Nita Ambani Offers Prayers In Hyderabad

Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani's wife, Nita Ambani has today visited Balkampet Ellamma temple in Hyderabad. She offered special prayers to the presiding deity Yellamma Ammavaru at the temple.

The temple authorities have welcomed her with a garland. She even kept a bonam on her head (a pot decorated with vermillion and turmeric) in which cooked rice is offered to the deity as gratitude.

Temple authorities, after performance of the rituals, presented her holy clothes that included even saree. Nita Ambani was draped in a simple wheat colored salwar kameez.  Balkampet Yellamma temple is a famous shrine that attracts people from across the country especially during Bonaalu festival.

(AW Phani)

Aadhaar Online Slot Booking Not Available in AP

With barely three days to go for the deadline to linking Aadhaar (unique identification number) cards with LPG gas connections, people are running pillar to posts in getting their names enrolled for the cards. The original deadline for Aadhaar card to get subsidized gas cylinder was in the second week of February. However, due to the continuous uproar from the opposition parties besides the public demand, the Centre has extended the deadline by a month. And now that deadline seems to be approaching at brisk speed and number of people for getting enrolled for Aadhaar is still-more or less-the same.

While telephone system came in to place a few days ago at some centres in Hyderabad for a swift enrollment, online system is also made available by the concerned authority. Astonishingly, when it came to Andhra Pradesh, the online slot booking for Aadhaar reportedly failed terribly.

In the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDIA) website, there's an option 'get an appointment.' Upon clicking this page, a user will be redirected to a new web page wherein one can enter details and submit the same for an appointment. What's even more astonishing is that in the state/ut option,  Andhra Pradesh is no where to be seen.

The public expressed their grievance over the same and asked the concerned officials to look into the same.

(AW Phani)

Kartina Not A Part Of Imtiazs Next Film

'I have a great respect for Imtiaz as a film maker, but I am not a part of his next film. I am tied up with big projects like 'Dhoom - 3' with Amir Khan and 'Bang Bang' with Hritik Roshan in coming months. I cannot devote dates for any other film as of now', said Actress Katrina Kaif denying all the rumors about she working with the film maker in his fourth coming film, the lean Man being Ranbir Kapoor.

But the rumors about this act of Katrina say, the actress opted out of the film because of Ranbir's involvement. But, some sources close to the actress deny this. They say, 'Katrina believes in giving her best for her every film and this makes the actress to not to work in more films at a time. Ranbir has nothing to do with Katrina not being a part of Imtiaz's next. These are purely cooked up stories that have no meaning', said the sources.

Now what is the actual reason, it is known to them only...

Flying Fish...an unique species!

Flying Fish

"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man"
-Stewart Udall- an American politician and later, a federal government official.

Flying fish (Exocoetidae) can be seen jumping out of warm ocean waters worldwide.
Historically, Barbados was nicknamed "the land of the flying fish", where today it is the official national fish. Once abundant, it migrated between the warm, coral-filled Atlantic Ocean surrounding the island of Barbados and the plankton-rich outflows of the Orinoco River in Venezuela.

As the fact remains, their streamlined torpedo shape helps them gather enough underwater speed to break the surface, and their large, wing-like pectoral fins get them airborne.

Flying fish are thought to have evolved this remarkable gliding ability to escape predators, of which they have many and their killers include mackerel, tuna, swordfish, marlin, and other larger fish. Flying fish are known to feed on a variety of foods, including plankton for their sustenance.

An important fact prevails that there are about 40 known species of flying fish and beyond their useful pectoral fins, all have unevenly forked tails, with the lower lobe longer than the upper lobe while many species have enlarged pelvic fins as well and are known as four-winged flying fish.

 

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  Now, coming to the process of taking flight, or gliding, begins by gaining great velocity underwater, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) per hour while angling upward, the four-winged flying fish breaks the surface and begins to taxi by rapidly beating its tail while it is still beneath the surface. It then takes to the air, sometimes reaching heights over 4 feet (1.2 meters) and gliding long distances, up to 655 feet (200 meters). Once it nears the surface again, it can flap its tail and taxi without fully returning to the water.
  
  

  

  
  

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  Quite sadly there is currently no protection status on these animals.
  Finally, we must realize the fact that they are unique and they also have the right to live, like we do!
  (AW:Samrat Biswas)

A BLADE INSIDE A SLICE OF PIZZA!

A customer was left to consider deeply his slice of fortune after ordering a pizza meal and finding an ingredient he could hardly have imagined yes it a blade without anyone suffering an injury.

In fact, the incident saw an official at Dubai Municipality agitated residents to immediately notify authorities should they come across any contamination in their food.

