May 26, 2011

Plane crash devastates Faridabad colony

Faridabad: It was a beautiful windy Wednesday night with residents of Parvatiya colony in Faridabad getting ready to go to bed when a bright light and an unusual sound from the sky jolted them out of their slumber.
The light and the sound came from an air ambulance crashing into the residential colony resulting in 10 people being killed. The air ambulance was carrying Rahul Raj, a critical patient suffering with jaundice, and six others from Patna to New Delhi, for further treatment.
The plane crashed into the houses of Parvatiya Colony, killing all seven on board and three on ground. Residents of Parvatiya colony didn't just lose their sleep but lost the lives of loved ones and also property.
Plane crash devastates Faridabad colony
The morning after saw the residents and family members in a somber and depressed mood. To add to their woes, there has been no electricity and residents of the houses on which the plane crashed, have no place to even stay.
The plane, according to reports, crashed immmediatley after what is claimed to be an engine failure. However, residents near the crash site say that they could hear the plane circle around the area for almost 30 minutes before the crash took place. None of the residents actually saw the plane due to the dust storm but they could hear it.
"The plane was taking rounds of the place for almost half-an-hour, but due to the weather and the dust storm we could not see anything until it fell form the sky," recounts a resident, Sunita.
The plane crashed on House No. 1253, Parvatiya, in Faridabad and its rear fan got stuck on the tin roofing of the house, while the remaining parts of the plane fell on House No. 1254. The plane caught fire after the crash due to which House No. 1254 caught fire and now just the main wall remains standing.
The atmosphere surrounding both houses is heartbreaking and depressing as not only have the residents lost their homes but also their loved ones.
The crash claimed the lives of three women residents of House No, 1254, Vedwati Sehrawat (Mother), Sarita (daughter) and Rani Sehrawat (daughter-in-law). House owner Shobha Ram Sehrawat, is out of town, However, his son, Deepak, who was married to Rani, and Sarita's seven-year-old son Yash, survived the crash.
"This shouldn't have happened with my family. This is not the kind of life I wanted to live," says Deepak, who is inconsolable after the great loss.
What hurts him more is that he thought the women being older to Yash would be able to save themselves and hence he saved the seven-year-old.
"When the incident happened I rushed to save Yash's life, thinking the women would be able to save their own. But when I went back for them, i realised that they could not save themselves," Deepak says.
Not just Deepak, all his neighbours are shocked as they could never imagine that such a tragedy could take place.
Mukesh Kumar, resident of House No. 1258, was on his terrace enjoying the weather when he heard an unusual noise from the skies and after a while he saw the plane falling on the houses right in front of him.
"I was on the terrace of my house and I heard strange sounds coming from the sky. It wasn't a normal sound of a plane, it was very unusual. And then, around 10:45 pm I saw a plane, which appeared to have lost balance, falling on 1253. The back fan got stuck on 1253 and the rest on 1254. It immediately caught fire after falling down on the houses," says Mukesh.
"It is a terrible lose to the family of Shobha Ram and to the entire neighbourhood," he adds.
Indra, owner of House No. 1253 where the plane fell, is also terribly upset over the crash.
"When I saw the plane falling it was already on fire. It first hit the tin roof of my house and then parts of the plane fell on House No. 1254. I am terribly upset that we had to face such a big loss to the community but at the same time I feel blessed that my family is safe," says Indra.
Not just the residents but even official who rushed to the spot after the crash are disturbed by what happened. A police constable who reached the accident site within 20 minutes of it being reported said that when he reached he could see fire, mangled body parts, a site he wishes he hadn't seen.
"I reached the site withing 20 minutes and when I reached I saw the bodies in a bad condition. Some of them were burnt and there were body pieces everywhere. When I spoke to people, the people told me the plane caught on fire after falling on the houses," he says.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kishen Pal Gujjar arrived at the spot on Thursday morning and condoled the family after inspecting the crash site.
"Ten minutes after the crash the air force team reached the spot. The plane lost balance and crashed because of bad weather," Ratan Lal, owner of House No. 1253, told Gujjar.
Parvatiya Colony has lost a lot in just a few hours and life might never be the same for them.

Odisha JEE Result 2011 Announced

Date of examination: 01st May, 2011, Sunday (MCA, MBA, PGDM, PGCM, PGDM (Executive), M.Pharm); 08th May, 2011, Sunday (B.Tech, B.Arch, MBBS, BDS, B.Pharm, Diploma test for Lateral entry (engineering/technology/pharmacy); PGAT (M.Tech/M.Arch)
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May 23, 2011

CBSE Class 12 results 2011: CBSE declares Class XII results

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results of the Class 12th (Senior School Certificate Examination). Results for the Patna region, however, will be declared on May 27.
Schools have put up the results on their notice boards, but students can also view their results on the Internet at www.cbseresults.nic.in. In addition, they can access their results through the interactive voice response system (IVRS) or short message services (SMS) by calling or sending an SMS to 24357270 (Delhi subscribers) and 011-24357270 (subscribers in other parts of the country).
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This year, 7,69,929 candidates registered for the exams conducted for three streams.
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N Mariam Pitchai, AIADMK minister, killed in road accident

TIRUCHI: AIADMK minister N Mariam Pitchai (60) was killed in a road accident near Tiruchi on Monday morning.

The first time minister, holding environment portfolio, was rushing to Chennai to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the 14th legislative assembly representatives, scheduled for this afternoon. The mishap occurred near Padalur in Perambalur district on the Tiruchi-Chennai NH.

