Chiranjeevi party in politics launch today at Tirupati

Chiru or Chiranjeevi, Telugu Cine Superstar, is launching his entry into politics today by announcing the name of his political party at Tirupati.
Chiranjeevi's party already has a website Punadirallu.org http://www.punadirallu.org/ Punadirallu, we understand means the foundation stone, in Telugu. Punadirallu, was also the title of Chiru's debut movie.
Chiranjeevi, whose real name is Konidala Sivashankara Vara Prasad will hope to do an NTR. It may be recalled that the late NT RamaRao, who was inarguably the superstar of his age, floated Telegu Desam decades ago and came to power within one year of floating the new party.

Two moons on 27th August : Hoax

WHile the email forward "Two moons on 27th August" is not a hoax, it is applicable for the year 2003 and not 2008.
"The Red Planet is about to be spectacular."
"Earth is catching up with Mars [for] the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history."
"On August 27th … Mars will look as large as the full moon."
And finally, "NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN."
Only the first sentence is true. The Red Planet is about to be spectacular. The rest is a hoax.

Janmashtami / Gokulastami - Krishna Happy Birthday !

Click here to access outstanding Krishna murals.

Janmashtami Aug22 2008 SMS Greetings Cards

Krishna Janmashtami on August 16th 2008 - Janmashtami or Gokulashtami. Send SMS, Greetings and Cards. Every year Janmashtami day is celebrated as a day of Lord Krishna’s birth. Child Krishna or Bal Krishna was born at midnight on Ashtami day under the star Rohini.
Now Janmashtami is celebrated by Indians all over the world. South Indians also refer to Janmashtami as Gokulashtami. This year Janmashtami is falling on the 24th of Aug 2008.
Typically on this day people spend time with their friends , relatives. Dahi Handa or forming a human pyramid to break a pot containing curd and are rewarded for their valour and teamwork. Lot of Janmashtami sweets, Janmashtami greeting cards, Janmashtami messages and are exchanged as a mark of this Janmashtami.
This day is also giving opportunity to businesses - and there are so many different ways of expressing greetings to fellow HIndus - specially through internet and mobile media.
Exchange of Janmashtami Gifts like flowers, cards and sweets) is a popular tradition of this occasion. I take this occasion to wish Happy Janmashtami to all Indians and to everyone who is reading this post.
Kindly send your Janmashtami greetings to your loving friends by posting your very important message here –Send Janmashtami Greetings -Here are some of the important resources related to Janmashtami
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Krishna greetings, Krishna SMS, Krishna Wallpapers, Krishna Bhajans and Krishna songs for Janmashtami are available
When is Janmashtami, Janmashtami Date 2008, When is Janmashtami
Happy Janmashtami Janmashtami Cards, Janmashtami Greetings, Friendship eCards
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B.Ed Results Periyar University

Results for Periyar University 's B.Ed course may have been released. Results of Periyar University are supposed to be declared on http://periyarresults.org.in/
However, the said portal is not accessible.
We had previoulsy tracked Periyar University courses' results here.

Repechage Round - and What it means ?

Repechage (Origin French: repêchage, lit. re-fishing), meaning "to rescue" or "to save", is a practice in knock-out or elimination contests that allows who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue on to the next round.
To understand this better, in track field athletics, automatic qualification for the next round is given to the best competitors in each heat. Other competitors with the best times may also qualify for the next round indirectly as "fastest losers" as a result of the repechage. If a particular heat was significantly faster than the others, the repechage spots can be all taken by athletes from that heat. In field athletics, automatic qualification for the next round depends on meeting or surpassing a specified minimum result. The remaining qualification spots (if any) are given in order to the best results.

In karate, judo, taekwondo, and wrestling tournaments, single elimination brackets are used to determine the two athletes who will compete in the final match for first and second place. The repechage bracket is built by selecting all of the athletes who were knocked out by the finalists and building brackets to determine third place. Repechage addresses the possibility of two top competitors meeting in an early round, allowing the loser a chance to compete for a bronze medal. This is exactly what happened to Sushil Kumar at Beijing on 20th August 2008 at the Olympic Games.

