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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday proposed to enhance the income tax exemption limit to Rs.1.8 lakh (Rs.180,000 or $4,000) for the next financial year, from Rs.1.6 lakh now.

While proposing to raise the income tax limit to Rs 1.80 lakh for general tax payers and Rs 2.5 lakh for senior citizens, the Minister in his budget proposals for 2011-12 has lowered the age for senior citizens to 60 years from 65 years now.

Besides, a new category of "very senior" citizens of 80 years and above has been introduced with no tax on their income upto Rs five lakh.

For general tax payers, the measure will result in "a uniform tax relief of Rs 2,000", Mukherjee said.

Senior citizens will get tax exemption for income up to Rs 2.5 lakh, higher from Rs 2.4 lakh now.

Introducing a new tax slab for very senior citizens (80 years and above), Mukherjee said, they will not have to pay any tax for annual income up to Rs 5 lakh.

However, income of very senior citizens between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 8 lakh will attract a tax of 20 per cent and above Rs 8 lakh 30 per cent.

The general tax payers will have to pay 10 per cent tax on income between Rs 1.8 lakh and Rs 5 lakh; 20 per cent between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 8 lakh; and 30 per cent on income above Rs 8 lakh.

The exemption limit for women tax payers will be Rs 1.9 lakh. They will have to pay 10 per cent tax on income between Rs 1.9 lakh and Rs 5 lakh; 20 per cent between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 8 lakh; and 30 per cent for income above Rs 8 lakh.

In case of senior citizens (between 60 and 80 years), the exemption limit has been raised to Rs 2.5 lakh from Rs 2.4 lakh. They will have to pay 10 per cent on income between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh; 20 per cent between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 8 lakh; and 30 per cent on income above Rs 8 lakh.

For very senior citizens (80 years and above), there will be no tax on income up to Rs 5 lakh. They will have to pay 20 per cent on income between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 8 lakh and 30 per cent above Rs 8 lakh.

Air travel is to become costlier with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee increasing service tax on air travel in the federal budget for 2011-12 Monday.

Mukherjee said service tax levy would go up by Rs.50 on domestic travel while it would be increased by Rs.250 on international travel in economy class.

In July last year, the ministry had put a cap on service tax in case of domestic flights at 10 percent of the gross (total) value of the ticket, or Rs.100 per travel, whichever is less, and 10 percent of the gross value of the ticket, or Rs.500 on international travel by economy class.

Mukherjee said incomes below 180,000 rupees won’t be taxed from the next financial year, increasing the threshold from 160,000 rupees. He also announced a 1 percent interest-rate subsidy for housing loans of up to 1.5 million rupees.

The finance ministry estimates that India produces about 10 percent less electricity than it needs, and roads, which handle 65 percent of the nation’s cargo, are plagued by single lanes and irregular surfaces, boosting the cost of goods and services.

To ease infrastructure bottlenecks and reduce inflationary pressures, India plans to spend 23 percent more on roads, ports and power and increase the limit for foreign institutional investment in infrastructure bonds to $25 billion from $5 billion, Mukherjee said.

India will also allow companies to issue tax-free bonds worth 300 billion rupees to finance infrastructure projects, the minister said.
Food Storage

The country will build capacity to store 4 million metric tons of food grain by March 31, 2012, Mukherjee said, to help boost farm supplies and drive down food prices. The minister said he has directed commercial banks to step up loans to farmers by 27 percent to 4.75 trillion rupees.

Singapore plans to spend S$6.6 billion ($5.2 billion) on benefits including tax cuts and rebates, the government said on Feb. 18. In Hong Kong, relief measures announced this month to help residents cope with inflation included an electricity subsidy and a waiver of property rates.

Mukherjee has room to maneuver in next year’s budget because less bonds are due for repayment and the government in May earned 677.2 billion rupees from the sale of third- generation phone licenses to companies including Vodafone Group Plc, more than the budgeted 350 billion rupees.

The government needs to repay 741.3 billion rupees in the coming fiscal year, compared with 1.12 trillion rupees in the 12 months through March, according to the finance ministry.
Asset Sales

India aims to raise 400 billion rupees from the sale of stakes in state-run companies, Mukherjee said. Proposed sales of stakes in Indian Oil Corp., the country’s biggest refiner, and Steel Authority of India Ltd., its second-largest producer of the alloy, may help raise about 104 billion rupees next fiscal year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Tax revenue is also getting a fillip as economic growth accelerates. Gross collections may rise 25 percent to 9.32 trillion rupees in the financial year starting April 1, Mukherjee estimated.

India will maintain the excise tax rate at 10 percent, refraining from raising the levy to the 12 percent level that existed before the global financial crisis to help boost investment, the minister said.

He said the government plans to increase the service tax on air travel and will extend the levy to include new businesses such as air-conditioned hospitals.

India’s $1.3 trillion economy may expand by as much as 9.25 percent in the next financial year, the fastest pace since 2008, the annual Economic Survey prepared by advisers to Mukherjee said on Feb. 25.

Today is the big event for the Oscar Awards 2011, but tonight is not just for the stars expect an Academy Award but also for the people who support movies all over the world. Expect millions of people will watch Academy Awards live and online to see if Natalie Portman wins the Best Actress award, which film will get the best picture award of the Oscar 2011 and of course to see how Anne Hathaway and James Franco perform as the hosts of the evening.

Many people is asking what is the start time of the Oscars 2011 and what channel will be showing the whole event. Base on the official website of the Academy Awards, the Oscar red carpet coverage will be starting at 6PM ET and you can tune in to E! along with Giuliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest.

The Oscar 2011 awarding starts at 8PM ET and it will be airing live on ABC only. For the prediction in the upcoming Oscar awards, The Social Network , Natalie Portman and James Franco could be the big winner on this event.

Actress Kareena Kapoor, Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films, is the youngest daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita .

Kareena has cemented her position at the top once again, as she was recently declared 'Bollywood's Sexiest Woman' by the leading magazine 'Stardust'.

The March issue of 'Stardust' features the top 10 sexiest women in the film industry and after an extensive research and reader response, Stardust ranked Kareena Kapoor as 'Bollywood's Sexiest Woman'.

