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(Purely a personal Thought * Any Word or Phrase are used to explain the point in generic manner & not to blame X or Y person / party) Well it is election time in India. The most expensive activity of the country. The time when the big or small politician pay attention to the cattle Class of the country. They attend all activities and make a guest appearance to all function uninvited. The time when the mango people become important. Well my dilemma is whether i need to vote . As per the constitution Article no 19 (1) It is a Duty of a citizen to cast his vote to elect a representative to Lok sabha . However recent political action like corruption and cover up , drama of king maker , drama of a fool acting like i am a saviour who does not even know the history of the country , other incident made me to think like this. I sure many of new generation voter also have a similar thought . For a common man right from birth till to death it all about competition & rev...

Investigation focusing more on possible deliberate diversion-sources Radar data suggests plane was heading toward Indian Ocean-sources India searching remote, densely forested islands 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard lost flight An investigation into the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner is focusing more on a suspicion of foul play, as evidence suggests it was diverted hundreds of miles off course, sources familiar with the Malaysian probe said. In a far more detailed description of military radar plotting than has been publicly revealed, two sources told Reuters an unidentified aircraft that investigators suspect was missing Flight MH370 appeared to be following a commonly used navigational route when it was last spotted early on Saturday, northwest of Malaysia. That course - headed into the Andaman Sea and towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean - could only have been set deliberately, either by flying the Boeing 777-200ER jet manually or by programming t...

Two sources said an unidentified aircraft that investigators believe was Flight MH370 was following a route between navigational waypoints - indicating it was being flown by someone with aviation training - when it was last plotted on military radar off the country's northwest coast. The last plot on the military radar's tracking suggested the plane was flying toward India's Andaman Islands, a chain of isles between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, they said. Waypoints are geographic locations, worked out by calculating longitude and latitude, that help pilots navigate along established air corridors. A third source familiar with the investigation said inquiries were focusing increasingly on the theory that someone who knew how to fly a plane deliberately diverted the flight, with 239 people on board, hundreds of miles off its intended course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. "What we can say is we are looking at sabotage, with hijack still on the cards,"...

Here's a quick primer: Q. What information does a transponder send, and who does it send it to? A transponder is a radio transmitter in the cockpit that works with ground radar. When the transponder receives a signal from a more sophisticated ground "secondary" radar, it returns a squawk code with the aircraft's position, its altitude and its call sign. It is constantly being radar pinged, helping air traffic controllers on the ground determine the airplane's speed and direction, too. Take a virtual look inside a Boeing 777 Rather: Put aside conspiracy theories Search widens for missing Flight 370 Q. What does "squawk" mean? It's a four-digit identifying code that the pilot enters into a transponder for each flight. It helps air traffic control recognize each plane. Q. Why are transponders necessary? Primary radar is more basic, effective only at seeing the radar reflection of objects. It paints targets, displaying them with a blip on a scr...

He probably has less than three months in his job, and he's all but forgotten, despite holding the job for 10 years, in the great cacophonous conversation that's Indian election. But this near-irrelevancy in current public discourse notwithstanding, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his PMO are busy — busy with government work and busy wondering whether post-PM days will herald events worse than unflattering assessments. "Will his legacy go down as that of Narasimha Rao ... will he be targeted by a new government in telecom and coal cases," a senior PMO official wondered, reflecting worries of his boss and his loyal core team. ET spoke to senior officials at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), his close confidants and Congress politicians over the last few weeks to get a sense of Singh's plans, his final days in office, his fears and his best and worst moments. They all spoke on condition of anonymity and most of them defended Singh, who has been attacked for...

alt A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.” “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was ...

To break a Bad habit To Love an Enemy To think Logically, To admit Ignorance To withhold judgement To grow old gracefully To work wihout haste, To wait without Impatience, To suffer without complaint, To know when to keep silent, To be indifferent to ridicule, To concentrate in the midst of difficulties, To tolerate hatred without anger, To make friends without losing individuality, To serve without looking for praise. --

Sheila Dikshit, a former three-term Chief Minister of Delhi, was today appointed Governor of Kerala within three months of her defeat in the recent Assembly polls. Highly placed sources said tonight that the decision has been conveyed to 75-year-old Dikshit, who will succeed Nikhil Kumar, a former Delhi Police Commissioner. Dikshit, a senior Congress leader, met Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the morning and the decision to make her Kerala Governor was conveyed to her. Nikhil Kumar is resigning and is expected to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Aurangabad seat in Bihar, which he had won in 2004. During the Delhi Assembly elections in December last, Dikshit suffered an ignominious defeat from New Delhi seat at the hands of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal, who succeeded Dikshit and has since resigned over the Jan Lokpal issue, won by more than 22,000 votes. The Congress came a poor third bagging eight seats in a House of 70. Dikshit serv...

