial debut “Firaaq”, which was based on the 2002 Gujarat riots, has won the awards for best editing (A. Sreekar Prasad) and best art direction (Gautam Sen).

Even films like “A Wednesday”, “Roadside Romeo”, “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!”, “Mumbai Meri Jaan” and “Thanks Maa” took one award each.

While Neeraj Pandey’s “A Wednesday” has bagged the Indira Gandhi award for Best First Film of a director, Yash Raj Films’ “Roadside Romeo” bagged the best animation film.

Dibakar Banerjee’s satirical “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” has been adjudged the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment, “Mumbai Meri Jaan” directed by Nishikant Kamat has got the award for best special effects (Govardhan), and “Thanks Maa” has got Shams Patel the best child artist award.

The award for best direction has gone to Bala for Tamil film “Naan Kadauul”, while the best actor is Upendra Limaye for Marathi film “Jogva”.

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Abhishek Bachchan in color Bingo

Bingo Colors TV game show start today at 9 PM on Colors TV in today in India.

The show is produced by Fox Television Studios India Private Limited which began in the US. The show will be aired February, 01, 2010 on Colors Tv channel.

The show, which will run for 13 episodes, allows audiences to take part in live TV bingo games from the comfort of their living rooms.

Bingo game host is bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan.

Rumours are also circulating that Abhishek Bachchan’s wife Aishwarya Rai could be lined up as a contestant on the show.

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti 2010

Subhas Chandra Bose, affectionately called as Netaji, born on January 23, 1897. Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti is a well known day celebrated on 23rd January annually. Nation paid tribute to Netaji Subash Chandra Bose on his 111th birth anniversary today.

Netaji, was one of the most prominent leaders of Indian freedom struggle. Though Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru have garnered much of the credit for successful culmination of Indian freedom struggle, the contribution of Subash Chandra Bose is no less. He has been denied his rightful place in the annals of Indian history. He founded Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to overthrow British Empire from India and came to acquire legendary status among Indian masses. Working on the maxim that "an enemy's enemy is a friend", he sought cooperation of Germany and Japan against British Empire. In January 1942, he began his regular broadcasts from Radio Berlin, which aroused tremendous enthusiasm in India. In July 1943, he arrived in Singapore from Germany. In Singapore he took over the reins of theIndian Independence Movement in East Asia from Rash Behari Bose and organised the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) comprising mainly of Indian prisoners of war. He was hailed as Netaji by the Army as well as by the Indian civilian population in East Asia. Azad Hind Fauj proceeded towards India to liberate it from British rule. Enroute it lliberated Andeman and Nicobar Islands. The I.N.A. Head quarters was shifted to Rangoon in January 1944. Azad Hind Fauj crossed the Burma Border, and stood onIndian soil on March 18 ,1944.

He established a separate political party, the All India Forward Bloc and continued to call for the full and immediate independence of India from British rule. He was imprisoned by the British authorities eleven times. His famous motto was “Give me blood and I will give you freedom”.

Netaji was an honest, practical and courageous politician of India. He was a great freedom fighter and leader of India.

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Veer Movie Review (2010)

VIJAY GALANI MOVIEZ production

CAST

Salman Khan...... Veer

Sohail Khan… Punya.

Mithun Chakraborty… Prithvi Singh.

Jackie Shroff… Raja of Madhavgarh.

Zarine Khan… Princess Yashodhara

Lisa Lazarus

Gita Soto

Neena Gupta

Aryan Vaid

Bharat Dabholkar

Bunny Anand

Shahbaaz Khan

Puru Raaj Kumar

Tim Laurence

William Chubb

Rajesh Vivek

Ashok Samarth

Vinay Apte

Yogesh Suri

CREW

Producer- Vijay Galani

Director- Anil Sharma

Story- Salman Khan

Dialogues and Screenplay- Shaktimaan Talwar, Shailesh Verma

Research- Krishna Raghav

Music- Sajid-Wajid

Lyrics- Gulzar

Art director- Sanjay Dhabade

Special effects supervisor- Charles Darby

Vfx studio- Eyeqube studios

Editor- Ashfaque Makeani

Background score- Monty Sharma

Choreographer- Rekha and Cheeni Prakash, Lollypop

Cinematographer- Gopal Shah

Action- Tinu Verma

Costume designer- Anna Singh

Associate producer- Pratik Galani

Executive Producer- Sunil Sharma, Kamlesh Kumar

THE STORY

From the misty pages of history comes a story of extreme valor, fierce pride and poignant love.

