Slumdog Millionaire: Best Film

  • Hit British film Slumdog Millionaire has won the top prize at the Academy Awards, winning Eight Oscars including best director and best picture, two of them by A.R.Rahman and one by Resul Pookutty. Slumdog Millionaire won Oscar in following classes:

    Best Film

    Best Director: Danny Boyle

    Best Original Music Score: A R Rahman

    Best Original Song: Jai Ho (Music: A R Rahman, Lyrics: Gulzar)

    Best Sound Mixing: Resul Pookutty

    Best Editing: Chris Dickens

    Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy

    Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle

    81st annual Oscars: Winners


  • Motion Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire."

    Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk."

    Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader."

    Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight."

    Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

    Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."

    Foreign Film: "Departures," Japan.

    Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire."

    Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk."

    Animated Feature Film: "WALL-E."

    Art Direction: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

    Cinematography: "Slumdog Millionaire."

    Sound Mixing: "Slumdog Millionaire."

    Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight."

    Original Score: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman.

    Original Song: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar.

    Costume: "The Duchess."

    Documentary Feature: "Man on Wire."

    Documentary (short subject): "Smile Pinki."

    Film Editing: "Slumdog Millionaire."

    Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

    Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes."

    Live Action Short Film: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)."

    Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

    26/11 terrorists took the sea route: Maria

  • MUMBAI: Rejecting Pakistani navy chief Admiral Noman Bashir's claim that the 10 terrorists did not use the sea route to reach Mumbai, city crime branch said that the four Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices recovered from the terrorists revealed that they did come by the sea.

    "The GPS was switched on in the Pakistani waters and the devices showed locations near Karachi,'' said crime branch chief Rakesh Maria. To add more to it, Maria said, "The GPS was switched on along at least 50 positions in Pakistan. The terrorists were trained to use GPS.''

    According to the Mumbai police, the terrorists had sailed in a Pakistani ship, Al-Husseini, before they took over a fishing trawler, M V Kuber to reach the city.

    On February 13, Pakistan's interiror minister, Rehman Malik, admitted that the terrorists belonged to Pakistan and had sailed through Pakistani waters. However, Bashir's claim contradicts his own minister's official statement.

    Crime branch officers said they had seized logbooks from Kuber, which was maintained by the terrorists to continue their "guard'' duty on the fishing trawler. The logbook, made for a 24-hour journey, registered the names of nine out of 10 terrorists and their duties on a two-hour rotation. While nine terrorists were killed during the carnage, the youngest, 21-year-old Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive.

    The terrorists had also killed four crew members of Kuber before they did away with the navigator. The police had recovered a satellite phone and at least 16 Pakistani items from fishing trawler. Maria added that the terrorists, who went to Nariman House, also used another GPS.

    According to Maria, Major General Saab, who is among the 35 wanted accused named in the 11,202-page charge sheet on 26/11, was responsible for "motivational and operational'' functions during the gun battle. "It was he who instructed the terrorists how to take position and fire. It was he who instructed to set fire,'' said the officer.

    At least 30 witnesses have identified Kasab while 29 other witnesses had identified the dead bodies. "Two bodies could not be identified since they were completely charred,'' said Maria. Four persons have identified the local conspirators, Faheem Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed. He added that four SIM cards, one purchased in Delhi, one in Kolkata and two in Kashmir, were seized from the terrorists.
    Times of India

    Bulb extracted from girl's lung

  • KOLKATA: Doctors at SSKM Hospital on Thursday operated on a child who had swallowed a tiny electric bulb last week. The bulb was stuck in the left lung of Pratima Alemajar (4) and she was having severe breathing trouble when she was brought to the hospital.

    Pratima was first taken to Sonarpur Rural Hospital after she swallowed the 2 mm X 1 mm bulb at her Sonarpur home. There, doctors gave her medicines to make the bulb pass out through her stool. When that did not work, her family brought her to a private hospital in Kolkata. But the bulb could not be extracted there, either.

