Today Jayalalithaa To Inaugurate 100 Years Of Indian Cinema Event

Today Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa inaugurates the 100 years of Indian Cinema event in Chennai.

 The event will take place from September 21-24, 2013. Talking about the event on Monday (Sep 9), Kalyan, the Organiser and President of South Indian Film Chamber Of Commerce, said, "Indian Cinema Centenary Festival, will be held from September 21-24 in Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. 

The event will be inaugurated by honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha." Kalyan, who addressed the press conference in Chennai, said that the representatives from all the four film industries of South India will be participating in the event.

 The celebrities and technicians from Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada film industry will be participating at the event. "The event will be volunteered by Tamil Film Producers Association, Federation of Tamil Nadu distributors, Tamil Nadu Theater Owners Association, the Association of South Indian actor, Tamil Nadu Directors Association and South Indian Federation of Film Workers Association," Kalyan added. 

He also said that the Chennai city will be grandly decorated, and the old movies of all the four languages will be screened for free in the theatres like Sathyam and Abhirami. Kalyan further added that President Pranab Mukherjee will be the Chief Guest of the valedictory function of 100 years of Indian Cinema, which is scheduled on September 24. 

The event will also be attended by Tamil Nadu Governor Rossaiha, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Sri Lanka goes to the polls amid growing fears for human rights

More than 700,000 people are eligible to vote at the polls in Sri Lanka's northern province on Saturday. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of thousands of voters in the Tamil-dominated north of Sri Lanka will go to the polls on Saturday in the first local elections to be held in the area for 25 years.

The polls in the northern province, much of which was controlled for decades by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the violent Tamil separatist organisation, have been marred by violence and come amid rising concerns over human rights in the island nation.

Sri Lankan officials say the decision to hold elections in the north shows a commitment to democracy by the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is in his eighth year in power.

Four years after the defeat of the LTTE and the end of the civil war, many observers see the polls as a crucial indicator of future relations between the Tamils and majority ethnic Sinhalese.

The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has called the polls an important opportunity to foster political reconciliation.

But opposition politicians and observers have alleged intimidation by the powerful Sri Lankan military, which still maintains a heavy presence in the northern areas wrested from the LTTE.

A group of gunmen attacked the residence of the Tamil National Alliance's most prominent candidate in Jaffna, the capital of the northern province, on Thursday night, beating and threatening nine people including an election observer. The TNA blamed military personnel. Army spokesmen have denied any involvement.

Ananthi Sasitharan, 42, the wife of an LTTE leader who went missing after surrendering at the end of the war in May 2009, said she believed she had been targeted because she had raised human rights abuses by the government at a meeting with the UN human rights commissioner, Navi Pillay, who visited Jaffna last month.

More than 700,000 people are eligible to vote in the polls. A coalition of parties representing Sri Lankan Tamils, who comprise 10-12% of the island nation's total population of 21 million, is seen as the favourite to win.

"There are lots of problems but at the end of the day you will probably get a result which will reflect the general will of the people but that result will have been affected by the continuous abuses and malpractices," said Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, an analyst and human rights activist who directs a group of officially sanctioned election monitors.

The TNA remains the favourite to win in Saturday's poll, but analysts say the margin of any victory may be reduced as a result of the tensions.

The government has accused the TNA of renewing calls for a separate state through its push for the devolution of power. The TNA says it wants devolution in a united Sri Lanka, not a separate state.

Rajapaksa and the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance has swept successive presidential and parliamentary polls and, despite rising prices, concerns about corruption and slow development in rural areas, remains popular among voters from the Sinhalese majority in the country.

The president and members of his family, who occupy many senior positions in government, have repeatedly dismissed allegations that war crimes were committed during the final months of the conflict during which tens of thousands of civilians were killed.

"All international laws are made by big, powerful countries but applied only on weaker ones like ours. The countries who make those laws escape themselves. In fact, such countries are laws unto themselves. They discuss, they decide, they apply," Rajapaksa last week told the Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times.

Sri Lanka's permanent representative at the UN said the criticism over human rights lacked objectivity.

The LTTE, an organisation that pioneered suicide bombing, was responsible for systematic human rights abuses including executions, torture and compulsory conscription, in areas under its control.

In July, Rajapaksa ordered an inquiry into mass disappearances, mostly of Tamils, during the war. Activists dismissed the move as a farce.

The Sri Lankan government has resisted any devolution of powers to provinces – seen by some analysts as a prerequisite of any political reconciliation with Tamils – and has banked instead on economic uplift to quell any separatist sentiment.

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How to get number of cart items in Magento

Many websites show a “total number of items in your basket”. So, how do you get that information out of Magento if you’re not in the checkout process?

You can simply call the Mage Helper file checkout/cart.
If all you’re after is a total number, all you need is:

echo Mage::helper('checkout/cart')->getCart()->getItemsCount();

This code grabs the helper object, gets the current cart object, and then calls the Magento count function on that.
If you want to do something with the items, then you’ll need to return the items, rather than the counter. To do this, you need to look at the helper checkout/session instead.
Something along the lines of:

$items = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote()->getAllItems();

If you wanted to get the total for the basket – so that it could be displayed elsewhere on your site, then you can get this from the checkout/cart class. Note, we don’t get this from the helper.

