Shah Rukh Khan to be back on small screen

SHAH RUKH KHAN re-joins the gang of film superstars invading the small screen. He last appeared on television as the host of 'Kya Aap Panchvi Paas se Tez Hain'?

Joining the brigade of silver screen superstars including Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty, Akshay Kumar and many more SRK is not bothered to be compared with anyone.
He will be hosting a show called Zor ka Jhatka, which is based on the format of the AXN show Wipeout. It is a game show featuring various obstacle courses. SRK earlier also appeared as the host of KBC Season 3. The new show, Zor ka Jhatka, goes on the floors in the first week of January. Produced by Endemol India, the show will see SRK taking 28 TV stars outside their comfort zone to Argentina. At stake is prize money worth Rs 15 million, including a cash prize of Rs 5 million for the winner of the finale.

SRK will challenge these contestants to various tasks and obstacles, something similar to another show aired on Pogo channel Takeshi’s Castle.
With all the top stars now aiming towards the small screen, it seems either the silver screen has been saturated of new opportunities or it’s just an easier way to rake in some cash as the shows are bound to grab some eyeballs owing to the host’s popularity.

New Year messages sms and New Year greetings

THE NEW Year is around. When the clock strikes twelve on December 31, people all over the world cheer and wish each other a 'Happy New Year!'.
As the tradition goes, for most people the New Year symbolises the fresh beginning and a resolve for a better future.
According to G K Chesterton, the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
Thus, the New Year celebration is all about optimism and an occasion to look forward to good times ahead and spread happiness. Much of all this is expressed through New Year wishes and messages.

Here are some new year messages and wished to exchange.

• May the dawning of this New Year fill you with new zest and zeal. Wishing you a very...very... very prosperous 2011!

• Have a joyous and wonderful 2011! Wishing you and you family happy and glorious New Year!

• May your life be fragrant with new opportunities and new hopes because it is New Year. Happy 2011!

• May happy times and warm memories brighten your new year. Have a great year. Happy New Year!

• May the year 2011 brings for you happiness, success and hope. Wishing you a Happy New Year!

• I wish in 2011, every moment is enjoyed. May God bless you through out the New Year. Happy New Year!

• May this New Year bring newly found prosperity, love, happiness and delight in your life. Wishing you a truly fulfilling 2011!

• May the New Year fill your heart with new hopes and brighter tomorrows. May you have a great New Year!

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Top New Year health resolutions of 2011

THE NEW Year is close and it’s that time of the year to make new year resolutions – the top resolutions of 2011 are learning to ride a bike and losing those extra pounds – say experts.
“Maybe it was the shock of seeing oneself in recent holiday photos, or not being able to fit into desired party attire that causes a vow to lose weight, and for many more it is a medical event such as a heart attack, the threat of diabetes or high blood pressure,” said Dr. Jessica Bartfield at the Loyola University Health System.
“Behaviour change is the cornerstone of healthy, successful weight loss and it takes about three months to establish a new behaviour. At Gottlieb, a team of tried-and-true medical experts can teach you the skills you need to achieve and maintain behaviour change,” she added.
Top weight-loss behaviours from Bartfield and the NWCR:
• Eat breakfast – “Eating within one hour of awakening can boost your metabolism up to 20 percent for the rest of the day,” Bartfield said.
• Weigh yourself once per week - “Monitoring your weight on a weekly basis provides a fairly accurate weight trend and, more importantly, an early detection of any weight regain, which allows you to adjust behaviors accordingly,” Bartfield said.
• Get in one hour of moderate physical activity each day - “Snow shoveling, vacuuming, taking the stairs – you don’t have to run like a hamster on a wheel for 60 minutes. Take three, 20-minute brisk walks, or compile the one hour based on a series of activities,” Bartfield said.
• Watch less than 10 hours of TV per week - “Many argue they don’t have time to exercise, but when I ask them to count the hours they spend watching TV or surfing the Net, they are able to find the time for activities where they are moving instead of sitting,” Bartfield said.
What not to do - Barriers that prevent people from losing weight
• Overestimate amount of physical activity -“Park your car farther away, take the stairs, manually change TV channels – these are all simple ways to get more physical activity and you need to write them down as they are performed to keep yourself honest,” Bartfield said.
• Underestimate caloric intake – Keeping a food journal helps you document the calories you take in.
• Set unrealistic goals - “Patients often set vague and outcome-related goals such as “weigh 150 pounds by summer” or “exercise more.”
Set specific and attainable goals. Instead of trying to get to a certain weight, start by trying to lose 10 percent of your weight – that amount has been shown to have a statistically significant improvement in health and reduction in risk of obesity-related disease.
• Lack of consistency - “Eat at regular intervals seven days per week,” she said.
• Failure to plan for setbacks – “Enlist a trusted friend, or enroll in a program to learn and master the rules of weight loss,” Bartfield said.

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2011 New Year Parties in Delhi with fine dining, dancing

ON DECEMBER 31^st, Delhiites will witness the biggest ever new year bash which is all set to enthrall audiences from far and near. In order to usher in the new decade, many clubs, lounges and discs are offering an opportunity to party all night long at unbeatable prices. Here is a list of places where one can keep all his troubles in the backseat and hop on to a journey which can be very well reminisced for the rest of his life.

BluO:- Starting from December 29, BluO will usher in the new year in advance with the presence of rock band Nasha who have got quite an enviable resume. The band who has earlier performed with the likes of Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy, Aamir Khan and Mohit Chauhan apart from Sufi guru, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will strum their guitars and vocal chords on an entirely different level and create a psychedelic environment in Gurgaon ALL DAY LONG!

Elevate:- Rightly accredited as one of the best clubs in Delhi, Elevate will play host to “Quantum” with its NYE Celebrations along with DJ Juggy D and DJ Vishnu on December 31^st.

BluO:- After its day long carnival on 29^th, BluO will welcome the New Year in style along with world renowned DJ Bally Sagoo.

Taj Palace Hotel:- Located in the heart of Delhi, Taj Palace will play host to Punjabi singing sensation, Sukhbir as he lends his voice to songs ranging from rap, techno and reggae.

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Is the tradition of New Year resolutions an absurdity?

A RESOLUTION is a mental commitment that an individual makes for reforming a habit or lifestyle or relationship by learning lessons from the past experiences.
And, New Year resolutions are the change-affecting commitments made by an individual that normally go into effect on New Year's Day. For this one is to reflect upon self-improvement annually and resolve to accomplish the improvement.
While stressing the need of resolution, Eric Zorn said, "Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle."

On the other hand, there are critics of the New Year resolutions too. As Mark Twain has aptly remarked, "New Year is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions."
But the absurdities of the New Year resolutions can’t escape the mind of the wise. Here are some funny quotes describing the New Year resolutions as a foolery of mind:

• Oscar Wilde: Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
• Joey Adams: May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions!
• Jay Leno: Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average…which means, you have met your New Year's resolution.
• James Agate: New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
• Anonymous: Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.
• Anais Nin: I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticising, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.

