PM turns 73 onboard Paris-New York flight
by I.Ramamohan Rao
New
York: It was a very special birthday treat onboard his
special Air India flight that brought Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh from Paris to New York. His wife Gursharan Kaur cut
the cake on board the jumbo on Tuesday to mark his 73rd
birthday. Their daughter and son and his entourage doing
a round of clapping watched by their grandson.
Film
superstar Vijaykanth enters politics
by P.Subramanium
Madurai
(Tamil Nadu): Popular south Indian film star Vijaykanth
launched his own political party on Wednesday. Vijaykanth,
who has acted in over a 100 films in Tamil and Telugu language,
has a huge fan following. His decision to launch the National
Progressive Dravida Kazhagam comes just eight months ahead
of the crucial polls in Tamil Nadu, which till now, was
being touted as a direct fight between incumbent chief minister
Jayaram Jayalalithaa's All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(AIADMK) and opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazgham. "Today
I formally launch a new political party named National Progressive
Dravida Kazhagam. I believe in people's power. They are
my real supporters. Ninety percent of the people in the
state are with me and out of this 50 percent are women,"
he told a cheering crowd of a thousand people in Madurai
city. The party's strength depends solely on Vijykanth's
fans associations, which currently has more than 2.1 million
members. Tamil Nadu's film industry has contributed a few
big political leaders like the late M.G. Ramchandran (MGR),
Jayalalithaa and DMK leader K.Karunanidhi. But in the recent
past many have taken the plunge into politics and failed.
Nigerian
rebels caught in Nagaland (Go
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by Jahansher Firoze
Dimapur:
Police in Nagaland have busted a Nigerian ring of internet
fraudsters involved in the infamous 'Nigerian Advance Fee
Scheme' " also known as '419 Scam'. Three Nigerians have
been picked up from Dimapur. This arrest comes close on
the heels of Delhi police arresting busting another Nigerian
racquet involved in running similar fraud scheme in India.
The three have been identified as Martins Ngomah, Alagie
Sawaneh and Ez Ealoaku. One of the three has claimed himself
to be rebel leader of an organization fighting against the
Nigerian government. Police disclosed that the three posing
as Nigerian UN Diplomats, were in email communications with
a Dimapur-based lad who they had zeroed in to fleece money
by taking him for a long ride through their tempting quick
money-making scam through ingenious money laundering.
Indian
doctor named outstanding American (Go
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Washington:
Twenty-nine-year-old Dr. Vikram Sheel Kumar has been
named as one of 2005's ten young outstanding Americans (TOYA
Awards) by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Kumar is the first Indian American to have been selected
for the award. One of the oldest and most prestigious recognition
programs in the world, the 67th TOYA annual awards presentation
will be held on September 17 at the World Trade Center in
Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the earlier recipients of
this honor include Bill Clinton, John D. Rockefeller, John
F. Kennedy, Henry Ford, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon,
Elvis Presley, Henry Kissenger, Christover Reeves, David
Copperfield, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Arthur Ashe, Jessie Jackson,
Ted Kennedy, Howard Hughes and William Webster. Kumar has
been in news for his contributions in the field of medical
technology for mass-application.
Pak
women get themselves raped to turn millionaires: Musharraf
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New
York: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that
women in Pakistan get themselves raped for getting a visa
to Canada and becoming a millionaire. "You must understand
the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking
concern.......a lot of people say if you want to go abroad
and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire,
get yourself raped," the Daily Times quoted Musharraf as
saying in an interview with The Washington Post. He further
said that Pakistan should not be seen in isolation as far
as rape cases are concerned, as it happens even in the US,
Canada, France and the UK also. "Pakistan should not be
singled out when the curse is everywhere in the world,"
he said adding that reports or figures about rape in the
US, Canada, France and Britain show that "it is happening
everywhere". To a question about rape victim Mukhtar Mai,
he said that she was free to travel now, and that he had
no regrets about slapping on her to travel abroad. He said
Mukhtar Mai had come "under the sway of organisations determined
to harm Pakistan's image".