An event was held where the latest issue of Stardust with the glamorous actor on the cover was unveiled.

The event was hosted by Rohit Roy and the issue was unveiled by Kareena Kapoor and Mr. Nari Hira. Rohit then threw a volley of questions at the sexy actor about her new title, the magazine photoshoot and what 'being sexy' means to her.

Watch Destiny Group Tri Nation Big Show live stream from ATN Bangla and Baishakhi Channel only on NewsJamz.com. The Tri Nation Big Show is going to the biggest Bollywood event ever held in Bangladesh.

The Tri Nation Big Show will be a side event for the world cup and it will be a coordination of the cultures from all three host countries, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Destiny Group has signed deal with ATN Events to make this big program a successful one. The program will be held in the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 18 from 4 pm to 10 pm as the officials confirm. This joint venture, the ATN Destiny Group concert has a greater goal, to collect money for the BCB which they promise to hand over after the event and they thanked BCB for extending their supporting hand. This is going to be highlighted event as it is the first time people will be seeing Katrina-Salman-Akshay in Bangladesh performing together. The tri nation big show in Bangladesh is also going to feature some more stars like Pritam, Sakib Khan, Raima Sen and more.

The stars were supposed to land on Bangladesh on February 18 followed by the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. But it was too big a challenge to provide security and arrange two such big events together. So the program was postponed to February 24 after a discussion with the Honorable Prime Minister.

The officials are hoping that the Tri Nation Big Show in Dhaka during the world cup will inspire the cricket fans of the country and keep the festival going on without any pause in it. So if you want to join log on here and enjoy the Tri Nation Big Show live streaming online. Watch Katrina Salman Akshay in Bangladesh rocking the people here with the live online streaming of the program.

The result of the Oscar in 2011 is very close to being announced. The Oscars 2011 will be an eagerly awaited this year’s films last year were very different and everyone has different opinions and ways to send their messages to viewers. This year, the result seemed at first Oscar will be full of Facebook the movie, the network was too low and the focus of both critics and audiences gave a very good response after release of the film. But the scene changed dramatically when the real drama, the King’s speech came on the sand. However, this film is to win all the prizes and also speaks of King Oscar is a leader in the number of candidates and hopes the film will also increase the number of Oscars, after the result comes out.

On the other hand another prestigious award, the award for best director will be among the nominees for the Oscar, for Black Swan Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell for The Fighter, Tom Hooper at the king’s, David Fincher for the network and Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit. Natalie Portman Black Swan is the main competitor for best actor for Javier Bardem Biutiful and Colin Firth for the network is in the list of nominees for best actor. The animated films will also note at the box office this award as the year was largely led by the animated film. This year, the main competitors for best animated film Toy Story 3 is, How to Train Your Dragon and The Illusionist.

The whole mystery of Oscar results will be announced Feb. 27 at home of Hollywood, Los Angeles. If interested check the Oscar nominees at a glance here.
 

Best Picture
‘Black Swan’
‘The Fighter’
‘Inception’
‘The Kids Are All Right’
‘The King’s Speech’
’127 Hours’
‘The Social Network’
‘Toy Story 3′
‘True Grit’
‘Winter’s Bone’
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky
‘Black Swan’
David O. Russell
‘The Fighter’
Tom Hooper
‘The King’s Speech’
David Fincher
‘The Social Network’
Joel and Ethan Coen
‘True Grit’
Best Actress
Annette Bening
‘The Kids Are All Right’
Nicole Kidman
‘Rabbit Hole’
Jennifer Lawrence
‘Winter’s Bone’
Natalie Portman
‘Black Swan’
Michelle Williams
‘Blue Valentine’
Best Actor
Javier Bardem
‘Biutiful’
Jeff Bridges
‘True Grit’
Jesse Eisenberg
‘The Social Network’
Colin Firth
‘The King’s Speech’
James Franco
’127 Hours’
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams
‘The Fighter’
Helena Bonham Carter
‘The King’s Speech’
Melissa Leo
‘The Fighter’
Hailee Steinfeld
‘True Grit’
Jacki Weaver
‘Animal Kingdom’
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale
‘The Fighter’
John Hawkes
‘Winter’s Bone’
Jeremy Renner
‘The Town’
Mark Ruffalo
‘The Kids Are All Right’
Geoffrey Rush
‘The King’s Speech’
Best Animated Feature Film
‘How to Train Your Dragon’
‘Illusionist’
‘Toy Story 3′
Best Foreign Language Film
‘Biutiful’
Mexico
‘Dogtooth’
Greece
‘In a Better World’
Denmark
‘Incendies’
Canada
‘Outside the law’
Algeria
Best Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh
‘Another Year’
Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
‘The Fighter’
Christopher Nolan
‘Inception’
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
‘The Kids Are All Right’
David Seidler
‘The King’s Speech’
Best Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
’127 Hours’
Aaron Sorkin
‘The Social Network’
John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
‘Toy Story 3′
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
‘True Grit’
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
‘Winter’s Bone’
Best Documentary Feature
‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’
‘Gasland’
‘Inside Job’
‘Restrepo’
‘Waste Land’
Best Original Song
‘Coming Home’ from ‘Country Strong’
Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
‘I See the Light’ from ‘Tangled’
Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
‘If I Rise’ from ’127 Hours’
Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
‘We Belong Together’ from ‘Toy Story 3′
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Original Score
‘How to Train Your Dragon’
John Powell
‘Inception’
Hans Zimmer
‘The King’s Speech’
Alexandre Desplat
’127 Hours’
A.R. Rahman
‘The Social Network’
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Film Editing
‘Black Swan’
Andrew Weisblum
‘The Fighter’
Pamela Martin
‘The King’s Speech’
Tariq Anwar
’127 Hours’
Jon Harris
‘The Social Network’
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
‘Alice in Wonderland’
Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas & Sean Phillips
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1′
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz & Nicolas Aithadi
‘Hereafter’
Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski & Joe Farrell
‘Inception’
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb
‘Iron Man 2′
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright & Daniel Sudick
Best Cinematography
‘Black Swan’
Matthew Libatique
‘Inception’
Wally Pfister
‘The King’s Speech’
Danny Cohen
‘The Social Network’
Jeff Cronenweth
‘True Grit’
Roger Deakins
Best Sound Mixing
‘Inception’
Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo & Ed Novick
‘The King’s Speech’
Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen & John Midgley
‘Salt’
Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan & William Sarokin
‘The Social Network’
Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten
‘True Grit’
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff & Peter F. Kurland
Best Sound Editing
‘Inception’
Richard King
‘Toy Story 3′
Tom Myers & Michael Silvers
‘Tron: Legacy’
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle & Addison Teague
‘True Grit’
Skip Lievsay & Craig Berkey
‘Unstoppable’
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Best Costume Design
‘Alice in Wonderland’
Colleen Atwood
‘I Am Love’
Antonella Cannarozzi
‘The King’s Speech’
Jenny Beavan
‘The Tempest’
Sandy Powell
‘True Grit’
Mary Zophres
Best Art Direction
‘Alice in Wonderland’
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I’
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
‘Inception’
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
‘The King’s Speech’
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
‘True Grit’
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Best Makeup
‘Barney’s Version’
Adrien Morot
‘The Way Back’
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk & Yolanda Toussieng
‘The Wolfman’
Rick Baker & Dave Elsey
Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Confession’ – Tanel Toom
‘The Crush’ – Michael Creagh
‘God of Love’ – Luke Matheny
‘Na Wewe’ – Ivan Goldschmidt
‘Wish 143′ – Ian Barnes & Samantha Waite
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘Killing in the Name’
‘Poster Girl’
‘Strangers No More’
‘Sun Comes Up’
‘The Warriors of Qiugang’
Best Short Film (Animated)
‘Day & Night’ – Teddy Newton
‘The Gruffalo’ – Jakob Schuh & Max Lang
‘Let’s Pollute’ – Geefwee Boedoe
‘The Lost Thing’ – Shaun Tan & Andrew Ruhemann
‘Madagascar, carnet de voyage’ – Bastien Dubois

