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How Internet detectives find out where you liveBrussels: An explosion of people checking into social networks is being exploited by mobile application makers and private detectives, who say they can usepeople's online chatter and photos to track them and find out where they live. In March, Apple stopped downloads of a "stalker" mobile application that told menwhere women around them were "hanging out", using only publicly available information from social networks. But other readily available apps can do the sameand more, say online investigators who use them. When a person uses a mobile phone to post a tweet on Twitter or upload a photo to the image-hosting websiteFlickr, sometimes so-called geolocation data can be found lurking underneath the tweet or photo. This can be used to track down their local haunts, includingtheir home or where they study. "It is quite easy sometimes to work out which house a tweet is coming from," said Neil Smith, a former police officer turned onlineresearcher in Britain. Geolocation research is a fast evolving area as most applications are built on the back of freely available open-source software.

Smartphones, theindispensable thingWASHINGTON — More Americans can’t live without theirsmartphones anymore. A study released Monday shows peopleusing their mobile devices increasingly to settle a dispute, coor-dinate a meeting, find a restaurant or get emergency informa-tion. The Pew Internet & American Life Project said 70 percentof all cell phone owners and 86 percent of smartphone ownershave used their phones for one of seven key activities, whichinclude solving an unexpected problem, getting directions orlearning the score of a sporting event. “Overall, these ‘just-in-time’ cell users, defined as anyone who has done one or more ofthe above activities using their phone in the preceding 30 days,amount to 62 percent of the entire adult population.”

The younger users are even more reliant on theirmobile devices: 88 percent of those ages 18-29 hadperformed one or more of these activities in the past30 days, compared with 76 percent of the 30-49 agegroup, 57 of those ages 50-64, and 46 percent of theowners age 65 and older.Some 31 percent of men use their phones to look up informationthat settles an argument or disagreement, compared with 22percent of women, the study found. And some 65 percent ofsmartphone owners say they have used their phone to get turn-by-turn navigation or directions while driving, with 15 percentdoing so on a typical day. The survey conducted between March15 and April 3, 2012 among 2,254 adults found that 88 were cellphone owners and 46 percent had smartphones.

Tehran : Iran's President MahmoudAhmadinejad says there is no needto take up arms against Israel inorder to destroy it.

‘No war needed to destroy Israel’Criticizing the regional countries for buyingbillions of dollars worth of weaponry from cer-tain powers, Ahmadinejad said, “If their ob-jective for buying these weapons is to fightwith the Zionist regime (Israel), they shouldknow that a war is not necessary for destroy-ing the regime.”“If the regional countries cut their ties with theZionists and give the Zionist regime (Israel) asmall frown, this fabricated regime will beover,” President Ahmadinejad added.The Iranian chief executive made the remarksin the city of Kashmar in the eastern provinceof Khorasan Razavi on Saturday.The president also criticized certain regionalrulers for spending their oil revenues on USD

60 billion worth of [Western]arms.In December 2011, the USformally announced a USD 30-billion arms deal with SaudiArabia which included the salesof F-15 fighter jets to the Arabmonarchy. The deal is part of amulti-year arms agreement be-tween Washington and Riyadh,unveiled in October 2010, whichis worth a whopping USD 60 bil-lion overall.The Iranian president alsoslammed the massacre of Af-ghan civilians at the hands of theUS military forces stationed inAfghanistan. (Cyber News)

Afghan police killtwo British soldiers

Kabul : Members of the Afghan national police forcehave shot dead two British soldiers in the troubledHelmand Province in southern Afghanistan.On Sunday, the British Ministry of Defense confirmedthat the soldiers were killed on Saturday by two Af-ghan police forces at a military base in the southerncity of Lashkar Gah.

A statement by the ministry says that one of the sol-diers was with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, whilethe second was an airman from the Royal Air Force.According to the International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF), one of the gunmen was killed but thesecond one managed to escape.The US-led forces suggested that the gunmen wereTaliban militants dressed as police officers. However,Afghan authorities say the shooters had been mem-bers of the national police for a year.The recent killings bring the number of British soldierskilled in Afghanistan this year to 18.

A woman purchasing a small bag with herchild at India Gate on the Mother’s Day.

Egypt presidential hopeful wantsSharia law-based constitution

Egypt’s constitution should be based on the Quran and the Islamic Sharia law,presidential candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Morsi said.“The Quran is our constitution, the Prophet is our leader, jihad is our path anddeath in the name of Allah is our goal,” Morsi said in an election speech to Cairo

University students.Today Egypt was close as neverbefore to the triumph of Islam atall state levels, he said.“Today, we can establish Sharialaw because our nation will ac-quire well-being only with Islamand Sharia. The Muslim Broth-ers and the Freedom and Jus-tice Party will be the conductorsof these goals,” he said.The Muslim Brotherhood grouphad been banned in Egypt fordecades before being legalisedfollowing the ouster of presidentHosni Mubarak in last year’s up-rising, and has since emerged asa powerful political force.The first round of the presiden-tial election is scheduled for May23-24. The presidential cam-paign started April 30 and fin-ishes at midnight May 21.The president will be elected fora four-year term.–IANS

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Judicial propriety in anage of scandal

Why Justice Dalveer Bhandari'selection to the International Court ofJustice while serving as a judge ofthe Supreme Court of India is an

