Celebrating Eid

Most parts of the world including India celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr yesterday 21st September Monday. This marks the end of the month of Ramadan and the start of the next month Shawwal. Due to heavy rains in most parts of the country especially Kerala, Eid Garhs were cancelled and prayers were held within the mosque itself.

On the day of Eid, Muslims wake up much early to perform their ‘Subah’ namaz after which they have a slight food so as to mark the end of the holy month. New dresses are worn and special prayers are offered at mosques and huge grounds along with wishing and embracing brothers and loved ones. Special blessings are asked to the Lord Almighty and this day marks the polishing of relationships and so relatives get together spend time and enjoy exchanging their thoughts and being in touch.

This day symbolizes many thoughts including peace of congregation, moral victory, brotherhood unity, forgiveness as well as fellowship.

UAE Celebrates Eid on Sunday, Confirms the Moon Sighting Committee

Tomorrow, 20th September will be the great day for Musalmans in UAE as they will be celebrating Eid Al Fitr as confirmed by the Moon Sighting Committee today. It is also considered as Shawwal 1 and this was announced at a press conference by Minister of Justice, Dr. Hadef Jua’an Al Daheri.

At 8.15pm the official message was announced after an hour and half meeting with the committee at the Judiciary Department of AbuDhabi Government. They also supported the decision with clarifications from the committee from UAE as well as the adjacent countries.

At the same time, he also greeted the other members including His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as well as the Vice President and Prime of Minister of UAE, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on this auspicious occasion.

The committee also confirmed the same only after an intense approval from the Saudi Arabian committees of sighting moon over there to celebrate this special occasion.

Lailatul Qadr was observed on 17th by Muslims all across

Lailatul Qadr, the Mystic Night also known as the Night of Power was witnessed by Muslims all across the globe except in some parts. It is actually an off day among the last ten days of Ramadan and 27th eve being considered very pious. The revelation of the Almighty was brought down by Gabriel to Propher Muhammed (PBUH) on this very night.

This holy night is considered to be far better than One thousand nights as Allah heard who pray, recite Quran and go on with dikr the entire night until dawn. It is during this night that the angels are known to be coming down to this earth with instructions and bounties from the Almighty. There are also opinions that the descending of the scriptural amalgam started along the mid Shahban and ends up with the Mystical night.

Always keep your Ibadat on the peak during these 10 days leaving aside all the other works you have to collect all that you can to take along with you while you go away from this world to the real World. These 10 days are the most significant of all where you can wash off your sins and impurities to transform yourself to a new person as a whole.

45 Acres Offered by the West Bengal Govt to Infosys, Wipro

On Thursday, the Government of West Bengal called up the two major IT Giants, Infosys and Wipro to come up with two centers at the Rajarhat along the north eastern part of Kolkata. Along with his call, he also assured to give away 45 acres to each one of them.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the CM of West Bengal said, "I'm proposing today (Thursday), through the media, that we are ready to give 45 acres of land each to Wipro and Infosys. If they agree to the proposal, they can come and immediately take possession of the land and start new centers." He conveyed this at the press conference which was held at state headquarters of CPI-M.

Bhattacharjee also conveyed that he will be giving off the land on lease to both the companies.

"These companies can create 16,000 jobs in two years. I already had a talk with my cabinet colleagues, IT Minister Debesh Das, Housing Development Minister Gautam Deb and others about the proposal. We will start talking to the companies. The price of the land will be negotiated with them,"

About the venue, he conveyed that the place had enough market complexes, road facilities as well as housing areas to enlighten up the entire concept.

"Now the state government will talk to these companies with the proposal. We can immediately hand over the proposed land to them (Wipro and Infosys).

"A few months back we'd identified land near Vedic Village area to set up an IT township there. But we didn't have any idea that they were acquiring land with muscle power and also with the help of some anti-social elements. Some unfortunate things also happened there... I was little upset with that," he said.

3 Days Harvest for Flyers: Airfares Slashed 50%

The Jet Airways were the first ones to introduce this new offer of slashing the ticket rates to 50% due to their tremendous loss owing to the strike last week. The next and spontaneous move was administered by the other airlines in India stating the same cutting down the rates for the coming three days.

According to one of the estimations it has been stated that the bookings of Jet Airways tickets tumbled down from 23,000 to 7,500 in a single day. The new proposal for the flyers by the airways was “50% discount on total fare (economy class)”. This was valid on all the domestic flights which were operating across Jet Airways as well as Jet Konnect and this travel will have a life until 18th of September, 2009.

This walk out has taken out the toll for the airlines determining a total loss of more than Rs.200 crores, approximately $40 million.

Serena Williams Fined $10,000 for Abusing the Line Judge

The US Open Organizers fined the great player, Serena Williams for her tirade which was shown to the line judge on losing the semi-final against Kim Clijsters.

"Inappropriate and unprofessional" was the two words which pointed her attitude and this was conveyed by the WTA Tour Chief Stacey Allaster. She also added to comment on this as:

"No matter what the circumstances, no player should be allowed to engage in such behaviour without suffering consequences. Serena is a great player who has done so much for our sport and I am certain she will continue to be a role model to millions of young women who want to play the game and excel as Serena has done. As a role model, it's important for a leader like Serena to step forward and recognize her behavior last night was unacceptable."