In fact, earlier in the day Reuters has reported Sushil's elimination and how medal hopes rested on the repechage. Sushil came up with an incredible show, beating Doug Schwab (3-1) of the United States, Albert Batyrov (3-1) of Belarus and, finally, the losing semi-finalist, Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan in the repechage rounds - all under an hour-to earn his slice of history. Repechage is especially common in Sailing. Sushil went on to othe second Indian wrestler after Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, who won a bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games, to win an Olympic medal. One wonders whether Jadhav too had won the bronze on the repechage.

Source for meaning of repechage: Wikipedia

Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins Olympic bronze medal for India

Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins Olympic bronze medal for India taking India's tally of medals in the Beijing 2008 Olympics ( बीजिंग २००८ ) to 2.

Sushil Kumar contested in the 66kg Freestyle Wrestling at Beijing Olympics and beat Spiridonov of Kazhakastan in the bronze medal bout. The Indian boxer gained access to the bronze medal round thru the repecharge round even though he lost in the first round. The Last time an Indian Wrestler won a medal was when K D Yadav won the bronze medal in Wrestling in 1952 Olympic Games Helsinki

The earlier medal was won by Abhinav Bindra- gold in shooting. As India is celebrating, it is awaiting the Kumar boxers' bout for a place in the semi-finals in Boxing.

Keep watch and cheering India !

Our previous posts on the Olympics are here, here and here .

Upakarma, Rig, Yajur and Sama 2008

Upakarma (Tamil :Avani Avittam): Nature and Purpose
Upakarma (/upaakarma/)
Upakarma is one of the ancient Vedic Rituals observed by brahmins (Hindu caste). The noticeable aspect of the ceremony is that replacement of the Yagnopavita or the Holy Thread worn by men across the upper body from left shoulder to right waist.
Upakarma, in Samskrit, means "Initiation" and traditionally, the day was considered auspicious to initiate the Vedic studies.
Some links in this context may be useful.
Upakarma Procedure
Upakarma step by step - Ahobila Mata
Upakarma 2008 Dates

Independence Day India - Vande Mataram

August 15th Independence Day in India - Vande Mataram and Jai Hind is the cry that is said inside every Indian.

The National Anthem Ja na Ga na Ma na, the National Song Vande Mataram and the National Flag - the tricolour or Tiranga are the symbols of the mood and day.

Indians greet each other on with Independence Day wishes.

For Greetings (egreetings on INdependence day)

August 14th is Pakistan's Independence Day, Pakistan having obtained Independence a few minutes before India near the stroke of midnight.

Rakhi AUG 16 2008 SMS Greetings Cards

Rakhi AUG 3 2008 SMS Greetings Cards
Rakhi on August 16th 2008 - Rakhi SMS, Greetings and CardsEvery year Rakhi or Rakhsha Bandhan day is celebrated as a day of fraternal bond in India. Now Rakhi is celebrated by Indians all over the world.
This year Rakhi is falling on the 16th of AUG 2008. Typically on this day people spend time with their friends and express the importance and love of being siblings with each other. Lot of Rakhi bands, Rakhi greeting cards, Rakhi messages are exchanged as a mark of this Rakhi.This day is also giving opportunity to businesses - and there are so many different ways of expressing greetings to sisters and brothers - specially through internet and mobile media.

Exchange of Rakhi Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands ( Raakhi) is a popular tradition of this occasion. I take this occasion to wish Happy Rakhi to all sibling who are celerbrating Raksha Bandhan and to everyone who is reading this post.Kindly send your Rakhi greetings to your loving friends by posting your very important message here –
Send Rakhi Greetings -Here are some of the important resources related to Rakhi

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Happy Rakhi Rakhi Cards, Rakhi Greetings, Friendship eCards Rakhi - About Rakhi

Rakhi Songs

Belated Rakhi

Varalakshmi Pooja or Varamahalakshmi Pooje: August 15, 2008.

Varalakshmi Pooja or Varamahalakshmi Pooje: August 15, 2008. This pooja, performed by ladies of the housedhold, falls on August 15 this year - 2008.
Women observe fast (Vratha) and perform Pooja to Goddess Mahalakshmi.
In Tamil Nadu, Tuesdays and Fridays in the month of Aadi are considered auspicious. Lighting lamps, doing chanting the name of Goddess Lakshmi are believed to alliviate the sufferings in life. Karya siddhi or success in work undertaken, General happiness are supposed to be the Goddess' blessing.
Since, in Tamil Nadu the month of Aadi is considered inauspicious for other ceremonies, shopping is generally low. To beat this malls and retailers have hit upon the idea of Aadi discounts and change the perception that while the month is inauspicious for ceremonies, shopping in anticipation of the ceremonies is OK.