    The child had developed a severe breathing problem and cough by then. "The bulb had got stuck in her left lung. Her condition was deteriorating fast and only surgery could save her. We had to make sure that the bulb did not break. We managed to pull it out by its filament," said Arunava Sengupta, who led the team of surgeons. Pratima has been kept under observation.

    ICAI: CAs to be punished if found guilty in Satyam scam

  • Apex body of CAs, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India said severe punishment would be meted out to its Member-Accountants if they are found guilty in the Rs.7,800/- Crore accounting fraud at Satyam Computer Services.

    "If any of the CAs, who are the members of the institute, are found guilty in the auditing, exemplary punishment would be waiting for them," ICAI President Uttam Prakash Agarwal said.

    Stating that nothing had come on record so far suggesting the involvement of chartered accountants in the Satyam scam, he said the probe by high power committee of ICAI would find out any lapse on the part of the auditors.
    ET 23-02-2009.

    IPL (Indian Premiere League) -2009 :TimeTable

  • Date

    Match

    Venue

    Time

    April 18

    Mumbai vs Chennai

    Cape Town

    4 PM

    April 18

    Rajasthan vs Bangalore

    Cape Town

    8 PM

    April 19

    Delhi vs Punjab

    Cape Town

    4 PM

    April 19

    Kolkata vs Hyderabad

    Cape Town

    8 PM

    April 20

    Bangalore vs Chennai

    Port Elizabeth

    8 PM

    April 21

    Kolkata vs Punjab

    Durban

    4 PM

    April 21

    Rajasthan vs Mumbai

    Durban

    8 PM

    April 22

    Banglore vs Hyderabad

    Cape Town

    8 PM

    April 23

    Delhi vs Chennai

    Durban

    4 PM

    April 23

    Kolkata vs Rajasthan

    Cape Town

    8 PM

    April 24

    Punjab vs Banglore

    Durban

    8 PM

    April 25

    Hyderabad vs Mumbai

    Durban

    4 PM

    April 25

    Kolkata vs Chennai

    Cape Town

    8 PM

    April 26

    Banglore vs Delhi

    Port Elizabeth

    4 PM

    April 26

    Rajasthan vs Punjab

    Cape Town

    8 PM

    April 27

    Chennai vs Hyderabad

    Durban

    4 PM

    April 27

    Kolkata vs Mumbai

    Port Elizabeth

    8 PM

    April 28

    Delhi vs Rajasthan

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    April 29

    Kolkata vs Banglore

    Durban

    4 PM

    April 29

    Mumbai vs Punjab

    Durban

    8 PM

    April 30

    Delhi vs Hyderabad

    Pretoria

    4 PM

    April 30

    Rajasthan vs Chennai

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    May 1

    Mumbai vs Kolkata

    East London

    4 PM

    May 1

    Banglore vs Punjab

    Durban

    8 PM

    May 2

    Rajasthan vs Hyderabad

    Port Elizabeth

    4 PM

    May 2

    Chennai vs Delhi

    Johannesburg

    8 PM

    May 3

    Punjab vs Kolkata

    Port Elizabeth

    4 PM

    May 3

    Mumbai vs Banglore

    Johannesburg

    8 PM

    May 4

    Hyderabad vs Chennai

    East London

    8 PM

    May 5

    Punjab vs Rajasthan

    Durban

    4 PM

    May 5

    Delhi vs Kolkata

    Durban

    8 PM

    May 6

    Mumbai vs Hyderabad

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    May 7

    Banglore vs Rajasthan

    Pretoria

    4 PM

    May 7

    Punjab vs Chennai