Simply call:

echo Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal(); // format the number - you couldn't probably use number_format, but use Magento's functions echo $this->helper('checkout')->formatPrice(Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal());

Luminaries of Indian Cinema

Dadasaheb Phalke 1870-1944 Born in Trymbakeshwar, Nasik, he started the film industry in India with Raja Harishchandra in 1913. He was his own scenarist, cameraman, art director, costume designer, editor, processor, printer, developer and even projectionist and distributor. This one-man institution gave India its most fundamental traditions in filmmaking and established the motion picture as a form of entertainment, a medium , an art and an aspect and extension of the Indian culture. A daring experimenter with animation techniques, inventor of promotional films and documentaries, creator of special effects, he made 44 silent features, several shorts and one talkie. He introduced the mythological genre to Indian Cinema, thus merging his notion of Swadeshi. 1969 was the birth centenary year of this Father of Indian Cinema. In a befitting commemoration of his contribution to Indian cinema, a new National Award, named after him was introduced from 1969. This is awarded annually for distinguished contribution to the medium, its growth and promotion.

Dhirendranath Ganguly 1893-1978 One of the greatest pioneers of the Indian film industry, Shri. Dhirendranath Ganguly, popularly known as D.G., made the first feature film in Bengali. Under him grew such luminaries as Debaki Kumar Bose, Pramathesh Barua, cameraman Krishna Gopal, Sabita Devi and Prem Kumari Nehru. A painter and actor, he was born in 1893 in an aristocratic Bengali family from Barisal, now in Bangla Desh. He studied in Shantiniketan, graduated from the Government School of Art, Calcutta in 1915. He worked as an Art Teacher at the Nizam’s Art College, Hyderabad. He set up the Indo-British Film in Calcutta to make his first film Bilet Pherat in 1918. He introduced a type of satire into film analogous to the 19th century tradition of Naksha satirical literature, drawing inspiration from the Pat Painting and the musical satires of Calcutta Theatres. His outstanding comedies are Bilet Pherat, The Lady Teacher, The Marriage Tonic, Hara Gauri, The Stepmother, Chintamani, Flame of the Flesh, Charitrahin, What Not, Night Bird and Country Girl. D.G. smoothly made the transition to the talkie era. Apart from his own productions, he made several short comedies for New Theatres, shouldering multiple responsibilities of producer, director, writer and actor. His more notable comedies for New Theatres were Mastuto Bhai and Excuse Me, Sir. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1974.

Devika Rani 1907-1994 Smt. Devika Rani Roerich, the first recipient of this coveted honour, hailed from a distinguished family – a grand-daughter of Rabindranath Tagore – Devika Rani was schooling in London when cinema lured her away from the stage. In 1929, she married Himansu Rai, whose film The Light of Asia earned him international acclaim. The couple went to Germany where Devika Rani undertook training in different branches of filmmaking at UFA’s world famous studio. It was here that she perfected her acting skills under Germany’s great director Pabst. The Rais returned to India with the rich experience gained from their continental stay. They together made Karma in English and Hindustani, was a major triumph for Indian Cinema. It was shown in Britain and all over the continent and was received well for its brilliance. In 1934 Himansu Rai founded the Bombay Talkies as a major center for filmmaking in the country. She herself played lead roles in Achut Kanya, Jeevan Naiyya, Savitri, Jeevan Prabhat, Durga, Vachan and Izzat. She is aptly described as the First Lady of the Indian Screen. After the death of Himansu Rai in 1940, Devika Rani kept the banner of Bombay Talkies flying. Its productions – Kismet, Basant, Hamari Baat and Punar Milan created box-office popularity. Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala and Mumtaz Shanti amongst others have been groomed in Bombay Talkies. Devika Rani was honoured in 1958 with the title of Padmashri in recognition of her contribution to the nation’s film culture.

Ashok Kumar 1911- 2001 The doyen of the acting profession, Ashok Kumar entered film in 1935. This veteran thespian was born on October 13, 1911, in Bhagalpur, Bihar. A science graduate from Roberston College in Jabalpur, he joined the New Theatres as a studio assistant. He took an apprenticeship in the Bombay Talkies laboratory, and only on the advice of the famous film producer, the late Himansu Rai, did he switch over to acting. His first appearance was in Jeevan Naiyya/1936 opposite Devika Rani where he sang his own songs. The son of an eminent and prosperous lawyer from Madhya Pradesh, Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly, was transformed in the process into the ever-young, much loved actor of the Hindi screen – Ashok Kumar. From then on there was no looking back in his career. His memorable films in that era were Janmabhoomi, Izzat, the record-breaking Achhut Kanya, Savitri, Prem Kahani, Kangan, Nirmala, Vachan, Bandhan, Jhoola, Kismet and Anjaan. In 1942, Ashok Kumar left Bombay Talkies to join Filmistan, run by S. Mukherjee. Shikari and Sajan soon established him as an actor of outstanding ability. Mahal, directed by Kamal Amrohi, was a huge success, and Ashok Kumar became the most coveted actor on the Hindi screen. His performances in Kismet and Mahal, brought laurels to him. Even as late as early sixties, Ashok Kumar was very much in demand for romantic leads. He excelled in Robin Hood-type roles with sparse dialogues and his way of holding a cigarette in Kismet became a trademark. His acting was very natural, unlike the theatrical styles adopted by others earlier. He was given an award by Sangeet Natak Academy in 1958. In the screen career spanning five decades and a half, he maintained his histrionic life by switching over to character roles and today he is acknowledged as the greatest thespian Indian screen has ever known. Known as Dadamoni in the Bombay film industry, he won a number of awards as an actor including the Best Actor award for his role in Aashirwad in the National Film Festival. He retained his personal interest in astronomy, homeopathy and music, a rather off-beat collection of hobbies.