As the British enslave India with their devious ‘Divide and Rule policy’, kings and nawabs fall to their guile and cunning, and entrust their precious kingdoms to the foreigners.

Except for the brave Pindaris, who prefer death to dishonor and will fight to their last breath to save their land…their mother.

The bravest, the toughest, the strongest of the Pindaris is Veer. As Veer takes on the might of the British Empire, he also has to fight the conniving King of Madavgarh as well his own jealous tribesmen.

But then the stakes are high…

At stake is his love for princess Yashodhara, daughter of his sworn enemy…

At stake is his thirst to avenge his father’s dishonor…

At stake is his very existence itself…

Cannons roar, swords clash in fierce battle, the dead pile up….And when the dust settles down on the blood soaked land… one valiant warrior stands head and shoulders above them all -Veer!

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Ratha Saptami 2010

Ratha Saptami is a Hindu festival that falls on the Seventh day in the Shukla Paksha of the Hindu month Maagha (January - February) . This year , January 22, 2010 is the Saptami or seventh day during the waxing phase of moon in Magh month. It is symbolically represented in the form of the Sun god Surya , turning his chariot drawn by seven horses in a North -eastern direction. It also marks the birth of Lord Surya and hence celebrated as Surya Jayanthi .

The day is of great importance at Tirupati Balaji Temple where Lord Venkateswara is carried in procession on numerous Vahanas.

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Navya Nair Marriage Photos

South Indian Extra Navya Nair was affianced to Santhosh Menon from Changancherry, who was alive as a vice-president of an commercial aggregation in Mumbai on 21st January 2010. NavyaNair absolute name is Dhanya Nair , 25-year-old built-in in 1985. She is a Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada actress. She was three times won Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress.

Navya Nair alliance anniversary commemoration will be as Kerala attitude and will yield abode Alapuzha at 9 AM. A admirable accession will be captivated on the aforementioned black at 6 PM. According to the sources, NavyaNair and Santhosh Menon alliance commemoration will yield abode at her built-in abode Cheppad in Alleppy commune with Kerala Hindu rituals.

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Devotees celebrate Basant Panchami with traditional fervour

Today is Basant Panchami, the day dedicated to the Hindu goddess of learning Saraswati while this auspicious day also signify the arrival of Basant (Spring) after winter season.

The festival celebrates Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music and art, and falls on the fifth day (Panchami) of the Indian month Magh (January-February), the first day of spring.

To mark the festival children are taught to write their first words; brahmins are fed; ancestor worship (Pitr-tarpan) is performed; the god of love Kamadeva is worshipped; and most educational institutions organise special prayer.

The color yellow also plays an important role in this festival, in that people usually wear yellow garments, Saraswati is worshipped dressed in yellow, and yellow sweets are consumed within the families.

Also known as Saraswati Puja, this festival is celebrated to invoke wisdom and consciousness in human beings.

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Three IPL Teams To Gain From IPL 3 auction

The newly opened Trident at the Bandra-Kurla Complex played host to the third round of player auctions for the Indian Premier League.

The eight franchisees were given a fresh purse of $750,000 each to select one or two players from among the 51 for auction. This was in sharp contrast to IPL 2 where each had $2 million to pick up two players. All in all, estimates are that over Rs 150 crore was spent on the deals.

West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand's Shane Bond bagged the highest bids when they hit the upper limit of $750,000.

Sources say Mumbai Indians bought Pollard for $2.75 million while Kolkata Knight Riders got Bond into their team for $1.3 million. Both players will pocket $750,000 each, with the rest going to the IPL kitty. A tie-breaker was used twice during the auction for Pollard and Bond.

Kemar Roach, another West Indian player, was secured by Deccan Chargers Hyderabad for $720,000 while South African Wayne Parnel was snapped up by Delhi Daredevils for $610,000. Mohammed Kaif, who formerly played for Rajasthan Royals, went to Kings XI Punjab for $250,000 in the second round of bidding.

Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Eoin Morgan of England for $220,000 while veteran Australian cricketer Damien Martyn was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for his base price of $100,000. South African Yousuf Abdullah and Australian Adam Voges were bought by Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals for their base price of $50,000 each.

The fairly big pool of players coupled with fewer slots to fill up gave franchisees the opportunity to spend cautiously.