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    May 8

    Delhi vs Mumbai

    East London

    8 PM

    May 9

    Hyderabad vs Punjab

    Kimberley

    4 PM

    May 9

    Chennai vs Rajasthan

    Kimberley

    8 PM

    May 10

    Banglore vs Mumbai

    Port Elizabeth

    4 PM

    May 10

    Kolkata vs Delhi

    Port Elizabeth

    8 PM

    May 11

    Hyderabad vs Rajasthan

    Kimberley

    8 PM

    May 12

    Banglore vs Kolkata

    Pretoria

    4 PM

    May 12

    Punjab vs Mumbai

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    May 13

    Hyderabad vs Delhi

    Durban

    8 PM

    May 14

    Chennai vs Banglore

    Durban

    4 PM

    May 14

    Mumbai vs Rajasthan

    Durban

    8 PM

    May 15

    Punjab vs Delhi

    Bloemfontein

    8 PM

    May 16

    Chennai vs Mumbai

    Port Elizabeth

    4 PM

    May 16

    Hyderabad vs Kolkata

    Johannesburg

    8 PM

    May 17

    Punjab vs Hyderabad

    Johannesburg

    4 PM

    May 17

    Rajasthan vs Delhi

    Bloemfontein

    8 PM

    May 18

    Chennai vs Kolkata

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    May 19

    Delhi vs Banglore

    Johannesburg

    8 PM

    May 20

    Rajasthan vs Kolkata

    Durban

    4 PM

    May 20

    Chennai vs Punjab

    Durban

    8 PM

    May 21

    Mumbai vs Delhi

    Pretoria

    4 PM

    May 21

    Hyderabad vs Banglore

    Pretoria

    8 PM

    May 22

    Semi Final 1

    Pretoria

    4 PM

    May 23

    Semi Final 2

    Johannesburg

    4 PM

    May 24

    FINAL

    Johannesburg

    8 PM

    Note: Please note that this is a tentative schedule and subject to change

    Mysore Train Timings


  • Towards BANGALORE

















































































































































    Train NumberTrain NameDep.-MysoreArr.-Bangalore Dep.-Bangalore Arr.-Mysore
    231/232 Mysore-Bangalore Passenger (Except Sundays) 05.55 AM 09.10 AM 10.00 AM01.45 PM
    6215/6216Chanmundi Express06.45 AM09.40 AM 6.15 PM09.10 PM
    229/230 Mysore-Bangalore Passenger08.20 AM11.50 AM05.25 AM08.55 AM
    2975/2976 Jaipur Express (Thursday & Saturday) (Wednesday/Friday)10.15 AM12.50 PM01.05 PM04.10 AM
    2613/2614 Tippu Express (Superfast)11.00 AM

    01.30 PM 02.15 PM04.45 PM
    MB1Mysore-Bangalore Special 11.45 AM02.45 PM03.15 PM 05.55 PM
    2008/2007
    Shatabdi (Except Tuesday)02.20 PM04.15 PM
    11.00 AM 01.00 PM
    237/238Mysore-Bangalore Passenger (Except Sundays) 02.35 PM06.00 PM 06.50 PM 10.20 PM
    6232/6231
    Mysore-Mayiladu Thurai Express03.45 PM06.45 PM 06.25 AM09.20 AM
    213/214Thirupathi Fast Passenger 05.00 PM08.15 PM 07.30 AM 10.45 AM
    6732/6731
    Mysore-Tuticorin Express06.00 PM09.25 PM 07.00 AM 09.05 AM
    233/234Mysore-Bangalore Passenger06.30 PM
    10.15 PM 04.25 PM 07.55 PM
    6221/6222Cauvery Express (Chennai)
    08.15 PM
    11.30 PM 05.00 AM 07.55 PM
    235/236Mysore-Bangalore Passenger
    11.45 PM
    04.00 AM 11.55 PM 04.00 AM

    Mysore Train Timings


  • TOWARDS NANJANGUD











































    Train NumberTrain NameDep.-MysoreArr.-N'gud Dep.-N'gud Arr.-Mysore
    MN1Mysore- Nanjangud06.20 AM 07.05 AM 07.20 AM 08.05 AM
    MN2Mysore- Nanjangud09.00 AM09.45 AM
    10.00 AM 10.45 AM
    MN3Mysore- Nanjangud04.35 PM05.20 PM 05.55 PM06.40 PM

