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Ranking the top colleges is a very difficult task. While it is relatively easy to create clusters of colleges, it is differentiating within clusters that became the most difficult exercise. So for the first time in the country we have used balanced scorecard methodology to arrive at the ranking of the top 50 colleges. Ranking methodology: We scanned the last five year rankings of about 241 colleges and normalised their ranks, by assigning differential weights to subjective and objective ranking. Such a process is used to develop clusters of institutions. The research standing of individual institutions were further used to refine the clusters and remove the odd men out. Individual clusters were ranked serially. In each of these clusters the differences in cut-off marks, wherever possible (like in case of IITs and AIEEE institutes and some States) were used to arrive at individual ranks. Heavily dominated by public institutions, the top-50 listing is a roll call of excellence India’s top 50 engineering institutions 2011

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Narayanan R Menon, Managing Director of Aromen Engineering Company and a proud owner of the Tata Manza has been certified for the remarkable drive on the Coimbatore- Avinashi by-pass on 25th of May 2011. Menon’s Tata Manza covered a long stretch of 72.3 kilometer on road by consuming only 1.58 liters of diesel, which translates to an incredible mileage of 46.33 km per litre.

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Asked if they would replace the existing Jetta, Volkswagen Passenger cars Director and Board member Neeraj Garg told reporters here: "We will finish the existing ones (sales) and get in the new one in the second half of this calendar year." He said they would study the market on the new 'Blue Motion Technology before launching the other models based on it.

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NEW DELHI: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today sacked 11 employees at Manesar facility, which has been crippled by a strike since Saturday resulting in a production loss of about 1,800 units so far.

"The services of 11 persons, who were inciting workers to go on an illegal strike and created an atmosphere where safety of people was in danger, have been terminated," MSI Chairman R C Bhargava told .

He said the workers had gone on strike without any notice, but added the management is continuing the dialogue with the striking workers.

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India approved its biggest defence deal with the US for 10 Boeing C-17 strategic heavy-lift planes for $4.1 billion, in a major step to augment the capability of its air force to swiftly move troops and equipment over long distances. The cabinet committee on security, at a meeting here chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its nod for the deal to equip the Indian Air Force (IAF) with the aircraft. “The cabinet committee on security has approved the C-17 deal at an approximate cost of $4.1 billion,” a senior defence ministry official said.

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Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), which operates under the MTS brand, said its net loss widened by 63 per cent to Rs 666.4 crore for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, even though its revenues grew three-fold.

"The decrease in margin is on account of increase in operational costs due to further scale up operations across all circles. Additionally, the circles of UP East, West and Gujarat, were launched in the latter part of 2010, hence the impact of their launch was felt in Q1 2011," SSTL, which has equity participation by Russia-based Sistema, the Russian government and the Shyam Group of India, said in a statement.

Revenues of the company grew by three-folds to Rs 236.2 crore during January-March quarter of FY'11, as against Rs 78.6 crore in the same period last year.

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The media is attacking the 65-year-old monarch with unprecedented fury. At the heart of the scandal is The Reluctant Monarch, a book released in November that for the first time put into print long-standing rumours about the private life of Carl Gustaf, who has three adult children with his German-born wife, Queen Silvia.
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The Lagaan girl says she is still waiting for a challenge worth the effort in life. She calls herself a ‘stay-away’ kind of person, avoids revealing her emotions in public and loves to spend time with her family.


What has been your greatest challenge in life?
I am yet to come across a situation in life that I can call my greatest challenge. I am still waiting for such a challenge.

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After my debut film Lagaan opened, we had an extensive stint of post-release promotion. People instantly recognised me everywhere we went and hounded me for autographs and photo-ops despite Aamir Khan’s presence. That was the moment I knew I had become famous.

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As a child I always wanted to be a good Kathak dancer. Working towards that goal was my greatest challenge.

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My idea of heaven is to pray regularly and spend as much time as I can with my family. The feeling of being with my loved ones spells heaven for me.

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I would rather be a closed book. I can only emote in front of the camera and feel uncomfortable revealing my emotions before outsiders. I only reveal my innermost feelings to my family.

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Not my debut film, but my character Dinky in the TV show Amaanat — which I did before Lagaan— has stayed with me. I guess that’s because I played Dinky for more than two years on the show. The character made me quite popular. I love the simplicity of the character.


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Rich and anonymous would be the right combination for me. I want to be happy and I definitely want to be rich.

DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS?
I never look back to ponder over life.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATEST MOMENT OF DESPERATION?
I never crave for something to the extent of being desperate about it.

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New Delhi, Jun 5 With talks breaking down, police swooped down on Baba Ramdev a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue.

The dramatic police action came after government and the 46-year-old Yoga Guru had accused each other the previous night of betrayal on mutual assurances.

The drama that broke the midnight calm in the Ramlila Maidan a little after 1 AM unfolded when a large number of police personnel descended at the protest venue where Ramdev was demanding immediate action to bring back black money stashed in foreign tax havens.

After day break, police cleared all the remnants of Baba''s support by evicting his followers from the protest site amidst stiff resistance.

Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said Baba Ramdev was detained as he was leaving the site.

Later sources said he was allowed to go out of Delhi and probably he was headed to Haridwar.

Earlier, Home Secretary G K Pillai had maintained that he was not arrested or detained, a point echoed by Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta, who also rushed to the spot.

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He said Ramdev's supporters indulged in stone throwing. Police did not use force except to use some tear gas, he added.

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NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh government's high-risk move in evicting Baba Ramdev from the Capital after a midnight police raid on his camp at Ramlila Maidan here has brought together rival factions of civil society, besides exposing the Centre and Congress leadership to sharp attacks from political opponents.

Just hours after the dramatic police raid on Ramlila Maidan, Anna Hazare's camp announced that they would boycott the meeting of the joint Lokpal panel scheduled for Monday and sit on a one-day hunger strike on June 8 as a mark of solidarity against the midnight strike against Baba, who has been externed from the Capital for 15 days.

The Hazare group also endorsed Ramdev's demand for an ordinance to declare Indian funds illegally stashed abroad as national asset and to provide for means to bring the money back. Even Aruna Roy, member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council who had publicly expressed reservations about civil society's anti-corruption agitation, joined the chorus of condemnation.

The Hazare camp upped the ante, laying down conditions for its further participation in talks on the Lokpal bill. It demanded that government clarify its stand on contentious issues like whether PM and judiciary should be brought under the proposed Lokpal bill, and also that the discussions in the joint panel be telecast live.

Earlier, thousands of policemen laid siege to Ramdev's camp site and cleared it of it thousands of supporters while externing him from the Capital for 15 days. Baba on Sunday evening was stopped at Muzaffarnagar while on his way to Noida to start a fresh dharna.

The Hazare and Ramdev camps appeared to have drifted away for a number of reasons stretching from genuine differences of opinion on issues to the presence of RSS-leaning figures in the Ramdev camp to the desire to take control of the anti-graft campaign. In fact, government's moves to indulge Ramdev capped by the red carpet rolled out for him on Thursday when four Cabinet ministers and the cabinet secretary turned up at the airport to receive him had led to apprehension that the yoga guru was being promoted as a counterweight to Hazare Campaign.

In sharp contrast, the Hazare team came out in open support for Baba, keeping their differences aside. Speaking in Delhi, Hazare accused the government of throttling democracy, and said civil society would launch protests throughout the country to "teach government a lesson". "There might have been some faults with Baba Ramdev's agitation but at midnight, beating up people -- women, children and elderly -- is a blot on democracy," Hazare said. He announced that he would sit on a day-long fast at Jantar Mantar on June 8.

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Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, who had gone on a hunger strike in April, Sunday said he would undertake a day's fast here Wednesday to put pressure on the government to act against corruption.

'We have decided that we will organise a day's fast on June 8,' Hazare told a news conference here and urged Indians across the country to follow suit.

'Wherever you may be, you may stage a fast. And pray to god to give wisdom to this government.'

Hazare, whose five-day fast here in April forced the government to set up a panel to draft a Lokpal bill, also denounced the police crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev and the eviction of thousands of his supporters from here.

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Pradhan posted a tweet confirming the development.

"I'm back at Infosys for a second innings. Last couple of days met/spoke to many old friends. Great feeling to be back. But lots to do," he said. At 45, Pradhan, who left Infosys in 2005 to start Gridstone Research, is perhaps going to face the toughest assignment of career, at a time when Infosys is trying to fend of rivals growing better, and is undergoing the biggest management rejig in its history.

"Basab Pradhan is not going to find this easy at all — Infosys now has ambitious, restless next line leaders who have grown their stature and the company itself is going through a strategic shift," said a former Infosys executive who has worked with Basab requesting anonymity.