unhealthy developmentJustice Dalveer Bhandari, a judge of the Supreme Courtof India, was elected a fortnight ago by the United NationsGeneral Assembly and Security Council, to serve as aMember of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Hedefeated the Filipino nominee, Justice Florentino Feliciano,by a handsome margin and now has a six-year first termat the World Court. Justice Bhandari is undoubtedly a finejudge with considerable expertise in international law. Hislegal acumen, keen intellect and a sense of justice, espe-cially for the poor and homeless that shines through in hisdomestic judgments, are qualities that make him an idealrepresentative of India, itself a beacon of democracy andhuman rights in the developing world. That India has madea good choice is not in doubt; whether it could have madea better choice, as some have suggested, is contestablethough ultimately a moot point. The key issue that arisesin this context relates to the fact that Justice Bhandari'snomination by the Government of India and eventual elec-tion to the ICJ took place while he continued to serve as ajudge of the Supreme Court of India. This raises graveand disturbing issues regarding the independence of thejudiciary in India and points to the lowered standards ofpropriety in the highest echelons of governance.The independence of the judiciary is a significant legal prin-ciple in India, ever since it was held to be part of the basicstructure of the Constitution. Since then it has been usedon several occasions by the Supreme Court most notablyto judicially lay down norms regarding the appointment ofjudges, transfer of judges between High Courts and ad-ministratively with regard to claiming exemption for theoffice of the Chief Justice of India from the purview of theRight to Information Act and formulating an internal codeof conduct for appropriate judicial behaviour. The exten-sive (and sometimes unwarranted) usage of judicial inde-pendence as a legal principle has however blighted itsprimary status as a normative principle of good governancewhich promotes impartiality, a key facet of fair adjudica-tion. The judiciary must not only be independent of the co-ordinate wings of government as well as the parties be-fore the case, but must also be seen to be so. The slight-est doubt in the public mind of excessive proximity be-tween the judiciary and the government, which is the larg-est litigant before it, may lead to significant apprehensionsof a lack of impartiality thereby questioning the legitimacyof the entire adjudicatory setup. As the Supreme Court ofIndia itself likes repeating in its judgments, “Judges, likeCaesar's wife, must be above suspicion.”It is this test of judicial independence as a normative prin-ciple that Justice Bhandari's actions fail to satisfy. Fromavailable records, Justice Bhandari's candidacy was ac-cepted by the Ministry of External Affairs after a recom-mendation to this effect in January 2012 by the IndianChapter of the Permanent Council of Arbitration, whoseadvice in this matter, the government has traditionallyhonoured. From that time, up to the election at the UnitedNations in April, Justice Bhandari continued as a servingSupreme Court judge, hearing cases (from the SupremeCourt causelist record, he heard cases till the 9th of April)and being party to delivered judgments (the last recordedjudgment thus far being delivered on the 27th of April,authored by Justice Dipak Misra, his brother Judge on theBench).

Hyderabad, : Dr. Zafar Mahmood while releasing the book “QuraniIrshadaath” (Commandments of the Quran) at Madina EducationCentre told that keeping in mind the requirements of the modernperiod, it is necessary to make the younger generation of the Mus-lims. He further told that the general concept of the Muslims is thatgood deeds mean only prayer, fasting, Hajj & Zakaat, whereas theQuranic concept of good deeds includes good character, impartingjustice and good behaviour.He advised the people to read the Quran and follow its meaning andat the same time present the teachings of the Quran before the non-Muslims. He told that we should share not only our wealth but alsoknowledge and time as well. The Muslims of the world should knowthat Allah does not change their condition uless they themselvesdon’t change. Lamenting on the less number of Muslim candidateswho passed IAS and other Civil Services examinations he said thatthe Muslims constitute 13% of the population and hence there shouldbe 122 Muslim candidates should pass the Civil Services examina-tion every year.Only 1200 candidates appeared for Civil Services examinationwhereas their number should have been 73 thousand. In the mod-ern world, we have the facility of internet and computers. By usingthese facilities.

Six-year-old Abida, gestures as she ask for donations from pedestrians while sitting along the roadin Karachi May 13, 2012. An estimated 7.3 million primary school aged children in Pakistan do not

attend school, depriving them of their right to education, and preventing them from reaching their fullpotential. Around 20 million children in Pakistan, including those of primary school-age, are not in

school, according to UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund). REUTERS

JPMorgan’s surprising $2 billiontrading loss begs a post-finan-cial-crisis question: AreAmerica’s biggest banks simplytoo big to manage?Washington policymakers have

Quran is a guidancebook for all the timesand for all the persons

We can obtain any in-formation. Despitepassing 64 years of in-dependence, we havenot been able to de-mand reservation inparliamentary and As-sembly Constituen-cies. Referring theSachar Committee Re-port, he said that it hadproposed Indian WakfCouncil Act but nothinghas happened yet. Hetold that Zakaat is only2.5%. This should bedistributed among thepoor.Maulana Khalid SaifullahRahmani in his presidential ad-dress told that the Quran hasbeen revealed in Arabic lan-guage but not a single letter hasbeen altered so far whereas nodivine scripture is in its originalform.

He informed that Quran has beentranslated into 1800 langauges ofthe world whereas Bible has beentranslated in 35000 languagesbut it is not in its original form. Themiracle of the Quran is that it isin its original form.Maulana Rahmani told that acommendable work has beendone in the field of Quranictranslations in Hyderabad. Dr.Syed Abdul Lateef, Dr.Hameedullah and many othershave translated Quran. Mr.Inamul Haque’s translation of theQuranis another attempt fromHyderabad.Prof. Ahmedullah Khan told thatthe youths of today have becomelazy and therefore there is agreater need to present theteachings of the Quran in an in-teresting manner, Prof. Shahid AliAbbasi, Dr. Rashid Naseem, Mr.Ilyas Rizvi and others also spokeon this occasion and congratu-lated Mr. Inamul Haque for histranslation of the Quranic verses.Maulana Sadiq Mohiuddin of-fered prayer at the end of thefunction.

Are America’s biggest bankssimply too big to manage?

largely focused on whether banks are “too big to fail” or whetherthey are so huge and interconnected that their failure would threatenthe greater financial system as when Lehman Brothers collapsedin 2008.

But JPMorgan Chief Executive JamieDimon’s seeming failure to gauge the riski-ness of the trades at the heart of the loss isshifting the debate to “too big to manage”.“In hindsight the new strategy was flawed,complex, poorly reviewed, poorly executed,and poorly monitored,” Dimon said during aconference call late on Thursday about thetrades designed to hedge the company’soverall credit exposure.The loss, which Dimon said could grow by another $1 billion, doesnot appear to pose a threat to JPMorgan’s overall financial stabil-ity.

It is, however, fueling a debateabout whether regulators or ex-ecutives can really get a handleon the biggest financial compa-nies when a complex tradingstrategy can lead to a multi-bil-lion-dollar loss.JPMorgan is the nation’s largestbank with roughly $2.3 trillion inassets.Marty Mosby, a GuggenheimSecurities analyst, said the failedhedge exposes flaws inJPMorgan’s corporate controlsbecause it came from the officeresponsible for managingJPMorgan’s overall risk.“It would be easier for (JamieDimon) if this was a rogue traderout in some faraway country” be-cause of the managerial ques-tions at play, he said.Sheila Bair, former chairman ofthe Federal Deposit InsuranceCorp, said on CNBC on Fridaythat JPMorgan’s loss shows howdifficult it is to manage big banksfrom the top.“Trying to manage a $2 trillion in-stitution from the top of the houseis a challenge for anyone,” Bairsaid. “This is the kind of thing thateven (at) the best-managedbanks things fall through thecracks, and this is a pretty bigcrack.”The American Federation ofState, County & Municipal Em-ployees, a national union, on Fri-day urged shareholders to ap-prove a stockholder resolutioncalling for an independent boardchairman at JPMorgan. Dimoncurrently holds the chairman andCEO titles.