A few research studies inform that only about 12 per cent actually achieved their goals through the resolutions made on the eve of New Year. Anyway, about 10 per cent people of any group achieve their whether they resolve or do not. 

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Happy New Year 2011 wishes and messages

THE ENTIRE world gears up and puts on its dancing shoes to welcome the new year 2011. People across the globe celebrate the world's biggest celebration to make life more beautiful, peaceful and meaningful.

People across the globe have kicked off exchanging greetings and wishing their relatives, friends and colleagues to start all things with a new beginning and the completion of all desires which were left unfulfilled last year on the occasion of Happy New Year 2011.
Some of the popular Happy New Year messages are here:
Oh my Dear, Forget ur Fear,
Let all ur Dreams be Clear,
Never put Tear, Please Hear,
I want to tell one thing in ur Ear
Wishing u a very "HAPPY NEW YEAR"!

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New Year Eve: Better reflect and get perfect

THOUGH REFLECTING on our experiences in 2010 on the eve of New Year 2011 may prove discomforting, but it is not a bad idea at all.

Read the following and perhaps you may feel motivated to reflect on the past year and plan consciously for the New Year.

An autobiography of New Year titled "I Am the New Year" in a Bible Illustrator goes as follows.

"I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months. All that you sought and didn’t find is hidden in me, waiting for you to search it but with more determination. All the good that you tried for and didn’t achieve is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires. All that you dreamed but didn’t dare to do, all that you hoped but did not will, all the faith that you claimed but did not have—these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose. I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance to Him who said, 'Behold, I make all things new.''

Here is my acrostic verse on the significance of reflection on the eve of New Year.

N: Next chance at improving oneself
E: Efforts be made consciously to achieve the purpose of life
W: Wealth of time be planned and used adequately
Y: Yesteryear is lost for ever but the new can planned in advance
E: Every moment should count in future
A: All the good that you tried for earlier, continue that and have fewer conflicting desires
R: Reflect on the past year and yourself to find what needs to be done in the New Year

Likewise, Steven B. Cloud, in his write-up titled "A Year of Time" says the following.

"As we look into 2011 we look at a block of time. We see 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. And all is a gift from God. We have done nothing to deserve it, earn it, or purchased it. Like the air we breathe, time comes to us as a part of life. The gift of time is not ours alone. It is given equally to each person. Rich and poor, educated and ignorant, strong and weak—every man, woman and child has the same twenty-four hours every day. Another important thing about time is that you cannot stop it. There is no way to slow it down, turn it off, or adjust it. Time marches on. And you cannot bring back time. Once it is gone, it is gone. Yesterday is lost forever. If yesterday is lost, tomorrow is uncertain. We may look ahead at a full year’s block of time, but we really have no guarantee that we will experience any of it.

Obviously, time is one of our most precious possessions. We can waste it. We can worry over it. We can spend it on ourselves. Or, as good stewards, we can invest it in the kingdom of God. The New Year is full of time. As the seconds tick away, will you be tossing time out the window, or will you make every minute count?"

So, on the eve of New Year, reflect, plan and move ahead. Wish you all a Happy New Year!

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83rd Academy awards: 41 songs in contention for nomination

FORTY-ONE songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nomination in the original song category for Hollywood's 83rd Academy Awards. The original songs, listed in alphabetical order, are: "Alice" from "Alice in Wonderland"; "Forever One Love" and "Freedom Song" from "Black Tulip"; "Bound to You," "Welcome to Burlesque" and "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque"; "There's a Place for Us" from "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"; "Coming Home" and "Me and Tennessee" from "Country Strong."

Also eligible for Oscar consideration are "Despicable Me" and "Prettiest Girls" from "Despicable Me;" "Dear Laughing Doubters" from "Dinner for Schmucks"; "Better Days" from "Eat Pray Love"; "If You Run" from "Going the Distance"; "Darkness Before the Dawn" from "Holy Rollers"; "Sticks & Stones" from "How to Train Your Dragon"; "Le Gris" from "Idiots and Angels"; "Chanson Illusionist" from "The Illusionist"; "Never Say Never" from "The Karate Kid"; "To the Sky" from "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"; and "What If" from "Letters to Juliet. "

The final songs eligible for nomination are "Life During Wartime" from "Life during Wartime"; "Made in Dagenham" from "Made in Dagenham"; "Little One" from "Mother and Child"; "Be the One" from "The Next Three Days"; "If I Rise" from "127 Hours"; "When You See Forever" from "The Perfect Game"; "I Remain" from "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"; "Dream Big" from "Pure Country 2: The Gift"; "How I Love You" from "Ramona and Beezus"; "Darling I Do" from "Shrek Forever After"; "Noka Oi" from "Six Days in Paradise"; "This Is a Low" from "Tamara Drewe"; "I See the Light" from "Tangled"; "Rise" from "3 Billion and Counting"; "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"; "Eclipse: All Yours" from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"; "Nothing" from "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too"; "A Better Life" from "Unbeaten"; "Shine" from "Waiting for Superman" and "The Reasons Why" from "Wretches & Jabberers."

The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on January 25 in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The Oscars are scheduled to go on stage on  February 27 next year. Reports from Hollywood suggest that the selected songs will be played before the voting panel of the Music Branch of the Oscars in Los Angeles on the 6th of January. The list, which has been announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, places three songs from the film Burlesque among the top five.

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2010 Round-up: Top 10 Bollywood movies of this year

THE YEAR 2010 came with unprecedented shocks and surprises as far as the entertainment sector is concerned. 2010 saw myriad directors trying to claim their share in the Box Office (BO) collections. However, many big banner movies tanked at the B.O while many small budget movies made a considerable impact at the collections. Brainless nutcrackers claimed the major portion of their treats while movies in which countless million rupees were invested failed to recover their money. Given below are the list of Top 10 Bollywood movies:

1. Dabanng: Dabanng marked the successful debut of director Abhinav Kashyap, producer Arbaaz Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. Despite of having an ensemble cast and a brainless comedy set in rural Uttar Pradesh, Salman Khan was seen playing the role of Robin Hood's desi version, Robin Hood Pandey aka Chulbul Pandey. The movie rocked at the box office and was finally bestowed with the title of highest ever grossing movie in the history of Indian cinema.

   
   
   
   

2. Golmaal 3: Director Rohit Shetty along with the enigmatic Ajay Devgn,  Arshad Warsi, Kareena Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Kunal Khemu delivered what is touted as one of the biggest hits of 2010. A sequel to the highly successful Golmaal series which was released in 2008, the movie gave new dimensions to comedy films in India.

3. Raajneeti: Raajneeti, a true blue political potboiler from the stable of ace director Prakash Jha partially uncovered the complex and unpredictable life of a politician and parties running for power. The film which at many places, carries an uncanny resemblance to the Mahabharata, also at places shares its story line with the Nehru-Gandhi family.
   