Williams was already handed with the code violation for racquet abuse, she just bursted out at the line judge by just moving by to her. All this happened when the wild card Belgian was waiting for the next point. She was subjected to point penalty which was the next height of punishment given after the first violation and thus Clijsters won the match. Also, the $10,000 has been the greatest on-site penalty which could be issued to any Grand Slam Tennis tournament.

Later, Serena Williams turned out to apologize for her fault and even told that she was also human. She added to her statement:

"Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job," her statement read. Now that I have had time to gain my composure, I can see that, while I don't agree with the unfair line call, in the heat of battle I let my passion and emotion get the better of me and as a result handled the situation poorly.”

"I would like to thank my fans and supporters for understanding that I am human and I look forward to continuing the journey, both professionally and personally, with you all as I move forward and grow from this experience."

Lisa Ray Suffering from Cancer

The Canadian Beauty who ruled several hearts through the film Water by Deepa Mehta has revealed in her blog that she is suffering from an incurable disease, Multiple Myeloma which is the cancer of bone marrow. She has also positively responded to this fact and has also taken pledges to fight against it as Lisa does believe that it is curable.

You can go in and check out more personal aspects about Lisa Ray in her blog. She was diagnosed on June 23rd and has also started with her first set of treatments which were available.

She would like to set out an example to all those who suffer from cancer as the facts are to be first learned, accepted and must be fought forth. Lisa is also suffering from terrible fatigue, tiredness and drop of Hb count leading to pale and exhausted life.

Triumph by His Highness Sheikh Muhammad with Metro Rail Opened on 09-09-09 at 09:09:09

The longest ever automated metro rail was inaugurated today in Dubai at 9 pm and something smart is that the inauguration was done at 09:09:09 . Being a special day, 09-09-09 the promise made by Sheikh Muhammad was completed with this ceremony. The track has been evaluated to be that of 43 miles or 70 km.

The superb opening was in the midst of recession taking its toll in the nation. The metro rail would certainly serve people freeing them from the immense still traffic which makes the travel worse across the city.

The concept was evolved when the economy was booming and even the eight-lane traffic at Sheikh Zayed Highway was bumper to bumper from morning till evening. Now, it was brought live when most of the traffic congestions have been reduced due to the economic crisis and other problems faced by the nation as a whole.

This new venture is focusing on the future and will make the transportation unique, cozy and comfortable. Apart from being convenient, the administration has also made serious steps to make the entire travel luxurious, women friendly as well as commuters-centric. According to one of the research, it is expected that around 200 million passengers would be depending on metro rail every year.

09th September, 2009 has been a great day for the people of Dubai as the new concept and its opening to the public the next day, which is tomorrow, might bring a fresh, new hassle free and special day from then.

Raju, the founder of Satyam Suffers Cardiac Arrest in Jail

B. Ramalinga Raju, the founder of Satyam Computer Services Limited was rushed to the hospital Monday night after administration of first aid in the Hyderabad’s Chanchalguda jail as he complained of slight chest pain. He was taken to jail along with the other seven who were accused of Rs. 78 billion fraud alterations. Presently, he is at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences.

According to the Doctors, his situation has been claimed to be stable after continuous and effective care given at the ICU by them. In jail, he was suffering from Hepatitis B and was undergoing treating for it.

It was only recently on January 7, he admitted of having been done the accounting fraud of Rs. 78 billion along with seven others. The court has put up cheating and criminal conspiracy on his Raju and the others including his brother Rama Raju who was also the former managing director

Andhra Pradesh CM, YSR Dies in Plane Crash

Finally the search ends up now after finding 5 bodies in the crash site at the hill. This proves no survivors resulting from this crash as the traveled were 5 and the same bodies found. The helicopter wreckage was found at the Rudrakonda hill.

It is a complete state of shock for the entire state and a real loss for the nation. Family and friends are just numb and yet to come out of the frizzy situation as it has turned out to be unbelievable for all.

The sources also announced that the CM's body was taken from the site of wreckage and will be further taken for postmortem to be done very soon.

With the biggest-ever search conducted by the nation, only the dead bodies were found which lead to an entire distress across the country.

YSR’s Chopper Found on a Hill in Kurnool

After the passing of daylight and moonlight, finally the helicopter traveled by Andhra CM has been found. It was traced on top of a hill which was thickly forested in the Kurnool District and the exact location has been pointed to be Nallamalla.

A small clue on the Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy’s missing issue was received around 24 hours after the contact of helicopter to the control room was lost. This news was delivered by a defence official this morning.

The official also added on to the finding saying, “"We have located the helicopter. It is on top of a hill at a distance of 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool. We are trying to find out if there are survivors. We are not sure if it has crashed or not. "Two Indian Air Force helicopters are over the location trying to find a place to land. Since it is a jungle it is difficult to land there."