An Infosys spokeswoman confirmed that Pradhan joined the company on June 1. ET Now reported on Pradhan joining back Infosys on May 27. The last time Pradhan took over as Infosys' sales head the company was trying to come out of a crisis with Phaneesh Murthy had resigned amid allegations of sexual impropriety.

Before he left Infosys in 2005 to launch his own venture, Pradhan handled global sales for the company and headed several key businesses like retail, consumer packages goods, healthcare and transportation.

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TAIPEI: Google Inc, the world's No. 1 Internet search engine, will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks for now, a senior executive said.

Sundar Pichai, senior vice president for Chrome, made the comment at a news conference during the Computex PC show in Taipei in response to a question on whether Chrome would also be available for tablet PCs.

He also said the company had no current plans to merge Chrome with its Android system for mobile devices.

Web-centric PCs, made by Samsung and Acer Inc using Google's Chrome operating system will go on sale in June, as it challenges Microsoft Corp and Apple on their home turf.

The bare-bones operating system is essentially a web browser that steers users to use applications like email and spreadsheets directly on the web, instead of storing software such as Outlook or Word directly on PCs.

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NEW YORK: Apple holds its annual developers' conference on June 6. As happened with previous new product introductions, like that of the iPad, the tech group's objective will be to trigger a virtuous circle whereby whatever new gadget it unveils tends to encourage consumers to buy other Apple products.

Expanding its cloud offerings, where data and programs are stored remotely, could set off more favorable feedback loops.

The company says Chief Executive Steve Jobs -- currently still on medical leave -- is addressing the crowd, and will talk about what it calls "iCloud." Characteristically, Apple is keeping its cards close to its chest.

But this appears a major effort into providing lots more music and computing services remotely via the Web, instead of being stored locally by the user. The company has built a 500,000 square foot data center in North Carolina and signed deals with multiple music labels in preparation with the launch.

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But the secondary effects are more important. If users store data and programs remotely, devices blend together. Buy a song once and it can be listened to on any gadget. Likewise, edit a spreadsheet on the cloud, and the changes can be seen and modified on multiple platforms. That makes customers more likely to stick with a suite of Apple products.

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Apple revenue grew by 83 per cent in the last quarter. That must eventually slow. But its iCloud services halo affect could keep growth humming along a while longer.

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-- The author is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own --

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NAWADA: In yet another gory instance of honour killing, a quack strangled his 20-year-old daughter to death, doused the body with kerosene and burned it before burying it in a pit after he caught her red-handed talking to her boyfriend on cellphone, at Kutri village under the Nawada district's Warisaliganj police station area on May 7.

Police said Archana Singh, a BA part II student, was having an affair with classmate Suman Singh ever since the two studied in Intermediate at SN Sinha College. Belonging to same caste, they wanted to tie the knot but the girl's father was opposed to it as he thought the boy's family was inferior to his. The boy's father, Nand Lal Singh, has retired as a head electrician of the state power board.

The girl's boyfriend has her heart-rending screams recorded on his cellphone. However, he could not muster the courage to approach police.

The killing came to light on Thursday after the girl's father, accompanied by fellow villagers, made an abortive bid to kill the boy at his residence at Mularchak, 100 metres from the Warisaliganj ps, on Wednesday evening. "If I could kill my 'own flesh and blood', I would not spare you as well," Ashok Singh was quoted as having shouted outside the boy's house. However, he and his men ran away after the boy's father fired two rounds in the air from his licensed gun to save his son's life.

Suman lodged an FIR on Thursday. A Warisaliganj police officer Suresh Singh told TOI on Friday that following an anonymous phone call that a girl was being burned around 10pm on May 7, he along with forces had gone to the village around 11pm. They, however, returned empty-handed as they could not locate the place.

Mumbai : Schoolgirl gang-raped by six over a month | Times of india

MUMBAI: The Dadar police on Thursday night arrested five people, including a taxi driver, for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl at different times in May. The police are searching for the sixth accused.

The victim, who is a resident of Worli Koliwada, was sent to the Nagpada police hospital on Thursday for a check-up and the medical report is awaited. The five arrested accused, meanwhile, were produced before the Bhoiwada court on Friday and remanded in police custody until June 9.

Officers said the girl is a class X student in a Worli based Marathi school. The victim was known to at least four of the accused, who are aged between 18 and 20, since they live in the same neighbourhood in Worli.