16ാം ലോക്സഭയിലേക്കുള്ള തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് ഒമ്പതു ഘട്ടമായി നടക്കും. ഏപ്രില്‍ ഏഴു മുതല്‍ മെയ് 12 വരെയാകും വിവിധ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളില്‍ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു നടക്കുന്നത്. മെയ് 16നു വോട്ടെണ്ണല്‍ നടക്കും. കേരളത്തില്‍ ഏപ്രില്‍ 10നു തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു നടക്കും. ഏപ്രില്‍ ഏഴ്, ഒമ്പത്, 10, 12, 17, 24, 30, മെയ് ഏഴ്, മെയ് 12 എന്നീ ദിവസങ്ങളിലാകും തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു നടക്കുക. 65 പേജുള്ള വാര്‍ത്താകുറിപ്പാണു തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു കമ്മിഷണര്‍ പുറത്തിറക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത്. തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു പ്രഖ്യാപനത്തോടെ മാതൃകാ പെരുമാറ്റച്ചട്ടം നിലവില്‍വന്നതായി തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു കമ്മിഷന്‍ അറിയിച്ചു. ജനുവരി ഒന്നിനു പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ച വോട്ടര്‍ പട്ടിക പ്രകാരം രാജ്യത്ത് 81.4 കോടി വോട്ടര്‍മാര്‍ ഉണ്ട്. കഴിഞ്ഞ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിനേക്കാള്‍ 10 കോടി അധികമാണിത്. വോട്ടര്‍ പട്ടികയില്‍ പേരില്ലെന്നതടക്കമുള്ള പരാതികള്‍ കണക്കിലെടുത്ത്, പട്ടികയില്‍ പേരു ചേര്‍ക്കാന്‍ ഒരു തവണകൂടി അവസരം നല്‍കും. ഇതിനായി എല്ലാ പോളിങ് സ്റ്റേഷനുകളിലും മാര്‍ച്ച് ഒമ്പതിനു ബൂത്ത് ലെവല്‍ ഓഫിസര്‍ സിറ്റിങ് നടത്തും. ബൂത്ത് ലെവല്‍ ഓഫിസറുടെ പക്കലുള്ള വോട്ടര്‍ പട്ടികയില്‍ സമ്മതിദായകര്‍ക്ക് പേരുകള്‍ പരിശോധിക്കുകയുമാകാം. 93...

The countdown for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has begun. The polls will be held between April 7 and May 12 in nine phases, said the Elections Commission on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be held on May 16. The first phase of polling will take place on April 7, covering 2 states and 6 constituencies, second phase on April 9, covering 5 states and 7 constituencies, third phase on April 10, covering 14 states and 92 constituencies, fourth phase on April 12, covering 3 states and 5 constituencies, fifth on April 17, covering 13 states and UTs and 122 constituencies, sixth phase on April 24, covering 12 states and 117 constituencies, seventh phase on April 30, covering 9 states and 89 constituencies, eighth phase on May 7, covering 7 states and 64 constituencies and ninth phase on May 12, covering 3 states and 41 constituencies. With the announcement of poll dates, the Model Code of Conduct for governments and political parties comes into force with immediate effect. Therefore, o...

The complete list of winners at Sunday's 86th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture: '12 Years A Slave.' Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, 'Dallas Buyers Club.' Oscars 2014: The complete list of winners The complete list of winners at 86th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, 'Blue Jasmine.' Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, 'Gravity.' Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, 'Dallas Buyers Club.' Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, '12 Years A Slave.' Foreign Language Film: 'The Great Beauty,' Italy. Writing (Adapated Screenplay): '12 Years A Slave.' Writing (Original Screenplay): 'Her.' Animated Feature Film: 'Frozen.' Sound Mixing: 'Gravity.' Sound Editing: 'Gravity.' Costume: 'The Great Gatsby.' Makeup and Hairstyling: 'Dallas Buye...