பிரபாகரன் கொல்லப்பட்டதை விடுதலைப் புலிகள் சார்பாகப் பேசவல்லர் உறுதிப்படுத்தியுள்ளார்

விடுதலைப் புலிகள் இயக்கத்தின் தலைவர் வேலுப்பிள்ளைப் பிரபாகரன் கொல்லப்பட்டுவிட்டார் என்பதை விடுதலைப் புலிகள் இன்று வெளியிட்டுள்ள ஓர் அறிக்கையில் முதல் முறையாக ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளனர்.

விடுதலைப் புலிகள் அமைப்புடைய சர்வதேச உறவுகள் பிரிவின் தலைவராக அறியப்படும் செல்வராசா பத்மநாதன் கையொப்பமிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கை இது.

பிபிசி தமிழோசைக்கு இவர் வழங்கிய ஓர் செவ்வியில், மே பதினேழாம் தேதி பிரபாகரன் உயிரிழந்ததாகத் தெரிவித்துள்ளார் என்றாலும், அவர் எவ்வாறு இறந்தார் என்பது பற்றிய விபரங்களை அவர் தெரிவிக்கவில்லை.

இலங்கைத் தமிழர்களின் உரிமைகளுக்காக வன்முறையற்ற வழிகளில் இனி விடுதலைப் புலிகள் போராடுவார்கள் என்றும் பத்மநாதன் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

source : bbc.co.uk

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Nakul and Sunaina in Masilamani Photo Gallery

Nakul and Sunaina in Masilamani Photo Gallery

The winning pair of Kathalil Vizhunthen, Nakul and Sunaina are back in Kalpathi S Aghoram's Masilamani. Directed by debutant Manohar, the film is a love story.

Rubbishing rumours that the lead pair is in love, Nakul and Sunainamaintained that they are just very good friends. 'Our screen chemistryis great so it may look like love but its all acting,' said Nakul.

According to director Manohar, 'All love stories are the samebut it's the handling of it that differs. In my film you will see avery different screenplay.' Sunaina plays a Bharatnatyam dancer in thefilm. The music is by D Immaan and Vetri handles the camera. Now itremains to be seen, if this lucky pair can set the box office ringingonce again.

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Chennai Box Office May 15-17, 2009

Sarvvam

Cast: Arya, Trisha, JD Chakravarthy, Indrajeet, Rohan
Director: Vishnu Vardhan
Nirav Shah’s splendid camera and Yuvan’s music & BGM
A slow second half
BO verdict : Good opening


Ayan

Cast: Surya, Prabhu, Tamannaah, Jagan, Renuka, Karnas
Director: KV Anand
Surya, racy presentation
Slow second half
BO verdict : Blockbuster

Pasanga

Cast: Kishore, Sriram, Dharani, Pandian, Murugesh
Director: Pandiraj
Good script and the climax
Lengthy first half, need trimming
BO verdict : Above Average


Rajathi Raja

Cast: Lawrence, Mumtaz,Karunas, Meenakshi , Kamna, Sniggda
Director: Sakthi Chidambaram
None
Plenty
BO verdict : Average opening

Newtonnin Moondram Vidhi

Cast: SJ Suryah, Rajeev, Sayali Bhagath
Director: Thaimuthuselvan
SJ Suryah and Neat packaging
Long drawn out climax, violence
BO verdict : Average

Source : sify.com

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IIT-JEE (JOINT ENTRANCE TEST) RESULTS 2009

Results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) , which was conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), for B.Tech. and other courses offered at different IITs, Institute of Technology, Varanasi and other universities, will be declared on Monday.