Clyde Fernandes, who was a resident of Karama said that his friend and he called the food outlet’s delivery number for a chicken pizza at about 2.20am and the pieces he had were fine, but it was only when my friend ate a slice the next day that he found the blade inside a slice of pizza  . His friend at first thought it might have been a bone, and was shocked to see the blade because it could have cut him to death. Spontaneously he complained to the pizza outlet but all they offered was a complimentary pizza, and that is not the kind of apology that they were expecting.

He added that he already lodged a complaint with Dubai Municipality and inspectors have already collected the blade as part of their investigation, stressing that he hopes that some action will be taken to ensure that nobody else faces such an life threatening experience.

Moreover, it seems that a municipal official explained that the civic body acts according to a Corrective Action Plan on receiving complaints of food contamination, saying the system will determine what course of action needs to be taken.

Bobby Krishna, Senior Food Studies and Surveys Officer, Food Control Department at Dubai Municipality said in this case, it is difficult to determine whether the blade was in the flour or in the ingredients, so it is vital for them to launch an investigation and find out how the pizza was contaminated while he also added that it generally depends on the gravity of the situation, and they have to take into consideration whether it was a first-time offence or if the outlet had multiple violations and other complaints have been reported in the past.

According to Bobby, all lodged complaints have to be closed within 24 hours, so they will contact the company responsible and let them know within a day what action needs to be taken in order to prevent such life threatening incident from happening again.

Note: Residents can call the hotline 800 900 to notify the municipality of any violations by food outlets...(***only inside Dubai)

That was really God's grace that the man survived from an instant life blunder even after having his initial bite!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)

High Alert In Hyderabad

Tight security has been beefed up in and around Hyderabad reportedly in the wake of intelligence reports indicating a possible bomb blasts in twin cities. Earlier, it was learned that Begum Bazaar of Hyderabad was the main target. However, in the wake of Maha Shiva Ratri (a festival dedicated to Lord Shiva), the intelligence sources reportedly said that there could be possible explosions near temples in the twin cities. High Alert In Hyderabad

Therefore, all major forces plunged into action and tight vigil is going on. Many traffic jams in the evening hours were reported near Secunderabad but then people were happy that tight vigil was underway. On the other hand, hoax bomb calls are putting officials on tenterhooks. The police officials told that no matter how many hoax calls they get, they would not be taking even a single call less seriously.

(AW Phani)

Murder Girl Mallika Gets Court Notices

Murder girl Mallika gets court notices for obscene performance

Actors stripping to almost nude and getting their names flashed in news is nothing new. Right from Tuff Shoe Ad to today's so called new eve performances, crossing the boundaries of decency has become common to our yesteryear actors to today's item girls. After Milind Soman-Madhu Sapre's bold appearance a few decades ago, people probably thought that it would be such last obscene thing. Unfortunately, the saga continues. Recent one who has added up her name to this obscene list is Murder girl Mallika Sharawat.

Mallika was served notices by a local court in Gujarat for her alleged obscene show at a new year's performance in 2007. Acting on a complaint filed by one Narendra Tiwari, the court took up the case and issues notices to Mallika Sharawat. 

Not just Mallika Sharawat but even the hotel owners got summons from the court.

Andhra Wishesh would follow up more on this. Do visit our site for more updates on this story.

(AW Phani)

INTERNET MARRIAGES

INTERNET MARRIAGES ON RAISE IN USA's immigrant communities.....

A rise in Skype weddings is allowing immigrants to legally gain American citizenship by exchanging vows from opposite ends of the globe, which was revealed today.

Moreover, many fear that the proxy online marriages, Internet marriages which allow a couple to wed in the absence of one or both spouses, will help facilitate marriage fraud, as well as see an increase in the number of sex trafficking victims.

In fact, the growing practice has so far flown under the radar of immigration authorities, who are yet to provide extra inspection to ensure video chat marriages are not misused

Not all U.S. states allow proxy marriages, however in Colorado, Texas, Montana, Alabama, Missouri, and California, couples separated by distance are permitted to marry via webcam. The process is illegal in all other American states, unless one partner is in the military.

In countries such as India, England, and Israel, proxy marriages via Skype are legally-binding. And because the U.S. recognizes a legal overseas wedding between an American and their foreign fiancé, many are saying 'I do' via Skype and registering the wedding on foreign soil so that the marriage is considered legal.

Punam Chowdhury, an American citizen, married her Bangladesh-based fiance, Tanvir Ahmmed, via Skype last month from a mosque in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Now the matter of fact remains that in order for the wedding to be recognized in the U.S., their Indian marriage certificate simply states it 'took place' in Bangladesh, where it was legally registered, instead of New York, where the practice is illegal. Hypothetically, if Miss Chowdhury was a Californian resident who wanted to live in California with her new husband, the proxy marriage would have been able to be legally registered in California.