   

4. My Name is Khan: The trend was started by Aamir Khan to bring the life of differently abled people on the celluloid with his movie Taare Zameen Par.  After a few years, director Karan Johar teamed up with his best friends and actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to showcase howsoever different they may be, humanity forms the root towards peaceful living and existence.

   
   
   

5. Housefull: Complementing its title, the movie stayed true with its running time as well. With a star cast of highly bankable stars, director Sajid Khan shot the film extensively across Italy and London. The movie is also said to be a remake of a Tamil film, Kaathala Kaathala.

   
   

6. Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai: History repeated itself and Mumbai once again came under the shadow of the dreaded gangster Haji Mastan on 30 July 2010. With their break neck performances of Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim respectively, Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi enchanted the cine goers with their performances.

7. Peepli Live: It is said that there are countless villages across India who bear the name Peepli. Débutante director Anusha Rizvi put her journalistic skills into a more creative use along with producer Aamir Khan and gave the nation Peepli Live, which took a satirical dig on the farmer suicides and the media covering the entire episode. With a cast of theatre actors, the movie emblazoned its name as one of the most noticeable movies ever made in Bollywood.

8. I Hate Luv Storys: Producer Karan Johar teamed up with first time director Punit Malhotra for I Hate Luv Storys. The romantic comedy movie saw Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor sharing the space and showcasing their respective perspective on the globally dreaded theme of commitment and love.

   
   

9. Raavan: The movie was surrounded by a lot of hype and expectations as ace director Mani Ratnam teamed up with A.R. Rahman, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan post their last super hit flick, Guru. Although Rahman's music was well received the movie failed to make an impact on the box office despite the presence of Tamil super star Vikram.

   
   

10. Kites: Kites saw the re-union of Hrithik Roshan along with daddy Rakesh Roshan. The movie  which was majorly shot across Sin City Las Vegas and Mexico. The movie also marked the debut of actress Barbara Mori. The movie tanked miserably at the box office.

Christmas 2010: Make Christmas 2010 Special

Christmas 2010 is on December 25th and is the last Christmas of the decade. At it’s heart the Christmas holidays is about family, friends and celebrating all good things.

It’s time to dust off the decorations, put up the Christmas tree and bring a sense of joy and warmth to your family and others around you. From tinsel to trees, ribbons to wreaths, and ornaments to gingerbread men, the holiday season is upon us.

We bring you fresh ideas, tips and the latest news about all things Christmas. We offer tips on planning a great Christmas party, reviews of the latest hot new gift ideas, food favorites, games and treats for the kids on Christmas Day and most of all, how to enjoy it stress free with your family and friends. So with Christmas dinner in the oven, its time to open the presents and have the best ever Christmas 2010.

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Christmas 2010: Last minute Christmas shopping boosts sales across U.S.

MORE LAST- minute shoppers flocked to stores this year on the final Saturday before Christmas than last year, but spending is expected to be even higher late this week.

U.S. retail sales on Saturday were up 15.1 percent from last year to $7.58 billion as many people wrapped up their gift buying, research firm ShopperTrak said on Tuesday. This year also benefited from its comparison to the weekend in 2009 when a blizzard hammered the East Coast.

That storm contributed to a 16.5 percent drop to $6.58 billion in so-called "Super Saturday" spending in 2009. This year's totals were below the $7.87 billion Americans spent for the day in 2008, said ShopperTrak, which analyzes the retail industry.

Yet with less than a week to go until Christmas, many shoppers are still procrastinating. Some eleventh-hour gift seekers will even be out on Christmas Eve - about 23 million, according to a separate survey on Tuesday from the International Council of Shopping Centers.

"Now that we are down to the wire, consumers have stepped up their shopping pace, as well as their purchases," ICSC chief economist Michael Niemira said in a statement. "All and all, retail shopping trends are shaping up to be very favorable for holiday sales, as well as December sales performance, for retailers."

Consumer spending makes up about 70 percent of the U.S. economy and analysts have said they expected the 2010 holiday season to show the biggest sales gains since 2007.

December 23 is likely to be the year's second biggest day in sales and third biggest in foot traffic, said ShopperTrak founder Bill Martin.

"Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season, saw $10.69 billion in sales, according to ShopperTrak, making it the biggest shopping day so far this year. It is called "Black Friday" because retailers hope it will put their accounts solidly in the black through strong sales.

Saturday's foot traffic was up 10.1 percent compared with last year, ShopperTrak said.

Nearly three quarters of Americans completed their shopping by the end of Super Saturday, according to the ICSC. The previous week, 56.6 percent had finished their holiday shopping.

The Saturday shopping binge boosted sales for the entire week, which rose 4.2 percent from a year ago, according to an ICSC-Goldman Sachs weekly chain store sales index.

As usual, the spending will not end on Christmas, the ICSC also found. Nineteen percent of consumers plan to go shopping the day after, and 47 percent said they would be out the week between Christmas 2010 and 2010 New Year's.

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Children celebrate advent of Christmas 2010 in Kolkata

CHILDREN CELEBRATED the advent of Christmas by singing carols and various colourful events to spread the message of love and peace here during the weekend. Children gave various performances such as a magic show, puppet show, songs and games.

Ruth Crizzte, the organiser said the event was meant only for children but their parents came along, as well.

“It is basically children-oriented show, only for children. The purpose of Christmas is that Jesus is born on Christmas day and Santa Claus brings toys for children. So, we organised it only for children and their parents also came and enjoyed, because they want their children to see that their children are happy and enjoying themselves, and that is why we bring this event forward, one week before Christmas,” she said.

The children enthusiastically participated in the event.

“I have come here because ahead of Christmas, they are having this Christmas celebration and I came here to attend this event and I had a lot of fun and lot of happiness is there. I chatted with Santa, I saw the magic show, puppet show and it was very lovely and enjoyable,” said Akhil Ansar, a school boy.

Christmas 2010 will be celebrated across the world on December 25.

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Brangelina planning adventure trip for Christmas

HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTAR couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are looking for an exotic location to spend the Christmas holidays with their six children. Angelina Jolie told Ryan Seacrest on his 102.7 KIIS-FM radio show on Friday December 17, We're going to travel with the kids and go to a random part of the world. We're going to travel and have an adventure because...that's what we love to do."

The 35-year-old Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie is currently promoting her latest thriller film 'The Tourist' with Johnny Depp, which released on December 10. This film is remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer. Both Jolie and Johnny Deep are nominated for Golden Globes Award for their performances in film 'The Tourist'.

Angelina Jolie also said that she has finished her Christmas shopping and the family is preparing for an adventure. "I've got it all boxed and ready to go." Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are the parent of six children including adopted children Pax, 7, Maddox, 8, and five-year-old Zahara, as well as their own children Shiloh, 4, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

It is rumoured that the 35-year-old Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who turned 47 today, have planned to get married in an Indian wedding. According to reports, the actor couple can wed at the ashram of their spiritual guru Ram Lal Siyag in Jodhpur during Valentine's Day next year. Both the Hollywood superstars have been together since 2005.