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100 YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA

When Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema, released his epochal feature film Raja Harishchandra on 3rd May 1913, it is unlikely that either the exhibitors or the pioneer film maker realized they were unleashing a mass entertainment medium that would hold millions in sway for the next hundred years. The French might have introduced the concept of moving images, but little did anyone know that India would one day become the largest film industry in the world. It's a miracle that Indian cinema has withstood the test of time despite the vast cultural differences in the past 100 years.

Indian cinema has an identity that is very unique and unmatched. We have moved from the black and white silent films to 3D, but our cinema continues to retain its basic essence - to thrill. Even as internet downloads and television continue to cannibalize the theatrical revenues of Indian films, the lure of the 35 mm is something else altogether. It was Phalke who introduced India to world cinema at a time when working in films was taboo. After the success of his film 'Raja Harishchandra', several filmmakers in Bombay and Madras began making silent films. By the mid 1920s, Madras had become the epicentre for all film related activities. Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, SS Vasan, AV Meiyappan set up production houses in Madras to shoot Telugu and Tamil films.

The silent era came to an end when Ardeshir Irani produced his first talkie, 'Alam Ara' in 1931. If Phalke was the father of Indian cinema, Irani was the father of the talkie. The talkies changed the face of Indian cinema. Apart from looks, the actors not only needed a commanding voice but also singing skills, as music became a defining element in Indian cinema. The year also marked the beginning of the Talkie era in South Indian films. The first talkie films in Bengali (Jumai Shasthi), Telugu (Bhakta Prahlad) and Tamil (Kalidass) were released in the same year.

The forties was a tumultuous decade; the first half was ravaged by war and the second saw drastic political changes all over the world. In the middle of the Second World War in 1945 came 'Kismet' starring Ashok Kumar which became one of the biggest hits in the history of Indian cinema. It had some bold themes - the first anti-hero and an unmarried pregnancy. It clearly showed that the filmmakers of the era were bolder than the times in which they were living in. A close relationship between epic consciousness and the art of cinema was established. It was against this backdrop that filmmakers like V.Shantaram, Bimal Roy, Raj Kapoor and Mehboob Khan made their films. In the meantime, the film industry had made rapid strides in the South, where Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films were taking South India by storm. By the late 1940s, films were being made in various Indian languages with religion being the dominant theme. 1940s to late 1950s was also the golden era of music. Shankar Jaikishan, O.P. Nayyar, Madan Mohan, C. Ramchandra, Salil Chaudhury, Naushad, S.D. Burman - all had their distinctive style. Each vied with the other to produce some of the most unforgettable melodies India has ever known.

50s and 60s were considered as the Golden Age of Indian cinema. Filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy, Mehboob Khan, K Asif, Raj Kapoor, KV Reddy, L V Prasad and Ramu Kariat made waves in their respective film industries and they went on to make classics like Pather Panchali, Madhumati, Do Bheega Zameen, Shree 420, Awaara, Pyasa, Mother India, Mughal E Azam, Mayabazar and Chemmeen among many other films. In the south, N.T. Rama Rao, M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Rajkumar, Prem Nazir dominated the film industry for more than three decades before making way for the next generation of actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna.

The 70s completely changed the way films were made, especially in Hindi film industry. Changing social norms and changing economies influenced movies and the companies that made them. The narrative style changed. The story structure changed. Characters changed. Content changed. Masala films were the demand of the time. The genre promised instant attraction and had great entertainment value. It was the age of the angry young man and Amitabh Bachchan rose to prominence thanks to the success of Sholay, Zanjeer and Deewar. While Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Jitendra and Dharmendra continued to bask in the glory of back to back hits, the actresses were not far behind. Right from the time of Savitri, Vyjayanthi Mala, Nargis, Waheeda Rahman and Sharmila Tagore to Sridevi, Rekha, Smita Patil, Hema Malini, several actresses became heartthrobs of the nation.

While Indian commercial cinema enjoyed popularity among movie-goers, Indian art cinema did not go unnoticed. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Ritwik Ghatak, Aravindan, Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Shaji Karun and several other art film directors were making movies that gave India international fame and glory.

The eighties saw the advent of women film makers such as Vijaya Mehta ('Rao Saheb'), Aparna Sen ('36- Chouwringhee Lane', 'Parama'), Sai Pranjpye ('Chashme Baddoor', 'Katha', 'Sparsh'), Kalpana Lajimi ('Ek Pal'), Prema Karanth ('Phaniamma') and Meera Nair ('Salaam Bombay'). It was also the decade when sultry siren Rekha wooed audiences with her stunning performance in 'Umrao Jaan' in 1981.