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and stands as a symbol of eternal love.

Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Islamic and Indian architectural styles.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen.

The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer.

This historical summary of the Taj-Mahal story must be regarded with scepticism. It is highly probable that it is somewhat inaccurate and possible that it is totally misleading. For example,a certain Professor Oak (in his book "The Taj Mahal: The True Story") puts forward persuasive evidence, observations and interpretation that suggest the monument was originally a Hindu temple, palace of Tejo Mahalaya (Shiva), built long before the Shah Jahan came to power and that it was taken over by Jahan and 'developed' into, approximately, what we see today. Allegedly, Indira Gandhi's government tried to ban this book and some would say the Indian government has been politically motivated in suppressing this theory. Certainly the Taj Mahal is a great tourist money spinner with its present dramatic and romantic aura: the asset value might be greatly diminished if Oak's alternative account is correct. Furthermore, it is argued, publicising this 'true story' might alienate a substantial tranche of the electorate: the Muslims. There are chambers in the monument which, it seems, have remained unopened since Shah Jahan's time and which the professor believes could provide evidence to prove the account one way or another. Allegedly the Indian government will not allow an independent investigation within these chambers, and if that is the case it raises suspicions as to their motives. You must form your own opinion.

Taj Mahal

We are academic engineers, better at producing summaries and reports than historical research so what is offered here is a light hearted summary based on variants of the traditional story, inspired by our own encounter in 1976. It may be that we are describing a myth but it still makes a beautiful 'tale'.

The Tale:

The Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India must be one of the most magnificent and wondrous monuments created by man. We have been there and regard it as literally breathtaking, being the most beautiful, astonishing and inspiring sights that we have had the privilege of beholding. The focal point of the monument is constructed in white marble extravagantly inlaid with semi-precious stones and with calligraphed verses from the Quran (Koran). Major parts of the surrounding construction are built from sandstone, distinctively coloured red, in keeping with many other notable buildings of the district and period.

The architectural style is Persian but possibly surpasses any other of similar style at any time, in any part of the world, displaying an incredible intricacy of form and decoration throughout its huge entirety. It has become quite understandably a major tourist attraction and the area caters for international sight-seeing visitors with travel facilities, accommodation and formal tours. Yet none of this commercialisation detracts from the impressive spectacle. That summarises what the Taj Mahal is, but lets move on to recount why its there and how it became so exceptional.

The Taj' had its origins, so it is said, with one of the most romantic, but tragic, love stories of all times. It is surprising that the largely Hindu population perpetuates the romantic view (our experience indicated quite strongly that they do) since the hero and heroine are Muslims, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal. The Mughals (or Mongols) were historically cruel, ruthless rulers who, amongst many other radical activities, discriminated against and alienated the Hindus [did someone say that about the British too?]. Shah Jahan means King of the world and Mumtaz means the chosen one.

The Taj Mahal incorporates and expands on design traditions of Persian architecture and earlier Mughal architecture. Specific inspiration came from successful Timurid and Mughal buildings including; the Gur-e Amir (the tomb of Timur, progenitor of the Mughal dynasty, in Samarkand), Humayun's Tomb, Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb (sometimes called the Baby Taj), and Shah Jahan's own Jama Masjid in Delhi. While earlier Mughal buildings were primarily constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones, and buildings under his patronage reached new levels of refinement

Past records might suggest Pakistan have an edge – they have beaten Sri Lanka in each of their six encounters in the World Cups and have won their previous five games at the R Premadasa – but that will count for little. The two sides have not faced each other in cricket’s showpiece tournament since 1992, and the Premadasa has undergone extensive redevelopment. What will help Pakistan, though, is the relative lack of controversy surrounding the current team, a low-profile lead-up and the confidence of a recent series win, in New Zealand, behind them.

Sri Lanka’s advantage is that most of their players have had a taste of how the new track will fare during the domestic limited-over tournament held in January. Traditionally, this has been a bat-first venue, especially in day-night games where the team chasing has won only one of the past 13 matches, but it remains to be seen how the re-laid pitch fares .

Records will Broken in this Match:
1) Muttiah Muralitharan needs one more wicket to move past Wasim Akram’s tally of 55 wickets to become the second highest wicket-taker in World Cups.

2) Sri Lanka have never beaten Pakistan in six World Cup matches, though the two haven’t met in the competition since 1992.

