CPI meet sep 30

Kannur,  Communist Party of India (CPI) State Secretary C K Chandrappan would inaugurate the 12th state conference of Bharathiya Khet Mazdoor Union-All India Trade Union Congress (BKMU-AITUC), affliated to CPI, at Stadium Corner on September 30, said Mr Palliparam Balan, Chairman of the Organising Committee.

Malayalam Actor Manoj K Jayan’s Second Marriage News , Wife Asha Photos

Manoj K Jayan's second wife's name is Asha. She is a native of Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram.

Asha was also a divorcee. Manoj has decided to marry an ordinary girl , because he was not ready to marry again from film industry.

Actor Manoj K Jayan Second Marriage was held on 3rd March 2011 at Thrissur.

South Indian celebrity couples Manok K Jayan and Urvashi were married in the year 2000.

Manoj and Urvashi had a daughter Tejalekshmi (Kunjatta).

They divorced on October 2008 and the daughter is with Manoj K Jayan and Asha.

A case is going on between Manoj and Urvashi regarding the possession of daughter. 

Manok K Jayan and Urvashi's wedding was a love marriage, but there were many problems between them which resulted in a divorce.

Malayalam Actress Urvasi did not marry again after divorce and is now acting in movies.

Manoj K Jayan married to Urvashi in 2000 and they got separated on Wednesday 15th of October 2008 by Chennai court order.The two have a daughter from this marriage,the legal battle over their daughter’s custody is still on.

Manoj K Jayan has won the Kerala State Film Award twice for Best Supporting Actor in Hariharan’s Sargam (1992) and Second Best Actor for Hariharan’s Pazhassi Raja (2009).

Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif to reunite?

It is common knowledge that Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are extremely fond of each other even though they have split up. However, the two are reported to be bonding big time on the sets of their forthcoming film Ek Tha Tiger, thus paving way to rumours of their re-union. 

If sources are to be believed, Katrina Kaif takes good care of Salman Khan on the sets of Yash Raj's filmEk Tha Tiger in Dublin. The film is directed by Kabir Khan. As Salman has just recovered from a surgery to rectify a nerve disorder, Katrina takes double care of Salman to ensure that he is fine.

Salman Khan too doesn't hide his feelings for his ex girlfriend. Recently, Katrina had to shoot for a scene where she had to ride a bicycle. However, Katrina couldn't maintain her balance and fell off the bicycle. Salman, who was present at the scene was the first to reach up to her rescue.

The actor had also on several other occasions gone out of his way to be there for Katrina.

Well, it is quite obvious that Katrina and Salman still share a wonderful rapport with each other and are extremely fond of each other. It won't be surprising if the two decide to reunite. Let's hope so! What say guys?

Ranbir Kapoor finishes off kissing scene in single take

Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who is working on hisupcoming film Rockstar, has a kissing scene with actress Nargis Fakhri in the movie. But the sexiest bachelor of Bollywood has revealed that the kissing scene is just like an action sequence for him and he finishes off the lip-lock scene in a single take.

Talking about his film Rockstar, Ranbir Kapoor says that kissing scenes are natural in love stories and he feels very awkward to kiss a girl in front of a hundred people on the sets in front of a camera and lights. “It's too mechanical. For me, a kissing scene is just like an action sequence. Normally, I finish off the kissing scene in a single take," Ranbir said on a TV show.

However, this is not the first time Ranbir Kapoor is doing a lip-lock scene. The actor has locked lips with a number of his leading ladies like Deepika Padukone in Bachna Ae Haseeno, Priyanka Chopra in Anjaana Anjaani, American actress Sarah Thompson in Raajneeti.

Saif Ali Khan's ex-wife ignores his dad Pataudi’s funeral

Actor Saif Ali Khan's ex-wife Amrita Singh did not attend the funeral ceremony of her ex-father-in-law Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. According to sources, Amrita was saddened by Pataudi’s death. But she decided to mourn in silence as she did not want to feel awkward by Saif and Kareena presence there.

Sources says that Amrita Singh was in Mumbai on the day of Pataudi's funeral and she was very much saddened by his death news. But she was bothered about Saif and Kareena's presence at the funeral ceremony. In a bid to avoid facing any awakward situation, she decided to mourn in silence at her residence.