And then in 90's, it was a mixed genre of romantic, thrillers, action and comedy films. A stark upgrade can be seen on the canvas as technology gifted the industry Dolby digital sound effects, advanced special effects, choreography and international appeal. The development brought about investments from the corporate sector along with finer scripts and performances. It was time to shift focus to aesthetic appeal. And stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Rajnikanth, Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla and Hrithik Roshan began to explore ways to use new techniques to enrich Indian cinema with their performances.

In recent years, Hindi cinema has undergone a massive change due to the emergence of new age filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Hirani, Dibakar Banerjee and Vishal Bhardwaj. Of late, Tamil and Marathi cinema has witnessed similar changes with several new filmmakers coming forth to cater to a niche audience.

As the world has become a global village, the Indian film industry has reached out further to international audiences. Apart from regular screenings at major international film festivals, the overseas market contributes a sizeable chunk to Bollywood's box office collections. Regular foreign Investments made by major global studios such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros put a stamp of confirmation that Bollywood has etched itself on the global podium.

To celebrate 100 years of cinema in India, the Government of India, in cooperation with the film industry, has proposed to line up a host of activities between May 3, 2012 and May 3, 2013. It has also proposed to present a tableau of 100 years of Indian Cinema at the Republic Day parade next year. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has also instituted a centenary award which will be given to a path- breaking film every year at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. The first centenary award would be given at the IFFI 2012 which will be held in Goa in November this year.

Indian cinema, despite all its peculiarities, has been a reflection of the socio-economic, political and cultural changes that took place in the country. Here's hoping that Indian movies continue to entertain us the way they've been doing since 10 decades

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Ajith Safety Tips for Bike Riders

Video Here: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/videos/44870.html

Ajith recently left a fabulous impression of the roads of Chennai as well as in the minds of road users. During his road trip Ajit not only followed the road rules and wore safety gears while driving but also allowed his journey experiences to be compiled into a video. And for this we should give him a Hats Off for taking such efforts only to promote Safe Driving and done in concern for his fans.

Here, Ajith through IndiaGlitz exclusively shares his road memories with his fans and conveys the message of road safety to them.

Team IndiaGlitz on the other hand is grateful to Thala for making us the bridge to reach out to his fans?

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ஓட்டுப் 'பொறி'க்கு ஓகே .மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கு 10% அகவிலைப்படி - அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல்!

டெல்லி: மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கு 10% அகவிலைப்படி உயர்வு வழங்க அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கான ஊதிய உயர்வு ஆண்டுதோறும் ஜனவரி மற்றும் ஜூலையில் அறிவிக்கப்படும். 

ஆனால் நடப்பாண்டு ஜூலையில் அகவிலைப்படி உயர்வு அறிவிக்கப்படவில்லை. இந்நிலையில் இன்று கூடிய மத்திய அமைச்சரவைக் கூட்டத்தில் மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கு 10% அகவிலைப்படி உயர்வு வழங்க ஒப்புதல் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. 

இதன்மூலம் 50 லட்சம் மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களும், 30 லட்சம் ஓய்வூதியர்களும் பயனடைவர். இந்த அகவிலைப்படியின் பலன் ஜூலை 1 முதல் முன்தேதியிட்டு வழங்கப்படும் இந்த ஊதிய உயர்வு மூலம் அரசுக்கு ஆண்டுக்கு கூடுதலாக ரூ. 10,879 கோடி செலவாகும். கடந்த 2010ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜூலை 1-இல் அகவிலைப்படி 10% உயர்த்தப்பட்டது. 

அதன் பிறகு, அகவிலைப்படி தற்போதுதான் இரட்டை இலக்கத்தில் அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. லோக்சபா தேர்தல் நெருங்கும் நிலையில் மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களின் வாக்குகளைக் கவரும் வகையில் இந்த அறிவிப்பை மத்திய அரசு வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

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Kashmir's civilians caught in the crossfire

Residents on each side of the Line of Control endure shelling near their homes almost daily.

Fatehpur Thakiala, Pakistan-administered Kashmir - When the shells started to fall, Muhammad Nadeem had nowhere to hide.

"As soon as the shelling started, my family would flee down the mountain… but I have a very weak heart, I can't leave this place," says the 65-year-old farmer, a resident of the remote village of Tarkundi, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Tarkundi, located about 115km east of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, is right on the 740km-long Line of Control (LoC), the de-facto border between Indian- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

"A shell could still fall at any time," he told Al Jazeera, standing in his maize fields, about 300m from the LoC. "Our homes are made of mud and wood - they could be destroyed any day."

Tarkundi is in Nakyal sector, which has been at the centre of recent shelling between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, sparked by an August 6 attack on Indian troops which killed five soldiers in Poonch district. India blamed Pakistan for the attack, a charge Pakistan denies, and, since then, there has been a daily exchange of mainly mortar and small arms fire between the two armies across the LoC. Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety, while Kashmiri separatists, both armed and political, demand that a 1949 UN resolution calling for a plebiscite on Kashmir's fate be implemented.  

The shelling, which violates a 2003 ceasefire agreement between the two countries, has been hitting military border posts and civilians alike, on either side of the border.

"We were stuck inside our house for 72 hours straight [August 24-26] - without food, water or supplies - because of intense shelling. We were cut off," says Dr Muhammad Baseer Sarwar, another resident of Tarkundi.