    Mysore Train Timings


  • TOWARDS HASSAN-ARASIKERE


































































    Train NumberTrain NameDep.-MysoreArr.- A'kere Dep.- A'kere Arr.-Mysore
    1035/1036Mysore-Dadar Sharavathi Express 06.15 AM (Thursday) 09.10 AM 05.45 PM 09.15 PM (Wednesday)
    262/261 Mysore-Arasikere Passenger 07.30 AM
    11.35 AM 05.45 PM09.50 PM
    268/267 Mysore-Shimoga Town Passenger10.10 AM
    01.20 PM
    01.25 PM05.05 PM
    2781/2782 Mysore-Nizamuddin (New Delhi) Swarna Jayanthi Weekly Express08.10 PM (Friday) 11.05 PM 01.20 AM AM
    05.05 AM (Wednesday)
    266/265Mysore-Arasikere Passenger 06.20 PM 10.35 PM 05.30 AM 09.25 AM
    7301/7302 Mysore-Dharwad Express 08.40 PM 11.40 PM 02.25 AM 06.10 AM

    Mysore Train Timings


  • TOWARDS BANGALORE-MANGALORE





























    Train NumberTrain NameDep.-MysoreArr.- Bangalore Dep.- Bangalore Arr.-Mysore
    6517 Bangalore-Mangalore Express11.45 PM - 08.55 PM 11.40 PM
    6518Mangalore-Bangalore Express04.30 AM07.05 AM - 04.25 AM

    Mr.Inside and Mr.Outside

  • Mr.Inside went to see Mr.Outside.
    Inside Standing Outside called Outside Outside,
    But, Outside sitting Inside called Inside Inside.
    When Inside came Outside went Outside to see Inside
    Then, Outside called Inside Outside but Inside
    from Inside called Outside Inside!

    Now, where is Your brain, Inside or Outside?

    Some Facts you might not know

  • Chocolate affects a Dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized Dog.

    Most lipsticks contain Fish Scales.

    Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

    Every person has a Unique tongue print.

    Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

    Money isn’t made out of Paper; it is made out of Cotton.

    Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

    A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.

    Chewing Gum while peeling Onions will keep you from crying.

    Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

    A kangaroo can only jump if its tail is touching the ground.

    The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows—shaved eyebrows were a fad at the time.

    Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together).
    In 1900, 41% of the U.S. population were farmers. Today (2003), 2% farm the land.

    One large egg = 80 calories; 10% daily protein; 66% daily cholesterol.

    1 cup of Orange Juice = 90 calories Vitamins A B C D Folate & Potassium.

    Leonardo DaVinci should be credited with the earliest plan for water gate locks. All modern locks follow his plan, even the massive structures at the Panama Canal.

    The first Las Vegas hotel, the Hotel Las Vegas, opened in 1905 with 30 rooms. The MGM Grand has more than 5,000 rooms.

    Valentine's Day

  • There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.

    Gradually, on February 14 , across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine.

    The History of Saint Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
    The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

    Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.

    The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feaSt. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.

    In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine's Day greetings. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.

    According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)

    Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to the United States, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

    Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum. The first commercial Valentine's Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap". The town of Loveland, Colorado, does a large post office business around February 14. The spirit of good continues as valentines are sent out with sentimental verses and children exchange valentine cards at school.
    Source: websites

    Some Events about death

  • 1. When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go -- the first is usually sight, followed by taste, smell and touch.

    2. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.

    3. 100 people choke to death on pens each year. One is more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a spider.

    4. Alexander's funeral would have cost $600 million today. A road from Egypt to Babylon was built to carry his body.

    5. When inventor Thomas Edison died in 1931, his friend Henry Ford captured his last dying breath in a bottle.

    6. Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for right-handed people.