Michelle Obama goes 'Vintage' for Christmas in Washington

Paris Hilton has released her Christmas Card for 2010 and it's really something to talk about.

Wearing not much, the heiress poses in a gold chair wearing a skimpy silver sparkling dress and rocking a stoic expression. She looks very sultry and seductive ,something everyone looks forward to on Christmas.

Hilton had an interview with Radar Online in which she said, "Christmas is my favorite times of year. We will be spending Christmas in Maui, then Cabo for New Year's. I can't wait!" There is nothing cheery or joyful about Hilton's photo and many are wondering who exactly she plans on sending it out to.

The photo looks more like a shot for a calendar or an upcoming album than a Christmas card.

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Vijender claims gold, tally touches 14

HISTORY WAS charted at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China when boxing’s pin up boy, Vijender Singh claimed gold, thus taking India’s gold medal graph to 14. The last gold haul was India’s best performance at the Asian Games so far.

To claim the 14th medal, Vijender pulverised Olympic bronze medalist, Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev by a massive 7-0, which made the Indian spectators hysterical with the unbelievable win.

So far, India’s best performance had been during the 1982 Asian Games which was held in New Delhi. During the 1982 Games, India had clinched 13 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze that led to a total of 57 medals.

The 25 year old, who has been compared with the likes of soccer players like David Beckham for his looks and crowd pulling ability compensated to the medal loss during the Commonwealth Games 2010 which were held in New Delhi.

Vijender’s performance on the penultimate day before the Games finally come to a close raised India’s hope of being somewhere where they could have never envisaged. However, China’s Zou Shiming retained his light-flyweight title.

With an addition of 11 more medals during the day, India’s medal graph raised to 14 gold, 17 silver and 33 bronze (total 64).

 

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India's stand in Asian Games 2010

INDIA WON two surprise gold medals after two days of average performance.
India's Ashwini Chidananda won a gold in the women's 400metres hurdles and Joseph Abraham clinched the gold in the men's category of he same even in the Asian Games 2010.

Ashwini outdid herself by clinching the gold with a timing of 56.15 to give India their 8th gold medal in the Games.

India’s performance was getting pretty uneventful for the past two days and these gold medals come as a pleasant surprise for all back home.

Another bronze was won by Mausam Khatri in men's 96 kg freestyle wrestling event, which made up for the disappointing performance of wrestlers earlier in he games.

Also, in hockey after the heart breaking loss to Malaysia in semi-finals, Indian team picked up the bronze after defeating Korea for it in the third-place playoff.

And with that bronze India finally ended the eight-year long wait of getting back on the podium in the sport. India won the last medal in hockey in the Asian Games 2002, in Busan.

Also, India broke Korea’s back as they have never missed a medal in the sport since the 1986 Asian Games, held in Seoul.

With these two gold medals, India beat Thailand to the 9th position. India now has a total of 9 gold medals, 13 silver and 29 bronze; that takes the total to 51.

China refuses to budge from the first position and has half of the gold medals of he whole event. China’s total is 370 medals followed by Korea with 217 medals and Japan on the 3rd position with 190 medals.

 

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Somdev wins second gold, creates history

SOMDEV HAS won India’s 7^th gold, a second for him after he grabbed a gold yesterday in the doubles event with Sanam Singh.

The duo bashed out Gong Maoxin and Li Zhe of China and followed in to the footsteps of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. They sailed into o the semi-finals after winning this gold medal, taking India’s gold to 6.
And today, Somdev becomes the first-ever Indian to win a gold at a men’s singles tennis event at the Asian Games.
Today’s match was against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan and the match belonged to Somdev right from the start.
Somdev, whose international ranking is 106 faced Istomin, who achieved a world-ranking of 39 this year. Somdev was totally in form right from the beginning and it seemed Istomin was just not playing the part. Somdev shunned Istomin 6-1 6-2.
This gold can be called one of the most precious ones as it’s the first ever in its category. Somdev has surely created history for India.
What is interesting is that this historic gold has come from a rather lesser known face of Tennis and not from Leander Paes or our own BHupathi or even Sania. Its time we realized our potential truly and gave equal importance to all players. Somdev has outdone himself by taking on the way he did to the world no 39, Istomin in today’s match.
India’s medal tally now is 37 with 7 gold medals, 12 silver and 18 bronze.  India stands tall at 6^th position sharing it with Thailand. If Thailand wins another gold it could beat India to the 6^th position.
China sits comfortably at the top position with a whopping 311 medals comprising of 157 gold medals. Following China are Korea with 182 medals at 2^nd position and Japan at the 3^rd position with 158 medals.

 

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Medal tally after Golden Sunday at Asian Games

ATHLETICS IS where we shined on Sunday, with two gold medals and a silver, all in women’s category. Sudha Singh and Preeja Sreedharan both won a gold medal each in Women’s 3000m Steplechase and omen’s 10,000m events respectively. Whereas, Kavita Raut brought a silver in Women’s 10,000m event.

Ronjan Sodhi became our shooting star by grabbing a gold in men’s double trap shooting event. India was earlier pretty disappointed with the shooting events, Ronjan Sodhi became the answer to all prayers.

Indian wrestlers Ravinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Rana clinched bronze medals in their respective weight categories in the Greco-Roman style on Sunday. Two more bronze came our way in the shooting event of men’s double trap team event and women’s singles tennis event.
Sania lost to Uzbekistan's Amanmur in the singles event of tennis and got  a bronze for the same in quarterfinals.
The trio of Deepika Kumari, a gold medal winner in last month’s Commonwealth Games, Dola Banerjee and Rimil Buriuly lost the tense semifinal shootout to the Koreans 26-29  and won a bronze in the women’s team event.
All these medals above total up to 9 medals bringing the total number to 33. India stands at an appreciative 8^th rank at the Asian Games 2010.  
It is interesting to note that in the last Asian Games, 2006 held at Doha, India finished at the eighth position with a total of 53 medals.   Still 6 days to go, there is hope alive that we will finish better than the last games here in Guangzhou.

India defeats Pakistan 3-2 in Hockey; a bronze won in snooker at the Asian Games 2010

ANOTHER VICTORY adds up to the Indian kitty. India defeated Pakistan 3-2 in a group B men's hockey match at the Asian Games. It’s the third consecutive win for India versus Pakistan in recent times.

Earlier, Pakistan lost 1-4 to India in the World Cup in March and 7-4 more recently in the Commonwealth Games. This consecutive win makes it a hatrick.

In today’s match Sandeep Singh converted two penalty corners for India, while Dharamvir Singh slotted one. For Pakistan, Rehan Butt and Shakeel Abbasi scored the goals. India led 2-1 at half-time.
Elsewhere, India won silver in the men's golf team event. South Korea won the gold by a massive margin.

In other events Sania won the quarterfinal of the women's singles against Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand and moved to the semi-finals.

In men’s tennis, India's Somdev Devvarman and Karan Rastogi entered the men's singles quarterfinal earlier today.
Also, Aditya Mehta secured a surprise bronze after losing to Chun Marco Fu Ka of Hong Kong 1-4 in the semifinals of the men's snooker singles competition today.