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Several outfits are against ap-pointment of Nityananda as pon-tiff Police pickets were posted inand around Madurai Adheenam assome of the Hindu religious out-fits, which had condemned the ap-pointment of Nityananda as thepontiff, had threatened to enterinto the premises and offer pujasunder the banner “Save MaduraiAdheenam” on Sunday. From theday of announcement of thegodman Nityananda as the juniorpontiff by the present Madurai

Praising Sonia, Yeddyurappastirs up a hornets' nest

The political crisis in Karnataka following differences withinthe ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has snowballed into aserious threat to the 10-month-old D.V. Sadananda Gowdagovernment, with the former Chief Minister, B.S.Yeddyurappa, exerting pressure on the central leadershipto meet his demand for a change of leadership.

And, at a public function here on Sunday, Mr. Yeddyurappacame out with a surprising statement: he showered praiseson Congress president Sonia Gandhi with reference tothe manner in which that party supported its leaders whenthey faced problems. But in the BJP, leaders were “fixed”with problems in a bid to rout them from politics, he said.This declaration of Mr. Yeddyurappa indicates that he hastaken a tough stand – either the party should yield to hisdemand or he may even quit with his followers.It may be noted here that prior to the visit of Ms. Gandhito Tumkur about a fortnight ago to pay her obeisance tothe seer of Sri Siddaganga Mutt, Sri Shivakumar Swami,whose 105th birth day was celebrated in April, there werereports that a senior Congress leader was in touch withMr. Yeddyurappa.

Kiran sharpens attack on JaganRuling Congress has launched a three-cornered attack onits two arch rivals -- YSRCP president Y.S. JaganmohanReddy and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu at Tirupati inits run up to the by-election to the seat.All the three top rung leaders of the party- Chief Minister N. Kirankumar Reddy,PCC President, Botcha Sathyanarayanaand Congress Rajya Sabha memberChiranjeevi made a blistering attack onthe two in course of their massive jointroad-show in the temple city.The Chief Minister's diatribe at Jaganwas more strident wherein he indirectlyaccused him of ‘ganging up' with crimi-nals and gun-runners to ‘amass wealth'and cautioned the voters of the imminentdangers of giving political power to thehands of such a person.Perched on the roof of a bus along withthe PCC chief and Mr. Chiranjeevi, Mr.

Kiran Reddy sharpened his attack onJaganmohan Reddy and asked the peopleto think of what would be the fate of theState if things were allowed slip into thehands of ‘some people' who had allegedlinks with killers, land-grabbers and extor-tionists as the media has been cryinghoarse everyday. In an oblique referenceto Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy allegedly own-ing a palatial building spread over 1 lakhsq yards with nearly 90 bed-rooms, ChiefMinister asked the voters whether they stillbelieved that such a leader could really dothem any good. If you vote such a man topower, you will certainly pay the price forit, he warned the voters

Security blanket thrown around Madurai AdheenamAdheenam Arunagirinatha Gnanasambanda Desigar,there has been mixed reaction.As days passed, apart from the Hindu Makkal Katchi andother religious leaders, many other organisations includ-ing the Tamil Nadu Sivanadiyar Thirukootam had con-demned the appointment of Nityananda as the 293 pon-tiff of the Mutt.A consensus approach by the Madurai Adheenam in theappointment would have been welcome and would nothave dragged the Mutt to such needless controversy,the members of Dharmapura Adheenam and those fromThirupanandal Adheenam, Bharatiya Forward Blocamong others told reporters here on Sunday.

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Bollywood actor Prachi Desai hugs her mother Ameeta Desaiduring the ‘Thank You Mom’ campaign by brand ambassadors of

P&G brands, in Mumbai on Friday night.

Guntur : Housing Minister Kanna Lakshmi Narayana and ExciseMinister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana on Sunday accused YSR Con-gress president Jagan Mohan Reddy of working against the wishesof his father late YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Vijayashantiurges BJP not tocause vote split

Hyderabad :Exuding confidencethat TRS candidate will emergewinner in Parakala constituency,Medak MP and TRS leaderVijayashanti has accused theBJP of fielding candidate inParakala with an intention to di-vide the Telangana votes. Shesaid that Telangana Political JACwould take a correct decision onwhom to support in Parakala.Speaking to the media here onSaturday, Vijayashanti said thatthe situation was different whenthe BJP contested inMahbubnagar. She urged theBJP to extend its support to theTRS candidate by not fielding itscandidate in the lone constitu-ency in Telangana region. Shealso urged the Telangana Politi-cal JAC to extend its support tothe TRS candidate and ensurethat Telangana votes are not di-vided.

Kurnool : Justifying the State government’s G.O. stopping advertisements to the Sakshi newspaper, PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana hassaid that the CBI filed charge-sheet and caused freezing of its bank accounts. He said that the government was constrained to stop issuingadvertisements to the Jagathi Publications as its management was facing criminal charges and there was no mistake on the part of thegovernment in this regard. Botcha made a brief halt here on his way to Yemmiganur to participate in a party activists meeting. He was slatedto address the party activists of Allagadda and Yemmiganur constituencies as part of his election campaigning in Yemmiganur. Speaking tothe media, Botcha lashed out at the YSR Congress president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for speaking lies.

675 students appear for Common Law Admission Test in HyderabadHYDERABAD: A total of 675 candidates appeared for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) held in the city on Sunday. While 650candidates appeared for the under-graduate level, the remaining appeared for the post-graduate entrance examination. The exam wasconducted in Nalsar Law University, the only examination centre for CLAT in the city. CLAT officials from National Law University, Jodhpur,said that there were no surprises in this year's examination. "The CLAT committee had met six months ago and decided that the exampattern would be the same as last year," said a CLAT observer from Jodhpur.

Why are we singled out, askstudents from North East

It is not the physical abuse but the verbal humiliation that isrife, say many about the discrimination they face

“Why are we singled out? Is it becausewe look different?” asks Sonam, a studentfrom Nagaland, much like her counterpartsfrom the other North-Eastern States.Women are on the receiving end, agreesBipin, a student from Manipur at the Uni-versity of Hyderabad, and a participant ofthe event organised at UoH as part of anation-wide campaign for ‘Justice for Ri-chard Loitam'.