Anyways, Happy Varamahalakshmi Pooje !!

Anna University Revaluation Results 2008 for UG/PG at annauniv.edu

Anna University has declared results for Affiliated colleges UG and PG Degree courses.

The results are accessible at http://ns3.annauniv.edu/result/result.html

We had posted previously on Anna UNiverstity BTech Results here

If you are not able to access Anna University's website you may try COllege Chanakya as they might carry the results

Best of Luck to the candidates. Keep visiting this blog for more university results.

VTU Results-visvesvaraya-technological 2nd semester

Visvesvaraya Technological University, based in Belgaum, Karnataka has declared provisional results for IInd or 2nd semester for all regions for BE and BTech courses.

Candidates need to access results.vtu.ac.in or http://results.vtu.ac.in. THe candidates will have to enter the University No in the input box.Details regarding the last date to apply for revaluation or retotalling is also provided.

VTU is Karnataka's umbrella technological university under which all technical colleges across the state are covered. This is to ensure uniformity of curriculum.The university is named after the visonary engineer of the old Mysore state, Sir. M Visvesvaraya. Apart from the technological university another engineeeing college UVCE ( University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering) is named after Sir Visvesvaraya.

Currently, one is not able to access the University's portal probably because of server overload.

More on VTU results were published here and here. On PGCET notifications here.

India wins gold in shooting - Abhinav Bindra

India won its first (Ever?) Individual gold medal at the Olympics in Bejing 2008 today through Abhinav Bindra in the shooting category.


In the Men's 10m Air Rifle held this morning,(11 August Monday), India's Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Gold medal at the Olympic Games 2008.( was it the first ever Individual GOld at the Olympics?)


Profile of Abhinav Bindra


25 years old Abhinav, born in Dehra Dun and a resident of Chandigarh Abhinav's previous records are as follows ( in brief)


Abhinav Bindra had come out 7th at the Athens Olympic Games and had emerged victorious at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and 4th at the Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand.

Comment here to express your feelings on how you feel when India has won the first GOld medal in several years.

Other posts on Beijing Olympics Games schedule and how the Beijing logo was created (humour) are here

Singh is Kinng Movie Review,

Singh is Kinng Movie Review

The much-awaited movie starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif , Singh is Kinng ( notice the double n) is releasing at last today 08-08-08 i.e the Eighh of August Two thousand and Eight.

The cast include , Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Javed Jaffery, Kamal Chopra, Sudhanshu Pandey, Yashpal Sharma.

We can expect that the movie (along with the Music and Songs) is watchable and hope the box office will reflect the same.

This post had earlier posted on other new releases here, here and here and Here.

Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Schedules Itinerary, Time Table

All about the Olympic Games 2008 Beijing
Schedules and Itinerary, Medals and Tallies, Teams and Athletes, Backgrounds of athletes and Records visit http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml

http://en.beijing2008.cn/ is the official website of the Beijing Olympics 2008 in English ans should give one the most information and the quickest updates.

08.08.08 is here today !

We are there. 08.08.08 The eighth day of the eighth month of the eight year of the millenium (2008).

At eight minutes past eight on the morning of Friday, a clock would read 08.08.08 8:08

Other representations are 08/08/08 or 08-08-08

Interesting. August, in the Gregorian calendar, is the eighth month of the year. Originally named Sextillis ( Language:Latin), it was renamed August in honour of Augustus (Caesar?)

Is eight a lucky number ? Numerologists and astrologers have been asked and they have given varying answers. Does the unique number sequence, have good in store or bad ?