"The explosions would make our ears ring - we thought we were going to die," said the 42-year-old, explaining how he and the other 11 members of his family took shelter in a small basement room, venturing outside to fetch water during lulls in the shelling.

After the dust settled, Sarwar returned upstairs to find that a mortar shell had landed in one of the home's bedrooms, destroying trunks, beds and clothes. Thankfully, he says, no-one was upstairs when it hit.

"When you hear the shelling start, of course you get scared," says Riasatullah, a 24-year-old whose home was hit, while showing Al Jazeera an unexploded shell that still lies in his family's maize fields.

The situation is similar across the LoC, in the village of Charunda, in Uri sector of Indian-administered Kashmir.

"When the two sides start firing on each other, they don't see who will get killed. They only fire," says 36-year-old Abdul Rashid, whose village came under fire in January.

Juma Khatana, 52, another villager from Charunda, says those who live along the LoC "are stranded between the two countries".

"We always live on a razor's edge," said Khatana. "We are not rich people and we can't migrate or buy land in the city. We have to live here forever."

In all, at least five civilians have been killed since the latest violence began, with at least two military personnel (both Pakistani) also reported to have died, according to AJK officials and the Pakistani military. Dozens more, including several Indian and Pakistani soldiers, have been injured. More than 3,000 civilians fled the Pakistan-administered side of the LoC - which is more densely populated than the Indian-administered side - due to the recent violence, with schools shut for more than a week during the most intense shelling. Farmers have been unable to tend to their crops, they say, and residents say they live a life of constant fear, as mortar fire continues on a daily basis.

This is the human detritus created when there is friction between these two nuclear-armed neighbours: thousands on either side of the LoC are displaced, their lives disrupted and the calm of this stunningly beautiful region - referred to locally as "heaven on earth" - destroyed.

"There is still danger here, we are still scared," says Muhammad Aslam, a 55-year-old former non-commissioned officer in the Pakistan army and a resident of Tarkundi. As he speaks, the muffled sound of distant low-calibre mortar fire reverberates through the valley.

Shaky dialogue process

Newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif placed a high priority on normalising relations with India during his election campaign, making it part of his economic platform to broaden trade ties with the regional economic giant.

As such, Sharif has said that he will be discussing the Kashmir issue with Manmohan Singh, his counterpart, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly later this month.

"For the effective pursuit of our socioeconomic agenda, good relations with all our neighbours are very essential and a priority for my government," Sharif said during a recent state visit to Turkey. "We are keen to have a comprehensive dialogue with India for the resolution of all the issues including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir."

Those talks, however, will take place in an atmosphere of both political distrust, and a shaky, if not shattered, ceasefire along the LoC.

"This latest flare-up along the Line of Control is actually not new," says Ejaz Haider, an Islamabad-based political and security analyst, citing several similar instances since 2007. "The LoC is not quiet anymore, especially in certain places… and in mountainous terrain it’s all about jockeying for a [tactical] advantage."

The Line of Control is no longer quiet, say residents 

On August 6, five Indian soldiers were killed in what armed Kashmiri separatists in Muzaffarabad told Al Jazeera was not a Pakistani military operation. Haider says that it occurred after four civilians were arrested by the Indian military close to the LoC - and killed for being "terrorists".

"Officially we say that [Pakistan] did not [kill the Indian soldiers], but it could well be that it was decided that it was time to give them a taste of their own medicine," he said.

'Not this kind of peace'

In Nakyal, local officials say residents are fully behind the Pakistani army, and blame India for the recent violence. Asked whether he advocates for peace to authorities in Islamabad, Nakyal Assistant Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ayub replied: "We will not accept a situation where we do not fire back. If they fire upon us, we should fire back at them. Everyone of this area feels this way."

Haider says that the lack of a clear policy directive on a Kashmiri peace or negotiations process has created a situation where "the momentum of developments at the tactical theatre level" on the LoC begins to dictate the tenor of the Pakistan-India relationship.

"In theory, if the states were to actually get to a point where they say we are really serious about resolving these disputes, you'll see an effect on the situation at the LoC," he says. He also warned, however, that the relationship between the state policy and tactical theatre levels is "dialectical", and that each influences the other.

Residents also want greater clarity, calling for Islamabad to take a firm line, one way or another.

Addressing himself to parliamentarians in the Pakistani federal capital, Dr Sarwar of Tarkundi, said: "You're sitting safe there in Islamabad. Let one shell fall outside your house and we’ll see how you react then...

"We are ready for war as well [as peace], but if there is war, it should be open. I think there should be peace [between the two countries], but not this kind of 'peace', where the people of both sides of the Line of Control are having their homes shelled every day."

Additional reporting By Muhammad Baba Omar

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UN rights chief criticises Sri Lanka official

Powerful defence secretary among other government figures accused by Navi Pillay of waging disinformation campaign.