“We believed he was killed. There are cases of racial discrimi-nation. I went through harassment in Delhi University. Collegesare relatively safe in Hyderabad but you cannot say the sameabout other cities like Bangalore and Delhi,” he says.Campuses in the various universities across the city have asizeable number of students from the North-East and an equallyimpressive number of employees from the region who havebeen working with IT, ITeS, MNC firms and Central Govern-ment offices here. There are about 500 members registeredwith each of the various region-based communities that sup-port families hailing from Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur andAssam. The associations often meet on weekends.

University campuses across the city have a sizeable numberof students from North East and an equally impressive

number of employees from the region.

People are confused on whether to stayon rent or spend the rent money as EMIto buy a home. The rental values of bothresidential and commercial properties inHyderabad have gone up by 10 to 20 per

cent in the last quarter.

This varies depending upon the location. In some areas, the hike issteeper going up by about 20 per cent and in others it is about 10per cent, according to Mr D. Sreedhar Reddy, President of NationalAssociation of Realtors India.Interaction with a cross section of real estate players and recentreports of consultancy firms show that the rentals are firming up justas the capital values. The firming up of prices reflects the marketmood which has turned positive after a few quarters of subduedsentiment against the backdrop of a slowdown and agitation for state-hood for Telangana. Property consultant Makaan.com has come upwith a report that states it's better to rent a property rather than buy-ing one in cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad. But that's notthe case for Hyderabad where properties are cheaper.Basing its assessment on rapid urbanisation and a recovering mar-ket, the report observes that the inhabitants are confused on whetherto stay on rent or spend the rent money as EMI to buy a home.There is a general feeling that at times staying on rent is economi-cal. However, an individual is drawn by the sentiments of owning ahome. High property prices, increasing home loan rates leading tohigh monthly instalment and innumerable projects, though, leavehim puzzled. In the absence of any robust tool to arrive at any deci-sion, people go by their gut feeling, or with the guidance of a closerelative, a friend or an experienced acquaintance.

Rents firm up in Hyderabad Botcha justifies stopping of ads to Sakshi

Give Muslims due space in House: OwaisiNEW DELHI: Raking up the issue of a "deficit" in representation of Muslims in Parliament, MIM MP from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi onSunday asked for proportional representation since in the past 60 years, the representation of Muslims had not risen in keeping with theproportion of rise in the Muslim population in the country. "Only 471 Muslims have been elected to Parliament so far, and this is the reasonfor the backwardness of the community," he said.According to the Hyderabad MP, the 60th year was "the right time to decide on proportional representation". He said 60 years had nothealed the pains of the Muslim community. "I don't want to carry the baggage of secularism," he declared. Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechuryalso called for structural changes in Indian democracy as he lamented the fact that there were central governments which did not even havemore than 36% of popular vote. He said it was time, therefore, to look at the issue of proportional representation. "We can begin by havingtwo adjoining constituencies clubbed together and each individual having two votes, one for the party and the other for the individual, so thatthe diversity of India doesn't become a casualty,'' he said.

Congress accuses Jaganof breaking YSR's dreams

Over Rs 13 lakh recovered from garbage dumpGuwahati: Based on information provided by an arrested thief, the Guwahati police onSunday recovered cash worth Rs 13.29 lakh from a garbage dump at lower Assam's Barpetadistrict. Police said the money was recovered from a garbage dump behind the house ofone Kishore Deka. Deka had been apprehended recently by the police in Guwahati forstealing over Rs 21 lakh from an ATM at Guwahati's Gorchuk locality a few days back. Atthe time of arrest, police had recovered Rs 8 lakh from him.

Addressing an election meet-ing in Pratipadu constituency,Lakshmi Narayana said thatformer chief minister YSRwanted Rahul Gandhi to be-come the Prime Minister ofIndia after 2014 general elec-tions. However, he said bylaunching a new polit icalparty after YSR's death,

Jagan has been trying todamage the Congress partyand YSR's dream. He saidonly Congress party couldfulfill the dreams of YSR.Referring to Jagan, MopideviVenkata Ramana said that anindividual was trying to dam-age a 125-year-old partywhich has a rich history of

serving the people. He saidpeople have elected all theMLAs to represent them till2014. However, by switchingloyalties to YSR Congressparty, 17 former MLAs havecheated the people. He askedthe people to teach the rebelMLAs a lesson in the ensu-ing by-elections. (INN)

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Hundreds of passengers werestranded following the flight can-cellations. The passengers al-leged they had not been given therefund by the airline against theirbooked tickets after the cancel-lation of the flights.The airline management hassacked 71 pilots and also soughtcancellation of the flying licensesof 11 office-bearers of the IndianPilots Guild (IPG), which is spear-heading the agitation.DGCA had on Saturday issuedshow-cause notices to 11 pilotsof the IPG after the airline man-agement sought cancellation of

Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) president Jitendra Awhad (L) speaks, as IPG office-bearers TauseefMuqaddam and Priya Acharya look on during a press conference in Mumbai.

Air India stir, flights cancelledWith Air India pilots not budging from their position, their agitation leadingto cancellation of 20 international flights, causing inconvenience to thehundreds of passengers. “Pilots have not reported for work. We have hadto cancel 20 flights from Delhi and Mumbai,” an Air India official said.

their flying licences. Over 200pilots owing allegiance to IPGare on strike since Tuesday,badly disrupting the interna-tional operations of the na-tional carrier. The airline hasalso suspended its bookingsfor international flights till May15. Union Civil Aviation Minis-ter Ajit Singh has asked the pi-lots to consider the plight of pas-sengers and said, “We are readyfor talks but they must call offtheir strike.”“The first priority must be tomake sure that the passengersfeel they are being listened to.

So let the pilots decide that. Askfor forgiveness from passengers.Start the flights ... we can talk onanything after that,” Mr. Singhhas said.