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Top 10 Airports in the World | World's biggest 10 Airports 2008

Hong Kong Internationa Airport :



Hong Kong International Airport, ranked first in the world by Skytrax, a UK based consultancy. (AGENCIES)

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Hindi movie Review | Ready: Movie review | ratting 3.5* by My 24News

Cast: Salman Khan, Asin, Arya Babbar, Paresh Rawal, Puneet Issar, Mahesh Manjrekar

Directed by Anees Bazmee

Rating:***1/2 by My 24News

Whistle-blowers rejoice! Salman is back and this time he's ditched his belt to fiddle inside his pant pockets (read: Dhinka Chika, in case you don't have a television set at home). The thing with Salman's films is that they're in a genre of their own. A genre that cannot be graded for the story, screenplay, performances or any other metric used to evaluate other films. They can just be enjoyed or suffered, depending upon the elasticity of your tolerance. I hope you would consider this vague disclaimer before reading this review and before going to watch this monsoon musical.

Advice for women | Yoga is useful for women with breast cancer | Yoga works wonders for women with breast cancer

For women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy, yoga offers unique benefits beyond fighting fatigue, according to new research.
While simple stretching exercises improved fatigue, patients who practiced yogic breathing, postures, meditation and relaxation techniques as part of their treatment plan experienced improved physical functioning, better general health and lower stress hormone levels.
They also were better able to find meaning in their cancer experience, the study done at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found. The research was conducted in collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana ( SVYAS) in Bangalore.

Fashion trend : Florals ti stay here

It's all about flower power this season ladies! Florals have been a big hit at the various Fashion Weeks worldwide and in India as well. Check out these models at fashion weeks in India showcasing designers Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Anita Dongre’s flowery collections (R and L respectively) for spring/summer 2011.

Style it up with scarves | Yahoo.com

I tend to look at clothes as ‘foundation' for a look. The accessories are what really turn an outfit into a complete look with a unique style. Through my college years, my accessory mania took the form of jewelery, ranging from earrings to medallions, necklaces, anklets, rings and belts. When I started working, most of it had to be put away as it was too funky/ impractical/ irreverent/ inappropriate for office wear.
That's when I discovered another accessory - a simple length of cloth. It started with knotting a colourful scarf around my neck to break up the monotony of my office garb of drab shirt and grey trousers. That's when the world of folds, drapes, knots and related appointments like brooches & pins opened up to me.
Salwar-kameezes found a place in my wardrobe around the same time and from that direction, I came to the Indian version of scarves. Dupattas, such an integral part of Indian dressing, lend themselves to so many ways of wear, spanning the range from flirty to pragmatic, modest to seductive and accessorial to pragmatic. They add character to the clothes you wear.
Call it a stole, call it scarf or a bandana or a dupatta, the versatility of an extra piece of cloth cannot be emphasized enough. I love mixing up the conventional and this accessory allows me the freedom to do so without stumbling into inappropriate. For a bohemian look, I sometimes sport a regular cotton dupatta as a stole. What is usually known as a stole can be creatively knotted and fluffed up the front of a plain tee-shirt to make a fancy yoke. At the very least, a severe formal look can be offset by a soft, feminine (and saucy) scarf. While travelling around a polluted city, a scarf is a great way to keep the dust off your face and your hair, tangle-free.

India to become $9 trillion by 2020 and $30 trillion by 2030 : Ambani

Mumbai, Jun 3 :
India is poised to become a USD 30 trillion economy by the year 2030 from the current USD 1.4 trillion, industrialist Mukesh Ambani said on Friday.

"India is envisaged to grow from a USD 1.4 trillion economy to over USD 9 trillion by 2020 and over USD 30 trillion by 2030 in nominal terms," corporate giant Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said while addressing RIL''s shareholders at the company''s 37th AGM.

India''s continued march on a trajectory of high economic growth rate will translate into exponential growth in several sectors and RIL is well placed to participate in this growth story by aggressively "venturing into newer domains" he said.

Going Green on learn budget | Fuel Prices Hike

Fuel prices have skyrocketed in the past few weeks.

To make things worse comes the further talk of increasing the price of diesel at fuel pumps. In such times, one should look at fuel-efficient options which use alternative fuels like Compressed Natural gas (CNG) and Electric Hybrid cars.

Sleep tight with snooze foods | yahoo.com

There's some science behind the old wives' tale that a glass of warm milk can help you sleep better at night. Research claims that what you eat is directly related to how you sleep. As Ritika Samaddar, Regional head, Dietetics at Max Healthcare in New Delhi says, "Anyone experiencing difficulty in falling asleep, waking up repeatedly or waking up too early, and having experienced these more than five times a month, could be suffering from insomnia. Its causes can range from medical conditions and stress to erratic eating habits."