However, Amrita Singh, who has settled in a nice penthouse at Juhu, had distanced herself from the entire Pataudi family after her divorce ended on a bitter note. She had accused Saif for not providing them any monetary help. Meanwhile, she had also announced to raise Sara and Ibrahim single handedly.

Shahrukh's Ra.One sets new records in online promotions

Shahrukh Khan starrer Ra.One is a movie of one of its kind and that is without a doubt known to every man in the Bollywood Industry and is the spotlight in the eyeball of the common man. The movie is setting its own records and is breaking the clutter on ALL levels and has a lot of FIRSTS to its credit. The movie has experimented on all kinds of mediums to get their fans feel at home and connected to the movie. The movie has achieved remarkable success prior to its release itself.

Ra.One has been the first movie website in the Bollywood Industry to hit the highest Alexa India Rankings. The movie is in the first 5000 most visited websites. (Precisely: 3,588) and is Globally ranked at 76,662 as on 23rd September, 2011. The website is innovative and is easily the love of any SRK fan who has so much to offer to them apart from the movie.

But it doesn’t stop there. If you see the YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/raonemovie, Ra.Onehas managed to create ‘one of its kind’ content on the channel with exclusive videos & movie promos. This is, by far, the most unusual & successful campaign in the Digital Media. The Youtube platform alone has +2,45,000 views!

One of the other innovations is the eStore and Physical Distribution of Movie Specific Merchandise in 149 countries-http://www.raonemovie.com/store/. A total of 64 products are created which are unique in its own style. The products are created which will fit the taste, pocket and interest of all Target Groups.

The movie is the first one to experiment with a Graphic novel and has a weekly strip which will be an addiction to its users. http://www.raonemovie.com/comic/ The movie has started a fad of people creating Name Alphabet(dot) one pages on Facebook eg A.one,B.One.

The most anticipated movie related is the G.one Squad. The concept relates to the character of the Khan of Bollywood who with his good deeds teaches something about the other. The movie has also linked their digital work to ticket booking and bringing direct ROI into the campaign which makes a lot of sense as at least 10-12 % of ticket booking is now being done online. (A mind working on 1000 things is baseless if not achieved success to monies, believes the agency behind Ra.One who is putting their heart and soul to make it one of a kind of a campaign)

Nithya Menon in and as Chattakari

One of the evergreen movies of 70’s in Malayalam cinema is KS Sethumadhavan directed Chattakari, which had Lakshmi and Mohan in the lead.


The film went on to become a milestone and was remade into Hindi as Julie with Lakshmi playing the title role.


Chattakari is now going to be remade with Nithya Menon playing the role made memorable by Lakshmi and new boy Unni Mukundan (who played hero in Tamil Seedan, a remake of Malayalam Nandanam) doing Mohan’s role.


The new Chattakari is being directed by Santosh Sethumadhavan, son of KS Sethumadhavan who did the original!


Now in the age of remakes in Malayalam, leading remake specialist producer Suresh Kumar of Revathy Kalamandir is remaking Chattakari.


Suresh knows the pulse and the old world value of remakes. Recently he has remade classics like Neelathamara and Rathinirvedam and tasted box-office success.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is expecting twins?

Ever since the news on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy got out, there have been a number of tidbits about her that made headlines in new media and tabloids. It is now widely speculated that the diva who is due for a November delivery, is expecting baby twins!

Quoted a source close to the Bachchans, It's a private affair. The entire family is very happy and excited about the kid. And yes the doctors have confirmed that it's twins for Ash and Abhi.

The source further quoted that Aishwarya is due for November but the star couple is expecting the babies closer to Diwali, by October end itself.

Her Hindi film 'Guru' where she shared screen space with real life partner Abhishek Bachchan was dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu. It maybe mentioned that the film showcased the couple being blessed with twins: looks like the reel life scene might soon take place for them in real life as well!

Aishwarya was last seen in South Indian films through 'Endhiran' where she shared screen space with Superstar Rajinikanth last year.