IIT JEE (JOINT ENTRANCE EXAM) RESULTS 2009

IIT BOMBAY JEE 2009 RESULTS : http://www.jee.iitb.ac.in/result.htm

IIT DELHI JEE 2009 RESULTS : http://jee.iitd.ac.in/

IIT GUWAHATI JEE 2009 RESULTS : http://www.iitg.ernet.in/jee/

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IIT JEE Results 2009

The results of IIT JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) 2009, held on April 12, will be declared on Monday. A whopping 3.98 lakh students had applied for the JEE this year for admission to nearly 6,000 seats in 15 IITs. The result will be available on the IIT JEE website from 8 am on Monday.

After the results are declared, the counselling of successful candidates for allocation of seats will be held from June 9 to 16. This year, admissions will also be made to two new IITs IIT Indore and IIT Himachal Pradesh. Both new IITs will have 120 seats each. IIT Indore will be mentored by IIT Bombay while IIT Himachal Pradesh will be looked after by IIT Roorkee.

All seven of the old IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee will reserve 18% seats for OBC candidates this year. While at the new IITs at Bhubaneshwar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Patna, Punjab, Rajasthan 27% of the total number of seats will be reserved for the OBC candidates

Result available at http://www.jee.iitd.ac.in

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IIT Bombay develops low-cost GIS software

MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Technology here has developed a low-cost Geographic Information System (GIS) software which can be used for resource management
by community development programmes, government sectors, NGOs and industries.

"The software is now made commercially available so that developing countries could make optimal use of their resources," Dr Parvatham Venkatachalam of IIT said.

The software will be distributed in the market by Bhugol GIS Pvt Ltd under the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of IIT.

The software is a highly capable GIS planning tool and is tailor-made for users with wide range of operations such as map database creation, query and retrieval, analysis, and visualization.

Giving examples of some of its uses, Venkatachalam said, "The software can help calculate the shortest route, locate the most vulnerable areas in flood prone Mumbai before every monsoon, indicate what crop a farmer can cultivate in his land so that he gets better yield or what is the optimal location for building a water harvesting structure in a village."

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IIT results | ii tresults 2009 | iit jee results | iitresults 2009

The much-awaited results of the Joint Entrance Examinations for admission into various Indian Institutes of Technology
and other allied institutes would be announced on May 25.

Counselling for the candidates would commence from June 13 and the final allotment of seats and courses would be made by June 24, according to JEE officials.

Compared to last year, the competition for the seats has increased dramatically despite the introduction of two new IITs at Indore and Himachal Pradesh. ``The students-seats ratio has increased from 44:1 to 49:1. In the previous year, 3.11 lakh students competed for 6,992 seats, while this year more than 3.9 lakh students are eyeing to bag one of the 7,900 seats,’’ said an IITHyderabad official. He also informed that there is a rise of 25 per cent in the number of aspirants, while there is a rise of 13 per cent in the total number of seats.

According to the official website, the design aptitude test for the Architecture aspirants is scheduled on June 11 and 15. Results are available online on the website:


http://www.jee.iitd.ac.in/ or any of the IITs’ official websites.

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Susan Boyle Memories Youtube Video

Susan Boyle, the frumpy Scottish spinster whose amazing voice has become a global YouTube sensation, stunned audiences again on Sunday as she was voted through to the final of "Britain's Got Talent."

Singing "Memory" from the musical "Cats," the 48-year-old overcame initial nerves to produce another command performance, her soaring rendition winning the telephone vote on the talent show.

"You are one special lady, I have to say, you really are," Simon Cowell, one of the panel of three judges, said after Boyle's performance brought the audience to their feet.

Wearing a shimmering purple dress, Boyle looked far more primped and preened than she did on first appearance on the show last month, when her dowdy looks and quirky manner provoked titters from the audience, who assumed she couldn't sing.

This time, her hair was coiffed, her eyebrows were plucked and she looked almost every inch a star in the making.

"What pressure?" she said when asked afterwards if she was nervous. "It was really good tonight, I really enjoyed it ... I'm very happy to be here and thank you all for your support."

Boyle left the judges openmouthed last month with her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables," which almost immediately became an Internet sensation, watched more than 60 million times on YouTube.

