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Actress Aswathy Asokan Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:43:00 +0000

Aswathy Asokan's debut movie was Mouse and Cat opposite Dileep. Though the film flopped at the box office she was very well noticed by the malayalee audience. A graduate from the famous St. Theresa's College Ernakulam, this bubbly actress was cast by Fazil.

Actress Abhinaya Cute Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:16:00 +0000

Abhinaya is a new comer in the South Indian movie industry. Her debut film nadodigal was a megahit which drew praises for her wonderful perfomance. She overcame her personal difficulties and became one of the best performing and respected actress of South Indian film industry. Here are some of the cute photos of the talented actress.

IPL Cheergirls photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:37:00 +0000

Indians were not familiar with the concept of the 'cheergirls' until the introduction of the IPL(Indian Premier League). Indian people easily adapted to the cheergirls and the cheergirls adapted to the indian conditions too. They obviously raised some eyebrows tin the first edition of the IPL, but now they are inevitable part of the event.

Mallu actress Dhanya Mary Varghese photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:09:00 +0000

Dhanya Mary Varghese is a Malayalam film actress. She made her debut in the movie Thalappavu. She has also acted in the movies Vairam: Fight For Justice, Red Chillies and Kerala Cafe Nayakan 3 Char Sau Beas.

Dipika Pallikal photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:36:00 +0000

Dipika Pallikal also known as Dipika Rebecca Pallikal is a squash player. She was born on 21 September 1991. She played her first international tournament in London when she was in her sixth grade, and till date, Dipika has won the German Open, Dutch Open, French Open, Australian Open, Scottish Open on the European Junior Squash Circuit. She is currently ranked No.2 Under-19- Feb2010

Dipika's photos

Dipika's website is www.dipikapallikal.com

Photocourtsey: www.kollywoodtoday.com

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Sania Mirza photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:49:00 +0000

Sania Mirza , born November 15, 1986, is an Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003. In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. She is known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. In April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singles matches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.

Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 insingles and 18 in doubles. She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam tennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournamentat the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli. In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.

Sunanda Pushkar fails to save Shashi Tharoor

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Sunanda Pushkar, the executive friend of Shashi Tharoor surrendered her sweat equity worth Rs.70 crore in the controversial Cochin IPL team in a bid to save her close friend's political future. In a statement issued through her lawyer Ashish Mehtam Sunanda said: As a woman professional, I am shocked to find how easily certain parties with vested interest questioned my credentials merely because I am a woman. I, therefore, voluntarily offer to return to Rendezvous the sweat equity they had offered me.''

Eventhough she surrendered her "sweat equity" she could not save her friend Mr. Tharoor, who was asked to resign from the Manmohan Singh led UPA government. Mr. Tharoor who held discussions with the congress core committee and the senior cabinet trio of Dr.Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and A.K Antony was asked to quit till his innocence is proved. Mr. Tharoor had denied the charge that he had any financial stake in the Kochi team and claimed that he was only “mentoring'' it being an MP from Kerala.

Sunanda Pushkar is a top level management executive working with a Dubai based infrastructure company. She has wide range of experience in international business which was utilized by Rendezvous which bagged the IPL bid for the Cochin team. She was reportedly offered a sweat equity worth 70 crores which later snowballed into a controversy once Mr. Modi, the IPL chairman and Mr.Tharoor started accusing each other through the Twitter and the media. This ended in Mr. Tharoor losing his ministerial berth.

It is a known fact Mr.Tharoor had more enemies in his own party than in the opposition parties. The man with enviable track record was always a target of the second level politicians within the INC. It was reported that Mr.Tharoor was close to Sunanda Pushkar and was planning to marry her. They were reportedly seen together in many functions which added fuel to the fire. There were speculations that Sunanda is a proxy for Mr.Tharoor in IPL.

The Rendezvous consortium which successfully bid for the Cochin team has accused Mr.Modi of offering bribe worth Rs.225 crore to pull out of the bid in favour of another company which was rumored to be the Videocon. At the end of the day political observers believe that by asking Mr.Tharoor to resign, the UPA is playing smart politics. Since the controversy started the Union Government has ordered IT probe regarding the allegations about the IPL. It is a known secret that majority of the IPL teams have opposition party leaders as the investors. The opposition parties were also shocked by the decision of the UPA government.

Mr. Modi who started the IPL controversy is now facing the axe as every one else is running for cover from the probe conducted by the central agencies. Union minister Pawar who is also the BCCI president and the BCCI itself has left the once powerful Modi as it doesn't want to come in the cross fire between Modi and the Union Government.