Pakistan PM recalls Hina Rabbani Khar from US visit

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday called back Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar from the US amid strained ties with Washington following an accusation that Pakistan was supporting the Haqqani terror network.

Khar was called back for consultations over the strained relationship between Pakistan and the US, Online news agency quoted sources as saying.

US military commandershave accused Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, of supporting the Haqqani network for carrying out two attacks on the US embassy in Kabul and US military base in Afghanistan's Wadak province this month.

Gilani also called an all-party conference to build consensus on Pakistan's stance over the US threats. Khar will attend the conference to brief the political parties over Islamabad's ties with Washington.

The prime minister also called up President Asif Ali Zardari and took him into confidence regarding the developments.

He also telephonically discussed with different political parties the situation arising out of US accusing Pakistan of supporting Haqqani network.

Gilani spoke to Sheikh Rasheed of the Awami Muslim League, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Altaf Hussain of the Muttahid Quami Movement, the Nation qouted sources as saying.

Ties between Washington and Islamabad have been strained after the May 2 killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.

They dipped further when the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, Thursday accused the Pakistani government of supporting the Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network.

Mullen called the Haqqani network a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country's spy agency, as he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the US strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He said the ISI-supported Haqqani network was behind recent attacks in Afghanistan including the Sep 11 truck bomb attack and the Sep 13 assault on the US embassy in Kabul.

Mullen said the Pakistani government's link to the extremist group would undermine the already troubled US-Pakistani relationship as well as the US-led counterterrorism campaign in Afghanistan.

Pakistan, however, dismissed US accusations that the ISI is using the Haqqani network for a proxy war in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Pak army in huddlePakistan's top military commanders held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the "prevailing security situation" in the country, the army said.

The special corps commander's conference was held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to discuss the country's security, Geo News reported.

Media reports said that the emergency meeting was called on Sunday, a weekly holiday in Pakistan, in view of the threatening statement by the US military leaders.

Paksitan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had dismissed Mullen's remarks as unfortunate and said Pakistan is neither supporting the Haqqani network nor conducting a proxy war in Afghanistan.

Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pakistan-pm-recalls-hina-rabbani-khar-from-us-visit/1/152617.html

VS Achuthanandan gets abusive phone call

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan on Friday received an anonymous phone call showering abuses on the senior CPM leader. The incident happened when VS was taking rest at the Government Rest House at Chinnakkada in Kollam after attending a party programme.

According to sources, the call was attended by the gunman of  Achuthanandan. He immediately informed the East police station nearby, who, in turn, registered a case based on his complaint

NASA satellite likely plunged into Pacific

A bus-sized US satellite that hurtled unpredictably toward Earth crossed over Africa and the northern Atlantic before likely plunging into the Pacific Ocean off California, NASA said.

The six-tonne Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell from the sky sometime between 1:23pm and 3:09pm (AEST) on Saturday, the space agency said, but there were no sightings or reliable accounts of damage.

"We have got no reports of anyone seeing anything that we believe are credible," NASA chief orbital scientist Nick Johnson said, noting that the "vast majority" of its flight track had been over water.

The latest estimate, made by Joint Space Operations Centre at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at two hours before entry, put the re-entry time at 6:16pm (AEST).

"If the re-entry point was at 04:16 GMT, then all that debris wound up in the Pacific Ocean," Mr Johnson said.

NASA had maintained in recent days that the risk of the satellite causing harm to people on land was remote.

Since the satellite was circling Earth every 1.5 hours before it fell, it covered a vast amount of territory in its final loop, according to a map NASA posted on its website.

It started off on the eastern coast of Africa before going over the Indian Ocean, up the Pacific over Canada, over the northern Atlantic and then down western Africa before ending in the Indian Ocean again, Mr Johnson said.

The final resting place of the 20-year-old satellite's remains could stay shrouded in mystery.

"We may never know," Mr Johnson said, noting that NASA relies on the public as well as aviation and naval personnel to report evidence of satellite debris.

The satellite was expected to break into 26 pieces as it plummeted toward Earth, with surviving parts including titanium fuel tanks, beryllium housing and stainless steel batteries and wheel rims.