Police said his speeding car rammed into a truck moving in front of it, killing the minister on the spot and injuring his driver. State sports minister N R Sivapathy who was following him in another car was a witness to the tragedy.

Mariam Pitchai, a former Tiruchi urban district secretary of AIADMK and a corporation councilor, is survived by a daughter and three sons. A native of Sangiliandapuram in Tiruchi, Mariam Pitchai was a film distributor and also owned a theatre. He entered politics contesting in the 1988 local body polls. He unsuccessfully contested against DMK's heavy-weight and former minister K N Nehru in 2006 elections.

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa chose him again in 2011 as the right person to challenge the might of Nehru in Tiruchi West segment.

A number of shocked AIADMK cadres gathered at the government hospital in Tiruchi where his body was brought.

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Tamil Nadu, the Minister of Environment and pollution and social minorities N Mariam Pitchai died in a traffic accident in Tiruvelangurichi, about 40 km from Tiruchirapalli, early Monday.

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare NR Sivapathy was also injured when the vehicle collided with another moving their convoy and are being held in Chennai, after garland statue Perumpidugumutharyar community leaders, police said.

The body of Pitchai, 60, was brought to Madurai.

Pithchai, who was the advisor to the company Tiruchi, won the Madurai West constituency defeating former Transport Minister KN Nehru in April elections to the Assembly 13.

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Mariam Pitchai: Tamil Nadu Minister for Environment and Pollution Control and Minorities Welfare N Mariam Pitchai died in a road accident in Tiruvelangurichi, about 40 km from Tiruchirappalli, early on Monday morning.
Minister for Sports and Youth welfare NR Sivapathy was also injured when their vehicle collided with another moving ahead of their convoy while they were proceeding to Chennai after garlanding the statue of community leader Perumpidugumutharyar, police said.
The body of Pitchai, aged 60, has been brought to Madurai.
Pithchai, who was the councillor of Tiruchi corporation, had won from the Madurai west constituency defeating former Transport Minister KN Nehru in the April 13 Assembly elections

CBSE Class 12 results 2011: CBSE declares Class XII results


The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results of the Class 12th (Senior School Certificate Examination). Results for the Patna region, however, will be declared on May 27.
Schools have put up the results on their notice boards, but students can also view their results on the Internet atwww.cbseresults.nic.in. In addition, they can access their results through the interactive voice response system (IVRS) or short message services (SMS) by calling or sending an SMS to 24357270 (Delhi subscribers) and 011-24357270 (subscribers in other parts of the country).
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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has officialy scheduled the Class XII Exam Results 2011 release date on 23rd May 2011. CBSE Senior School Certificate Examination 2011 (12th Board) exam results published through online likely to be announced on Monday Morning at 10 AM. CBSE 12th board all over India, 7 lakh 69 thousand 929 students appeared the examination. CBSE Class XII result All Over India (except Patna) available at official websites www.results.nic.in and www.cbseresults.nic.in. The Results for Patna region would be declared on Friday, the 27th May,2011. 

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May 22, 2011

Hopkins defeats Pascal to become oldest major champion

MONTREAL — Bernard Hopkins became the oldest champion in boxing history Saturday night by winning a unanimous decision against Canadian Jean Pascal to claim Pascal's WBC title belt before a disbelieving, record Canadian indoor crowd of 17,560 at the Bell Centre here.


Hopkins, who turned 46 in January, eclipsed the record set in 1994 by George Foreman, who knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round to win the heavyweight title when he was 45.
Hopkins and Pascal started out slow, but their dislike for each other showed through as the fight wore on. Both fighters taunted each other repeatedly. Hopkins stuck his tongue out at Pascal several times and even came out before the seventh round doing pushups to prove he was not tired.
The tongue-wagging by Hopkins seemed to touch a nerve in Pascal, who responded by charging like a bull at Hopkins, who was able to avoid most of the punches and appeared to enjoy the process.
Judge Guido Cavaleri scored the fight 115-113, Danseco Reynante 116-112 and Anek Hongstongkam 115-114, all for Hopkins, who used his guile and years of experience to avoid some of Pascal's wild swings, and to tie up Pascal whenever he needed a breather.
Hopkins landed 131 of 409 punches, while Pascal landed just 70 of 377.
"First I want to thank God for the victory," said Hopkins. "It all started with Smoky Wilson (his mentor in prison). I didn't feel like I was 46 tonight. I felt more like 36."
As for becoming boxing's oldest champion of all time, Hopkins said, "It feels great. I set out to do exactly what I wanted to do, and that was break this record.
"I knew it was going to be a tough fight, but I wasn't going to be denied. You don't get a chance to do this too often.
"You're supposed to win titles in your 20s, not your 40s."
Hopkins called it one of the top two moments of his 23-year career, "right there alongside beating Felix Trinidad. I showed him a little bit of (Thomas) Hearns, (Joe) Walcott and Ray Robinson. But mostly I showed him me."
Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs) did not protest the loss. Instead he congratulated Hopkins on a great fight.
"He's a great champion," Pascale said. "He has a really good defense and a lot of good tricks.
"I'm a young fighter and I'm green. I was a young champion. These two fights will lead me to the next level. I learned a lot from Bernard and his style."
Foreman, watching the fight at home said, "I was on the edge of my seat every round. It was such an exciting fight. Bernard was the better athlete, the smarter fighter and in the better condition. Now that 46 has done it, next a 47, 48, 49 and 50 will do it. And if somebody does it at 60 then I'll have to get back in there.
"This was the best I've seen the way Bernard took charge of the fight with a young strong champion like Pascal. Long live the king."