A day after Suhas Palshikar quit asChief Adviser of the National Councilof Educational Research And Training(NCERT) over the Ambedkar cartoonrow, a group of youths ransacked hisoffice at the University of Pune. The Re-publican Panthers Party of India (affili-ated to the RPI-Athawale) has claimedresponsibility for the attack.Professor Palshikar, who is the head ofthe Political Science department in theuniversity, along with psephologistYogendra Yadav, who also resigned asChief Adviser on Friday, was instrumen-tal in designing the NCERT syllabus in2006. It was then that a decision wastaken to include the caricature on Dr.B.R. Ambedkar in a Class XI textbook,depicting the process of the framing ofthe Constitution. On Friday, following aruckus in both Houses of Parliament,the government apologised for the car-toon, and promised to withdraw the text-

Activists vandalise scholar's office‘I tried in vain to reason with attackers on cartoon'

book henceforth.Speaking to The Hindu, Professor Palshikarsaid that on Saturday four people came to hisoffice and told him they had come to protesthis including the controversial caricature in thetextbook. His efforts to reason with them werein vain. “They said, how can you insult Dr.Ambedkar? I tried to convince and pacify them.I even asked them to read the text around thecartoon which explains the entire process ofthe framing of the Constitution.”But, “Unfortunately, they did not want to dis-cuss anything. It feels like they had come tocreate a scene. They started shouting slogans,picked up chairs and vandalised the furniture.”Faculty members Yashwant Sumant, HarshJaglap and Vivek Ghotale were present at thetime of the incident, which lasted 10 minutes.The Pune police have arrested three of theyouths. They said further action would be takenagainst them if the university filed a criminalcomplaint.

Ahmedabad: Firing a fresh salvo at Gujarat Chief Min-ister Narendra Modi, his predecessor and veteran BJPleader, Keshubhai Patel, today said that the entire stateis "living in fear" under the present regime.

Entire Gujarat is living in fear

A known detractor of Modi, Patel,who had been in political wilder-ness for four years, has becomeactive and is of late attendingdifferent public gathering in therun-up to state elections due inDecember.Patel was unceremoniously re-moved from the post of chiefminister by the BJP and was re-placed later in 2001. "I had ear-lier said in a function of Patidar(Patel) community that my com-munity is leaving under fear, buttoday after reading newspapers

I have come to the conclusion that en-tire Gujarat is living under fear," Patelsaid here today addressing a gather-ing of Rohit community.Patel, earlier in Surat and Sidsar templetown of Rajkot district, had said that hiscommunity members were living in fear.In the run up to 2007 elections, Patelhad alleged that there was a "mini-emergency" like situation under theModi government. However, after thelandslide victory of Modi in the 2007elections, Patel preferred lying low. Butin the election year, he has once againstarted making appearance in public

meetings.Today, he shared stagewith Gordhan Zadafia, theformer minister of state forHome in Modi Govern-ment who later formed hisown political outfit, Maha-Gujarat Janta Party.--PTi

MPs should liMPs should liMPs should liMPs should liMPs should livvvvve up toe up toe up toe up toe up tostandarstandarstandarstandarstandards ofds ofds ofds ofds of f f f f founding founding founding founding founding faaaaathertherthertherthersssssNew Delhi : MPs should live up to the ideals of the founding fathers of theconstitution, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Sunday, adding the 60thanniversary of the first sitting of parliament was an ocassion for relection onits achievements. Gandhi said people outside the country had apprehensionsabout the success of democracy of the country.She said the "journey of parliament had not always been smooth or withoutchallenges" and the anniversary "was also an occasion for reflection". Sheemphasised that the independence of parliament must be protected at allcosts. She urged members to live up to the ideals of the constitution makers.

Anna invites Army Chief to be part ofanti-corruption movement

New Delhi (UNI) Gandhian Anna Hazare has extended an invitationto Army Chief General V K Singh to join anti-corruption movementafter retirement. ‘’We will welcome Gen V K Singh, if he wants to getinvolved in this national movement after retirement,’’ Anna was quotedsaying on his twitter page by one of the team members. Reacting tothe social activist’s call another Team Anna member Kiran Bedi said,‘’it’s a very good invite. If Gen V K Singh joins, nothing better.

Policemen carrying the body of a Delhi businessman whowas killed when a two-seater aircraft crashed at Partapur

air strip on the outskirts of Meerut.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamata Banerjee at‘padyatra’ on occasion of completion of one year in office in Kolkata .

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Petrol, diesel price may behiked this month: Prakash KaratPanihati: CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday pre-dicted a hike in the prices of petrol and diesel by this month end."The Centre may hike the prices of petrol and diesel in the last weekof this month after the current parliament session is over," the seniorCPI(M) leader told a party rally at Panihati in North 24 paraganasdistrict in West Bengal.In a dig at the Trinamool Congress, he said whenever the fuel pricerise was effected by the Centre, TMC which was an ally of the gov-ernment, contended that it was not consulted.

Anna Hazare-ledcivil society under

attack in LSNew Delhi: Anna Hazare led civilsociety on Sunday came underscathing attack in the Lok Sabhawith RJD chief Lalu Prasad say-ing any design to target the Con-stitution and Parliament shouldbe thwarted."In the name of Lokpal, a move is on todestroy the country and Parliament,which is the law making body. They areusing the language of gheraoing theMPs...they are calling us thieves anddacoits," he said participating in the dis-cussion on the completion of 60 years ofLok Sabha's first sitting. Despite Parlia-ment being the law making body theywant to place someone else on our head,he said adding that there is a deep rootedconspiracy to devalue and defame Par-liament.

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Bollywood actress Aditi Gowitrikar launching newSamsung mobile phones in Patna .

Currently, most rural entrepre-neurship programmes arefunded and run by the State andCentral Government.Sanjeevani, an entrepreneurialand innovation programme,launched by the Rural Develop-ment and Panchayat Raj de-partment, is one such example.The Central Governmentscheme, which apart from im-parting industry skills to ruralyouth, will also aid rural entre-preneurship by mobilising capi-tal. The pilot project now cov-ers 20 taluks in Belgaum,Dharwad, Gulbarga, Mysoreand Tumkur districts and wouldsoon be implemented acrossthe State.Similarly, the Centre for Entre-preneurship Development ofKarnataka (CEDOK), which isaided by the Government, con-ducts entrepreneurship andmanagerial training to thosesubsisting on rural industries.However, as MalteshJeevannavar, Director of theCEDOK, puts it, theprogrammes are meant only tomotivate the rural entrepreneur,while leaving it to them to fig-ure out logistics and marketing.“What a rural entrepreneur pro-duces should be lifted, and theproduct marketed well. For this,some managerial skill is re-quired,” said B. Vijaya, Profes-sor, Department of Post-Gradu-ate Studies and Research inCommerce, Gulbarga Univer-sity.However, from the private MBAeducation point of view, ruralmanagement is limited to shortprojects or electives in the syl-labus, with very few studentsending up in the hinterland tobolster the entrepreneurshipfoundation there.“Only when MBA graduateshave support or funding canthey be encouraged to work in

