TinTin-Snowy and Gang EArrive in USA Dec 21
Adventures of TinTin(Steven Spielberg) movie release
Yay!
Dec 19 Liberation Day Goa, Daman and Diu- (Golden Jubilee) - 50 years Jai Hind!
Following Operation Vijay, in 1961, against occupiers Portugal- The Indian armed forces executed the mandate in under two days, but suffered 22 fatalities and 54 were wounded. The Portuguese toll was 30 killed and 57 wounded. India took 5,094 personnel as prisoners from Goa, Daman and Diu, who were repatriated to Portugal in six months
Dec 19 is celebrated as Liberation Day for Goa, Daman and Diu Jai Hind!
6 Terrorists found Guilty for attack on Indian InstItute Of Science- Bangalore in 2005
A Bangalore court has found six people guilty of abetting the attack on the prestigious Indian Institute of Science in 2005 and acquitted one.
Mohammad Raza Ul Rehman, Afzal Pasha, Mehboob Ibrahim,Mirudin Khan, Nizamuddin and Munna have been convicted while Chand Pasha has been acquitted.
The police had identified 11 people who helped stage the IISC attack. Four of them were gunned down in an encounter at Ananthpur a couple of years ago
1Dec 16 Anniversary of surrender of East Pakistan 1971 with 93,000 Pakistani Armed Forces PRisoners of War
The historic day saw Pakistan surrender to India and Independence seekers of East Pakistan (Mukti Bah ini -Bangladesh)- after a short war following aggression by Pakistan.
The Armed Forces of Pakistan forced. 1 million refugees into neighboring India by unleashing an inhuman wave of targeted destruction,rape,killing in THEIR country-having lost elections. This was followed by naked aggression against Neighbor India- which was ill advised as in a short span from Dec 3-Dec 16-Pakistan lost entire Eastern Pakistan and surrendered 93,000 troops-a record-and also suffered huge losses in West Pakistan
Thank you TIME magazine--This is my second award as
Person of the Year. Earlier I also received the award as The Blogger in 2006
5000 I'm Walk against corruption by using Indian Professionals
The group 'Proud Indians' from Hyderabad have planned to walk from Kanyakumari to Delhi walkathon (padyatra) as part of its novel fight against corruption. Called 'Proud Indians', from December 18 at Kanyakumari and after passing through more than 100 cities and towns and villages will reach Raj Ghat in New Delhi on April 7.
They expect people from all walks of life to join in
Quote>>"We firmly believe that the fight against corruption should start from the individual. We can build an honest nation and an honest society only if we are honest," said Karri Sriram, an IT professional
RIP Cartoonist Mario Miranda(1926-11 Dec 2011 (aged 85)
Padma Bhushan (2002)awarded Indian cartoonist Mario was based in Loutolim, Goa.Miranda drew in The Times of India,The Economic Times, The Illustrated Weekly of India.
Mario travelled to UK, US and other parts if the world and settled in Mumbai and Goa. He worked closely with cartoonist RK Laxman
RIP
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RIP Dev Anand Legendary, Iconic Actor/Director Producer
So many memories, associated memories, Classic movies and songs.....valid for many generations from B/W era to now and on.....Dev Anand was honored with many awards include many Lifetime Achievement awards include Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke award for contributions to Indian cinema....with millions of fans around the world....so manny songs....always remember his humble nature and polite friendly behavior when I met him a few times....RIP
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields
GMO= Genetically Modified Organism -- lot of Health problems likely and more study needed before introducing in market
Monsanto is the sam3 ago company selling " killer" seeds that after 1-2 years will Grow ONLY in their Fertilizer! Then the supply of seeds is IN THEiR control - means Price increase control- Farmer Debts - loss of Generation Farm land!,\
Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan Appointed National Brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote child nutrition
Padma Bhshan Aamir Khan follows Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra who have represented UN International Children's Emergency Fund in India.
Aamir Khan (46) will be working towards solving the problem of malnutrition in children under two years,
The Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010 for his contributions towards the arts
QUOTE "I am humbled to be here today...I don't take this as a burden but as a responsibility. It has been a joyful process being a part of this wonderful team (UNICEF). It has been a satisfying and enriching experience for me to work towards the betterment of the children in our country. I was amazed to know the facts when I joined UNCIEF that how much do our children suffer from diseases and how little is done about it. For me the journey began a year and half ago when a group of young MP's came up to me from citizen alliance against malnutrition saying that they wanted me to be a part of the cause for fighting these issues. I will try and give my best for this cause and look forward to the future where children our happy and healthy"
Career Earlier Aamir had been the Brand Ambassador for Incredible India Tourism Started as a Child actor- Aamir Khan has had several hit movies including off beat ones and has turned to being a Producer and Director as well
"Yaadon ki Baarat (debut)", 'Taare Zameen Par', '3 Idiots' Highest Grosser ever) 2009), 'Ghajini' and 'Dhobi Ghat',
The Railway- India ranks first in passenger-per-km of rail transport annually.