UARS was launched in 1991 to measure the ozone layer and other atmospheric conditions and was decommissioned in 2005.

Influence from solar activity and the tumbling motion of the satellite made it difficult to narrow down where it would penetrate Earth's atmosphere, and it was expected to leave a 800-kilometre debris footprint.

UARS was the biggest NASA spacecraft to fall since the 85-tonne Skylab crashed into Western Australia in 1979.

A 40-tonne Russian space station Salyut 7 scattered over Argentina in 1991 after an uncontrolled return to Earth.

Despite the media frenzy that surrounded the UARS landing, orbital debris experts said space junk actually falls from the sky regularly, even weekly, according to Mr Johnson.

Women are most attractive at 31

Women are at their attractive bests when they are 31 -- that's the precise age when, according to a survey, they are considered most beautiful.


The poll of 2,000 men and women, commissioned by the shopping channel QVC to celebrate its Beauty Month, found that females in their early thirties are seen as more attractive than younger girls as they are more confident and stylish.


        The research concluded that beauty is as much about personality as  appearance.

It was defined as being confident by 70 per cent, having good looks by 67 per cent and being stylish by 47 per cent.
Almost two thirds of women surveyed -- 63 per cent -- agreed that "with age, comes beauty".
The same number said that as they get older, they care less about what others think of the way they look.
And 51 per cent said as they age they shed their insecurities and feel prettier.
The survey also found that men now spend more on their looks than women ”their monthly bill including gym and hairdressers is 119 pounds, compared to girls' 105 pounds.
"This research shows what many have always suspected - real beauty is about more than just good looks, but a combination of confidence, style and personality too," the Scotsman quoted Sue Leeson, marketing director of QVC, as saying.
"We know that treating yourself to something that makes you feel good, experimenting with hairstyles, and knowing the make-up to wear that makes you look your best will enhance your confidence and make you feel at your peak," she added

Electricity charges to go up in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, The cost of electricity will go up in the State by 25 paise a unit from October1 for all domestic consumers using upto 120 units of electricity a month.

The earlier decision was to impose surcharge of Rs. 25 paise per unit on power from September. The order of the commission comes in the wake of the request placed by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) on the issue.

Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is imposing the surcharge for six months to enable it to recover from the consumers a sum of Rs.181.14 crore towards additional expenses incurred by it on costly thermal power.

Madhuri Dixit headed for divorce?

Mumbai,  Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit shifted to the US after getting married to Shriram Nene in 1999. Since then, she has been settled in the US and giving priority to her family that includes two sons, Arin and Ryan.

Now, we hear that Madhuri is making India her home again. Madhuri herself broke the news on Twitter: “For all my fans, we r relocating to India! It will b good to b back home.”

The latest news coming our way is that all is not well between Madhuri Dixit and Shri Ram Nene. A source reveals, “There were major fights between Shri Ram and Madhuri before Madhuri shifter to India.”

She has reportedly started looking out for schools in India for her sons.

Madhuri has kept away from Bollywood over the last few years and her comeback in 2007 in Aaja Nachle bombed at box office.

Now it seems Madhuri wants to focus back on her career. She has even started receiving offers from lot of producers. It seems it’s a fresh start for this dancing diva Madhuri Dixit

Idea Star Singer Season 5 Winners

Idea Star Singer Season 5 Winner is Kalpana Raghavendra

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The Idea Star Singer Season 5 winner Kapana received Rs 1 Cr. worth villa sponsored by Travancore Builders.

First Runner up: Mridula Warrier

Mridula won second price worth Rs. 15 lakh gold sponsored by Josco Jewellers.

Second Runner up: Immanuel Henry

Third Position (Second runner) won by Immanuel Henry. Immanual will a prize worth Rs. 7.5 lakh gold sponsored by Bhima Jewellers.

Third Runner up: Akhil Krishnan

The fourth prize is won by Akhil Krishnan.

Fifth Position: Antony John

The fourth prize is won by Antony John.

Grand finale was held on September 24, 2011 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Thiruvananthapuram. Videos will be updated soon.
Season 5 started with 39 contestants and gone though 14 stages.