Taking MBAs to the hinterlandrural areas. With high pay pack-ages in corporate companies,there is nothing to attract thegraduate to the villages,” said Mr.Vijaya. He suggests that if ruralmanagement is seen as social re-sponsibility, there may be ahigher participation of MBAgraduates in the rural sector.Sanjay Padodi, a Board of Gov-ernor of the Institute of Financeand International Management(IFIM), Bangalore, concurred:“Anything with the tag ‘rural'doesn't command the same inter-est as consulting or marketingwith an MNC, and in fact acts asa deterrent for aspiring candi-dates. Unfortunately, MBA educa-tion is driven by salaries, and stu-dents look at the prospective sal-ary of campus placements beforejoining a college.”To reverse this, he said, it was

up to the Government to intro-duce special schemes for MBAgraduates to allow their partici-pation in healthcare, govern-ment agricultural storagehouses, among others.Like in most MBA colleges, ru-ral management and rural en-trepreneurship in IFIM is taughtas an elective; and often, stu-dents are encouraged to dotheir management projects us-ing rural case studies – whichare hawked as an opportunityto learn rural marketing demo-graphics. However, the socialimpact of short-term projects islimited, said Mr. Jeevannavar.“Rural management cannot re-ally work part-wise or piece-wise. Learning about the mar-keting, logistics in rural places,and overcoming problems likepower supply take a long time,”he said.

It's a difficult task at a time when managementgraduates look only at the pay packet

While thousands of management graduates are churned out yearly,many taking seven-figure annual pay packages in multi-national compa-nies, there is a dearth of professionals addressing logistical and market-ing concerns of the rural population. And for many educators, this gap is

directly linked to the fact that MBA education is driven by salaries.

Learn lessons from PC crashes anddelays to avoid next mishap

Most computer users live in fearof a crashed computer and lostdata, or are frustrated by acomputer that seems to takehours to perform the simplesttask. The trick is to learn fromthese problems and either fix thecomputer before the worst hap-pens, or at least make sure itnever happens again.This is not work that can only be performed byexperts. Even a blue screen can be helpful, sinceWindows uses it to deliver a Bug Check Code,which gives some hint about the cause of theproblem. Thus, the messageKMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED indi-cates a problem with a driver. Microsoft providesa complete list of all check codes — and pos-sible solutions — online. Such tips are neces-sary; otherwise any effort to fix a computer canquickly turn into a waste of time.

“Unfortunately, the diagnosis is anything but easy,” says Hans LudwigStahl, director of the Institute for Computer Science at the CologneUniversity of Applied Sciences. Problems can stem from issues with

either hardware or software. Or the PC could be having resourceissues related to working memory or hard drive space.Stahl recommends seeking the source of the problem in the recentpast. “Maybe the problem cropped up right after putting in a newpiece of hardware or installation of some new software.” If that’s thecase, remove the potential source of the problem as a test. Maybethe computer will work fine without it.

Summer Beauty TipsSummer has kicked off (well, forsome of us; even in California, it’srather gloomy!), and the change inweather means a change in beautyroutines!Go waterproof! Nothing is more budge-, crease-,and smudge-proof than something that is also wa-terproof or water resistant. You might not be swim-ming, but the sweat and humidity can take a toll onthings like eyeliner and mascara.Powder, powder, powder! Whenever you apply acream or liquid product, make sure you set it withpowder. I find this is true of my routine year-roundbut even more so during the warmer months. Keep-ing a pressed powder compact in your bag is anexcellent way to freshen up your face afterbeing outside, too.Less is more! When it’s just sweltering out,you might just want to wear less makeup.Get creative with the “minimal” look to getyou through the hottest days.Consider cream/gel blushes. These kindsof blushes tend to last longer–blushes thatare designed to stain will last longer thanyour average powder blush, becausethe sweat won’t break it down aseasily.Apply in layers for all-day wear.For occasions that you wantto wear a full face ofmakeup, remember tolayer. For face, wear aprimer, followed by yourfoundation, and if it’s liq-uid/cream, set with pow-d e r . For lips, use a lip

liner and apply lipstick with a brush (and top withgloss if desired). For eyes, do mascara last andallow foundation to fully set before applying.Find a good sunscreen that works under makeup.Ideally, you want a sunscreen with a matte orsemi-matte finish. You don’t want anythinggreasy or that takes forever to absorb. It’s alsoimportant to give it enough time to sink in beforeapplying any base makeup to ensure the makeupsits on the skin well.Try a tinted moisturizer! This is one of my favor-ite products for the summer, because most tintedmoisturizers also contain SPF, so you can quicklyapply it and achieve sheer coverage–enough toeven out minor imperfections and give skin anoverall more polished appearance (for those ofus not blessed with perfect skin!).

Summer and watermelon are inseparable. Watermelons are found almost everywhere in theworld. Although we can find watermelons in our markets throughout the year, the season forwatermelon is the summer when they are sweet and of the best quality. No other fruit can we

find so crunchy and thirst quenching like watermelon.Some health benefits of wa-termelon: The health benefits of water-melon are really great. No mat-ter how it is sliced, it is packedwith some of the most importantantioxidants found in nature. It is an excellent source of vi-tamin C and a very good sourceof vitamin A, particularly throughits concentration of beta-caro-

tene. The beautiful red watermelonis also a source of the potentcarotene antioxidant which iscalled lycopene. These antioxi-dants travel throughout the bodyneutralizing free radicals. Freeradicals are substances in thebody that can cause much dam-age to us. They are able to oxi-dize cholesterol, making it stick

to blood vessel walls andthicken them which can lead toheart attack or stroke. The ly-copene which gives fruits theattractive red color that we findin watermelon can help reducethe risks of prostate cancer. It is a surprising fact that wa-termelon is the only fruit thatcontains higher concentrationsof lycopene than any other freshfruit or vegetable.