3) One more stumping will take Skipper Kumara Sangakkara’s tally to eight, moving ahead of Adam Gilchrist and Moin Khan, with whom he current shares the record for most stumpings.

4) This is Afridi’s fourth World Cup, but he is yet to make a half-century.

Probable Teams:

Pakistan (probable): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi (capt), 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Abdur Rehman, 11 Shoaib Akhtar

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Chamara Kapugedera, 6 Thilan Samaraweera, 7 Angelo Mathews, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan

Match facts
Saturday February 26, 2011 (day/night)
Start time 14:30 local (09:00 GMT, 2pm PST)

India’s bid to win the World Cup after 28 years received another severe jolt on Friday after swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag sustained an injury during the team’s practice session.

Sehwag was immediately taken to dressing room for medical treatment.

Although the severity of the injury is yet to be ascertained, reports said that the batsman had to leave the session midway for some medical attention.

Earlier on Thursday, southpaw Yuvraj Singh injured his hand during nets, raising concerns about his fitness for the match against England.

Yuvraj picked up a minor injury on his hand after being hit by a delivery from bowler S Sreesanth, a cameraman said.

The explosive middle-order batsman was seen applying ice to the injury before he aborted the training session to seek medical attention.

Collector Released by Maoists.

Maoist rebels on Thursday reportedly released Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna in Orissa after over a week in captivity, sources said.

Earlier yesterday, the Maoists had released abducted Junior Engineer Pabitra Majhi. However, they made fresh demands and delayed Krishna's release.

The mediators Prof G Hargopal and Dandapani Mohanty were flown down to Koraput and then to Malkangiri in a helicopter. Their efforts finally bore the fruit.

According to TV reports in Odisha, Vineel Krishna was handed over to a group of journalists near Juliamba in Chitrakonda area. He is expected to reach the government guest house by tonight.

A collision involving a motorcycle and three buses in the Lincoln Tunnel on Thursday injured dozens of people and caused long delays for commuters heading into New York City, officials said.

Port Authority spokeswoman Jennifer Friedberg says the crash happened around 7:25 a.m., about three-quarters of the way toward Manhattan in the tunnel that connects New Jersey and New York City. The accident is under investigation.

The New York City Fire Department says the motorcycle rider was taken to Bellevue Hospital in very bad shape. The FDNY says there are also about 30 other injuries, but none are life-threatening. About half the injured were sent to hospitals.

Port Authority police are having traffic behind the crash site back up to the New Jersey side of the tunnel.

There are extensive traffic delays because only two lanes are open.

Ricky Ponting, Australian team captain, the captain of World Cup holders, is facing a charge for allegedly damaging a television set in the dressing room after he was dismissed during his side's victory over Zimbabwe.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) told Reuters on Wednesday that it had received a report on the incident from the BCCI after it was sent to them by the Gujarat Cricket Association which oversees the sport in Ahmedabad where Monday's game took place.

"We expect to make a decision later on Wednesday about possible charges," ICC spokesman James Fitzgerald said.

On Monday, Ponting was run out by a direct hit from the deep by Zimbabwe's Chris Mpofu in the Group A clash between the two teams.

An agitated Ponting was seen talking angrily to himself as he walked back to the dressing room and, in a state of fury, threw his gear, which accidentally hit the LCD monitor.

Ponting, Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) officials claimed, immediately apologised and requested the authorities for a replacement, said the Australian team's media manager Lachy Paterson.

Sat Feb 19 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 IST 1st Match, Group B - Bangladesh v India Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A

Bangladesh vs India

Match on: 19th Feb 11
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Match Predicted on: 02nd February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

First match will be really interesting as this match will pass through sudden twist and turns. This time Bangladesh have to do really hard work. But left handed batsmen and bowlers of Bangladesh have the capability to bring unexpected twist and turn in this match. As far as concern about India, stars are in comparatively better position but it may not that India will sleep over the mtter. India has to do hard work and extra efforts. Due to unexpected twist and turn India will have to face complex situation for the short while and their confidence may shake. Starting half an hour match will be very tough and crucial and this situation will decide the scenario of the match. But the senior batsmen of India will make the situation better and with the hard work and great efforts India will win this match.
Sun Feb 20 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A

Kenya vs New Zealand

Match on: 20th Feb 11
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Match Predicted on: 05th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

This time Kenya will perform beyond expectation. Kenya will attempt this match with admirable performance and get many lucky chances to score well and on another hand New Zealand will provide tough competition and winner will be New Zealand. There are chances that 42% Kenya and 58% New Zealand will win this match
Sun Feb 20 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST 3rd Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Canada Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota N/A

Sri Lanka vs Canada

Match on: 20th Feb 11
Venue: Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
Match Predicted on: 05th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

The match will be full of entertainment. In this match, Sri Lank will dominate. If they bats first they will make good score for competitors. Canada will work hard but will not survive t the ground till end of 50 overs and match will be in favour of Sri Lanka. There are chances that 60% chances for Sri Lanka nd 40 % chances for Canada to win this match.
Mon Feb 21 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 4th Match, Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad N/A

Australia vs Zimbabwe

Match on: 21st Feb 11
Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Match Predicted on: 05th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

This match will be real spice for spectator as Moon is conjucted by Saturn, this is very serious combination. Australia should not estimate Zimbabwe. This match will be thrilling to some extent. Both the teams have to face problems nd performance of Zimbabwe will be beyond expectation. So, this match will be critical. Last few overs will demand hard work. Scenario will be very interesting. There are chances that match will bend towards Australia ultimately. There are chances that 52% for Australia and 48 % for Zimbabwe to win this match.
Tue Feb 22 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 5th Match, Group B - England v Netherlands Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur N/A

England vs Netherlands

Match on: 22nd Feb 11
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Match Predicted on: 05th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

This time Netherland will have to face very hard time. After very hard work nd great efforts planets are not favoring them and on another hand planet of England are placed at very good position so match will be in favour of England. There are chances that 60% for England and 40 % chances for Netherlands to win this match.
Wed Feb 23 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST 6th Match, Group A - Kenya v Pakistan Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota N/A