Oscar De La Hoya -- "I Have My Flaws"

Oscar De La Hoya checked himself into rehab voluntarily and tells TMZ he feels he will come out "a stronger, healthier person."

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As TMZ first reported, De La Hoya entered a rehab facility in California sometime within the last few weeks. We're told De La Hoya is seeking help for substance abuse issues. A source close to the boxing legend tells us he has "voluntarily commenced proactive treatment to address certain health and personal issues."

De La Hoya issued a statement to TMZ that reads, "After doing an honest evaluation of myself, I recognize that there are certain issues that I need to work on. Like everyone, I have my flaws, and I do not want to be one of those people that is afraid to admit and address those flaws.

"Throughout my career and my life, I have always met all challenges head-on, and this is no different. I am confident that with the support of my family and friends, I will become a stronger, healthier person.

"I ask for respect and privacy as my family and I go through this process."

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Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has entered rehab ... TMZ has learned.

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We're told De La Hoya is seeking treatment for a substance abuse problem and checked into a California-area facility within the last few weeks.

De La Hoya has posted a flurry of very introspective tweets in the past few days, including, "Take a deep breathe and let out all that anger that makes you hate. it really is going to be o.k."  and "Stop finding excuses not to live. life is controlled by what you make of it and not of what it makes of you."

De La Hoya retired back in 2009. He had a career record of 39-6, held several championship belts, and won an Olympic Gold Medal back in 1992.

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Billion Dollar House – Ultimate Luxury or Living Hell?

This past week Mukesh Ambani, thanks to a big jump in the Indian stock market, was handed the title of “Richest Man in the World” but sadly for him a day later it turned out to be a miscalculation.
Even so, Ambani’s correct net worth is estimated in the $50 Billion range, ranking him comfortably in the world’s top 5 richest men.
What does someone with $50 Billion do when they need new digs?
Build a billion dollar home of course! Below, thanks to Mumbai Mirror are some of the specs:
Mumbai AmbaniResidence
According to the plan, the house will rise to a height of 173.12 meters, equivalent to that of a regular 60-storeyed residential building. However, Antilia will have only 27 storeys in all, which means each floor will have a ceiling considerably higher than the current average of nearly three meters.
Six floors for parking
The first six floors will be reserved for parking alone, and that too for cars belonging only to Mukesh’s family. Space for a total of 168 ‘imported’ cars has been earmarked here.
Floor for car maintenance
Sources said the Ambanis would prefer to have all their cars serviced and maintained at an in-house service centre. This centre will be set up on the seventh floor.
Entertainment floor
The eighth floor will have an entertainment centre comprising a mini-theatre with a seating capacity of 50.
Balconies with gardens
The rooftop of the mini-theatre will serve as a garden, and immediately above that, three more balconies with terrace gardens will be independent floors.
The ‘health’ floors
While the ninth floor will a ‘refuge’ floor – meant to be used for rescue in emergencies – two floors above that will be set aside for ‘health.’ One of these will have facilities for athletics and a swimming pool, while the other will have a health club complete with the latest gym equipment.
For guests
There will be a two-storeyed glass-fronted apartment for the Ambani family’s guests above the health floors. One more refuge floor and one floor for mechanical works will be built on top of these apartments.
Family
The four floors at the top, that will provide a view of the Arabian Sea and a superb view of the city’s skyline, will be for Mukesh, his wife Neeta, their three children and Mukesh’s mother Kokilaben.
Air space floor
According to the plan, two floors above the family’s residence will be set aside as maintenance areas, and on top of that will be an “air space floor,” which will act as a control room for helicopters landing on the helipad above.
Helipad
The plan states that three helipads are to be built on the terrace.
The place will require 600 full time staff to keep it running on a day to day basis!
I know we’ve all seen Trump’s gold encrusted New York apartment, but this guy is in another league entirely. I would sure be interesting to see the public reaction in America if anyone was to build a house this opulent. But given the horrific poverty that is present in India, to build a structure like this as a personal residence does seem to be highly insensitive at best.
I’m as much of a capitalist as anyone and Mr. Ambani can certainly do as he pleases with all that dough, but I do think an awareness of the fate of those around him should play into his actions.
Really will having a house this spectacular give him a better life; or will the separation it creates from virtually everyone else around him make it a regretful nightmare?

Mukesh Ambani's house shows lack of empathy for poor: Ratan Tata













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Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has described Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani's 27-storey Mumbai home, Antilla , as an example of rich Indians' lack of empathy for the poor.

"It makes me wonder why someone would do that. That's what revolutions are made of," Tata said in an interview to The Times, London, when asked about Ambani's house. The Times had asked Tata the question in the context of widening income inequalities in India.

Tata also told The Times: "The person who lives in there should be concerned about what he sees around him and [asking] can he make a difference. If he is not, then it's sad because this country needs people to allocate some of their enormous wealth to finding ways of mitigating the hardship that people have."

The 73-year-old tycoon added: "We are doing so little about the disparity [in India]. We are allowing it to be there and wishing it away."

Tata, who has been questioned in the 2G scam case, told the British newspaper that he regretted that his conglomerate couldn't enter the growing aerospace industry in India. He said his attempts to enter the segment were thwarted by corruption. Corruption, he said, was "a major problem and was, in itself, "really frustrating".

Tata, due to retire next year, admitted that the search for his successor was taking longer than envisaged; one of the likely successors is his halfbrother, Noel Tata. The paper quoted Tata as saying he was not involved in the search for his successor, but suggesting that he did not think Noel, who took over as head of international operations last year, was ready for the role.