Preity Zinta's Kings XI Punjab spent $300,000 while Mr Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers shelled out $220,000.

Shilpa Shetty's Rajasthan Royals spent just $150,000. India Cement-owned Chennai Super Kings ended up being the least spender, putting in just $100,000.

No takers for Pak players.

Team owners did not bid for Pakistan's cricketers since there was a lot of uncertainty on their availability.

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australian open 2010: Sharapova makes early exit

The former world number one Maria Sharapova, making her first appearance at Melbourne Park since she won the championship two years ago, became the first major casualty of the tournament when she lost to fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.

Sharapova, unable to defend her title last year because of a shoulder injury, was a shadow of the player who stormed to the 2008 title without dropping a single set, contributing to her own defeat with 66 unforced errors and 11 double faults.

The match was played indoors after tournament organisors closed the giant roof on the Rod Laver Arena as rain disrupted the first day at Melbourne Park.

The Australian Open often falls victim to extreme heat but it was wind and rain that greeted the players when they arrived today.

The start of play on the outside courts was delayed for almost an hour then briefly postponed in the afternoon when the showers returned.

The featured matches went ahead as planned on the centre court and Hisense, which both have retractable roofs, with last year's runner-up, Russia's Dinara Safina, winning her opening match against Magdalena Rybarikova

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Balika Vadhu awarded the 'The Best Drama Series' at Apsara awards

Balika Vadhu has bagged “The Best Drama Series (Fiction)” award at Chevrolet Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards which was unfolded on 8th Jan, 2010.

The Chevrolet Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards is the Guild's endeavor to honor excellence in cinema and television by the stalwarts of the industry itself. Over the years, the Chevrolet Apsara Awards has acknowledged talent, perseverance, innovation and pure artistry. The night has seen over 30 awards being presented in categories of films and television. The Television industry is represented in the Best Non-Fiction Series, Best Drama Series (Fiction), Best Director - Fiction, Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama Series.

Sphere origins Multivision Pvt. Ltd.In was set up in 2002 ,since then the company has done lot of good work in different genres & designed a series of successful properties which initiated various innovative audiences & contact techniques. The company has produced almost 23 shows on various prime channels in our country like Star Plus, Zee, Colors & Sony. Some of the shows have pushed the channels to top positions and have been huge success in the General entertainment category. “Saat Phere” on Zee TV and “Balika Vadhu” on Colors.

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Indian communist leader Basu dead

Jyoti Basu, a veteran Indian Marxist leader who was active in domestic politics for over six decades, died in eastern Kolkata city Sunday after a prolonged illness. Basu, 95, was the chief minister of eastern West Bengal state for 23 years from 1977.

Basu was admitted to the hospital on January 1 following a severe chest infection. Doctors said he was being treated for pneumonia.

Basu's condition deteriorated on Thursday and he suffered a multi-organ failure the following day. He was put on a temporary pacemaker early Sunday.

Communist leaders called Basu's death as a "big loss to the communist movement" in India.

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Century's longest annular solar eclipse on Friday

The solar eclipse on January 15,2010 is the longest annular solar eclipse that will occur in the 21st century.Astronomy lovers will be able to witness the century's longest annular solar eclipse on Friday.

In annular solar eclipse, the Sun appears as a very bright annulus, which in Latin means 'ring', surrounding the outline of the Moon, giving the appearance of a 'Ring of Fire', Devgun said.

The photosphere of the sun shall be covered by the moon thereby forming a ring of fire in the sky for more than 10 minutes in some parts of India.

The time of maximum eclipse is 07:06:31 UT and the annular phase will lasts over 11 min 08 sec, much longer than a total.

In Delhi, the annular eclipse will start at 11:53 AM and end at 15:11 PM, with a maximum at 1:53 PM.

The north tip of the path of annularity will touch India first at 8.801 N longitude, 76.656 E latitude, about 10 km south of Kollam and about 2 km south west of a nearby place Paravur in Kerala. Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu will witness the last touch of the annular solar eclipse.

The safest way to view the Sun's disk is by indirect projection using pinhole cameras, created by projecting an image of the disk onto a white piece of paper or card using a pair of binoculars (with one of the lenses covered), a telescope, or another piece of cardboard with a small hole in it (about 1 mm diameter).

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Sri Lanka beat India in tri-nation trophy Final

Indian top guns came a cropper when it mattered most as Sri Lanka spanked them by four wickets in a low-scoring final to lift the cricket tri-series in Mirpur, Bangladesh on Wednesday.