Earlier in the event, gold winner Pankaj Advani was knocked by Junhui Ding of China in the men's snooker pre-quarterfinals while compatriot Aditya Mehta reached the last eight stage winning and bringing a bronze back home.

India's stand at the Asian Games 2010

THE ASIAN Games are better than ever before with India grabbing its maiden gold in rowing and silver in Wushu (which is a new addition) and progressing steadily in tennis and hockey. Shooting, another strong sport this year brought silver and a bronze.

India surely is doing well so far and fingers are crossed to see if the performance is continued. As far as the 7th day is concerned India had lot of action stored for keen followers.
Firstly, early morning India grabbed the long awaited second gold medal at the men’s singles rowing competition and soon after that Minz-Puhana won bronze in the rowing women's pair event. Another silver was added to the kitty in the Men's Eight rowing competition. So, rowing brought in a lot of applauds and the much awaited gold for India.

In tennis our own star Sania Mirza qualified to the quarterfinals and is inching closer towards the medal rounds. Hopes are set and pressure is mounting, such pressure only in a way prevented Saina- the badminton starlet to grab any of the medals as she lost in the quarterfinals early this morning.
After the early gold for India, India has landed in the 11th position in the medals tally with two gold medals. They were at 12th position at the start of the day. Malaysia is in 10th spot with three golds. If India wins another gold medal now, they will go past Malaysia because they have won eight silvers to Malaysia's three.

India gets second gold at Asian Games 2010

BAJRANG LAL Takhar created history by winning the first ever gold in rowing for India at the Men’s Singles Sculls competition.

Takhar, is an army office,r who also was the first Indian to win a silver medal at the Doha Asian Games in 2006, he led the 2,000 meter race right from the start and went on to take gold with a timing of 7:04.78. Chinese Taipei’s Wang Ming Hui (7:07.33) took the silver while Iraq’s Haeider Hamarasheid (7:10.10) won the bronze with a third place finish.

Following Takhar’s historic gold, India's Pratima Puhana and Pramila Prava Minz won the bronze medal in the women's pair rowing event.

With Takhar’s feat, India’s wait to get its second gold medal at this edition of the Asian Games also ended. The rowing competition came to an end with these. India has done great this year in the sport with three silver, one bronze and the latest gold.
Elsewhere in badminton, India’s strong medal hope Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women’s singles badminton quarterfinals, losing 8-21, 21-8, 19-21 to Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip.

India’s long wait for another Gold ended today whereas a strong hope for another medal was crashed. Saina’s defeat is a major blow for her fans, as she was being touted as one of the lead players in the Asian Games.

India won two silver medals in rowing event and one bronze in shooting yesterday at the Asian Games 2010. Earlier this morning, a Gold was clinched by Bajrang Lal Takhar which will do wonders for India at the medal tally.

Its Silver and Bronze Day for India at Asian Games 2010

IN SHOOTING, India's Vijay Kumar won a bronze in the men's 25 metres centre fire pistol competition while rifle shooters put up a disappointing show in the 50 metres three position event held on Thursday.
Shooting, post CWG was being anticipated as one of he strong areas of India and till now the performance is average.
Another interesting win was the two silver medals India won in the men’s four and lightweight men’s four rowing events in the Asian Games. Anil Kumar, Saji Thomas, Ranjit Singh and Jenil Krishnan won silver in men’s four event. China won the gold while Uzbekistan grabbed the bronze.

In the lightweight men’s four, Lokesh Kumar, Manjeet Singh, Rajesh Kumar Yadav and Satish Joshi came second. Japan took the gold and Hong Kong bronze.

In the other event, our very own sports diva, Sania Mirza defeated Wing Venise Chan of Hon Kong to enter the pre-quarter finals of the Women’s Singles event at Asian Games.
Sania hardly broke sweat and took just 50 minutes to tame Chan 6-1 6-0 in her first round encounter at the Aoti Tennis Centre here. Sania will next face the winners of the match between sixth seed Shuai Zhang of Hong Kong and Nepal’s Malika Rana.
Yesterday, Sandhyarani Devi won a silver medal in Women's Wushu Sanshou 60kg event in the Asian Games. She put up a great fight but came only close to winning a gold.

One of the more known stars of Indian sports, Vijender Singh defeated Yu Ting Yang of Chinese Taipei 9-2 to move into the quarterfinals of the 75 kg section in boxing at the Foshan Gymnasium.  
So far, it has been a winning day for India, be it Silver or Bronze medals, we are taking back something and that is the spirit that seems to keep it going. Till Gold finally comes to us, the silver medals should work as the silver lining on the dark cloud.

Indian Hockey team beats Bangladesh by 9-0 in Asian Games

INDIAN MEN'S hockey team crushed Bangladesh by 9-0 in their second group B match at the Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou on Wednesday. Today's star of the match was Sandeep Singh. He converted four penalty corners into goals. Tushar Khandekar scored two, whereas Shivendra Singh, Raj Pal Singh and Dharamvir Singh scored one each. In the first match against Hong Kong in the ongoing Asian Games 2010, India won by 7-0. Now, Indian team will take on arch rival Pakistan on Saturday in their next match.

Yesterday at Guangzhou, 20-year-old gymnast Ashish Kumar became the first Indian, who won a medal in gymnastics for the country in Asian Games. He won bronze medal in Men's Floor event of Artistic Gymnastics. China's Chengiong and South Korean Soo Myun Kim won gold and silver on that event.

Virdhawal Khade, the 19-year-old Indian swimmer won a bronze medal in the men's 50 m butterfly event. He became the first Indian swimmer in 24 years to clinch an Asian Games medal. One more Indian, 19-year-old Harika Dronavalli clinched the bronze medal in the women's individual chess. In the men's sanshou 60kg wushu competition, Bimoljit Singh won the bronze medal for the country on Tuesday.

India has slipped to the 10th position with one gold, four silvers and seven bronze in the ongoing 2010 Asian Games. China is holding top position with 82 golds, 32 silvers and 33 bronze medals, whereas Korea is on second and Japan is on third rank in the medal tally.

India bags first gold at the Asian Games 2010, maintains fifth position

INDIA’S FIRST gold was bagged by Pankaj Advani in the Men’s English Billiards singles event on Sunday. The day was pretty good as we grabbed one silver and a bronze.

The Indian women shooters got a silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol team event after Vijay Kumar got a bronze in the men's 10 metre air pistol event.

So far, the medal tally is:

India with a total of 6 medals (1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze) is on fifth position. China is leading with a total of 65 medals (37 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze), followed by Republic of Korea with 38 medals, Japan with 43 medals, Hong Kong again with 6 medals. (Source: Official website of The Asian Games 2010).

Earlier, India kicked off its presence at the medals tally by clinching a silver medal in the 10m air rifle shooting team event. The Indian trio of Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra and Sanjeev Rajput beat Korea to bag the silver in the event. China grabbed the gold with Jikang Yu, Qinan Zhu and Yifei Cao in the team.