"I think if he is to run this he should have greater exposure than he has had. Partly his not having it has been his own choice," Tata told the paper.

Tata said the UK, where he runs businesses as diverse as tea to automobiles to steel, was in the grip of an erroneous belief that "we are no longer capable of making things and are destined to rely on the financial sector and service industries to keep our islands afloat".

He added, "I have a greater degree of bullishness about the UK and what it stands for. But nobody seems to want to exert the effort to make the UK truly competitive or bring it back to the glory that it was."

The UK, Tata told The Times, "needs a real push. It needs nationalism. The sort of spirit that comes during a war. It needs people really to want to see the UK sitting again, maybe not as a colonial power, but as an economic power".

He told the paper that India was lucky to have a Barack Obama in the US and a David Cameron in the UK. "Both of them are open to ideas; they are very pragmatic in their views. Each of them feels that India is a land of some opportunity for themselves," he said.

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Dance Ke Superstars winner is Team Jalwa. ZEE TV celebrates Dance Ke Superstars grand finale on 21st May, 2011. Finally, Team Jalwa became winner of Dance Ke Superstars on ZEE TV.

Grand finale of Dance Ke Superstars is introduced by the host of the Show – Manish Paul. He welcomed judges of the Show - Shiamak Davar and Remo D'Souza. Geeta Ma, Rajeev and Marzi are also seen as the judge of the Dance Ke Superstars grand finale. Grand Master - Mithun Da is seen as Maha Guru in the grand finale of Dance Ke Superstars on ZEE TV.

Dance Ke Superstars Show was based on the dancing superstars of DID Season 1, DID Season 2 and Dance Ke Baap. The Show entertained us 5 weeks. After the great competition of 5 weeks, the Show celebrates its grand finale. We have watched the great performances of dancing superstars in solo round, dance ke takkar round, 2 ke dhamal round etc.

CBSE Class 12 Result on 23 May 2011

Finally CBSE has officially announced the result declaration date for class 12. It will be declared on 23 May 2011. Class 12 students can get the result from http://cbseresults.nic.in.
To get the result in your email box, you are required to register your Roll Number and Email ID at the below mention address on CBSE official website :
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Schools can get their school result in their email box too. They are required to register their school ID, affiliation ID and email address on CBSE official website :
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Now it is clear that CBSE Class 10 Result will be declared only after class 12 result. The information provided by leading news-papers was incorrect. We expect class 10 results on 25-26 May 2011 as it is usually declared on third or fourth day after class 12 results.

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JET - JET Results 2011 - Punjab Joint Entrance Test -JET- Results 2011 - Published


JET - JET Results 2011 - Punjab Joint Entrance Test -JET- Results 2011 - Published.

JET Results 2011 has been announced.

Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training released their Joint Entrance Test -JET- 2011 Results and admissions to various diploma courses in Punjab state for the academic year -2010-2011. The results of JET Exam 2011 has been declared.

Students can check there results by visiting the below website http://www.punjabteched.net/results/results.htm

Veera Telugu movie review, watch online trailer video, songs and photos

The Telugu movie 'Veera' starring Ravi Teja as Veera Venkata Satyanarayan, Kajal Agarwal and Tapsee will release on May 20, 2011 in India and across the world.
See Veera movie stills.
The movie is directed by Ramesh Varma and produced by Ganesh Indukuri. Music is directed by Thaman S.
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Veera is a romantic-action entertainer movie in which 'Kick' movie fame Shaam is playing yet another police role. Magadheera beauty Kajal Agarwal is paired up with Ravi Teja for the first time.

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Veera (1994) is a love-comedy directed by Tamil director Suresh Krishna Tamil and Ilayaraja's music. It stars Rajinikanth, Meena and Roja Selvamani in the lead roles. He was baptized in Hindi, double game - a romantic thriller. This is a remake of the Telugu movie Mogudu Allaria (1992), Mohan Babu, Meena and Ramya Krishna. There was also later dubbed in Telugu Veera.