Many Tamils are hoping the upcoming provincial elections will be a step towards autonomy [Reuters]

The UN's top human rights official has accused some of the Sri Lankan government's most senior officials of waging a disinformation campaign against her, just one day before the country's provincial elections. In a statement on Friday, Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, aimed direct criticism at Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the powerful defence secretary and brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and other government officials. During her visit to Sri Lanka last month, at least three government ministers "joined in an extraordinary array of distortion and abuse" which is continuing now, Pillay's spokesman Rupert Colville said in Geneva. At the end of her visit, Pillay issued a statement saying democracy was being undermined and the rule of law eroded in Sri Lanka, with the country increasingly becoming an authoritarian state, despite the end of its civil war four years ago. The government responded that she had violated her mandate by making political statements. Gotabaya Rajapaksa said her visit was influenced by propaganda from remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels who lost the war. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claimed they were fighting to create an independent state for ethnic minority Tamils, citing alleged discrimination by the Sinhalese majority. A UN report says that as many as 40,000 people may have been killed in the final phase of the civil war, and Pillay's visit followed a resolution in the UN's 47-nation Human Rights Council in March that urged Sri Lanka to investigate more alleged war crimes committed by government forces and Tamilrebels. On September 12, Pillay's office sent a formal complaint to the Sri Lankan government demanding that it immediately retract and publicly correct "misinformation which has, not surprisingly, aroused much disquiet in Sri Lanka," Colville said. Pillay complained that Gotabaya Rajapaksa made false claims that she had asked President Rajapaksa during their private meeting to remove a statue of Sri Lanka's first prime minister from Colombo's Independence Square. "This claim is without a shred of truth," Colville said. The row comes as Sri Lanka prepares for provincial elections that many Tamils are hoping will be towards autonomy, something which years of war failed to achieve. Sporadic violence The elections will create the Tamils' first functioning provincial government and is expected to give them a limited say in their own affairs. "Let us have the right to look after ourselves," said CV Wigneswaran, a former Supreme Court justice and chief candidate for Tamil National Alliance, the main Tamil party and once a political proxy for the Tigers. He called the party's political goals "no violence, one country". Campaigning has been marked by sporadic attacks and threats, mainly against Tamil Alliance supporters. An election monitor said soldiers armed with clubs attacked supporters of Ananthi Sasitharan, a Tamil Alliance candidate, at the candidate's home late Thursday, wounding eight people. Sasitharan, the wife of a former LTTE leader, escaped unharmed, according to Keerthi Tennakoon of the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections. Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya, a military spokesman, denied that soldiers took part in an attack. Source: http://www.aljazeera.com

N Korea seeks to restart nuclear talks

Country calls for resumption of talks on its nuclear programme, but says there should be no preconditions.

North Korea's senior nuclear strategist has called for a new round of six-nation denuclearisation talks without precondition.

The remarks by Kim Kye Gwan, first vice foreign minister, in Beijing came on Wednesday at a forum marking the 10th anniversary of the talks, which have been stalled since the last round in 2008 broke down over how to verify North Korea was meeting its pledges.

"The DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea/North Korea) supports the six-party talks and any small regional talks within the framework, but we hope the talks have no preconditions, because preconditions lead to mistrust," he told delegates.

"We will make sincere efforts for denuclearisation but it is against the September 19 Joint Statement to let the DPRK take action before restarting the talks."

Kim was referring to an agreement on 19 September 2005, which in part saw the six parties agree to a principle of "action for action" and "words for words".

US officials have rejected holding new discussions before the North makes a clear commitment to carry out earlier promises to disarm, saying holding new talks that go nowhere will only undermine the six-party framework.

South Korea and Japan are also suspicious of such calls.

The other two parties to the talks, Russia and China, have been more supportive of getting the dialogue back on track.

In his speech to the Beijing forum, Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister, said the parties should seize on a warming trend on the Korean Peninsula to take whatever actions are needed to restart talks.

Since the breakdown in talks, North Korea has escalated tensions with a third nuclear test and missile launch, prompting a tightening of UN sanctions against the isolated communist regime.

Recent months have seen the North take a more moderate line as it sought to restart contacts with South Korea and repair ties with China, its most important ally.

The 10th anniversary forum had been promoted as a way of highlighting the achievements of the negotiations, but there were no immediate signs that it had brought the sides any closer.

The US embassy in Beijing said that it was sending a diplomat to attend only as an observer and that there were no plans to meet any North Korean representatives.

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Watchdog begins examining Syria chemical file

OPCW says it has begun assessing first details of Syria's chemical assets and expects more information in coming days.