With this status India maintains fifth position so far at the event and as aspired by our teams, India hopefully will be consistent on this position .

India defeats Hong Kong 7-0 in Asian Games Hockey

INDIA TOTALLY dominated against Hong Kong in the first Group B Hockey match with a score of 7-0 in the Asian Games 2010. Against Hong Kong, India utilised three out of the six penalty corners they earned in the match.

Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh converted two penalty corners, before the free-flowing Indian attack toyed with the Hong Kong defence.

Sarvanjit Singh scored another goal to make it 4-0 before the breather.

Within two minutes into the second half, Tushar Khandekar sounded the board while Arjun Halappa added another in quick succession.

Shivendra Singh joined in the 48th minute to complete the Hong Kong rout.

India will face Bangladesh in the next Group match on November 17.  A gold medal in hockey in the Asian Games 2010 could give India a direct entry into the 2012 London Olympics.
Known as a nation with great hockey traditions, India's last hockey gold medal in Asian Games came in 1998 at Bangkok. However, India displayed a very disappointing performance in the last Asiad held at Doha not being able to qualify for semi-finals for the first time in history.

Hockey is the national game of India and the entire nation is expecting that the team would perform at top level and bring the gold to the country.

Pankaj Advani wins first Gold for India in Asian Games 2010

INDIA'S ACE billiards player Pankaj Advani clinched first gold medal for the country in the Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, after he defeated Oo Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar on Sunday. The former world professional champion 25-year-old Pankaj Advani beat Nay Thway with frames of 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 in the summit clash.

After winning the first gold medal for the country in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, Pankaj Advani said at the press conference, "This feels great. This is Olympics for me as unfortunately we are not there in the Olympics. This time I made it a point to win the first gold for the country. It's an absolutely emotional moment for me. I can't ask for more. "
Pankaj also won the gold medal in billiards at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.
Another billiards player Alok Kumar won bronze medal for the country in the Men's 8-Ball Pool Singles event.

In another event today in the Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, Indian women shooters Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai opened their account with silver medal in the 10 meter Air Pistol team event.

Earlier, on the first day of the Asian Games 2010, Gagan Narang won silver medal for the country in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event, whereas Indian team of Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput secured silver medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Team event.
Host China is leading the medal tally with 63 medals including 37 golds, whereas India is on fifth position with six medals including one gold, three silvers and two bronze.

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China invited Zardari for opening ceremony of 16th Asian Games

CHINA HAS invited President Asif Ali Zardari to attend the opening ceremony of 16th Asian Games which is going to be held from November 12 to 27, in Guangzhou, China.
China is hosting another biggest event after 2008 Olympics games where in Athletes of 45 Countries will participate.16th Asian Games are schedule to start from November 12 to 27.
According to sources in Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), an invitation has been received from China in which they have invited President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari to attend the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games.
Pakistani Contingent is also taking part in the Asian Games. National athletes will leave for china in two parts. First batch of athletes will leave on November 8 and second batch of athletes will leave for china on November 10.
Training camps of baseball, snooker, squash, kabaddi, volleyball, martial arts, football, weightlifting and hockey are already getting underway at different venues of Pakistan Sports Complex (PSC). 169 contingent members including players and officials will visit China to participate in the mega event.
Sources in Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) said that purpose to hold all training camps under one roof is to monitor the performance of National Sports Federations and to get the best results from the athletes who will participate in the mega event of the sports world.

 

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Positively jealous people buy iPhones, Blackberries for envious

A RECENTstudy has revealed that being jealous has got two approaches to it. One is, if you are jealous in a benign way, you might tend towards buying an iPhone–but if you are experiencing feelings of envy, chances are you will end up with a Blackberry.

"Our studies showed that people who had been made envious of someone who owned an iPhone were willing to pay 80 Euros more on average," wrote authors Niels van de Ven, Marcel Zeelenberg, and Rik Pieters of the Tilburg University.

The researchers made some important discoveries about the motivations that result from different kinds of envy.

Note that two types of envy exist: benign and malicious envy.

"Benign envy exists if the advantage of the other person is deserved, and motivates people to attain a coveted good or position for themselves. This more motivating type of envy makes people pay an envy premium for the products that elicited their envy,” wrote the authors.

On the other hand, malicious envy occurs if the other person is thought to be undeserving; it evokes a desire to "pull down" the other person.

In a series of experiments, the authors compared benign envy with its malicious cousin.

They found that only benignly envious people were willing to pay more for products that they coveted. Maliciously envious people were more likely to pay more for related but different products.

For example, people who felt maliciously envious of someone with an iPhone were more likely to pay more for a BlackBerry.

In the experiments, the participants were asked to imagine feeling jealousy and admiration for the fellow student (Benign Envy condition), to imagine feeling jealous and begrudging (the Malicious Envy condition), or just to imagine that they really liked the product (Control condition).

However, companies should be cautious to not evoke the more negative form of envy that drives people away from products.

Advertisers should make sure that the celebrities they want to use in their ads actually deserve their status.

"If they do not, these celebrities might actually trigger malicious envy and the sales of products from a competitor could even go up,” wrote the authors.

The findings were published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Source: ANI

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Best mobile phone deals: Helping people, empowering lives

MOBILE PHONES today have become a man's best pal as the word mobile phone in this time not only means a gadget through which one can make calls to his/ her relatives and friends but with mobile phones of this generation one can surf Internet, make downloads, chat, play and can also communicate in more advanced way. With today's mobile phones people can also make video call through 3G network support in their mobile phones.

There are many mobile manufacturers in the United Kingdom mobile market which has given its users high-technology mobile phones and with the rise in technology mobile phone are getting more advanced and with that the competition between the mobile manufacturers is also rising. Companies like Nokia, Blackberry, HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG are some of the top leaders of UK mobile market. These companies have provided many astonishing mobile phones to its users which give its users every multimedia features as well as applications.

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Nokia 5250 - A rich touch Phone

FEEL THE real magic of touchscreen phones by the world’s biggest developer Nokia, the company known for great mobile phones. The company is dedicated to deliver something fresh and exciting to their consumers whenever they announce a new gadget. And, this time they bring another brilliant mobile phone having fresh design & exceptional features which is tagged as Nokia 5250. Stylish design and lowest price of this phone makes people crazy to get it at any cost.

The classic design of new Nokia 5250 attracts more and more mobile lovers towards it. The phone weight along with the battery is just 106 grams which makes this upcoming handset handy and comfortable while traveling or using at home. Most of the available touch-screen mobile phones comes with good specifications but not handy at all. Nokia realized this fact and tried to reduce the width as much as possible while modeling its design and the final outcome is just brilliant.

The innovative idea of developing 5250 mobile phone comes into the mind after knowing the expectations of users. This symbian powered smartphone is integrated with a perfect 2.8 inches of TFT resistive touchscreen that supports upto 16 millions colours & 640 x 360 pixels resolution.