May 21, 2011

Veera Movie Review

Behind the Movie Veera: Mass Maharaj Raviteja is coming with in a minimum gap after the hit ‘Mirapakay.’ With beautiful heroines Kajal Agarwal and Tapsee in the lead, this movie is made on highest ever budget in Raviteja’s career. Let us see how far director Ramesh Varma excelled in showing his ‘Veera’?
In the Movie Veera: Movie starts with ACP Shyam Sundar (Shyam) taking on dangerous local goon Dhanraj (Rahul Dev) and his brothers. As a revenge Dhanraj kills Shyam’s cute little son and also targets his daughter. Quickly Police department provides special security to Shyam and his family in the name of officer Deva (Raviteja) who gets very close to all the family members except Shyam’s wife Satya (Sridevi). Deva lives along with Tiger (Brahmanandam) in the out house of ACP.
Aiky (Tapsee) is neighbor to Satya and obviously falls in love for Deva’s heroism. As Deva continuously protects the family of Shyam from clutches of Dhanraj, here comes one more villain Peda Venkata Raidu (Pradeep Rawat) searching for Satya. As story moves on, one fine day Dhanraj gets a chance to kill Shyam but Peda Venkata Naidu spoils the plot by shooting Deva. 
Now, Satya reveals a flash back that Deva is none other than her brother whose name if Veera Venkata Satya Narayana aka Veera (Raviteja), son of Surya Pratap Naidu (Nazar), a god like man in the village of Sadashiva Puram. Once again it’s the feud between good and bad in village. Bad here is Peda Venkata Naidu and his supporter Katam Naidu (Supreet) who wants to sell the village lands but Veera lives for village and villagers. In this fight, Peda Venkata Naidu kills the entire family of Veera including his wife Kabaddi Chitti (Kajal Agarwal) and escapes from the village. Now, it is left for Veera to save his sister Satya and brother-in-law Shyam. How far Veera succeeded in this? How did he take revenge on Peda Venkata Naidu? forms the climax.
Values of the Movie Veera: Story of the film is laborious with plenty of characters and piles of drama but nothing new to point out. Story by Ramesh Varma is a dead line beaten millions of times on Telugu screen. Definitely screenplay by Ramesh Varma failed in every aspect. Even as a director he utterly disappointed by remaining unsuccessful in building the emotions and intensity in narration. Cinematography by Chota K Naidu gave a rich look to each frame making Raviteja look handsome in first half. Editing by Goutham Raju was a pack of blunders. Result is that we have got a lengthy film of three hours. Dialogues by Abburi Ravi failed to generate any punch. Hand of Paruchuri Brothers in scripting hasn’t done any great help. Thaman’s music is unappealing and songs are placed very oddly. Production values of Sanvi are top notch but surely a wrong investment.       
Performance wise Raviteja was better in first half as Deva. There were regular comic scenes filled with trademark Raviteja mannerisms. Once flashback starts, audience can clearly judge that Raviteja was a mismatch to the character of Veera. He can never be an Indra like Chiranjeevi or Narasimha Naidu like Balakrishna. He is just Raviteja.  Character of Kajal Agarwal is sketched well as Kabaddi Chitti, it is Tapsee just taken for the sake of songs. Villainy by Pradeep Rawat was routine with ear breaking noise. Sridevi and Shyam carried their characters up to perfection. Comedy wise Brahmi and Ali generated good laughs in first and second half respectively. Among others Divya Vani isn’t great while Roja, Vijay Kumar, Telangana Shakuntala, Sudha, Nazar, Supreet, Naga Babu are okay.
Out of the Movie Veera: Tastes of audience (including masses) have grown up. Mixing the stories of Bhasha, Indra, Samara Simha Reddy and Narasimha Naidu and cooking a pale one like ‘Veera’ with too many imperfections can never be acceptable. When entire second half is pulled with lengthy scenes that never looked appealing, how can Raviteja alone save the film?  More than all these, interval bang was enough for audience to guess as what could be the second half. There were no anxious moments through out. With nothing like an extra ordinary plot and no effective description, ‘Veera’ will be a boring tale for audience who expect something new. For average moviegoer, ‘Veera’ might be appealing only in glitches. 
First half was entertaining with few twists leading to a bang interval. Second half is totally flashback with heavy blood shed and action filled climax. Director’s inability to pull the movie towards a logical ending was clearly visible. No way that 'Veera' could have a safe run at BO. Overall, this is quite a weak show from Ramesh Varma and Raviteja.
Vizagsamachar Verdict of the Movie Veera: An outdated ‘Veera’ Kichidi formula.