The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says it has begun to examine the first details of Syria's chemical arsenal supplied by the government of President Bashar al-Assad. China urged a quick implementation of a landmark US-Russian deal to destroy Syria's chemical stockpile, as the OPCW, tasked with dismantling the weapons, confirmed it had received an initial report from Assad's government on the arsenal. The OPCW's Technical Secretariat is now examining the details, it said on the eve of the disclosure deadline. A UN diplomat said the OPCW had received the Syrian declaration on Thursday. "It is quite lengthy," he said. UN resolution meeting In New York, UN envoys were due to resume talks on a draft Security Council resolution that would enshrine the plan to neutralise the lethal weapons. The OPCW said it had postponed a meeting on the issue scheduled for Sunday. Syria is believed to possess about 1,000 tonnes of chemical toxins, and has agreed to destroy them under a joint Russian-US proposal designed to avert a US strike on Syria. James Bays, Al Jazeera English's diplomatic editor, said the submission was very significant. "If we go back to just two weeks ago, Syria would not even say that it had chemical weapons." However, the timetable outlined in the Russia-US plan appears to be slipping. Under the terms the deal, the Syrian government has until the middle of next week to make a full, not partial, disclosure of his chemical weapons assets. "Diplomats had hoped a Security Council resolution would be in place in time for the UN's General Assembly meeting on Tuesday - it now might overshadow the meeting," Bays said. "The OPCW also has to say if it can do the work in Syria before any resolution is agreed. Security Council action is very unlikely until next week." Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Saturday for a proposed peace conference in Geneva to take place "as soon as possible". "We believe that a political settlement is the only right way out in defusing the Syrian crisis," Wang said. He said Beijing would "support the early launch of the process to destroy Syria's chemical weapons". Ceasefire claims Meanwhile, the Syrian regime has distanced itself from comments made by Qadri Jamil, one of three of its deputy prime ministers, who told the Guardian on Thursday that his government would consider a ceasefire if peace talks were organised. Jamil told the Guardian: "Neither the armed opposition nor the regime is capable of defeating the other side.” The newspaper reported that Jamil as saying that for the government to enter talks, it would seek "an end to external intervention, a ceasefire and the launching of a peaceful political process in a way that the Syrian people can enjoy self-determination without outside intervention and in a democratic way." However, Jamil's party said on Friday that his comments did not represent the position of the government, only those of his Peoples' Needs Party. It also said that Jamil had been misquoted by the newspaper, claiming he said "stopping the violence" rather than "ceasefire". The Guardian said it stood by its story, and released an audio file of the interview regarding the ceasefire comments Source:Al Jazeera and agencies

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Earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima prefecture

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the Japanese prefecture that is home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 2.25am (17.25 GMT) on Friday at a depth of about 22km under the Fukushima prefecture, about 177km northeast of Tokyo.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre did not issue an alert.

The Japanese news agency Kyodo News reported that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), observed no abnormality in radiation or equipment after the earthquake.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday ordered TEPCO to scrap all six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant and concentrate on tackling pressing issues like leaks of radioactive water.

The 2011 disaster caused three reactors to melt and damaged a fuel cooling pool at another.

Officials have acknowledged that radiation-contaminated groundwater has been seeping into the Pacific Ocean since soon after the meltdowns.

The region lies on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim.

About 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur in the region.

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PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.

PHP was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995 and has been in continuous development ever since. The main implementation of PHP is now produced by The PHP Group and serves as the de facto standard for PHP as there is no formal specification. PHP is free software released under the PHP License, which is incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL) because of restrictions on the use of the term PHP.

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Top 10 Most Expensive Accidents in History