George Andrews, the operations manager for North Carolina company, Proxy Marriage Now, helps to facilitate online global unions which is the first step in attaining a visa or citizenship for a spouse and his company performs approximately 500 video chat weddings per year, with 60per cent of those marriages not involving a military spouse. But as this seemingly innocent convenience becomes more widespread, with a lack of red-tape in many countries, it has raised concerns by officials, and even those who conduct or arrange these ceremonies.

A. Uddin, a community activist from Queens, said she stopped helping others officiate proxy weddings after several deceitful foreigners had blindsided lonely Americans to obtain a green card, rather than a partnership and that all people using marriage to apply for American citizenship are first interviewed by Homeland Security or State Department officials, in case of fraud, or even human trafficking who also mentioned that even though officials ask newlyweds the details of their wedding during immigration interviews, they generally do not seek specifics on whether it occurred via Skype, which if revealed, would raise a 'red-flag.

Adam Candeub, a professor at Michigan State University College of Law who has studied proxy marriage, said that part of the reason for having the two people come and appear before a priest or a judge is to make sure it is a freely chosen thing and that there are some problems with willy-nilly allowing anyone around the world to marry.

In fact some cases involving proxy marriages have enabled vulnerable women to be brought to the U.S., who then find themselves threatened into sex work by traffickers.

Archi Pyati, the deputy director of the Immigration Intervention Project at the Sanctuary for Families, said he has helped many women from West Africa who were married by proxy without their consent, or as children.

The technologically-advanced custom can be helpful for some couples, worried about leaving loved ones without benefits.

British-born Sean Murtagh, 24, and Australian Natalie Mead, 30, said 'I do' using Skype in 2011, after Volcanic ash in Iceland thwarted plans for their London wedding and that Skype allowed the wedding to be broadcast to family and friends in London where the marriage was registered.

American's Samuel Kim and Helen Oh, both 27, also married via Skype in 2011, the O.C. Journal Register reported and that after Mr Kim became ill with a lung infection, he married his finance using a webcam from his California hospital.

Skype commented at the time while they would never wish any couple to be apart for their own wedding, they are sure glad that Skype could play such a big role in the wedding of Samiel Kim and Helen Oh from Southern California, who couldn't be together on their wedding day.

'Unfortunately, Samiel was in the hospital, but that did not deter Helen from her big wedding day plans with 500 guests. The show must go on, and it did! thanks to a Skype video call connecting Helen and her soon to be husband, Samiel, while he was at the hospital.

Proxy marriages are not new....

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were first married in her native Austria in his absence, before she met him for the first time in France, and proxy marriages via telephone and telegraph have also been documented.

However with the growth in technology, immigrant communities are increasingly using the process, where first or second generation U.S. citizens, such as Miss Chowdhury, are able to marry a partner from their homelands.

The matter of fact remains remains that it's not just U.S. citizens choosing to tie the knot with their physically absent spouses using video chat instead of an alter.

In fact, many use webcam weddings to circumvent restrictive local laws, like those in Israel and other countries, which generally recognize mixed-religion marriages but refuse to perform them and that Israel, for example, recognizes proxy marriages registered abroad between Israelis who were not permitted to marry in Israel.

Whether it's physical marriage or digital the purpose should be to have a life long relationship and a family rather than just earning a citizenship. In the changing day of technological advancement we have even made purity of relationship as a show more than that a priority of once's citizenship! This will not make the world happy rather bring more sorrow and confusion for the generation to come.

Note: The above mentioned statement is intended towards those who are not using the technology with the right motive, rest all may enjoy and have a great life!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)

Rainforest Amazon Wildest Beauty On The Earth

"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal."

Edward O. Wilson (An American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author).

About the Rainforests...

Rainforest Amazon are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm (68-78 inches. The monsoon trough, alternatively known as the inter tropical convergence zone, plays a significant role in creating the climatic conditions necessary for the Earth's tropical rainforests.

Around 40% to 75% of all biotic species are indigenous to the rainforests and it has been estimated that there may be many millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms still undiscovered in tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. Rainforests are also responsible for 28% of the world's oxygen turnover, sometimes misnamed oxygen production, processing it through photosynthesis from carbon dioxide and consuming it through respiration.

The undergrowth in some areas of a rainforest can be restricted by poor penetration of sunlight to ground level. If the leaf canopy is destroyed or thinned, the ground beneath is soon colonized by a dense, tangled growth of vines, shrubs and small trees, called a jungle. There are two types of rainforest, tropical rainforest and temperate rainforest.

  

 

 

 

Flora and Fauna...

More than half of the world's species of plants and animals are found in the rainforest. Rainforests support a very broad array of fauna, including mammals, reptiles, birds and invertebrates. Mammals may include primates, felids and other families. Reptiles include snakes, turtles, chameleons and other families; while birds include such families as vangidae and Cuculidae. Dozens of families of invertebrates are found in rainforests. Fungi are also very common in rainforest areas as they can feed on the decomposing remains of plants and animals. Many rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere.