The summit clash demanded a special performance by the Indians who aspire to be the number one ODI team in the world but all they managed was 245 before folding in 48.2 overs, denying their bowling colleagues enough runs to defend.

Things could have been embarrassing for them but for the 106-run stand between Suresh Raina (106) and Ravindra Jadeja (38) and a characteristically brisk 27-ball 42 by Virender Sehwag upfront.

Chasing the target, Sri Lanka fumbled occasionally before eventually cruising to 249 for six in 48.3 overs. For them, Tillakaratne Dilshan (49) and Kumar Sangakkara (55) set the tone and Mahela Jayawardene (71 not out) completed the job

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Haiti Country Hit by Powerful Earthquake

The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area rocked Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and damaging other buildings. An aid official described "total disaster and chaos."

Communications were widely disrupted, making it impossible to get a clear picture of damage as powerful aftershocks shook a desperately poor country where many buildings are flimsy. Electricity was out in some places.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It had a depth of 5 miles (8 kilometers). It was the largest quake recorded in the area and the first major one since a magnitude-6.7 temblor in 1984, USGS analyst Dale Grant said.

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Google experiments with news reading tool Fast Flip

Google's experimental news reading tool, the Google Fast Flip, is now part of the Google News homepage, according to the company's announcement quoted by news reports on Monday.

In its announcement, Google said the Fast Flip has encouraged readers "to look at many articles and, for the ones that catch their interest, click through to the story publishers' websites."

The Fast Flip, which embedded in Google News' bottom page, features the screenshot news webpages of all the major online medias as well as all the topic-related special journal outlets.

Flipping through content is fast, so you can quickly look through many news pages until you find something catches your eyes.

In only a month before the move, Google expanded its Fast Flip source to more than 90 news sources around the world.

New features of Fast Flip is still going on experiment in Google Labs and Google wants it to encourage readers to look at many articles in just seconds of time in the future.

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Striking hockey players will play World Cup

The striking Indian hockey players expressed willingness to play the upcoming World Cup and also fund the preparatory camp with their own money if need be after their demands for settlement of long-pending dues were rejected by Hockey India on Tuesday.

The striking players, who claimed they had requested a meeting with team sponsors Sahara but were denied one by Hockey India officials, said they are ready to resume training immediately provided they get written assurances from the establishment.

All the 22 players attending the World Cup prepatory camp in Pune had earlier on Tuesday walked out of an inconclusive meeting with Hockey India officials, prompting the establishment to serve a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to them to resume training or get axed from the World Cup squad.

Hockey India said it does not have the money to pay the players, who are allegedly demanding Rs 4.5 lakh each for the tournaments they played in and a graded system. It said if the players don't resume training by Thursday they will field reserve players for the World Cup, to be held in Delhi from February 28 to March 13.

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Tri series: Virat Kohli century sets up India win over Bangladesh by 6 wickets

India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the sixth match of the tri-series in Mirpur on Monday.

Chasing a target of 248 runs to win, Indian openers got off to a good start in the sixth match of the tri-series against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

India first restricted the hosts to 247 for six and then chased down the target with seven overs to spare.

Dinesh Kartik (34) and Gautam Gambhir (41) gave India another brisk 64-run start before Kohli took over to complete the formality in Suresh Raina’s (18) company.

Part time Yuvraj Singh (1/33), Sudeep Tyagi (1/24) and S Sreesanth (1/53) also chipped in with good performance for India.

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147th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

In 1984, the Government of India declared to observe the Birthday of Swami Vivekananda (12 January, according to the English calendar) as National Youth Day every year from 1985 onwards.

Swami Vivekananda was born in Shimla Pally, Calcutta at 6:33 a.m on Monday, 12 January 1863.His father Vishwanath Datta was an attorney of Calcutta High Court. His mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi was pious and had practiced austerities and prayed to Vireshwar Shiva of Varanasi to give her a son. She reportedly had a dream in which Shiva rose from his meditation and said that he would be born as her son.

Narendranath started his education at home, later he joined the Metropolitan Institution of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1871 and in 1879 he passed the entrance examination for Presidency College, Calcutta, entering it for a brief period and subsequently shifting to General Assembly's Institution. During the course, he studied western logic, western philosophy and history of European nations. In 1881 he passed the Fine Arts examination and in 1884 he passed the Bachelor of Arts.