Opera unveils new browser for iPhone, iPad | World's most used browser Opera

HELSINKI - Opera Software unveiled a new version of its mobile browser for Apple's iPhone and iPad on Tuesday.

Opera is the world's most used mobile browser ahead of Google's Android, Apple, and Nokia controlling 21.6 percent of the market in May so far, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter.

The Android, iPhone and Nokia browsers all have 16-17 percent market shares.

Opera's new browser features a share button, so users can post, tweet, or share info on Facebook, vKontakte or My Opera, the company said.

In April 2010 Apple accepted distribution of Opera's browser for its iPhone after a long review, opening a market it had closely guarded.

Opera's iPhone browser was downloaded more than 2.6 million times in 2010 April alone and was at the time the most popular application in many countries.

How to use skin essentials | How to use skin shop or fresh wash

But are so many products really neccessary? We help you decide which of those bottles and jars are really essential.

BODY WASH OR SOAP BAR

The idea of using a bar of soap when there are so many fancy bottles body wash lining the shelves is surely unfashionable.

But which is more effective? Promoters of liquid cleansers claim that these are gentler than bathing bars as they contain large amounts of petrolatum - an ingredient that moisturises and lubricates the skin.

Undoubtedly soap bars are more alkaline and have a dehydrating impact on the skin. " Body washes are a more convenient and hygienic option for bathing and they spread easily over the skin. They have hydrating and nourishing ingredients too," says Dr Chiranjeev Chabra, dermatologist and cosmetic laser surgeon, Skin Alive Clinic.

On the flip side, conservatives claim that the moisturising property of liquid cleansers makes them less effective at removing dirt and reducing body odour.

Airtel lanches mobile wallet in india |Bharti Airtel india

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel, India's largest telco by revenues and subscribers, launched its mobile wallet service Airtel Money in Delhi NCR, a company official said.

The service allows Airtel customers to make cashless payments from Rs 10 to Rs 5,000 a day for various services such as utility bills and movie tickets. The telco plans to raise the upper threshold to Rs 50,000 within two months, Airtel's m-commerce services chief operating officer Sriram Jagannathan said.

My 24news : 'Facebook rejected Google'

AN FRANCISCO: Google Inc tried to partner with Facebook but was rebuffed, denying the search giant to the social network's trove of personal information, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said.

Schmidt did not specify which deal in particular he was referring to, but noted that Google's search could be improved with access to Facebook's data about Web surfers' friends and acquaintances.

"We tried very hard to partner with Facebook," Schmidt said. "They were unwilling to do the deal," he added, noting that Facebook had traditionally partnered with Microsoft.

India to set up cluster innovation centres

NEW DELHI: India will set up cluster innovation centres (CICs) on a public private partnership basis to promote innovation in science and technology, officials.

Rahul Khanna's launched new Social networking in india| Management student set launch his own social networking site

BANGALORE: Inspired by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a 21 year old management student is on an ambitious mission to build his own social network. Rahul Khanna, a student from Mumbai, has teamed up with some of his college mates and is on his way to launch a new social networking website which will try to "fill in the gap left by existing networks."

Says Khanna, "To be honest I was inspired by Facebook. One day when we were accessing Facebook during the exam time and nothing fruitful came out..thats when I felt why don't we fill in the gap and try to take social networking to a new level."

The social networking site, socheers.com, was launched in beta mode (testing phase) about three months back. Khanna has registered a self funded company, Socheers Infotech Private Limited , along with seven others and is planning to officially launch the site in about two months from now.

The site already has more than 18,000 registered users, claims Khanna who heads marketing and strategy for the company. Khanna's site went through an incident which is strikingly similar to Facebook which managed to overwhelm the Harvard University server when it was first launched.

"After we went live, word spread fast. The shared server we rented in Australia could not cope with the incoming traffic and had to shut down all the sites hosted on the server. We are now moving to a dedicated server in Nasik," he said.

Khanna is a student of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) university. "We have not done any promotions so far. First, we want to concentrate on the user interface and features," he said.

Besides the regular social media features like the status update and sharing, the site has features like the "jukebox" which allows you discover music your friends like and regional language chat. It also lets you upload and share documents and post videos.

"Soon a new feature which has to do with women and fashion will also be added to the site. This will be a compelling reason to be on socheers.com," said Khanna.