It means that Nokia 5250 phone is perfect device for watching full-length movies & videos in landscape mode. According to the company specifications of this handset, the Video playback time is upto 4 hours 30 mins and Music playback time is upto 24 hours. Therefore, it works as a splendid multimedia gadget for watching movies, listening to music, playing games and internet surfing.

The phones internal memory (51MB) is enough to store personal data files, contacts, messages and other stuffs. For the users, who want to store more multimedia files on their mobile phone, Nokia 5250 is the right choice. Since, the mobile is capable to save enormous amount of data files including songs, videos, images, etc. upto 16GB with the help of microSD memory slot. User may connect this handset wirelessly with stereo Bluetooth with compatible devices to get control of music.

Lots of in-built applications make your day exciting & perfect when you feel alone and tired. Emailing, chatting and social networking are the best ways to reduce stress or tension from mind. The new 5250 mobile enables you to connect with your loved ones by instant messaging or Nokia Xpress audio messaging service. Internet browsing or net surfing on this gadget is quiet amazing and provide speedy full-web page access on the phone. You can also enjoy the Nokia’s most popular Ovi Music Unlimited service at much greater speed to download your favourite tracks without paying any extra fees.

This 2 mega-pixels camera phone with the support of high efficiency performance matrix’s comes to expand the reach of people globally at minimal rates. The device will be available in different colours (Dark Grey, Blue, Red, Purple and White), so choose according to your lifestyle.

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Nokia C7 phone features, price specifications

THE SECOND smartphone from the sheds of Nokia, the Nokia C7 is based on the new Symbian platform after Nokia N8. Nokia C7 designed for social networking conscious audience.

Nokia launched its Symbian 3 OS based smartphone, Nokia C7 at the Nokia World Event. With the launch of Nokia C7, Nokia has taken its smartphone market to a whole level and the company seems to enjoy the top gear thanks to the Symbian 3 platform which is a world leader in OS systems.

Nokia C7 combines stainless steel and glass in a sleek, full-touch design. Its 3.5 inch AMOLED display is ideal for networking. It allows updates from Facebook and Twitter fed directly to the home screen, as well as one touch access to many popular email accounts including OVI Mail, Yahoo Mail and Windows Live(TM) Hotmail. Nokia C7 also supports a world of applications, games, videos, and web and location-based services through the OVI Store.

Nokia C7 is Nokia's second smartphone based on the new version of Symbian after Nokia N8. Nokia N8 shipping already started earlier this month. Nokia C7 brings excellent social networking abilities, making it perfect for people checking-in and stay up to date. Nokia C7 is priced at an estimated 335 Euro (excluding applicable taxes or subsidies), with pricing and availability varying from region to region, operator to operator.

Nokia C7 is just 130 g with internal 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM. It supports 3G at HSDPA10.2 mbps and HSUPA, 2 mbps. Nokia C7 also features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,USB has 8 MP fixed focus, dual-LED flash camera with video stabilization. Nokia C7 is available in India for Rs.16,000.

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Nokia X2 with multiple features

WORLD'S LARGEST mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia has launched Nokia X2 for their Indian customers. The highlight of this phone is the 5MP camera with LED flash, equipped with 2.2 inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) screen. Nokia X2 phone has a modern look and feel with its curved design and colourful accents. The phone will be available with a price tag of Rs. 5,999.

Nokia X2 weighs just 82 grams with battery, dimension is 111 x 47 x 13.3 mm and the volume is 61 cc. This phone supports MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes. This phone has Internal memory of 48 MB and supports MicroSD memory card slot up to 16 GB. Other features include MicroUSB, EDGE connectivity, Bluetooth 2 and Firmware update over the air (FOTA).

Nokia X2 supports full web browsing of real web pages, video streaming, Adobe FlashLite 3.0, Java MIDP 2.1 and access to online social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other. This phone offers multiple gaming options like Block'd, Bounce Tales, Brain Champ, City Bloxx, Diamond Rush, Rally 3D, etc.

Applications includes Ovi Store, My Nokia, Flickr, Opera mini browser are available in Nokia X2. It's BL-4C 860 mAh Li-Ion battery supports for up to 810 minutes talk time, up to 540 hours standby time and up to 26.8 hours music playback time. Nokia X2 is available in black-red and silver blue colours. There is also a dual speaker for the music lovers and has dedicated music keys and FM radio.

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Nokia X5-01: Slide to the new technology

NOKIA HAS recently launched its latest innovation in the market the Nokia X5-01 that has lush looks and is jam packed with amazing features that makes it a must buy.

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Saina clinches gold, India back at number two in gold tally

SHE CAME, she saw and she conquered! The moment of glory came when Saina Nehwal bravely defeated her Malaysian opponent Mew Chong Wong to clinch the gold medal in the womens final. Saina's gold has indeed set an example for other Indian athletes, who not only won accolades for themselves but also managed to get their sporting discipline in the limelight.

The first two sets saw both Saina and her opponent battling it out with a mixed blend of composure, perseverance and pressure. Saina's inspiration for today's medal could be the double pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa, who bagged the gold in doubles match earlier today.

However, disappointment struck when the Indian hockey team was pulverised by the Australian players. India lost the match by a humiliating margin of eight goals. So far, in the medal tally, Saina's indestructible performance rocketed India to the second position. England is yet to go into the last day of their games while Australia still rules the roost with a total medal haul of 74-54-48.

Meanwhile, the biggest morale booster for Delhi came when Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Michael Fennell held a press conference and stated that Delhi has performed and the overall image of the Games have been extremely positive.

Samsung Galaxy Portal deals Vs Nokia X3-02 deals

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Indians anguished over corruption in CWG Games

IT REFERS to media-reports about public-anger showered on chairperson of the organising committee (OC) for Commonwealth Games 2010, when some young men disrupted Suresh Kalmadi from dining at a Vasant Kunj restaurant at New Delhi as according to them the Parliamentarian was enjoying dinner using money siphoned from the current CWG Games-2010.

Situation became even more embarrassing when more people joined the protest on Suresh Kalmadi summoning his musclemen in defence forcing the notorious OC chief to run away leaving dinner in between.
If Union government fails to take instant action against corrupt ones of CWG-2010 just after the completion of the games, public anger may be disastrous. Union government should set an example by instant arrest of corrupt fellows of CWG-2010, say within a week ending October 17, 2010.

Even if no charges may be immediately proved against Suresh Kalmadi, he should not be spared from such an instant action. Because, if he can enjoy fruits of being OC chairperson of CWG-2010, he must be made to own responsibility for scams and scandals costing tax-payers thousands of crores rupees. Such an action showing big fish baking bread and cleaning toilets in jail on TV screens will practically and effectively check corruption and scams by the high and the mighty.

CWG Games closing ceremony: Get ready for a blockbuster

NEARLY TWO weeks long Commonwealth Games 2010 has now reached to its final destination. Commonwealth Games closing ceremony is all set to be a blockbuster affair and it would take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium this evening. Prince Edward will be formally closing the Commonwealth Games 2010 on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will be the guest of honor of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.