 

Deforestation hampering the wild beauty...

Now, coming to the horrifying fact that tropical and temperate rainforests have been subjected to heavy logging and agricultural clearance throughout the 20th century and the area covered by rainforests around the world is shrinking.

Moreover, Biologists have estimated that large numbers of species are being driven to extinction (possibly more than 50,000 a year; at that rate, says E. O. Wilson of Harvard University, a quarter or more of all species on Earth could be exterminated within 50 years) due to the removal of habitat with destruction of the rainforests. Another factor causing the loss of rainforest is expanding urban areas.

Littoral rainforest growing along coastal areas of eastern Australia is now rare due to ribbon development to accommodate the demand for sea change lifestyles. The forests are being destroyed at a rapid pace. Almost 90% of West Africa's rainforest has been destroyed. Since the arrival of humans 2000 years ago, Madagascar has lost two thirds of its original rainforest. Likewise at present rates, tropical rainforests in Indonesia would be logged out in 10 years and Papua New Guinea in 13 to 16 years.

According to Rainforest Rescue, a main reason for the increasing deforestation rate especially in Indonesia is the expansion of oil palm plantations to meet the growing demand for cheap vegetable fats and bio fuels. In Indonesia, palm oil is already cultivated on nine million hectares and, together with Malaysia, the island nation produces about 85 percent of the world’s palm oil.

Several countries, notably Brazil, have declared their deforestation a national emergency. Amazon deforestation jumped by 69% in 2008 compared to 2007's twelve months, according to official government data. In fact, Deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60% of the Amazon Rainforest by 2030, says a new report from WWF.

However, a January 30, 2009 New York Times article stated, "By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics..." The new forest includes secondary forest on former farmland and so-called degraded forest.

Sometimes wildness can be such exceptional beauty.... provided we let it remain wild forever!

AW:(Samrat Biswas)

Salmans Anger Remains The Same On Ranbir

Everything was going well between Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor until Sallu's ex girl, Katrina Kaif chose Ranbir Kapoor over him.

And we all are aware of Salman's attitude of not forgiving his enemies. Even after more than an year of Sallu's break up with Katrina, Salman is still angry on Ranbir Kapoor and this time the actor has decided to show it off on a professional front.

Salman has announced the release date of his film, being directed by his younger brother Sohail Khan, titled 'Mental' on October 2nd, the same date when Ranbir's 'Besharam' is scheduled for a release.

While Ranbir's film went on location, Salman is yet to finalize the lead lady and start the shoot of his film. And as you know, no other film maker or Actor wants to take a chance on releasing their films, on the same date when Salman's film is releasing as they are aware of entire B - Town B.O. market being captured by Sallu bhai...

Explosion In Mumbai

Over speeding Gas tanker explosion in Mumbai...

On early Monday morning in Mumbai an over speeding gas tanker carrying 18 tonne LPG fell down from a road flyover after the driver lost his control as a result the explosion that followed after the accident left one dead and injured 14.

The incident took place when a gas tanker was heading towards Vashi in Navi Mumbai at 2 a.m. in the morning, when the driver lost control at the Sion-Panvel highway near Govandi, an eastern suburb in Mumbai as a result the tanker flipped and fell down from the flyover near the slums.

Within short while, the inflammable LPG within the tanker caught on fire, leading to the massive explosion and despite efforts of calming the fire, the tanker kept on burning for next 14 hours.

Moreover, injured have sustained 50-90 per cent burn injuries and have been admitted to the Sion and Rajawadi hospital in Mumbai and that the name of the diseased person has been identified as Vijaykumar Pandey.

According to an official from the Govandi police station around 20 fire engines were called on spot to calm the fire. But the impact of the Explosion In Mumbai was so intense that all their efforts turned distract and therefore they immediately closed the road for traffic to avoid any further casualty. As a result the traffic of the Sion-Panvel highway was diverted to other routes for around 14 hours resulting with causing traffic jams.

After all there is a saying, speed thrills but kills!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)

Hot Faces making us crazy!

 

 

These are the most popular romantic Hollywood Actresses making people crazy around the globe follows below:



Angelina Jolie



 
Jessica Alba




Jennifer Aniston




Kate Winslet




Salma Hayek
 


Halle Berry




Alicia Silverstone




Lindsay Lohan




Drew Barrymore




Cameron Diaz




Uma Thurman




Catherine Zeta Jones




Madonna




Carmen Electra




Pamela Anderson

Warning: Not meant for the weak heart! Frequent watching Hollywood actresses can make you end up with an heart attack!
If I ask you now who's  your favourite ? Can there be any answer for it?
Think once again!
(AW:Samrat Biswas)