Kenya vs Pakistan
Match on: 23rd Feb 11
Venue: Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
Match Predicted on: 05th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

In this match Pakistan will dominate over Kenya and Pakistan’s players will create good score. There bowlers will dominate over the match. So, this match will be in favour of Pakistan. There will be clean bowled out or run out for Kenya. Especially if Kenya bats first then early wicket fall will be great problem for Kenya. They cannot face the attack of Pakistan Bowlers. Ultimately Pakistan will be the winner of this match. There are chances that 62% for Pakistan and 38 % for Kenya to win this match.
Thu Feb 24 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 7th Match, Group B - South Africa v West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A

South Africa vs West Indies

Match on: 24th Feb 11
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Match Predicted on: 05th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

This match will be interesting and full of ups and downs. There will be sudden twist nd turns during match time. The tem who will bats first will have to face sudden shock in the beginning and then after match will take match will take unexpected twist and turn. Performance of South Africa will be admirable. Good boundaries nd sixes will be seen by the South African batsmen. Their fast bowlers will be attacking. On another hand West Indies will perform and also provide tough competition their performance will be fluctuating during course of match and till last overs of match. It will be difficult to survive for West Indies. Match will pass through the situation of uncertainty nd match will be in hand of South Africa. There are chances that 52% for South Africa and 48 % for West Indies to win this match.
Fri Feb 25 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 8th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur N/A

Australia vs New Zealand

Match on: 25th Feb 2011
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

This match will be tough and crucial and pass through great ups and downs. Both the teams have to do some struggle and face uncertainty. The New Zealand team will play well but it may not be enough. So, the end of this match will be very interesting and Australia will win due to sheer hard work. Senior batsmen of Australia will play a miraculous role. New Zealand team’s senior players will pass through a phase of uncertainty. They will contribute and play an important role so, the match will become very spicy. There are 55% chances for Australia and 45% chances for New Zealand to win this match.
Fri Feb 25 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 IST 9th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Ireland Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A

Bangladesh vs Ireland

Match on: 25 Feb 2011
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

Bangladesh should take Ireland lightly as per horoscope analysis. Bangladesh is passing through a very critical situation. An embarrassing situation may also occur. So, this match will take an unexpected turn and will require hard work by both the teams. Bangladesh will win this match by a narrow margin. There are 58% chances that Bangladesh will win this match and 48% chances are of Ireland winning this match.
Sat Feb 26 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST 10th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Pakistan R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

Match on: 26th Feb 2011
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

No doubt this match will be refreshing and a treat for the spectators. Sri Lanka’s performance will be good and there are more chances of them getting lucky. They will beat their competitors by hitting boundaries and sixes. But Sri Lanka will go through a difficult situation due to left handed batsmen. On the other hand, Pakistan’s left handed batsmen will play rather well. The situation will be very complex and tight. Till the last over the match will be close and tough and by working hard Sri Lanka will get a lucky chance to win. There are 51 % chances for Sri Lanka and 49 % for Pakistan to win this match.
Sun Feb 27 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 11th Match, Group B - India v England M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A

India vs England

Match on: 27th Feb 11
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

The match will be tough and close. The first hour of the match will be very crucial and pass through ups and downs. In this match planetary positions of England are better and in comfortable position. India’s senior batsmen and especially, left handed batsmen will give their full support to the team. England will emerge victorious and their victory will be easy in comparison to India. There are 48% chances for India & 52% chances for England to win this match.
Mon Feb 28 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 12th Match, Group A - Canada v Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur N/A

Canada vs Zimbabwe

Match on: 28th Feb 11
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

Planetary position of Zimbabwe is in better position in comparison of Canada. The Canadian team will have a tough time. In spite of hard work things will not move in their favour. Zimbabwe will be much better and their performance will be excellent and ultimately victory will be in the hands of Zimbabwe. There are 55 % chances of Zimbabwe and 45% of Canada winning this match.
Mon Feb 28 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 13th Match, Group B - Netherlands v West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A

Netherlands vs West Indies

Match on: 28 Feb 11
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

Team of West Indies is in better position due to favourable planetary alignments. Jupiter is protecting them but performance will not be admirable. Though Netherlands will pass through the situation of rapid wicket fall and saving the team will be difficult due to affliction of Saturn and Mars. Ultimately, the match will move in favour of West Indies. There are 55 % chances of West Indies and 45% chances of Netherlands to win this match.
Tue Mar 1 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST 14th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A

Sri Lanka vs Kenya

Match on: 1st March, 2011
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match Predicted on: 13th February, 2011

Astro-Analysis

Kenya team is highly afflicted by Rahu, Ketu and Saturn. Even their hard work and efforts will not provide them fruitful results as per their efforts. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will be favoured by Lady Luck. Though performance of Sri Lanka will not be admirable as compared to previous record but Sri Lanka’s luck is favoring them so, this match will be in favour of Sri Lanka. There are 60% chances of Sri Lanka and 40% of Kenya to win this match.

ICC Cricket World Cup

England vs Netherlands

Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

22 Feb 2011

England Squad

AJ Strauss, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior, A Shahzad, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, IJL Trott, LJ Wright, MH Yardy

Netherlands Squad

PW Borren, Adeel Raja, W Barresi, Mudassar Bukhari, AF Buurman, TLW Cooper, TN de Grooth, AN Kervezee, BP Kruger, BP Loots, PM Seelaar, ES Szwarczynski, RN ten Doeschate, BA Westdijk, B Zuiderent

Kyazoonga is the official ticket partners of International Cricket Council (ICC).

You may buy your tickets for World Cup 2011online by logging on to the website of ‘Kyazoonga’.

The tickets for first phase of the 2011 World Cup are available on the site. The sale of the tickets on the website kicked off on Monday morning.

Earlier, the ICC spokesman had announced that a certain amount of tickets will go on sale on Kyazoonga.

A certain amount of tickets will go on sale online with our official ticket agents Kyazoonga," the ICC spokesman said.