1. India Passenger-km: 925 billion (2010)
India is ranked No.1 among countries with more than 5 billion passenger-km. Indian Railways has 114,500 kilometres of total track and 7,500 stations.
It has the world's fourth largest railway network after United States, Russia and China.
(All figures include passenger rail only, thus including suburban railways, but excluding metros.)
Ten of the 22 Indian traders, charged with smuggling diamonds worth $7.3 million (about Rs 36.5 crore) into China, were sentenced to varied prison terms ranging from 23 months to six years by The Shenzhen Intermediate court which also ordered the deportation of the remaining 12 traders Some of the traders were fined ranging from 3 lakh to 10 lakh yuan (Rs 24 lakh to Rs 80 lakh).
The 22 traders were arrested on January 8, 2010 in Shenzhen and charged with smuggling 14,000 carats of diamonds illegally from Hong Kong
Indian Consul General in Guangzhou, Indramani Pandy, will be meeting court officials on Thursday to get exact details.
Indian Ambassador to China S Jaishankar along with Pandy had met the traders last month and discussed their case and well-being.The case was taken up by Prime Minister Singh, Foreugn Minister Krishna and also Gujarat Chief Minister Modi
Of the ten traders, Rajesh Kumar Jain was jailed for the maximum six years, Bavishi Rajukumar and Soni Amitkumar Arunkumar were sentenced to five years in prison each and Rishit Maheshkumar Shah to three years and six months.Arunkumar was also fined 300,000 yuan (Rs 24 lakh).
Arvindlal Shah was sentenced to one year and 11 months in prison while Dharam Veer Patel, Dhaval Vikulkumar Patel, Mitulkumar Mafatlal Chhunchha, Shah Nishith Girishbhai and Vipulkumar Manubhai Patel were awarded a jail term of three years each.
Dhaval Patel was also fined 500,000 yuan (Rs 40 lakh).
The 12 others -- Jigar Prafulchandra Mehta, who was also fined 1,000,000 yuan (Rs 80 lakh); Nehal Nitin Shah; Jagani Mahendra Smith; Shripal Sureshbhai Parikh; Shrenik Suresh Parikh; Vishal Shailesh Mehta; Paratik Kumar Nemchand Parikh; Pritex Mansukhlal Doshi; Ankit Prakashchandra Shah; Taral Manoj Parekh; Parth Dineshchandra Shah; and Shah Viral were ordered to be deported
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President Obama names new Ambassador to India NANCY POWELL-1st woman envoy
Nancy J Powell, a career diplomat is the next Ambassador to India the first woman to be nominated for the post.
Powell, 64, will replace Timothy J Roemer, who resigned from his post in April 2011 after serving 2years as US envoy to India (Peter Burleigh is currently serving as the Charge d'affaires of the US embassy in India)
Ms.Powell, a career diplomatic Senior Foreign Service member is currently serving as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources at the Department of State.
Ms.Powell has served as Ambassador to Nepal (2007-2009), Ambassador to Pakistan (2002-2004), Ambassador to Ghana (2001-2002), and Ambassador to Uganda (1997-1999)
 Congrats! Fremont Postmaster! Gopi Sohal(left) 1st Indian American Postmaster in Northern California with Fremont Vice Mayor Anu Natarajan- the 1st Indian American elected City Council member in SF Bay area
Congrats! Shiva Keshavan wins Gold in Luge-Asia Cup 2011Winter Games
Luge athlete Shiva Keshavan of India set a new Asian speed record of 134.3 kmph to win the gold medal at the 2011 Asia Cup.
Keshavan is the first Indian ever to win a medal at an International Winter Game
His timing in the first run was 50.162 seconds, a mere 0.09 seconds behind the current track record, and 50.221 in the second, clocking a total of 1:40:383.
Runner-up Takahisa Oguchi from Japan, who was the previous Asia Cup winner, scored a total time of 1:40:861 seconds.
Quote "It was a fantastic race. I am very happy to have won the gold for India. Thanks to all my supporters back in India, to my sponsors. I know I can perform even better and hope to break the remaining track records next time!" Congrats! Jai Ho!ALUTE and Jai Ho!