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Mumbai : Controversial Pakistani actress VeenaMalik has finally moved on from 'former love'Ashmit Patel to a new man in her life, mediareports said.Recently , Veena was spotted cosying up withthe director of 'Mumbai 125 km', HemantMadhukar. Veena is in the main lead but itseems as if she entertained the director a lotfor the role. Hemant Madhukar is the son of vet-eran Telugu filmmaker K Baburao, and is al-ready married. Talking to India TV entertainmenteditor Sarita Singh, Hemant said, "Veena is onlya good friend". He refused to say anything more.In Pakistan, right-wing Islamists have de-manded action against Veena Malik for sipping

Beirut, The leader ofLebanon’s Hezbollahsaid his militantgroup was capableof striking any targetin neighbouringIsrael, saying “thedays when we fledand they did not areover”.“Today we are not only able tohit Tel Aviv as a city but, Godwilling, we are able to hit spe-cific targets in Tel Aviv and any-

Hezbollah says able to strike anywhere in Israelwhere in occupiedPalestine,” SayyedHassan Nasrallahsaid in a televised ad-dress.“For every buildingdestroyed in Dahiya, abuilding will be de-stroyed in Tel Aviv,” hesaid, referring toHezbollah’s strong-hold in a suburb ofsouthern Beirut.Nasrallah’s comments were some of his harsh-est words against Israel in several months, andcame amid rising tensions between Israel andHezbollah’s main backer, Iran.

Israel argues Iran’snuclear enrichmentproject is being usedto make an atomicbomb and haswarned it couldlaunch a strike tostop Tehran. Iransays its nuclearprogramme is for ci-vilian purposes.Hezbollah has longbeen seen as a

proxy for Iran and Syria and many analysts believethat in the event of an Israeli attack on Iran, Hezbollahcould return fire.“The days when we were forced from our homes and

they were not forced from theirsare over,” Nasrallah said, tocheers from a crowd of support-ers watching his speech.“The days when we were afraidand they were not are over,” hesaid. “And we say to them: Thetime has come when we will re-main and you will be the oneswho disappear.” Hezbollah isboth a powerful political partyand militant group in Lebanonand fought a war with Israel in2006. The group claimed it wona victory even though Lebanonsuffered high casualties andmany areas were heavilybombed.

US demonizesIslam to sell

ArmsThe US has em-barked on incitingIslamophobia asits post-Sovietagenda, in anattempt to create aglobal market forits arms produc-tion, an Americanpolitical analysttells Press TV.In a Friday interview, RalphSchoenman, an author andcommentator, argued, “Withthe collapse of the SovietUnion, the entire rationale forthe hundreds of billions ofdollars that are allocated tothe Pentagon and to the mili-tary, which is the largest fac-tor in the entire capitalisteconomy, had been re-moved.”“US imperialism, which is theprimary sponsor of the Israelistate, incorporated that notionof the necessity to demonizeIslam and to create a rationalefor permanent war in the re-gion, and adapted it as thewhole rationale for US capi-talism and imperialism itself inits military projects,” the ana-lyst pointed out.“It's the entire … rationale forimperialism; for perpetual waron the peoples of the region;to seize their oil; to destroytheir sovereignty; to break upthe nations into ethnic andreligious components,”Schoenman added.

Furore in Pak over Veena Malik sippingalcohol in public with Indian director

alcohol in public, after nine such picturesappeared in the media. Whether this is 'reallove' or yet another publicity stunt by thePakistani starlet...only time will tell.The city qazi of Lucknow Maulana Abul IrfanMiyan told India TV that the protests againstVeena Malik in Pakistan were justified, andthe Pakistani actress should be sent backto her country. Veena Malik is on a workingvisa in Mumbai to act in Bollywood films."These pictures are not those of a religiousMuslim woman. These pictures appear tobe those of Jewish and Christian women",said the city qazi.-----: India Tv

A person holds up a picture of Dima Farah, who was killed in Thursday’s suicide bombattack, in front of her coffin during her funeral at the Mar Elias monastery in Damascus May

12, 2012. Two suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus onThursday, state media said, the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since an uprising

against President Bashar al-Assad began 14 months ago.

Afghan peace council member shot deadAuthorities said a gunman has shot and killed a top member of the Afghan peace council in Kabul. Itis another blow to efforts to negotiate a political resolution to the decade-long war. Mohammad Zahir,who is head of the Kabul police department’s criminal investigation division, said former Talibanofficial-turned-Afghan peace negotiator Arsala Rahmani was killed on Sunday in the western part ofthe city. Mr. Zahir said an unknown attacker in a vehicle fatally shot Mr. Rahmani, who was travellingin another vehicle on his way to work.

Syria, Terror gripped cities across Syria onSunday as residents came under attack by

shelling and gunfire, opposition activists said.Many homes caught fire as Syrian forces stormed Hama, the oppo-sition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. At least eight peoplewere killed in the western city, according to Local Coordination Com-mittees of Syria, an opposition network.

Explosions were also heard near the southern city of Douma andnear a government security branch in the eastern Deir Ezzor prov-ince, the observatory said.The Syrian conflict has also heightened historic tensions across theborder in Tripoli, Lebanon, where at least one Lebanese civilian andone Lebanese soldier were killed Sunday in clashes between fac-tions supporting and opposing the uprising in Syria, Lebanon's Na-tional News Agency reported. The fighting in Lebanon took placebetween residents of Bab al-Tebbaneh, a Sunni stronghold hostileto the Syrian regime, and Alawite residents of Jabal Mohsen whosupport Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Shelling, gunfire tormentresidents across SyriaShaikh Mohammed

to lead UAE team toGCC Summit

ABU DHABI - The President, His HighnessShaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, hasassigned His Highness ShaikhMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAEand Ruler of Dubai, to lead the UAE’s del-egation to the Gulf Cooperation Council’sconsultative summit being held in Riyadhon Monday (today).The President said this while receivingShaikh Mohammed and His HighnessShaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi,Member of the Supreme Council and Rulerof Fujairah, at Al Bateen Palace in AbuDhabi

People march past the Unknown Soldier's monument during a torchlight procession to askfor the release of the Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, in Rome.Latorre and Girone, detained by an Indian court, are accused of having shot to death two

Indian fishermen from the Italian cargo vessel Enrica Lexie, mistaking the fishing boat for apirate ship. The banners read 'Give us back our Lions', left, and 'Free Now'.