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Pyaar Ki Ye Ek Kahani is a serial about 2couples whos names are ie piya and mansi nick name, this is going to be telecasted at 8:41 (P.M) at 15:02 G.S.T, this is pyaar ki yeh ek kahani episode no 19 Feb 2011 in totality, 2view recent todays episode viewers should follow instruction, this is wednesday episode on maha bharat with Kishor kumar, Writer of pyaar ki ye ek kahani is Ametab Chopra and Music is given by Sandeep kapoor, Drama set is design at Mumbia national Park (India), Lyrics of Pyaar ki ye ek kahani is given by Rahul malhotra.

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Veteran playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan passed away in a private hospital in Chennai on Sunday. He was admitted a few days before after he suffered cardiac arrest.

Born in Malaysia, he moved to India and found a career as a singer and actor in stage plays. Later, he started singing for movies and, to date, has nearly 8,000 songs in Tamil and over 4,000 songs in other South Indian languages to his credit. He has also acted in nearly 85 films.

His first song was for the film Delhi to Madras. He then did a stint with M S Viswanathan and was eventually sought by Ilaiyaraja and Bharathiraja to sing in the film 16 Vayathinile. He has also sung few songs in Hindi. He has been awarded Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu Government.

Veteran Tamil director A P Nagarajan christened him as 'Malaysia Vasudevan'. He has worked with many music directors such as M S Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Shankar-Ganesh, Deva, A R Rahman, and Vidyasagar.

After T M Sounderajan, he was called as ghost voice for Sivaji Ganesan.

He has also acted in a good number of Tamil films. Some of his films include Mudhal Vasantham (with Sathyaraj),Oomai Vizhigal (with Vijayakant), Kathanayagan (with Pandiyarajan) Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (with Kamal Hassan), Jallikattu, Thiruda Thiruda, Amaidhippadai, Povae Unnakaga, Punnagai Desam, Kokki etc.

India Batting :  370/4 (50) Run Rate: 7.4

Virender Sehwag 175 (140 balls )

A tired Sehwag departs! A scintillating knock comes to an end. 175 off just 140 balls. He raises his bat while returning back as the Bangladeshi crowd applauds his effort. Fullish delivery outside off, he just plays it back onto his stumps off the inside edge. Kohli makes it a point to pat his Delhi team-mates back. Brilliant innings!

Sachin Tendulkar 28 (29 balls)

That is disaster for India! The Mirpur crowd is up on their feet, seeing the Little Master walk back. Tendulkar just plays it towards mid-wicket and charges to the opposite end, Sehwag is ball-watching and doesn’t even move. Both the openers are stranded at the same end and the bails are off. Tendulkar doesn’t even bother watching back as he makes his way out of the center. India one down!

Gautham Gambhir 39(39 balls)

Mahmudullah strikes in his first over! Gambhir departs after a steady knock. It was the straighter one, came in a touch after pitching, Gambhir tried whipping it away but missed after getting an inside edge and the ball went on to disturb the wooden framework. India lose their second wicket.

Virat Kohli 100 (83 balls)

Yusuf Pathan 8 (10 balls)

Mahmudullah strikes in his first over! Gambhir departs after a steady knock. It was the straighter one, came in a touch after pitching, Gambhir tried whipping it away but missed after getting an inside edge and the ball went on to disturb the wooden framework. India lose their second wicket.
Fall of Wickets:     1-69 (Sachin Tendulkar, 10.5 Over) 2-152 (Gautam Gambhir, 23.2 Over) 3-355(Virender Sehwag, 47.3 Over) 4-370 (Yusuf Pathan, 50 Over)
Bangladesh Batting :  283/9 (50) Run Rate: 5.70

Tamim Iqbal 70(86 balls)

Munaf strikes as Iqbal departs! A steady innings, unlike Iqbal, comes to a soft end. Length ball on the middle, the left-hander swats it straight to the man at mid-wicket. Yuvraj takes the catch and the Indians celebrate. Bangladesh three down!

Imrul Kayes 34(29 balls)

Bowled ‘em! Kayes chops it on. Patel is delighted. The cameo was short-lived. Length ball wide outside off, Kayes cuts and gets an inside edge onto the stumps. This is a big wicket for the Indians.

Zunaed Siddique 37(52 balls)

Siddique is smartly stumped by Dhoni. Bangladesh lose their second wicket. Harbhajan is rewarded for his fine bowling effort. Flighted delivery, lands outside off and turns away to beat the outside edge. Dhoni collects the ball and whips the bails off in a flash. They appeal but Dhoni didn’t seam confident as it was referred upstairs. Though, the backfoot was on the line and hence OUT was flashed on the giant screen. Pin drop silence in the stands.

Shakib Al Hasan 55(50 balls)

Shakib departs! The party is over, says Ravi Shastri (on air). Length ball, the left-hander slogs it straight down the throat of Harbhajan at deep mid-wicket. He takes the catch, turns to the crowd, keeps the ball inside his pocket and bows to the audience! Pathan is ecstatic as the crowd is stunned in silence!

Mushfiqur Rahim 25(30 balls)

Rahim exits in his attempt to accelerate in the powerplay. A cleverly bowled slower delivery by Zaheer, outside off, Rahim plays it uppishly through the covers but fails to get the desired elevation. Raina takes a simple catch leaping up. Bangladesh look completely out now.

Roqibul Hassan 28 (28 balls)

Mahmudullah 6 (6 balls)

Naeem Islam 2(8 balls)

Abdur Razzak 1(5balls)

Shafiul Islam 0 (1 ball)

Rubel Hossain 1 (6balls)
Fall Of Wicket:     1-56 (Imrul Kayes, 6.5 Over) 2-129 (Zunaed Siddique, 23.1 Over) 3-188 (Tamim Iqbal, 32.1 Over) 4-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 39.4 Over) 5-248 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.3 Over) 6-261 (Mahmudullah, 44.3 Over) 7-275 (Naeem Islam, 46.3 Over) 8-279 (Abdur Razzak, 48 Over) 9-280 (Shafiul Islam, 48.3 Over)

RESULT: INDIA WON BY 87 RUNS in 1st ODI

India Batting :  370/4 (50) Run Rate: 7.4
Bangladesh Batting :  283/9 (50) Run Rate: 5.70

Universal Music India is going to release an official album based on the ICC World Cup 2011 which is till now titled ‘De Ghumake’ as the cricket fever is getting very high in the sub-continent. The songs of this album are expected to be very catchy and the names which are related to this album are very popular in the music world both in the world and the sub-continent.