Pakistan Secret Service spy in USA Pleads Guilty of spying in USA and illegal lobbying US Congress! Spy= SYED GHULAM NABI FAI (Rediff)
In a major embarrassment to the Inter-Services Intelligence, United States-based Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to federal charges of spying for the Pakistani spy agency and illegally lobbying the Congress to influence the American policy on Kashmir.
Fai, 62, also acknowledged secretly receiving money from the ISI through clandestine routes and causing revenue losses to the US government to the tune of USD 200,000 to 400,000.
Pleading before the US Eastern District Court of Virginia, Fai, head of the Kashmiri American Council (KAC) pleaded guilty and agreed to the charges of federal prosecutors that he received at least USD 3.5 million from ISI between 1990 and 2011.
His sentencing is scheduled for March 9. Fai agreed before the court that he was in direct contact with the ISI officials including the head of its security directorate.
The guilty plea was announced by Neil MacBride, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
He conceded receiving talking points from ISI regarding what to say and write. He agreed that he received directions from ISI with regard to which specific individuals to invite for KAC conferences.
Fai has consented to forfeit all four bank accounts in his name or in the name of KAC totalling about USD 140,000. He also agreed before the court that he had send to the ISI annual budget of the KAC for approval.
"For the last 20 years, Mr Fai secretly took millions of dollars from Pakistani intelligence and lied about it to the US government," said US Attorney MacBride.
"As a paid operative of ISI, he did the bidding of his handlers in Pakistan while he met with US elected officials, funded high-profile conferences, and promoted the Kashmiri cause to decision-makers in Washington."
"Syed Fai admitted his role in a decades-long scheme to conceal the fact that the government of Pakistan was secretly funding his efforts to influence US policy on Kashmir," said Assistant Attorney General Monaco
What a shame! Afghan woman Gulnar was put in Jail after complaining about being raped= Charges- Adultery-- She was in jail for 2 years and the Sharia Judge asked her o marry her rapist and be set free-- SHAME!
There are many more cases like Gulnar- WHat a Shame that this crap goes on with support of segment of population, politicians, Governments!
Wish the "Moderate" Muslims SPEAK UP, PROTEST, PETITION etc- even those Safe and Sound Miles and Miles away!!
Show some Solidarity- some Support for such Victims
Salute! INDIA's "EARTH HEROES" 2011-12
India's Earth Heroes - the fascinating people being honored at the 12th Sanctuary Wildlife Awards, 2011, supported by DSP BlackRock and Deutsche Bank.
- LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD- Dr George Beals Schaller,
-WILDLIFE SERVICES AWARD: Sathyabhama Das Biju, Shekar Dattatri, Gerard Martin and Daulat Singh Shaktawat, P Suresha.
-YOUNG NATURALIST AWARD Ramnath Chandrashekar, Aishwarya Sridhar and Tengbat Sangma.
-SPECIAL CATEGORY: Wind Under The Wings Award for enabling and encouraging wildlife conservation in the state. The State of MAHARASHTRA
GREEN TEACHER AWARD Rajendra and Pournima Kerkar, educators, conservationists and social workers.
US/UK supplied top technology Arms to Pakistan who help fight US Troops!!! What a SHAME
uS Cong Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer complained " it was "disturbing" how Pakistan was being supplied with advanced thermal optic scopes made by BAE Systems when US troops were being issued outdated equipment. He argued that the firm was endangering US troops selling the scope to "the same people who are killing our guys."
"We are simply taking the best gear, the best technology on the market to date and giving to guys that are known to stab us in the back,"
RIP Ustad Sultan Khan -A musical Genius
His music Sarangi was sublime and he would be lost in it - and the first note would launch the listener rasikas into a diiff world. no showmanship but brilliant musician
Ustad Sultan Khan - Padma Bhushan 2010 - performed in Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla-Percussion ensemble Tabla Science where I saw him couple times along w other performances. He also recvd Sangeet Natya Academy and US President Musical honors among many others RIP
ExDictator Gen Noriega returns to Panama Jail after serving 20 years in US and France
Manuel " Pineapple" Noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking and money laundering.He was a paid CIA operative and helped US against Nicaragua etc and helped US operate a base in Panama. With US State Dept and CIA protection Noriega became outspoken and out if his expected "role" and used the empty US arms planes going back to Miami for drug smuggling.
He was arrested by US tried and convicted in military court and served time in US prison. Panama convicted him during his captivity overseas for the slayings of two political opponents in the 1980s, and in a third case involving the death of troops who aided one of the opponents in a rebellion.
He was sentenced to 20 years for each of the three cases, and Panamanian officials say he will be sent straight to a jail cell when he lands.
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