‘Bill Clinton dubbedObama incompetent'NEW YORK: Former USPresident Bill Clintondubbed Barack Obama"incompetent" andpressed wife Hillary to quither job as secretary ofstate to challenge the in-cumbent president in theprimaries, a new bookhas claimed."The country needs you!" theformer president had told HillaryClinton, urging her to run thisyear, according to accounts ofthe conversation included in Ed-ward Klein's new biography ofObama. Obama, Bill Clinton hadsaid, according to excerpts,"doesn't know how to be presi-dent" and is "incompetent".The title of Klein's explosive ,unauthorized biography ofObama, 'The Amateur' , wastaken directly from Bill Clinton'sbombshell criticism of the presi-

dent, the author said. "BarackObama," Clinton said, "is anamateur." The withering criticismis incredible , given the fact thatBill Clinton is actively campaign-ing for Obama's re-election , theNew York Post said.According to the book, BillClinton unloaded on Obama andpressed Hillary to run against herboss during a gathering in the ex-president's home office inChappaqua last August that in-cluded longtime friends. "Theeconomy's a mess, it's dead flat.America has lost its Triple-A rat-ing . . . You know better thanObama does," Bill had said.Hillary resisted the entreaties,according to two of the guestsinterviewed. "Why risk every-thing now?" a sceptical Hillarysaid, emphasising that shewanted to leave a legacy as sec-retary of state.

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Mumbai, For the first time since the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, a cricket team from Pakistan could be invitedto play in a tournament in India. A working committee meeting of the BCCI approved a proposal in Chennai yesterday toextend an invitation to Pakistan’s domestic T20 winners, Sialkot Stallions, for the Champions League tournament inIndia in October. BCCI vice-president and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said that extendingthe invitation was subject to approval of the Centre. Since 26/11, bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan havebeen suspended. The only time the two countries have played each other on Indian soil was when Pakistan lost to Indiain the semifinal of the World Cup in Mohali last year. However, that was an International Cricket Council (ICC) event.

Elizabeth Pelton with Rachel Bootsma as they tie for the win in the women's100m backstroke final during the 2012 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix at

Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte.

Awesome City

Manchester City's Edin Dzeko center, surrounded by team mem-bers, lifts the English Premier League trophy after their match againstQueens Park Rangers at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England.

'Well done Fedex'Swiss Roger Federer (L) holds his trophy while speaking to US ac-tor Will Smith after winning the final tennis match of the Madrid Mas-ters against Czech Tomas Berdych at the Magic Box (Caja Magica)sports complex in Madrid. Federer won 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Cricket ties may resume,

BCCI approves invite to Pak T20 team

Defending Champi-ons have their taskcut out in the tworemaining games.

Once again, Chennai SuperKings find themselves in a hole,not as deep as the one they bur-rowed into in the previous two IPLeditions, still cavernous enoughto warrant drastic corrective ac-tion. After a listless middle phase,Chennai registered wins on thebounce – against RajasthanRoyals and Delhi Daredevils –and need to hold it together foranother couple of matches tosqueeze into the qualifiers.The games in hand are againstthe strong Kolkata Knight Riders,to be played at the Eden Gardenson Monday, and Kings XI Punjab,to be played at picturesque

Will Super Kings rule again?Dharamsala - the site of Chennai’s rousing 2010 win, which M.S.Dhoni and S. Badrinath engineered via a magnificent heist chasinga huge target. Success from this tight corner will hardly be a walk inthe park. KKR have performed like genuine title contenders andPunjab too have everything to play for. But Chennai have emergedunscathed from trying circumstances earlier, each time answeringthe call for something special with superlative performances.

Hussey propelsPunjab to stunning

win over HyderabadMOHALI: Team Punjab literally dug a hole forthemselves after conceding 190 runs to TeamHyderabad before coming up with an edge-of-the-seat chase to win the IPL tie by four wicketsin Mohali on Sunday.

Skipper David Hussey's grittyknock of 65 runs and some latehitting by the lower order en-sured that the hosts stay alive inthe league. Just when the hopesof Punjab chasing down the to-tal began receding, all-rounderGurkeerat Mann (29*) came outof nowhere to hit 16 runs (a sixand two fours) off the last fourballs to gain a crucial victory.Punjab now need to win at leasttwo out of the remaining threeleague games to stay in playoffcontention. Much to their cha-grin, Hyderabad once again lostthe plot after posting a huge to-tal. Conceding 53 runs in the lastfour overs did them in withManpreet Gony and DanielChristian drawing the flak in theend. Earlier, the home team al-lowed the visitors to post adaunting total. Shikhar Dhawanand Cameron White made bat-ting look easy as they scored 96runs for the third wicket.

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com-m e n t -ing on her re-lationship status andrumours of link-ups with B-Town boys Ranbir and Shahid Kapoor."I am waiting to become a lesbian," shejokes.Everything fine with RK Reacting to re-ports that her "Rockstar" co-star and'good friend' RK stopped talking to herand avoids taking her calls, Nargis, whohad been away in New York on a long holi-day, remarks, "There were news reports likethat? That's news to me. Everything is regu-lar with us. Obviously, during the making ofthe film, you spend so much time with the per-son and now all of us are so busy...."No time for family, friends "It was nice to take abreak. It gets very stressful when you are living

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I am dating SiddharthNational award winning actress Vidya Balan hasfinally come out about her relationship with majorproduction company head Siddharth Roy Kapoorbut says she is in no hurry to get married to him"I don't have any plans yet... and there is no en-gagement ring yet. It's a while away and I am inno hurry. But it's on my mind and there is a plan atsome point. There is someone in my life," Vidyatold in an interview.When asked whether she is dating the UTV mov-ies honcho, Vidya said, "I will admit that I am dat-ing him but not beyond that."

Aamir to connectthrough radio!

After being widely appreciated for hisTV show Satyamev Jayate, AamirKhan will now connect with millionsof radio listeners in a programmecalled Dil Pe Lagi Aur Baat Bani.

Satyamev Jayate is a copyof my show: Rakhi SawantAmidst praises for Aamir Khan's de-but TV show Satyamev Jayate, itemgirl Rakhi Sawant has accused theactor of stealing the concept from hershow.

Jannat 2 at the Box Office!Emraan Hashmi newest film Jannat 2 is doing verywell at the box office and has already started makingprofits in the opening weekend itself. On Friday,Jannat 2 saw a superb opening. The music of thefilm and its promotion did the magic. The movie wasmade at a cost of Rs 16-17 crore and its weekendcollection was Rs 23 crore, in India

SRK– Ajay come together in Rohit’s next!If rumors are to be believed, Bollywood’s two biggest stars, SRKand Ajay, will soon be seen together, sharing screen space in RohitShetty’s next. The film is a Karan Johar’s banner! Karan Johar andRohit Shetty have decided to collaberate recently, and ever sincethen, speculations over who’ll play the male lead in the film havebeen doing the rounds. Well, Karan’s all time favorite is ShahrukhKhan, while Rohit’s favorite is Ajay Devgan. Buzz is that both SRKand Ajay have agreed to work together.