The title of the album is followed by the official song of the world cup which is created by the highly popular music directors Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.The actual surprise of this album is not given yet. The international names related to the album are Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Enrique Iglesias whose names indicates that the album will be a must hit. The album also features work from the recent craze A R Rahman added with some more Bollywood hits.

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC Chief Executive said, “Music really helps to create a buzz around an event and I am delighted we have such an energetic and diverse selection of great songs that will surely become the soundtrack of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.” The officials from both ICC and Universal Music India are very hopeful about the success of this album and they are expecting that the songs are going to be perfect for the celebration of such a big tournament.  The official song is in three different languages of the three host countries, Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Raghab Chatterjee and Ranidu Lankage respectively.

The album is going to be released on February 10 and it will be available in the stores all across India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. You will also be able to download the album from this site. It’s a big gift for the cricket lovers as well as the music lovers.

Watch the ICC cricket World Cup between India vs Bangladesh Live Streaming and IND vs Ban 2011 match cricket Score online. The first match of the World cup 2011 kick with India vs Bangladesh match. Last world cup Bangladesh the team made India to push out of the World cup.

Will India give a reverse punch to Bangladesh in this world cup or will lose it? As far as Cricket is concerned anything can happen in Cricket. IN the past World Cup Bangladesh beat India and Netherlands Beat Pakistan. These are unexpected results, we will see what this World cup will have?.

Bangladesh v India 1st Match of Group B will be (14:30 local | 08:30 GMT | 14:00 IST) as D / N match.

Lets talk about Mirpur:
Mirpur is easily Bangladesh’s most successful ODI venue – they’ve won 18 matches here, which is three times the number they’ve won at their next-best venue. They’ve won 64 games in all, which means 28% of their ODI wins have come in Mirpur.

The last 12 day-night matches in Mirpur have all been won by the team batting second. Overall, in 16 day-night ODIs, the team batting first has won only three times.

India have won seven and lost three ODIs in Mirpur, but they’ve beaten Bangladesh in all five matches here. Three of those were day-night games, and in all of them India chased.

Most of India’s top order has done well in Mirpur, with Gambhir, Dhoni, Kohli and Raina all averaging more than 50, and scoring at least one century here. For Bangladesh, Shakib and Tamim have scored two hundreds each in ODIs at this venue.

India (probable): 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Virat Kohli/Suresh Raina, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Munaf Patel.

Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Junaid Siddique, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Raqibul Hasan 6 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Naeem Islam 9 Abdur Razzak, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Rubel Hossain.

Vinita Nair is an American television journalist who was co-anchor of World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, from September 17, 2008 until February 18, 2011. In addition to this role, Nair contributes reports to all other ABC News' broadcasts and platforms.

She was partnered with Jeremy Hubbard and later Rob Nelson on both shows.

Nair joined ABC News as an anchor/correspondent for ABC News Now in December 2007. In that role, she anchored live coverage and news briefs for ABC's digital network.

Nair grew up in Colleyville, Texas, and graduated with a degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, of Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). She wrote for Today's Chicago Woman magazine, and was a reporter for Talk Radio News in Washington D.C. prior to pursuing television journalism.

Nair began her career in television news at WGEM-TV, the NBC affiliate in Quincy, Illinois, as a general assignment reporter. She also worked for WYCC-TV, Chicago's Public Access Network and the Illinois' Evanston Community Cable Channel. Then she became an anchor and reporter for KOLN/KGIN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she anchored daily morning and afternoon newscasts.

Prior to joining ABC News, Nair was lead evening reporter and anchor at KWGN-TV, the CW affiliate in Denver. She started at the station in July 2004 and reported on a wide range of topics, including the Jon Benet Ramsey murder investigation and the school shootings at Bailey, Colorado.

Vinita announced on Thursday 2-17-11 that Friday 2-18-11 would be her last night on air at World News Now. Former KDVR Denver anchor Peggy Bunker has been named interim successor.

The 2-18-11 edition of World News Now paid tribute to Nair in each of its three segments, including appearances from current and former colleagues including Jeremy Hubbard. Her legacy was to treat the crew to a hot breakfast on her last day. Also, a brief send-off by Nelson to Nair was given at the conclusion of America This Morning.

The CBI on Friday conducted raids at DMK-run Kalaignar TV in Chennai and premises of top brass in Tamil Nadu in connection with the 2G spectrum case.

The investigative department officials searched the residence of Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar and seized few documents during raids. The operation at the TV channel office concluded on Friday morning.

The raids was conducted days after Kalaignar TV channel had claimed that it had no link with the 2G spectrum allocation case and there is no connection between the Swan Telecom's chief Shahid Balwa and the Channel.

As per the allegation, The Swan Telecom, a company of DB group, had transferred Rs 200 crore to Kalaignar TV through its another company Cineyug Films. But the money was received by former Telecom Minister A Raja who is now in judicial custody for favouring the Mumbai-Based realty company DB Realty in the grant of 2G spectrum.

Earlier, Balwa was arrested and sent to the CBI custody over the allegation.

It will be difficult for International Cricket Team’s Captains to adjust themselves in rickshaws for entering the stadium during opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup 2011. The tri-cycles will bring captains of 14 participant national cricket teams in Dhaka Cricket Stadium. The opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup 2011, through the use of rickshaws, will reflect the traditions of Dhaka. The history will be written in this way. For the first time in cricket history, this is going to happen that Captains will enter stadium by sitting on rickshaws. But this is not the only attraction for world media channels.

High point in segment will come after arrival of Canadian rock singer, whose name is Bryan Adams. He will get the control from three great singers of Bangladesh.

Runa Laila, Mumtaz and Sabina Yasmin are the three singers of Bangladesh, Sonu Nigam of India who will sing songs in South Asian Languages along with “De Ghuma Ke” song, which will be sung by Loy, Ehsan and Shankar. This song is in Hindi, Bengali and English.

Cricket World Cup 2011 has 49 matches. 14 participant teams will play these matches. It will continue for six weeks before its final match in Mumbai.