Apocalypse today: weighing in on doomsday

One wonders if Harold Camping knew how much buzz would be generated through social media when he predicted that Judgment Day would be May 21.
Camping’s prophecy has been around for a while, but it’s gained traction in recent months because of the billboards he and his followers have erected around the country.
“The Bible guarantees it!” trumpets the Web site of Camping’s Family Radio Worldwide.
Camping believes that earthquakes, starting at 6 p.m. around the world, will begin to rock the planet and the righteous will be raptured (if that can be used as a verb) — while the non-righteous (the vast majority) will be left behind in chaos, dying off until the final end of Oct. 21.
Camping’s prediction rests on some convoluted interpretations (“infallible proofs”) involving numbers that make the medieval philosophers who argued about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin seem positively logical.
While the wackiness of people like Camping undeniably has entertainment value, they’re not really as benign as they might seem. In fact, they can wreak quite a bit of havoc on the emotions and the finances of the credulous.
Camping, for example, has convinced some people that planning for tomorrow is no longer rational, to the point that they have divested themselves of all assets.
A retired transit worker from Staten Island, for example, has reportedly invested his life savings of $140,000 into warning others about Judgment Day. What happens when he he has to pay bills next week?
Camping made a similar prediction about the world ending back in 1994, so given his questionable track record, why are people still listening? Well, back then he wasn’t completely sure, he’s told reporters. That’s why his book title — “1994?” — ended with a question mark and not a period.
This time, Camping says he’s completely sure, so sure, in fact, that when asked about what he’ll do if he’s wrong, he refuses to even entertain the possibility. Maybe he’ll hang his head and disappear, but it’s more likely that he’ll do what he’s done in the past: blame the past.
Seeking the truth through anagrams seem about as scientific as the kind of “mathematical” calculations Camping was using, so I thought I might give rearrange the letters of “Harold Camping” to see what popped up.
“An old grim chap” about sums it up.
When I gave editorial page editor Chris Verner a heads up that I was using a story today about this topic, he sent me an email back asking if I thought we should go to press early.
Copy editor Paris Goodnight noted that Friday’s Pick 3 numbers of 3-2-1 suggested some kind of countdown to a major event.
Signs, signs, everywhere signs.
One of my FaceBook friends wondered if anyone would be around on Sunday, the day after his birthday, to offer felicitations.
“I realize we may all feel a little down knowing we’re doomed to eternal hellfire and damnation,” he wrote, “but hey, let’s try to make the best of a bad situation!”
Others worry that they should have taken vacation days earlier in the year.
Dr. Randy Kirby, the associate pastor at First Presbyterian, joked at the last session of a year-long Bible study on the book of Revelation that he would be preaching on May 22 to those who were left behind.
At the very least, one positive thing coming out of Camping’s lunacy is that a lot of Christians who normally don’t agree on much have found common ground in their assessment that Camping is a bit of a nut case.
Many point to the ludicrousness of the idea that Camping — an 89-year-old-old former civil engineer— would be privy to information that even Jesus didn’t have.
“I choose to side with Jesus over these who are predicting the return of Christ on the 21st of May,” said the Rev. Jim Dunkin of First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury.
“Jesus clearly had something to say about those who try to predict, and I cannot improve on his words: ‘But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour. (Matthew 24:36, 42-44)
“I say that if Jesus says he does not even know ... why do we spend our energy trying to predict? We would be much better off if we simply spent our energy to live each day as if we are ready, being faithful disciples of Jesus.”
Marvin Lindsay, formerly pastor of John Calvin Presbytrian and now a student at Union Presbyterian Seminary, had this to say: “There are only a very few truths in the many chapters and verses of the Bible, namely, how to love God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength; how to love your neighbor as yourself; how to live by faith, hope and love.
Those looking for specifics about dates and times, he says, would be better off “consulting a fortune-teller or a stock broker or other people who allegedly have the power to predict the future.”
Even if the information were in the Bible, possessing it, he argues, would “relieve us of the obligation of meeting the future in faith and in hope — which can’t be how believers are supposed to meet the future. It’s a pagan, almost occult-like misuse of the Bible.”
“In a world of 7 billion people, tens of thousands will surely die on Saturday, meaning that their world is over. And that's a reminder that none of us are guaranteed another day. Regardless of predictions, perhaps we should live as if every day were our last. That beats living in the past or worrying about the future.”
The Rev. Ken Reed of Concordia Lutheran Church noted those past predictors of the day of Jesus’ return have fallen into obscurity.
“Instead of gambling their time, energy, resources and advertising skills on promoting an end date (which Jesus says we cannot predict) I would love to see them promoting the basics of Christianity: true repentance, forgiveness, grace, and discipleship.”
“Hopefully, all the fervor over Mr. Camping’s date of May 21 will move seekers to look beyond the creative billboards, newspaper ads and websites, and more toward the Bible itself. That’s where God’s truth is found.”
Keith Kannenburg, pastor of Blackwelder Park Baptist Church, said Thursday he hadn’t heard of Camping’s doomsday prediction — but he didn’t sound surprised when I filled him in on the details.
“This isn’t the first time that people have predicted stuff,” he said, citing the Jehovah’s Witnesses as an example.
Without knowing about the details of the prophecy, Kannenburg speculated that some people are just addicted to sensationalism and the attention that accompanies such a pronouncement.
“It’s absolute arrogance to say that you are the special person, that you can pick the date and the time.”
He mentioned what Paul had to say in 1 Thessalonians. I looked up the passage and found this:
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
The “we” is important, Kannenburg says, because it indicates that Paul felt the Rapture would happen in his lifetime.
Kannenburg says the majority of conservative Baptists in this area likely believe in something called pretribulational Rapture and a pre-millenial return of Christ — but they don’t believe they can predict when it’s going to happen.
Kanneburg says he believes that at the Rapture, the spirits of those who have already died will come down to Jesus and their material bodies will be raised from the grave. Then, he says, “almost immediately after, those who are living Christians will be caught up to go with him in the air” — the “snatching away.”
The word rapture shares the same Latin root as the word “raptor” — hence the idea of a “snatching away.”
After certain other events take place, in this view, Christ will reign on earth for 1,000 years.
Kannenburg says he does believe that the Rapture will happen in his lifetime but realizes that he could be “seriously wrong,” as Paul was.
What’s important, he says, is that “as Christians we should live our lives in such a way that we believe we could be called home at any time. So if somebody is thinking the Rapture is going to happen in their lifetime...we all should be thinking it. If we did, we wouldn’t be living like a bunch of jerks.”
“We’re so worried about all of the little petty stuff that doesn’t mean anything that we totally forget there are people that are lost and going to hell and we’re too busy and fighting over stupid junk.
“We need to be loving our brothers and sisters and carrying each other ‘s crosses.”

May 21st Doomsday: Judgment Day By The Numbers

According to Harold Camping's calculations, Judgment Day is rapidly approaching.
And even though the televangelist missed the mark once before, thousands of his followers are buying up ad space and taking to the streets to hand out flyers, warning non-believers that the rapture is upon us. It's a lot of work, but Camping is really, really sure of himself.
The media has covered lead up to May 21 from what seems like every angle on the face of the earth, so if the apocalypse didn't already have you down, sifting through all the important analysis probably does.
Fear not, friends. Here's our handy by-the-numbers guide to the most important stories surrounding Judgment Day 2011

Mayan Calendar Explanation Video


Here the video explanation of Mayan Calendar. Have you watch this Mayan Calendar explanation video? I got it from YouTube as "Mayan calendar 2012" and "end of the world may 21st" have been trending since few days ago..

The Maya calendar is a system of calendars and almanacs used in the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and in some modern Maya communities in highland Guatemala and Oaxaca, Mexico. Watch the video below, it is how we Maya created the most precise manner of time-keeping. So doomsday: Is it May 21, 2011 or Dec. 21, 2012? US preacher warns end of the world is nigh: 21 May, around 6pm, to be precise..