With appearances since on U.S. chat shows hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Larry King, Boyle -- who has joked that she has never been kissed -- has become a global sensation, her age and appearance conflicting with most images of modern celebrity.

APOLOGY

After her performance on Sunday, Cowell was moved to apologize to Boyle, saying she had been poorly underestimated.

"You know what, I just want to apologize because of the way we treated you before you sang the first time," he said. "You made me and everyone else look very stupid and I'm very happy for you, very proud for you."

Boyle, who sang in choirs as a youngster but always dreamed of a career in London's West End, tried to shut him up, saying she had paid no attention to the global furor.

Since her performance in April, television crews from around the world have camped outside her home in rural Scotland and newspapers have dedicated countless pages to her.

A fan site dedicated to Boyle is titled "Never judge a book by its cover."

In Sunday's semi-final, Boyle defeated seven other acts including a belly dancer and a Darth Vader impersonator to get through to the final on Saturday

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Yellow Ribbon Program

The Montana National Guard unveiled a new program Wednesday aimed at helping families cope with military service before, during and after their loved ones are deployed.

The new campaign, entitled the Yellow Ribbon Program, is designed for all branches of the military. The National Guard will host a public meeting Wednesday night in Billings to discuss the new program. The meeting will provide information about support groups, military programs and available services offered to service men and women.

Montana National Guard Senior Sergeant Master John O'Brien says the Billings community plays a vital role in the lives of service members and it's important they get involved.

"We see our members one weekend a month you know, but you see them 28 days a month. So really it's easy to hide something for 2 days but it isn't easy to hide something for 28 days. And we want to know genuinely if our folks are struggling and having problems because we want to steer them in the right direction and help them."

O'Brien encourages all community members to take part in Wednesday nights event. The meeting is open to the public and starts at 7 p.m. at the Armed Forces Reserve Center located at 2915 Gable Road in Billings.

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Homage Clothing Apparel, Homage Clothing

Homage jumped off with licensure to market Ohio State Buckeyes gear a couple of years ago. Since, the clothing troupe has far outpaced its quiet Midwestern roots (Ohio to be exact) by offering brand new “aged” t-shirts fresh off the press that reference bygone popular culture mantras, expired ballplayers and fallen politicians.

The brand has blown up with fashion-conscious cats in Japan, but admittedly, U.S. heads have been a little slow to recognize. For now, the company’s tees can only be purchased through their online store.

Hit the “Read More” to peep some of my favorite Homage designs!

Pistol Pete: Press Maravich–”I gave him the fundamentals, but the between-the-legs, behind-the-back, blind stuff Pete does, I never even thought of that.” Don’t forget about the hair, Poppa Press.

Detroit: Straight from the website–“According to a 1984 Time Magazine article, guns came close to ranking as household appliances in Detroit, with an estimated 1.5 million firearms in a city of only 1.2 million people.”

World B. Free: With Free on board with k1x, the World B. movement is in full swing. Chalk up this gold/burgundy affair as another win for the Brownsville native.

Elevator Ernie Johnson: Ernie Johnson coordinates TNT’s award winning “Inside the NBA” with analysts Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. Johnson’s unlikely ups provide inspiration for this tee. Don’t believe me? Check this. (A portion of this shirt’s proceeds benefits The Lymphoma Research Foundation.)

White Men’s Cant Jump: Rosie Perez, lackluster hoops action, an unbelievable day of “Jeopardy!”, and Rosie Perez.

Moses Malone: A note to religious pundits: Moses was black. Malone delivered an NBA Championship to the City of Brotherly Love under his “Fo’, Fo’, Fo’” manta.

Jesse Jackson, President ‘84: Jesse’s been around for a while now.

Let Them Eat Jellybeans: The backbone to Reagan’s voodoo economics wasn’t his degree from Eureka University or a staunch cabinet of advisers. Rather, it was the glass jar of assorted jellybeans he kept on his desk, encouraging visitors to dip in and enjoy a handful.

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