These are answeres no one can know for sure. what we do know is that it will take a century for this to happen gain. 600o years from now, there will be a day 08.08.8008. 8 minutes past 8 on that day will read 08.08.8008 08:08

ICFAI Online Exam Results

ICFAI, the private University, from Tripura has declared the results for its long-distance MBA program. The same is is available on the Online Student section. Candidates needs to input the Enrollment No. ( roll no.) and Password to access the result.
The results for the following examination have been announced.
July'08 Exam - Group A to Group G of MBA Program, Group A, B and C of CFA Program and Alpha, Beta & Gamma of MS (Finance) Program.
In the event of not being able to access the results one may email ssd@iutripura.edu.in for help.
ICFAI, which stands for the Institute of Certified Financial Analysts runs the ICFAI university.ICFAI runs several program in classroom based as well as long distance education mode. MBA or Master of Business Administration is granted in both forms of education.
ICFAI ( earlier Institute of CharteredFinancial Accountants) awards the Cerfied Financial Analyst certification in India. THis is different frm Charter Finance Analyst granted by the CFA Foundation about whose results is posted in this link.

ICWAI Results June 2008 Exam

ICWAI has announced results for the Foundation Examination, June 2008.
The Institute of Cost Works Accountants conducts a Foundation examination which is the entry into the profession of Cost Accounting ( now called Management Accounting).
To get to know the results please access http://myicwai.com/foundationresultJ08.asp and enter the roll no. or registration no in the student detail form. I do not think there is a scope to receive the results by email or by SMS / IVRS. All the BEst !

Cost and Management Accountancy is a celebrated profession amongst commerce enthusiast and increasingly for every aspect of finance, Legal and Cost Management.The scope for a CWA is increasing amongst foreign MNCs as well as Indian blue-chip companies. That said, like in a CA the charm of private practice or joining a hallowed firm is ever-present.In the competitive world distorted with reservations for education and employment CWA (Cost and Works Accountant) is an oasis of hope.Best of Luck for all candidates. You may join http://www.rompquakers.com/ for daily updates on CWA /CS/CA subjects, classes and courses apart from a homeopatheic dose of education.

oour previous posts on CA profession and results click here, here and here.

Bangalore University - BSc Results

Bangalore University- B.Sc Results

It is expected that the Bangalore University will declare results for B.Sc ( Bachelor of Science - three year) course soon. These are expected to be made accessible on BU's website. The internet protocol address for Bangalore University's portal is http://www.bub.ernet.in Results are expected to be published on the aforementioned link: http://www.bub.ernet.in/Sub/announce/result.html

Currently, probably on account of load, the aforementioned pages are throwing up errors. We will keep you posted on the latest regarding the results of BBM, BSC, Engineering, BE, BTech, BA courses.

CUSAT Examination Results - Cochin University, Kochi

CUSAT Examination Results - Cochin University, Kochi
Updates available mention that Cochin University of Science and Technology has declared results for some of its courses. The results will be accessible online at CUSAT Results website. You may see this link for to know more about the results. http://results.cusat.ac.in

According to that website, results for the following courses have been declared on CUSAT.
B.Tech III Semester Nov 2007 results(prior 2004 Admission)
B.Tech III Semester Nov 2007 results (2004 Admission onwards)
There is a time barring for scrutiny and revaluation applications. The applications shouldbe made no later than
for BTech III Semester Nov 2007 examination are 16 August 2008 and 21 August 2008 respectively
BTech 1& 2Semester June 2007 (Supplementary) Revaluation results
BTech 8 Semester Sep 2007 (Supplementary) Revaluation results
BTech 8Semester April 2008 results (2004 Admission onwards)
The last dates for scrutiny and revaluation for B.Tech VIII Semester April 2008 examination are 23 JUne 2008 and 28 JUne 08.
BTech 8Semester April 2008 results (prior 2003 Admission)
Another blog following the Results update is here.

Kuselan and Kathanayukudu - at last !

After the songs review, at lastTamil movie Kuselan and its Telugu version Kathanayukudu are set to be released. We had followed its audio release here and here.
Now, we will follow the actual movie and its reviews.
Post your reviews in the comment section. You might have to wait for my views as I could not get tickets for the first day first show.
After all the controversy over Rajnikant's remark on Kannadigas in the context of the Hogenakal issue, subsequent protests and the threat that Kuselan will not be allowed to be screened in Karnataka and the Rajnikant's graceful apology over the incident. KRV's spokesperson has said Rajnikant has shown grace and his increased his persona by apologising. Now, Kuselan and Kathanayakudu is all set of release in Bangalore, Mysore and other parts of Karnataka.

Reviews of the movie are most welcome in the comments section or just mention if you like Rajni's style or Nayantara's costumes, the storyline or the song picturisation.