    7. It takes longer than ever before a body to decompose due to preservatives in the food that we eat these days.

    8. An eternal flame lamp at the tomb of a Buddhist priest in Nara, Japan has kept burning for 1,130 years.

    9. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is the first person to have his ashes put aboard a rocket and 'buried' in space.

    10. Japanese factory worker Kenji Urada became the first know fatality caused by a robot in July, 1981, in a car plant.
    Source: kb-s

    Some Interesting Informations

  • "Nokia" got its name from a River in Finland.
    "Big Blue" is the nick name of IBM.
    "Integrated Electronics " is the full form of INTEL.
    "Ofoto" is the older name of Kodak.
    "Bringing Employment and Quality" is the expansion for the name of telecom company BENQ.

    Sensational Words of Swami Vivekananda

  • Swami Vivekananda

    When I Asked God for Strength,
    He Gave Me Difficult Situations to face.

    When I Asked God for Brain & Brawn,
    He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve.

    When I Asked God for Happiness,
    He Showed Me Some Unhappy People.

    When I Asked God for Wealth,
    He Showed Me How to Work Hard.

    When I Asked God for Favors,
    He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard.

    When I Asked God for Peace,
    He Showed Me How to Help Others.

    God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted,
    He Gave Me Everything I Needed.

    “If you have Lost Your Wealth, You have Lost Nothing;
    if You have Lost Your Health, You have Lost Something;
    if You have Lost Your Character, You have LOST EVERYTHING”.

    Scientists prove why Accountants are Boring

  • By Celia Hall

    The caricature of Accountants as boring has been given a scientific basis by researchers who say the language they use and the environment in which they work are, frankly, Grey.
    The study from the City University of Hong Kong said that the "Dull and Uninspired, Jargon-heavy Language", including such words and phrases as "Holdover" and "Provisional Tax Liability", is partly responsible for their Dusty Image.

    John Flowerdew, of the University's Department of English and Communication, analyzed the Language and Communication of Tax Accounts in a Major Company.

    "They sat together as a Group with their Desks facing each other while the Tax Manager had her Office apart from the Tax Accountants," he writes in the journal Writing in English for Specific Purposes".

    "On that particularly rainy day the Accountants started their morning by checking e-mail and quietly eating their breakfast at their Desk".

    "For the first hour that the observer was there, the Accountants worked quietly at their desks seemingly unaware of each other, busy computing through Tax Computation Schedules, fidgeting with Calculators and Putting Data into their Computers".

    "The Manager appeared in the second hour, did not address the group but spoke to one Tax Accountant about a Client's Provisional Tax Liability. She then raised another issue with the Accountant at the next desk and left for her office".

    "There were continuous nods of acceptance and very few words from the Tax Accountant. The room once again was filled only with the noise of clicking keys on the computer keyboard or the calculator."

    The Accountants used letters and faxes rather than e-mail, saying that they were more Formal and appropriate to the business in hand.
    The study said the words Accountants used defined them, as well as serving the needs of the community in which they worked".

    Morten Hussman, a senior media manager at the Accountants Ernst & Young, said there may be some Truth in the findings. But in defence of Tax Accountants, he said that their work tended to be extremely complicated.

    "Tax Accountants are quite aware that they use too much Jargon," Mr Hussman said.
    "We train our Senior Tax Accountants who talk to the media, and these days mos
    Senior Tax Blokes are good at explaining things in lay terms."

    The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales provided a robust defence of its Members.

    A Spokesman said: "The area of Tax Accountancy is anything but dull. Our Members get to work in ALL sectors of the economy, including small businesses and the media and entertainment industries.

    "Many of our Members lead varied and interesting lives, taking part in activities such as trekking around the Alps for Charity and being involved in local community projects, such as working in deprived areas".

    "Graduates are attracted to the Accountancy Profession as a launch pad to a career in business, and a huge number of entrepreneurs start off as Chartered Accountants. For example, the latest recipient of the ICAEW's Outstanding Achievement Award is Karan Bilamoria, founder and Chief Executive of Cobra Beers."
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