From his childhood, he showed inclination towards spirituality and God realization. While searching for a man who could directly demonstrate the reality of God, he came to Ramakrishna and became his disciple. As a guru, Ramakrishna taught him Advaita Vedanta and that all religions are true, and service to man was the most effective worship of God. After the death of his Guru, Vivekananda became a wandering monk, touring the Indian subcontinent and getting a first-hand account of India's condition. He later sailed to Chicago and represented India as a delegate in the 1893 Parliament of World Religions. An eloquent speaker, Vivekananda was invited to several forums in United States and spoke at universities and clubs. He conducted several public and private lectures, disseminating Vedanta, Yoga and Hinduism in America, England and a few other countries in Europe. He also established Vedanta societies in America and England. He later sailed back to India and in 1897 he founded the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, a philanthropic and spiritual organization.

On the day of his death, he taught Shukla-Yajur-Veda to some pupils in the morning at Belur Math. He had a walk with Swami Premananda, a brother-disciple, and gave him instructions concerning the future of the Ramakrishna Math. Vivekananda expired at ten minutes past nine on July 4, 1902 while he was meditating. According to his disciples, this was Mahasamadhi. Afterward, his disciples recorded that they had noticed "a little blood" in the Swami's nostrils, about his mouth and in his eyes. The doctors remarked that it was due to the rupture of a blood-vessel in the brain, but they could not find the real cause of the death. According to his disciples, Brahmarandhra— the aperture in the crown of the head must have been pierced when he attained Mahasamadhi. Vivekananda had fulfilled his own prophecy of not living to be forty-years old.

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2010 Pulse Polio Programme Schedule

The Pulse Polio 2010 Programme was launched on Saturday by President Pratibha Patil, who administered the new vaccine to ten children in the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The present campaign aims to vaccinate around 170 million children with an estimated 2.5 million babies likely to receive the new polio drops.

With the aim of completely eradicating Polio, January 10 would be observed as the National Immunisation Day, in which millions of children under the age of five would receive the vaccination against the deadly polio virus. A significant feature of the Pulse Polio 2010 Programme would include a bivalent oral polio vaccine (BOPV), which would be introduced in the country for the first time today.

The polio drops schedule would be observed all across the country especially in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which are among the worst effected states of India. The Pulse Polio Programme was launched for the first time in the year 1995 in a bid to completely eradicate the crippling disease. This resulted in the eradication of the third type of the virus P2 from the country in 1999.

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Jyoti Basu in critical state

CPI-M veteran leader Jyoti Basu is in a critical state.Basu has contracted a bacterial infection, which could threaten his life further as it is resistant to all but three of the 40 antibiotics used in the country.

The acinetobacter bacteria poses a graver danger as Basu’s immunity levels are low at his advanced age of 96 years and could lead to septicemia, an infection of the blood, said pathologists who did not want to be named.

Basu, who was admitted to the AMRI Hospital here with pneumonia on January 1, seems to have caught the infection in the hospital, where his condition is still “very critical”.

“Basu is likely to have acquired the infection in the hospital. He had no such bacterial attack at his residence,” said a senior member of the medical team treating the former chief minister.

Pulmonologist Dr Sumit Sengupta, who is part of the eight-member team of specialists treating Basu, said, “The bacteria could also result from application of broad spectrum antibiotics that have been used on the 96-year-old leader since his admission.”

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tndte | Tamilnadu Diploma tndte results

Tamil Nadu Diploma in Teachers Education (TNDTE) results for the year 2009 has announced today.

TNDTE or Diploma Results will be published through Squarebrothers and Directorate of Technical Education official website.

You can check your result from the fllowing link – http://www.tndte.com/.

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ind vs ban | India wins 3rd ODI

India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the third match of the tri-series at Mirpur.

Chasing a target of 297 runs, India lost Virender Sehwag (13), Gautam Gambhir (18) and Yuvraj Singh (1) in quick sucession in the third match of the tri-series against Bangladesh at Mirpur.

Earlier opting to bat first Bangladesh batsmen took advantage of the poor fielding and wayward bowling by Indians to post 296/6 in 50 overs.

Brief score:

Bangladesh: 296 for 6 in 50 overs (Imrul Kayes 70, Tamim Iqbal 60, Mahmudullah 60 not out; Yuvraj Singh 1/33).