Expensive Accidents in History Throughout history, humans have always been prone to accidents. Some, such as the exotic car crashes seen on this page, can be very expensive. But that's trivial compared to the truly expensive accidents. An accident is defined as "an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss". Our aim is to list the top 10 most expensive accidents in the history of the world as measured in dollars. This includes property damage and expenses incurred related to the accident such as cleanup and industry losses. Many of these accidents involve casualties which obviously cannot be measured in dollar terms. Each life lost is priceless and is not factored into the equation. Deliberate actions such as war or terrorism and natural disasters do not qualify as accidents and therefore are not included in this list. #10. Titanic $150 Million The sinking of the Titanic is possibly the most famous accident in the world. But it barely makes our list of top 10 most expensive. On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage and was considered to be the most luxurious ocean liner ever built. Over 1,500 people lost their lives when the ship ran into an iceberg and sunk in frigid waters. The ship cost $7 million to build ($150 million in today's dollars).   #9. Tanker Truck vs Bridge $358 Million On August 26, 2004, a car collided with a tanker truck containing 32,000 liters of fuel on the Wiehltal Bridge in Germany. The tanker crashed through the guardrail and fell 90 feet off the A4 Autobahn resulting in a huge explosion and fire which destroyed the load-bearing ability of the bridge. Temporary repairs cost $40 million and the cost to replace the bridge is estimated at $318 Million. #8. MetroLink Crash $500 Million On September 12, 2008, in what was one of the worst train crashes in California history, 25 people were killed when a Metrolink commuter train crashed head-on into a Union Pacific freight train in Los Angeles. It is thought that the Metrolink train may have run through a red signal while the conductor was busy text messaging. Wrongful death lawsuits are expected to cause $500 million in losses for Metrolink. #7. B-2 Bomber Crash $1.4 Billion Here we have our first billion dollar accident (and we're only #7 on the list). This B-2 stealth bomber crashed shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam on February 23, 2008. Investigators blamed distorted data in the flight control computers caused by moisture in the system. This resulted in the aircraft making a sudden nose-up move which made the B-2 stall and crash. This was 1 of only 21 ever built and was the most expensive aviation accident in history. Both pilots were able to eject to safety. The crash was captured on video. It shows one B-2 Bomber successfully taking off followed by the B-2 Bomber which crashes. The crash starts at 2:00   #6. Exxon Valdez $2.5 Billion The Exxon Valdez oil spill was not a large one in relation to the world's biggest oil spills, but it was a costly one due to the remote location of Prince William Sound (accessible only by helicopter and boat). On March 24, 1989, 10.8 million gallons of oil was spilled when the ship's master, Joseph Hazelwood, left the controls and the ship crashed into a Reef. The cleanup cost Exxon $2.5 billion.   #5. Piper Alpha Oil Rig $3.4 Billion The world's worst off-shore oil disaster. At one time, it was the world's single largest oil producer, spewing out 317,000 barrels of oil per day.. On July 6, 1988, as part of routine maintenance, technicians removed and checked safety valves which were essential in preventing dangerous build-up of liquid gas. There were 100 identical safety valves which were checked. Unfortunately, the technicians made a mistake and forgot to replace one of them. At 10 PM that same night, a technician pressed a start button for the liquid gas pumps and the world's most expensive oil rig accident was set in motion. Within 2 hours, the 300 foot platform was engulfed in flames. It eventually collapsed, killing 167 workers and resulting in $3.4 Billion in damages.   #4. Challenger Explosion $5.5 Billion The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after takeoff due on January 28, 1986 due to a faulty O-ring. It failed to seal one of the joints, allowing pressurized gas to reach the outside. This in turn caused the external tank to dump its payload of liquid hydrogen causing a massive explosion. The cost of replacing the Space Shuttle was $2 billion in 1986 ($4.5 billion in today's dollars). The cost of investigation, problem correction, and replacement of lost equipment cost $450 million from 1986-1987 ($1 Billion in today's dollars).   #3. Prestige Oil Spill $12 Billion On November 13, 2002, the Prestige oil tanker was carrying 77,000 tons of heavy fuel oil when one of its twelve tanks burst during a storm off Galicia, Spain. Fearing that the ship would sink, the captain called for help from Spanish rescue workers, expecting them to take the ship into harbour. However, pressure from local authorities forced the captain to steer the ship away from the coast. The captain tried to get help from the French and Portuguese authorities, but they too ordered the ship away from their shores. The storm eventually took its toll on the ship resulting in the tanker splitting in half and releasing 20 million gallons oil into the sea. According to a report by the Pontevedra Economist Board, the total cleanup cost $12 billion.   #2. Space Shuttle Columbia $13 Billion The Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space worthy shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. It was destroyed during re-entry over Texas on February 1, 2003 after a hole was punctured in one of the wings during launch 16 days earlier. The original cost of the shuttle was $2 Billion in 1978. That comes out to $6.3 Billion in today's dollars. $500 million was spent on the investigation, making it the costliest aircraft accident investigation in history. The search and recovery of debris cost $300 million. In the end, the total cost of the accident (not including replacement of the shuttle) came out to $13 Billion according to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.   #1. Chernobyl $200 Billion On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the costliest accident in history. The Chernobyl disaster has been called the biggest socio-economic catastrophe in peacetime history. 50% of the area of Ukraine is in some way contaminated. Over 200,000 people had to be evacuated and resettled while 1.7 million people were directly affected by the disaster. The death toll attributed to Chernobyl, including people who died from cancer years later, is estimated at 125,000. The total costs including cleanup, resettlement, and compensation to victims has been estimated to be roughly $200 Billion. The cost of a new steel shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear plant will cost $2 billion alone. The accident was officially attributed to power plant operators who violated plant procedures and were ignorant of the safety requirements needed.

Credit card PIN a must for online shopping

DELHI/BANGALORE: If you're an online shopaholic, make sure you have a personal identification number (PIN)/password for your credit or debit cards.
Otherwise, forget about using them for internet shopping from August 1.

A recent directive by the Reserve Bank of India makes it mandatory to have an additional authentication passcode verified by Visa or MSC (Mastercard Secure Code). This is in addition to the other information already on the card like name, card number, expiry date and CVV (card verification value) number.

So how do you get this new password? Credit/debit card users have to register online with their banks, giving personal and card details. They will then be given a PIN or password to be be used as an additional layer of security at the checkout point before completion of the transaction.

This will be known to the card holder only. So, even if somebody notes your card number, he can't misuse it for online shopping.

With the date fixed for RBI directive to take effect getting close, banks are loaded with thousands of requests for additional authentication. Some are allowing customers to create passwords on their websites while others are busy sending fresh user IDs and passwords to customers via post. Some banks like Citibank are allowing customers to use net banking password as their password for e-commerce transactions.

"We have already started the process of making the consumer aware of the service using text message alerts, e-mails and advertisements. Having started the process much ahead, we are well equipped to implement the process fully," said a spokesperson of ICICI Bank.

In fact, ICICI Bank has gone one step ahead. While generating 6-digit PIN as an additional security layer, it also asks its customer to type a message, known as personal assurance message (PAM) on the same web-page. This PAM is known only to customers. When you type your card number on the merchant's website, it will take you to the bank's website to complete the transaction, where you need to type in the PIN.

Prabhu Rangam, AGM (IT), State Bank of India, says, ''SBI has already accommodated the required change. Our debit cards are PIN based, so they may not require another layer of security.'' However, in case of credit card, the customers have to apply for PIN.

Industry observers feel that although RBI directive may be a dampener for e-commerce industry initially, in a few months it would help the space to grow faster as it will deter online frauds.

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Instructions: What you do is find out what each letter of your name means.

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S - You are very broad-minded.

U - You feel like you have to equal up to people's standards.

J - Jealously

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A - You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind.


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There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning CORN. Each year he entered his CORN in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.
Once a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours'.
"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."

The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well.

Success does not happen in isolation. It is very often a participative and collective process. 

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