There would be a show of cricket during opening ceremony; this show will be the first show of its kind. It will amaze spectators of it. In sub-continent, last time Cricket World Cup was staged in 1996. Bangladeshis have taken every precaution for the safety of spectators and cricketers during ceremony.

'Sports Mechanics' cricket monitoring web portal was on Monday launched here in the presence of senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten.

The portal named "cricketmentor.tv" is an online mentoring platform that uses cutting edge technologies and methodologies for fostering effective interactions between the player, coach and the other members of the sporting community.

The platform offers e-learning capabilities to players, coaches and institutions to effectively govern, manage, analyse, and report development and goal achievement for individual players and the team as a whole.

The function was also attended by other Indian team members Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Rohit Sharma and Ashish Nehra.

S Ramakrishnan, the head of the Sports Mechanics and videographer for the Indian cricket team since 2001, who welcomed the gathering said, "This technology is the first of its kind in India. We were the first ones to launch video analysis for cricket in the world in 2000."

"Even today 99 per cent of the coaching is done with a naked eye, which has its own limitations. So, this video analysis technology helps the cricketer to know more about the nuances of the game," Ramakrishnan said.

"The on-field coaching can never be replaced as it is very important but technologies like this could be a additional supplement to the coach, who can watch his wards from wherever he is.

"A channel is given by us for every cricketer and he can upload his videos for monitoring his own right and wrongs.

They can be inter-faced with twitter. It is You tube of cricket. It has more features than you tube. However, more awareness is needed to be created on using video analysis in sports in India," he said.

Coach Kirsten was full of praise for this technology.

"It looks awesome. Good. Certainly what I see it looks exciting. Looking forward to it," he said.

Sports Mechanics, the current performance analyst of the Indian cricket team, volleyball team and squash team, is a sports technology company headquartered at Chennai.

Veteran singer Malaysia Vasudevan has been hospitalized due to cardiac problems. He is admitted at Surya Hospital in Vadapalani, Chennai.

According to reports, he has been moved to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), as his condition is critical. The doctors are constantly monitoring his condition and putting their best efforts, says a source.

Malaysia Vasudevan has worked with many top music directors like MS Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Shankar-Ganesh, AR Rahman etc. He has crooned for most of the actors in Tamil film industry.

Christina Aguilera’s Grammy performance has many wondering if the singer is pregnant. And I must say, I did notice that ol’ Christina didn’t look like her normal svelte self.

If she is with child, it sure didn’t seem to effect her performance at all. She graced the stage along with Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Martina McBride and Florence Welch to honor the great Aretha Franklin, and I thought they were all brilliant — Christina included.

That said, an extra dose of hormones could explain one thing about Christina’s effort.

That little spill she took at the very end of the number. Did you happen to catch that? I did. And so did a bunch of other folks. The gaffe is already up on YouTube. Who knows? The adrenaline rush from honoring a legend at the Grammys coupled with some raging hormones could probably make a girl a touch dizzy I suppose. Maybe she is pregnant, and maybe that would explain her little stumble.

But I’m not sure I’m buying it. Christina’s a tiny little thing — the kind of girl who has nowhere to hide an extra pound or two. And that’s what I suspect the real deal is. Namely that Christina, as we’re all prone to do, has thrown on a couple of extra pounds this winter and there was nowhere for those pounds to hide in the form-fitting dress she rocked on stage.

Regardless, the question is out there, so I thought I’d pose it here. Do you think Christina’s pregnant? Though I’d never pretend to know for sure, I am certain of this. She recovered nicely from her fall. Check it out:

Nobody knows with certainty the true origin of Valentine’s Day, but there are many legends and stories that relate to its origin. The most common legend is that Valentine’s Day.

According to this legend, Valentine was a priest in Rome during the 3rd century and that the rules of the time by Emperor Claudius II. It is said that Valentine was executed because he disobeyed an order from the emperor. 2 Emperor Claudius wanted to abolish marriage and to convince men not to have any emotional attachment or intimate with women. The emperor believed that men and women without family are better soldiers and thus more profitable for the royal family. As such, it makes marriage something illegal. Valentin was against this marriage ceremonies and secret lovers. When the emperor was alerted to this practice, he ordered that Valentine be killed. Since then, Valentine has become the symbol of love and angel lovers unite.

Be what you have written yourself or copy from poemsforfree.com. If you can hold a tune, sing a love song.

You do not need to be a MasterChef grass to make an impact. Simple dishes will impress if they are presented on a tablecloth ironed with towels, candles, a card hand-written menu and your favorite music added in the background. If it’s too formal, make a picnic indoors or breakfast in bed with a heart of eggs on toast (use a knife to cut a heart shape with a slice of bread. Toast and butter of the heart shape. Meanwhile, heat the butter in a frying pan and put in the model slice of bread. Crack an egg into the hole in heart shape, fry and serve on toast).

Define: “I love you” or any relevant messages in all directions that you can think of. Use alphabet magnets on the fridge; write to the steam on the window in chalk on the garden path, in utensils on the kitchen table and ribbon on the bed. Put the little words of love in places where your partner to find – in the coat pocket, wallet or purse, the cabinet.

Write a love letter to the former telling them how you feel and send in a card that you yourself have done. If you do not have artistic skills, you will find downloads, free cards to print presentationmagazine.com and templates to make your desires clear through PowerPoint.

Learn to say, “I love you” in a dozen or more different languages. There is a list theholidayspot.com / Valentine’s Day, a website for fans saving freebies including offering Valentine’s Day on the theme of virtual greeting, wallpapers, games and recipes.

If you want to show someone you love them, February 14, but do not want to buy into blatant marketing Valentine’s Day bombings by roses on overpriced restaurant meals and gifts sticky, take our advice for the passion with a zero budget.

Saying he does not show how much you love with the wallpaper love quotes for Valentine’s Day. With over 450 effects of preheating and 20 models in 24 colors, you’re sure to find something for your sweety. The most sickly sweet best!
 

Sweet Talk Off the Hook with the Bluetooth headset. This pair of retro style combined with wireless iPhone allows you to whisper sweet nothings to your sweetheart. He even hands free, simply insert it between your neck and shoulders. Old-school feel with the function of high technology. So beautiful!