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New Zealand Earthquake 2011

New Zealand Earthquake 2011

New Zealand Earthquake 2011: According to Harold Camping, the Minister for Auckland, who predicts the end of the world on Saturday, the first great earthquake shook New Zealand, causing Apocalypse rolling incessantly to the United States, reaching San Francisco about 18 hours on Saturday OK so like should we worry Fortunately an earthquake expert John Vidale of the University of Washington says that we will be as follows No earthquake would be the end of civilization He said that the largest earthquakes considered plausible is that it will be twice the size of the earthquake in Chile in 1960 the U.S. Geological Survey said, was the strongest of the 20 th century. He was registered as a magnitude 9.5 and killed more than 1600 people in Chile.
These earthquakes, which says Vidale measured by the value 10 will wreak havoc on the hill, maybe some cleaning along the shores of the ocean itself. Vidale said the earthquake disrupt the subduction zone where two tectonic plates meet with the most likely places worse off the coast of Japan or the U. S. Pacific Northwest. Killers in high, although it is lower, will be China, Iraq and other less developed countries, he added. As for camping he told San Francisco Chronicle earlier this week that the earthquakes will continue until the Earth at such a rate each Richter scale in the world and all of the new organization in the world there will be no doubt the Day of Judgement here. ”
He said that the earthquake will reach San Francisco about 6 pm PDT on Saturday. Christian souls saved ascend to heaven, including those who are dead and buried, while others will remain the land of fire falls into chaos.

SSC results today

HYDERABAD: The results of SSC public examinations will be released at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday by Minister for Secondary Education K. Pardhasarathy.
The results will be available on the following websites – www.stanzoo.com, www.one97world.com, www.deccanpost.in, www.schools9.com, www.educationplus.net.in, www.cetpractice.com, www.resultseducationandhra.com, www.educationindiaguide.com, www.pratibhaplus.com, www.results-ap.com, www.manabadi.com, www.results.manabadi.co.in, www.manabadi.in, www.iitjeeforum.com, www.jobfreshers.in, www.teluguvaahini.com, www.bnharatstudent.com, www.results.webdunia.com, www.vidyatejam.com, www.indiatimes.com, www.miclass.net, www.searchandhra.com, www.educationgateway.co.in, www.andhraschools.com, www.telugueducation.com, www.hyderabadschoolsinfo.com, www.hyderabadschoolevents.com, www.srigayatri.com, www.saagam.com, www.stuap.org, www.resultsindia.in, www.koshercomm.in, www.vidyavision.com, www.innovaindia.com, www.indiaresults.com, www.exametc.com, www.betechs.com, www.suryaa.com, www.paatashala.com and www.paatam.com.
The AP Online and eSeva will host the results showing grades and subject-wise marks. Both marks and grades can be had by calling on the BSNL landline 1255225 or by sending SMS.
SMS has to be sent to 55352 or 56300 (SSC followed by space and then roll number). Results can be obtained on IVRS by dialling 52800.

Indian Stamp On Rajiv Gandhi–A Life For India

Indian Stamp On Rajiv Gandhi–A Life For India




Indian Stamp For The Day For May 21st
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Today was the day in 1991 ,The 6th Prime Minister Of India Sri Rajiv Gandhi Was Assassinated.Today’s Stamp For The Day Is the Stamp On Rajiv Gandhi Released In 1991
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Rajiv Gandhi  was sworn in as the 6th Prime Minister of India after assassination Of his mother Indira Gandhi On October 31st,1984.Rajiv Gandhi served as the prime minister of India from October 1984 to December 1989.  Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India  at the age of 40.
Rajiv Gandhi ,elder son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi.completed his education at Cambridge.It was in Cambridge he met Italian-born Sonia Maino , whom he later married. Rajiv Gandhi became a professional pilot for Indian Airlines. After the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in 1980,Rajiv Gandhi entered politics.
Rajiv Gandhi spearheaded the Congress victory in 1984.The Congress party won 411 seats out of 542. Rajiv Gandhi is credited for the dismantling the License Raj and modernizing the telecommunications industry and the the education system.Rajiv Gandhi was known for his initiatives to improve science and technology.Rajiv Gandhi improved relations with the United States.
Rajiv Gandhi remained Congress President until the elections in 1991. While campaigning, he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group in 1991.
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The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the Spread of Suicide Bombing

