Thursday, July 23, 2009

Ramalakshmi Dead


Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Plane Crash Leaves 168 Dead in Iran

A passenger plane bound for Armenia from Iran crashed Wednesday morning 75 miles northwest of Tehran, killing all 168 people aboard, Iranian state media reported.

The plane, a Russian-made Tupolev 154, went down near the city of Qazvin at about 11:30 a.m. local time after leaving Tehran on a flight to Yerevan, the Armenian capital, said Qazvin police chief Hussein Behzadpour, in comments to Iran’s English language Press TV.
The aircraft, operated by Caspian Airlines, was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew members, state television reported. Television images from the scene showed smoking ruins, with body parts and bits of the plane’s shattered fuselage scattered on the field where the plane crashed. Emergency workers could be seen picking through the wreckage. The crash gouged a trench more than 10 feet deep in the field, near the village of Jannatabad, state news agencies said.
The spokesman for Iran’s Aviation Organization, Reza Jafarzadeh, told Press TV that the plane, Flight 7908, crashed 16 minutes after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport. The cause of the accident is not yet known, and investigators were combing the wreckage Wednesday for the “black box” flight recorders, which contain recordings of the flight crew’s conversations as well as data such as the plane’s speed, altitude and heading.

Sirous Saberi, deputy governor of Qazvin province, told Iran’s Mehr news agency that the plane had experienced a technical problem shortly after takeoff and was trying to return to the airport in Tehran. One unidentified witness told the semiofficial ISNA news agency that the plane’s tail was on fire before it landed. Another witness quoted by state television said the plane, which was loaded with fuel, had exploded on impact.

Six Armenian citizens and two Georgian citizens were on the flight, and the rest were likely Iranians, The Associated Press reported, citing the deputy chairman of Armenia’s civil aviation authority in Yerevan. Eight members of Iran’s national youth judo team, along with two coaches and a delegation chief, were on the flight, on their way to train with the Armenian judo team and attend a competition in Hungary in August, the semi-official Iranian Labor News Agency said.
The head of the disaster management center in Iran’s Health Ministry told state news agencies that all aboard were confirmed dead.

Wednesday’s crash was the first fatal accident for Caspian Airlines, which is based in Tehran and was founded in 1992. The airline operates a fleet of six TU-154 airliners, all of which date from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. The aircraft that crashed Wednesday was built in 1986 and was leased to Caspian Airlines in 1998. It is believed to be owned by VARZ-400, a Russian aircraft maintenance and overhaul company, according to Ascend, a London-based aviation industry consulting company.

Iran has a checkered history when it comes to air safety, and many of its deadliest disasters have involved its aging fleet of Soviet-designed planes. In 2006, a TU-154 operated by Iran Airtour burst into flames upon landing in Tehran, killing 29 of the 148 people on board. Airtour, which is affiliated with Iran’s national carrier, suffered another fatal accident in 2002, when another Tupolev-built jet plowed into a mountainside, killing all 119 on board.
In 2005, a Boeing C-130 operated by the Iranian military rammed into a housing complex shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, killing 115 people, including 21 on the ground.

With no domestic aviation industry, Iran is dependent on foreign manufacturers for its planes. But trade sanctions in place for the past three decades have hampered access to spare parts as well as purchases of more modern aircraft, particularly from American manufacturers like Boeing. In 2005, the International Civil Aviation Organization, an arm of the United Nations, warned that sanctions flouted international treaties and placed civilian lives in danger.
Caspian Airlines passed an operational safety audit in 2007 by the International Air Transport Association, which approved the airline’s overall safety standards and procedures, including those of its engineering and aircraft maintenance operations. The airline is due to seek renewal of its safety certification by the end of November.

Wednesday’s crash is the eighth fatal accident suffered by the TU-154 in the past 10 years, including one, in 2004, that was the result of a terrorist attack on a Russian carrier. Since entering service in 1971, the TU-154 has suffered 54 crashes, resulting in the deaths of 2,602 passengers and 258 crew members, according to Ascend.

Sachin, Kambli end-up friendship


Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were once best buddies. But the story of their friendship is a past story now as they have picked up fighting. They are no longer in talking terms. The rift that has been created between them is best noticed on a TV show named ‘Sach Ka Saamna’ that goes on air next week.
According to sources in the channel, Vinod Kambli alleged that his childhood friend Tendulkadr did not help him during bad days of his career .
'We are very close... we were very close. He could have done a little more, but he didn’t" Kambli revealed during a polygraph (lie detector ) test which is part of the show.
Mumbai batsman replied in the affirmative when he was asked whether Sachin was embarrassed to accept him as a friend now.Kambi also came down heavinly on BCCI for discriminating him on the basis of his colour and caste. ‘‘ I always felt discriminated against by the cricket board because of my caste and colour.’’ Interestingly , all these revelations came during a polygraph test, which every contestant is subjected to.Kambli rose to prominence, when he shared an unbroken partnership of 664 in a school match with Sachin Tendulkar. Kambli had a exciting start to his test career making two double-centuries and two centuries in just seven tests.However, he lost his touch midway through his career and was subsequently dropped from the team. His technical insecurity against fast short-pitched bowling, and disciplinary problems, militated against his selection. He played in his last Test match aged just 24.
Kambli, nevertheless, was able to make frequent comebacks into the one-day squad, but could not cement his place in the team. He played his last ODI in 2000.
I have never said anything against Sachin: Kambli

Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli on Tuesday denied accusing his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar of not supporting him and the BCCI for discrimination.
"These are all baseless rumours. I have never said anything against Sachin [Tendulkar]. We have been best friends for the last 26 years. So definitely I will not say all these things against Sachin," Kambli told reporters in Mumbai.

"When you watch the show you will come to know the truth because I believe someone is trying to spread rumours," said Kambli.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Michael Jackson had gay relationship


A new book makes several shocking claims about Michael Jackson, including one that he had many gay lovers who he seduced by saying: "The King of Pop is going to lick your lollipop."
Biographer Ian Halperin claims to have hunted down two of the star's alleged male lovers, with one apparently making the allegation. "The very first time he had sex with me he said, 'The King of Pop's going to lick your lollipop'. I still laugh thinking about that," the Sun quoted Jackson's one alleged lover as having told Halperin.
The author of 'Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson' also alleges that "virtually everybody" around the singer knew about his interests in the same sex.
He says: "Virtually everybody has told me. Even those who are his most ardent defenders, people who maintain he is innocent of the molestation charges, insist that he is homosexually inclined."

Michael Jackson 'Unmasked' in New Book

A new book about the Twilight of Michael Jackson 's life is arriving in a couple weeks. Bestselling author Ian Halperin's Unmasked: The Finals Years of Michael Jackson delves into the King of Pop's reported prescription drug use, links to Scientology and more. "If you think you know everything there is to know about Michael Jackson you're wrong. Ian has uncovered startling new information that will make this book the definitive biography of the most iconic performer of our time," says Jennifer...

Monday, July 13, 2009

Help this Boy (Telugu)