New Technology | DoP launches Mobile Money Transfer

CHANDIGARH: The Department of Posts (DoP) launched the Mobile based Money Transfer Service by the Post Offices in the country for quicker transfer of money from one city to another.

Launching the service, Union Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Home Gurudas Kamat said the aim of launching this service was to help those who were unable to avail banking services. The service will be operated by DoP with technological support from BSNL.

He said to begin with the service has been launched between Punjab and Bihar Postal Circles for transfer of money up to Rs 50,000. The complete roll out throughout the country would be completed in eight weeks, he added.

News World : Now, Egyptian banker held for sex assault on NY hotel maid

NEW YORK: An Egyptian businessman and one-time head of a major Egyptian bank has been charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid at a luxury New York City hotel, police said.

The arrest on Monday of Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar came two weeks after former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with trying to rape a hotel maid at another upscale Manhattan hotel.

Omar, 74, is accused of assaulting the maid when she delivered tissues that had been requested to room 1027 about 6 pm on Sunday at the Pierre Hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side, police said.

Serbia sends Ratko Mladic to Hague to face war crimes charges

BELGRADE: Serbia extradited most-wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic on Tuesday after he lost his final legal appeal, removing a nationalist icon whose years on the run hindered Serbian progress towards EU membership.

Serbia's war crimes court rejected an appeal from his lawyer that poor health should stop the former general's extradition to the UN tribunal in The Hague, where ex-Bosnian Serb wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic is already on trial.

"Ratko Mladic has been extradited," Serbian justice minister Snezana Malovic told reporters on Tuesday evening. "That means he is in the plane en route to The Hague tribunal."

What's your dress code?

Still can’t decide if the dress on the mannequin will look good on you? Here are some pointers to decide that…

Models in Saloni Lodha creations
Summer has just got hotter and this is the perfect time to bring out those dresses which had been languishing in your wardrobe. While choosing a dress, it is important to be the body type and cuts in mind. Most of us don’t have a perfect body. However, it is not impossible to create the illusion of a perfect body by choosing the right dresses and create the appearance of perfect proportions.  The trick is to change your perceived shape to the perfect shape. Fashion designer, Saloni Lodha tells us how to dress right.

Eclipse in a month | Triple eclipse to be seen in a month!

New Delhi, May 31 (PTI) A triple eclipse treat -- two partial solar and one total lunar eclipse in a month beginning from tomorrow, is in store for sky gazers.

The first of the three, which will be a partial solar eclipse will be seen on June 1.

The eclipse, however, will not be visible from India.

It will be visible from high latitudes in the Northern hemisphere, starting at sunrise time over Siberia and Northern China, Alaska, Nova Scotia. In fact, the eclipse begins at 00 55 18 IST on June 2.

Eclipse chasers in the country should not be a disheartened lot as a total lunar eclipse will be visible on June 15.

The eclipse will be visible from the Indian region, Middle East, East Africa, South America, Australia.

During the lunar eclipse the moon will be completely covered by Earth''s shadow from 11.52 PM on June 15 to 2.32 AM on June 16.

The last of the triple eclipse will be another partial solar eclipse on July 1.

It is the first of the two total lunar eclipses in 2011, the second occurring on December 10. Earlier on January 4, a partial lunar eclipse was seen.

The last of the three eclipses is another partial solar eclipse.

This partial solar eclipse will also not be visible from India. It will be visible from southern latitudes, Antarctica. Its magnitude will be 0.097.

Japan tsunami's effect in the earth | Japan underestimated tsunami threat: IAEA

TOKYO: Japan underestimated the hazard posed by tsunamis to nuclear plants, the UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, while praising Tokyo's response to the March 11 disaster as "exemplary".

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also stressed the importance of "regulatory independence and clarity of roles", touching on the fact that Japan's nuclear watchdog is part of the ministry of trade and industry, which promotes atomic power.

Japan's magnitude 9.0 seabed quake and tsunami caused the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl 25 years ago at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which has since leaked radiation into the air, ground and sea.

The IAEA sent an 18-member team of its own experts and specialists from 12 countries, including the United States, China, Russia and South Korea, on a fact-finding mission to Japan.

"The tsunami hazard for several sites was underestimated," said the IAEA team in the preliminary report it handed to Japan's centre-left government, ahead of a full report to be presented in Vienna later this month.

"Nuclear designers and operators should appropriately evaluate and protect against the risks of all natural hazards, and should periodically update those assessments and assessment methodologies," it said.

Salman's leading ladies | Salman with Ash,Katrnian,Zarine,Madhuri,Karishma and so on..