CM was traveling from Hyderabad to Chittoor on an eight seater Bell chopped and he started at 8.35am and was accompanied by a chief security office and his secretary. It was by 9.27 am the contact with the control room was lost from the helicopter and since then the search had been going through. As the hours passed by, this particular search marked out to be the biggest search-operation in the entire nation involving the satellites, remote sensing aircrafts, unmanned aerial vehicles, fighter jets, barefoot deer-hunting tribals who came up with bows and arrows and even troops on ground.

‘Grassroot Grammy’ won by A.R Rahman

A.R Rahman, the King of music wins yet another honor after Oscars, the 'Grassroot Grammy’. The Just Plain Folks 2009 Music Awards ceremony was conducted in the U.S and he won the top prize for the soundtrack which he played in “Godfather”, the Tamil film which was categorized under “Best Indian Album” category. The others nominated were Ilayaraja and Krosswindz, the Bangla band.

The Just Plain Folks 2009 Music Awards have 50,000 members all across the globe and they were set up to lend their helping hand to the grassroot musicians and songwriters via different means including networking, education and even promos.

Apart from this he bagged the third place in yet another nomination for the ‘Best Indian Song’ which he composed for a Radio Mix called ‘Innisai’ featured from ‘Godfather’. In the ‘Best Indian Album’ nominees, “Music Journey: Live in Italy” by Ilayaraja came up to the third position.

The award was so huge that it was a collaborated effort and it surely did shine by availing responses from across 163 countries.

Search for Andhra Chief Ministry, Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy Continues

False information about the finding of Andhra CM was passed across the nation recently to get off with the hype. The news flashed all over making the media person alert and all the news channels hoping up with this particular missing issue. This is what forced me to spread this news and I apologize for the same.

After eight hours of immense search for the Chief Minister, there is no clue left behind on what actually happened with Reddy. His helicopter lost contact along the densely forested area of Kurnool this morning. It was an 8 seater helicopter along with spare engine and was carrying YSR (as the CM is known), his secretary, security officer and two pilots. He was traveling from Hyderabad to Chittoor through Kurnool which was near to Tamil Nadu.

YSR is also the fifth time elected member to the state assembly. Apart from this, he has also not lost a single election till date.

Missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Found

Today, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Rajsekhara Reddy was known to be missing and frantic search was being conducted across the nation by the security agencies as well as Army helicopters. After two hours of search, he has been reported to be back at his guest house at Kurnool district.

The sources have reported that contact with CM has been established and he has been taken to the guest house. Even though the situation was solved off, confirmation from the office of CM has not been reported yet.

According to the officials, the landing of Reddy was confined to be at 1045 hrs IST in Chittor. The reason for the late landing has been said to be due to bad weather conditions which resulted in emergency landing at Kurnool district. The reason for failure in contacting the other side was due to the thick forest coverage and bad mobile connectivity. This has caused frizziness in and across the nation. Even though the news was confirmed as positively reported, it has yet to be established.

Kerala Celebrates Onam Today

Onam- ‘The Festival of Flowers’ brings joy to every heart. Keralites celebrates Onam today all across and people are happy to be part of this festival. “Pookkalam” is the major attraction of this celebration and it is also known as the “Harvest Festival of Kerala”.

The Chief Minister of Kerala today passed out the message that:” Onam is a festival which recalls days of love, charity, friendship, peach and prosperity”. This celebration is not confined to just this state, instead Malayalees all across the globe celebrate this occasion enduring peace and harmony everywhere.

Kids are the most excited ones during Onam putting on their best traditional wear, "Onakodi" making them as cute and cuddling as they should be.

President, Pratibha Patel also conveyed the special message on this harvest festival. She said: “On the joyous occasion of Onam, I extend my warmest greetings to everyone, especially to all my brothers and sisters in Kerala”. The communiqué also said that "May the auspicious harvest festival, which underlines the importance of agriculture in our country, inspire us to work for the progress and prosperity of our nation and to promote harmony and compassion in our country,"

Kamal Hassan into Completing 5 Decades in the Indian Cinema

Kamal Hassan is the real Legend in the field of acting and can you imagine 28 awards for Best Actor awards in 5 decades? He started off as a small kid and the song was hit known as “Ammavum Neeye Appavum Neeye..” which means “You are my mother and you are my father.” It was a popular number which people remember even today.

“Nayagan” was yet another establishment by Kamal Hassan which was rated among the “All time 100 Great Movies in World Cinema” by Times Magazine. It is of course a tough job to remain as popular as it was for five decades in this world of movie making where luck stands out to be a major part in the success.

He has entered into all positions of movie making and acted in four different languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Some of his best hits were Indrudu Chandrudu, Indian, Nayagan, Anbe Sivam, Thevar Magan, Michael Madan Kama Rajan, Dhashavadharam, Hey Ram, and Avvai Shanmughi.

Kamal Hassan is the best actor the Indian Cinema had and every single role he takes would always be something different and will have never done before concepts. I have a perfect example, in fact examples with me of the role he did in Avvai Shanmughi, he acted a lady and he surpassed the role in such a way that it was difficult to find out whether it was a real woman or Hassan himself. There are few other examples too including Indian, Dhashavadaran (where he did 10 different roles) and even Michael Madan Kama Rajan.