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Jyoti Basu is Dead Is a Rumor

Today News of Death of Jyoti Basu is surfacing on internet and twitter. But the News that Jyoti Basu is Dead is a rumor. He is not dead and is admitted to AMRI Hospital. Basu’s Condition Is Very Critical. He is on a ventilator.

He was admitted last Friday a severe chest infection. He was suffering from slight pneumonia to a Calcutta hospital after feeling unwell for the last two days in the ICU.

Jyoti Basu, 95, is a politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of Bengal from 1977 to 2000, was India’s longest-serving Chief Minister. He was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo from the time of the party’s founding in 1964 until 2008.

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isaac newton

Today is Sir Isaac Newton birthday. Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by a substantial number of scholars and the general public as one of the most influential scientists in history.

Newton himself often told the story that he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree.

Today Google has changed their logo and placed Apples on it. If you go to the Google homepage, you’ll notice the logo above along with an animated falling Apple. Google created this logo to celebrate the birth date of Sir Isaac Newton.

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Chevrolet Beat launch on Jan 4

General Motor is all set to roll down its new Chevrolet Beat car in Indian market.

It is expected to be launched on 4th January, 2010. Chevrolet has also started giving multiple teaser ads on TV like they did with the cruze. Beat will be same like Matiz Creative – the only difference will be that Beat will have Chevrolet logo instead of Daewoo.

Chevrolet beat has replaced the Daewoo-sourced Matiz/Spark in GM’s lineup. Unlike the Beat concept show at the 2007 New York Auto Show, this vehicle is a five-door instead of a three-door, with the front doors being shortened.

he very talented small new Chevvy has been priced at a shocking Rs 3.34 Lakhs for the base model with power steering and A/C as standard.

The super value for money pricing means that the new Beat is almost Rs 60,000 cheaper than its 1.2 Litre competition. Even the top end ABS and Airbags version is cheaper than Rs 45,000 when compared to the likes of Maruti Ritz and Hyundai i10.

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asal songs | asal mp3

Asal audio is to be release today. Songs are already hot among Ajith Kumar fans. Fans are looking for free download of Asal MP3 songs online.

Ajith’s fans concern is on top nowadays, because of his lead role in upcoming movie ‘Asal’. The audio of the film will be releasing today & the fans are very excited to watch this film.

Sivaji Films is producing this movie. The producers of the film are Prabhu & Ram Kumar & they had decided to release its audio at the hometown of their father Sivaji Ganesan.

The movie is directed by Saran & will bind Ajith, Bharadwaj & Saran once again together in the film.

In the past, the trio combo Ajith Kumar-Bharadwaj-Saran has churned out remarkable records in box office. Now, they’re all set to make one big boom as frontrunners of 2010 Box Office.

The film’s audio is marketed by ANAK Audio and Think Music.

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Auto Expo 2010

Auto Expo is all set to begin from tomorrow at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.

The organizers of this event are expecting to see at least 2 million visitors this time around.

Heavy Industries Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma would inaugurate the event for public visitors on January 7.

SIAM, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are all involved in the organization of this mega event.

Mercedes-Benz has launched the GL 350 CDI and the S 500L. The models will be displayed at Auto Expo 2010. The GL 350 CDI is Mercedes-Benz's full size luxury Sports Utility Vehicle. It is launched in India with Blue efficiency Technology. The new GL series saloon will comptete with Audi's latest luxury saloon AudiQ7.

Both the models will be showstoper for Mercedes-Benz India at Auto Expo 2010.

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Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka | SL vs BAN

Bangladesh set 261 runs traget before Sri Lanka to win the match.

Senior batsman Mohammed Ashraful's brilliant half-century powered Bangladesh to post fighting total on board against Sri Lanka in the first One-dayer of tri-nation series here at Shere Bangla National Stadium here today.

Put into the bat, Bangladesh openes provided steady start to side but after the dimissal of Imrul Kayes, the host's middle order cllapsed. Bangladesh lost three wickets in just nine runs.

At the moment of crisis, Ashraful played sensible knock to help his side post 260 for seven in alloted quota of 50 overs. Ashraful scored 75 runs in 94 deliveries. His 58 runs partnership with Rahim and later Mahmudullah was crucial for the side. Rahim scored 35 while Mahmudullah made 45.

For Sri Lanka, pacer Lakman and spinner Randiv took two wickets while Dilshan and Kulasekara claimed one wicket each.

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