The closing ceremony of XIX Commonwealth Games promises to be an extravaganza of colours with multiple segments. Around 2,500 school students will perform along with 7,000 artists and create some lively dance and music to make the event memorable. The event will comprise dance, music, folk and modern music, screening of films and puppet shows. Commonwealth Games 2010 mascot Shera will be present during closing ceremony.

The main theme of the event is 'Universal Love' and the main part of the event is a colourful laser show along with India's martial arts. The world's largest helium balloon aerostat will again be the star attraction at the closing ceremony. Bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan and Kailash Kher, among others are all set to perform in the fun-fare event.

Celebrities from sports, flim and political fraternity will be attending the closing ceremony of XIX Commonwealth Games. The event will take place between 7 to 9-30 pm. and about 60,000 people are expected to attend it at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The Commonwealth Games Ceremonial Flag will be handed to the XX Commonwealth Games host city Glasgow.

Indian boxers shine in CWG Games, lift three gold medals

THE INDIAN boxing contingent in the ongoing Commonwealth Games learnt their lessons the hard way when they compensated for their mistakes, which they had committed on Monday. The boxing trio consisting Surnajoy Singh (52 kg), Manoj Kumar (64 kg) and Paramjeet Samota (91 kg) hauled three golds on Wednesday in their respective weight categories.

Although Singh and Manoj Kumar had lifted their own gold medal's, tension gripped when Paramjeet Samota was to face Trinidadian Tariq Abdul Haqq. Samota's manipulated moves not just confused the spectators but also the game specialists, when he changed his attacking style from right hand to left. The moment of victory came when Samota landed a harsh punch on the Trinidadian on the upper lip which led to an instantaneous gush of blood.

Meanwhile, in the 64 kg knockout English boxer, Bradley Saunders was left battered and bruised against Manoj Kumar, who registered a 11-2 win against him that made his journey towards the gold medal much more sweeter.

Although Vijender Singh's exit out of the semi finals came as a disappointment, Manoj Kumar tried to fill in the gap by stating there like Vijender, even he had kept the guard pretty close to his face. His style of attack confused the opponent which made his victory commendable.

Saina Nehwal creates history, enters badminton finals

INDIA's BADMINTON sensation and world No. 3, Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman to enter the finals of the Commonwealth Games badminton event. History was made at the Siri Fort Complex in front of home crowd, when she easily defeated Susan Egelstaff of Scotland in straight sets 21-10 and 21-17.

The spectators' cheered for her as she stepped onto the court which was the last game of the day. Because of her unforced errors, Saina lost the initial points and the crowd also fell silent. However, the match transformed into an entirely different level as she recomposed herself and took to the winning stride.

She snatched the first set in just 12 minutes from Susan. However, the next game saw Susan pressing force as she started advancing which was powered by by some uncharacteristic mistakes committed by Saina at the net.

Fear gripped the home crowd when Susan took a 17-16 lead from Saina but with maximum levels of perseverance she advanced with a five pointer to enter the finals.

In doubles match Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa also moved into the final with a 12- 21, 21- 13, 21- 11 win over Kate Wilson Smith and He Ting Tiang of Australia.

Saina will meet Malaysian second seed Wong Mew Chew in the final.“It is great to be in the final of the Commonwealth Games," Saina said proudly.

Indian athlete Rani Yadav fails dope test

IN THE third case of doping in the Commonwealth Games 2010, Indian athlete Rani Yadav has tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone. She participated in the 20-kilometre walk but did not win a Commonwealth Games medal.

Rani Yadav came sixth in the women's 20-kilometre walk last Saturday. According to games officials, Yadav has tested positive for 19-Norandrosterone, an anabolic agent.

Earlier, two Nigerian sprinters failed the dope test at the XIX Commonwealth Games, which have been largely remained dope free, barring few such instances. CGF President Michael Fennell earlier in the morning stated in a press conference that one Indian athlete had failed a dope test, but he had refused to reveal the name.

Fennel said that as per the practise, the name can be publicised only after the athlete is given the notification. He had said that official do not know yet, whether the athlete had received the notice and as such the name of Yadav was kept under wraps.

Earlier, Nigerian sprinter Samuel Okon, who finished sixth in the 110m hurdles final, was tested positive on Tuesday for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine.

Nigeria’s women’s 100m gold medal winner Osayemi Oludamola had also tested positive on Monday for the same substance.

Commonwealth Games: Indian tests positive for banned substance

IN THE second doping incident after two Nigerian athletes tested positive for a banned substance at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, an Indian athlete has been reported to have failed a dope test. The news was disclosed by Games Federation President, Michael Fennell although he did not disclose the athlete's name.

While addressing a press conference, Fennell said that the committee had received a positive result. The Federation had issued a notice to the athlete as well as the chef de mission. He further stated that as per the anti-doping practice, the name will be publicised only after the accused gets a notification.

He refused to mention the status of the notification and confirmed that the athlete is an Indian.

Nigerian sprinter Samuel Okon, who finished sixth in the 110m hurdles final tested positive on Tuesday for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine. Nigeria's women's 100m gold medal winner Osayemi Oludamola had also tested positive on Monday for the same substance.

The news has come as a shock for the entire Indian sporting fraternity especially when the nation was rejoicing its stupendous performances in various events. Speculation is now rife as to which player could have tested positive for the banned substance as no one wants a medal winner to turn out to be the culprit.

India has won a record number of gold medals in this games and it would not want the clock to turn back and that too when the games are coming to a close.

India to play against Australia in CWG Games hockey final

IT CAN be said that it was an unforgettable Tuesday when Indian men's hockey team stole the heart of all their fans. They were looking perfect, they were in rhythm and they dominated at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium. India defeated England by 5-4 in the tie-breaker to reach into the finals of the Commonwealth Games 2010.

During the 70 minutes of the game, both India and English team were 3-3. Once Indian team were behind 3-1 at the fully packed Dhyan Chand National Stadium. Fans were cheering for India and in the last 15 minutes of the play India never gave any chance to their opponent and scored two goals.

In the extra time both India and England were not able to score any goal. In the tie-breaker India's goal keeper Bharat Chetri saved Glenn Kirkham's penalty shot and secured the berth for final against defending Commonwealth Games champion Australia on October 14.

Meanwhile, on the ninth day of the Commonwealth Games 2010, Indian shooters Heena Sidhu and Annuraj Singh won 31st gold for the country in Women's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs) event, whereas, in the Women's 4×400m (Relay) event, Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, & Mandeep Kaur bagged 32nd gold for the country.

In the Women's 50m Rifle Prone (Singles) event, Tejaswini Sawant and in the Men's 25m Standard Pistol (Pairs) event, Samresh Jung and Chandrasekhar Chaudhary won silver medals for the country.

In the badminton event, world third seeded badminton player Saina Nehwal reached into the women's single final. In the Women's Doubles event, Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta also qualified for the gold medal event at the Commonwealth Games 2010.