Targeted murders and assassinations have long been means used to achieve political or personal ends (or simply to cause chaos). In the 4th century BCE, for example, as Philip of Macedon (Alexander the Great‘s father) was making preparations for crossing into Asia and at the celebration of his daughter’s marriage Cleopatra to Alexander of Epirus, Philip was assassinated by Pausanias, who had a bitter grievance against Cleopatra’s uncle and Philip. A few hundred years later Julius Caesar was felled in a plot by a group of nobles, and in the last two thousand years plus, countless leaders—some heroes and some villains—have been slain by their political opponents: Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Nicholas II, Gandhi (Mohandas, Indira, and Rajiv), JFK, Mussolini, Sadat, Rabin, Bhutto, etc.
Rajiv Gandhi; Terry Ashe—Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
Rajiv Gandhi; Terry Ashe—Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
In most instances historically, the assassin hoped to complete the deed and get away, but in modern times a new form of murder and assassination developed: the suicide attack. It was 20 years ago tomorrow, on May 21, 1991, that Rajiv Gandhi, prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989, was assassinated by a suicide bomber from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (who were routed in Sri Lanka’s civil war in recent years) while campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In that attack, a woman concealed a bomb in a basket of flowers and was able to get close enough to Gandhi to kill him and 16 others.
Gandhi’s assassination was not the first modern suicide attack, however. The first such attack is usually said to have occurred in Lebanon in 1981, but it was two years later that a suicide attack captured the world’s attention and spread fear throughout the globe. In 1983 there was an attack in Lebanon against the U.S. embassy that killed 63 people and was followed with simultaneous car bombings of U.S. and French military barracks that killed 299.
As James Kiras, professor of irregular warfare at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama and author of Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism, recounts in his article on suicide bombing for Britannica:
Shops burning in a market following a suicide car bombing, Peshawar, Pak., Oct. 28, 2009; A Majeed—AFP/Getty Images
Shops burning in a market following a suicide car bombing, Peshawar, Pak., Oct. 28, 2009; A Majeed—AFP/Getty Images
Since 1983, suicide bombing has become a favourite terrorist tactic of insurgent groups from Sri Lanka to Chechnya to Afghanistan. One indication of this growing preference is the number of attacks, which rose from 1 in 1981 to more than 500 in 2007. The use of suicide bombing has grown for three primary reasons. First, suicide bombing is almost impossible for security forces to prevent. Bombers such as the three second-generation Pakistani Britons and one young immigrant from Jamaica who killed 52 people in the London bombings of 2005 are almost unstoppable once they are committed to die and kill others. Second, suicide bombing generates publicity. Media attention is like oxygen to terrorists, and suicide bombings receive enormous news coverage owing to the willingness of the bombers to die for a cause and the shocking damage inflicted indiscriminately against targets and bystanders alike—as happened in the assassination in 1991 of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and 16 others by a woman associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Third, a successful suicide bombing requires little expertise and few resources beyond a bomb and someone willing to carry it. Therefore, for groups determined to spread terror, suicide bombing is much more cost-effective than other tactics such as hostage taking, which requires considerably greater investment in resources, planning, and training. Instruction manuals, videos, and other training materials, some of them available online, have allowed groups like the London bombers to construct bombs with little guidance.
The proliferation of attacks in the last 30 years led Flinders University in Australia to develop a comprehensive database on such attacks. As Flinders University emeritus professor Riaz Hassan discussed in YaleGlobal in 2009, between 1981 and 2006 there were more than 1,200 suicide attacks in the world—or about 4% of the total terrorist attacks. Though they represented just a small fraction of the attacks, nearly 15,000 people died in them—or 32% of the total in all terrorist attacks. Targets were not just political leaders but also military forces and even civilians. (Hassan is also the author of Life as a Weapon: The Global Rise of Suicide Bombings, in which he argues that the volume of deaths and chaos that suicide bombings cause help to account for its increased use. An excellent PDF of some statistics can be found here; for example, between 1981 and 2006, Iraq had the most attacks—651—and the most deaths—6,714—a figure more than triple the areas second-most prone to such attacks, Israel and the Palestinian territories.)
Any violent act seems alien to most of us, and a suicide bombing appears as a wholly irrational act. Then, why has it grown so dramatically and what type of person may be particularly susceptible to becoming a suicide bomber? Unfortunately, the motivations are complex. As Kiras explains, sometimes faith might motivate a bomber, though the Tamil Tigers (and other groups employing suicide methods) were a largely secular ethnic separatist group, so religious motivations cannot be considered sufficient. As Kiras continues:
Studies have shown that many suicide bombers, particularly in developed societies, are not deranged or wild-eyed fanatics with nothing to live for; indeed, a significant number of bombers have come from income and education levels well above their countries’ norms. Another broad trend, noticeable in the numerous suicide bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been the recruitment of individuals who are physically or mentally ill, impoverished, suggestible, or alienated in some way from their society. Individual purposes or motivations can range broadly, from revenge for the death of a family member (for instance, the female suicide bombers, or “Black Widows,” in Chechnya) to outrage against an occupying power (for instance, in Iraq or the Palestinian territories) or against some incident (e.g., the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq) to coercion or even the payment of money to one’s family (as has occurred in Afghanistan and elsewhere). Neither altruism nor anomie figures much in such individual calculations.
For many militant groups, suicide bombing is but one tactic in a larger campaign to achieve strategic goals—for example, tying to force a country to withdraw its army by inflicting heavy damage to its forces or in a battle waged against another militant group.
So, what should we do to diminish the possibility of attacks and prevent them? Unfortunately, because the motivations and characteristics of bombers vary, there is no single approach that will work. Sometimes governments may engage in their own targeted assassinations, be it by Israel of leaders of Palestinian militant groups or drone attacks against leaders of al-Qaeda by the United States (or the commando raid by Navy SEALS against Osama bin Laden). Some places, such as Israel, have attempted to build security fences (or secure zones). Setting up checkpoints, be they on highways or in airports, can act as a deterrent by adding another layer of security for the public. Some governments, such as the United States, have tried to aggressively expand surveillance, particularly electronic eavesdropping,  to try to thwart attacks, though civil libertarians have raised concerns.
Despite such countermeasures, it is quite difficult to thwart suicide bombers, because as governments adapt to techniques (such as the September 11 attacks and using planes as missiles), suicide bombers develop alternate ways of carrying out assaults. As George W. Bush said in a 2004 debate with John Kerry, in fighting terror “[w]e have to be right 100% of the time. And the enemy only has to be right once to hurt us.” That statement has a lot of resonance, but it was actually quite odd, since it was a paraphrase of a statement made by the IRA in 1984 after a failed attempt on the life of Margaret Thatcher: “Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always.”