President Pratibha Patil surrenders post-retirement home after controversy and criticism

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil has decided to forgo the proposed accommodation in Pune for her after retirement. President's office said she was pained by media reports about Patil's post-retirement home in Pune.

Her decision to spend her retirement at a newly-constructed Pune house at government expense was a marked departure from a long-held tradition, besides the unprecedented opposition from a group of ex-servicemen.

Going by the tradition, retiring presidents spentthe rest of their time in a government accommodation in the national Capital or went back to their respective home states.

Many officers who have served in Rashtrapati Bhavan in the past cannot recall another instance of a retiring president in recent times moving out of Delhi, and get the government to build a new house for him.

Following is the full text of the press release issued by Rashtapati Bhawan: 

Pained at fallacious observations regarding post retirement home president of india decides to forego her proposed accomodation

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil has been reading and watching the unfolding of some fallacious observations regarding the accommodation in Pune which she was to occupy after relinquishing the office of the President. She chose not to react as she has always held herself answerable to the Constitution of our country and her conscience. It was expected that once the facts were made public it would convince the concerned people. But despite clarifications given by the President's Secretariat, it is unfortunate that the misgivings continue to persist.

What has pained the President the most is the fact that she is now being portrayed by some people as one who, by agreeing to accept a defence accommodation for her post retirement home, is insensitive to the cause of war widows and ex-servicemen. But facts are to the contrary. She has always been proud of our brave jawans who are ever-ready to display their spirit of sacrifice while defending our borders. She has the highest regards for our war widows who have lost their dear ones for the sake of security and integrity of the nation. To express solidarity, boost their morale and to gain first hand experience of the hardships faced by our Defence Forces, she visited far flung army establishments like those in Tangdhar, Bhadarwah, Leh, to name a few, and several distant inhospitable forward areas in the North East. She would be the last person to ever think of dislocating or coming in the way of creating facilities for our war widows and ex-servicemen.

Women's issues have always been her concern and those of war widows particularly occupy a very special place in her mind. She has worked relentlessly towards their welfare and would like people to know that as Governor of Rajasthan she personally wrote to 1192 war widows to help resolve their problems. Here is an article which appeared in the Hindustan Times a few years ago which said:

"Away from the media glare, Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil is quietly attending to problems of hundreds of war widows. She has asked the war widows to contact or see her personally. Over 1000 letters have been posted in the past one month as the Raj Bhavan gets deluged with responses. Now, Patil receives around two dozen letters every day while a number of widows of martyrs meet her personally with problems. Their letters are being forwarded to the concerned department in the State Government for suitable action." (Anjul Tomar, Jaipur May-2, 2005).

As Governor, she had instructed all the District Collectors of Rajasthan to inform her regularly about the progress in resolving the problems of war widows. Under her directions, a State Level Committee was constituted with the Director, Sainik Kalyan Board, Rajasthan as its Chairman to address the issues affecting the war widows on a priority. The District Collectors were also instructed to organize camps at Sub-Divisional level for hearing the war widows and to solve their grievances expeditiously.

She ensured that the newly constructed 'War Widows Hostel and Rehabilitation Centre' at Jaipur was allocated Rs. 2 crore from the Amalgamated Fund of the Governor to facilitate its smooth functioning. The District Sainik Kalyan Officers were invited to Raj Bhavan, Jaipur and were advised to make wide publicity about the Hostel and Rehabilitation Centre so that no war widow was denied the facility for want of information.

Once there was a news item in Dainik Bhaskar, Jaipur Edition of 9th March 2005 that the Headquarters of Western Army Command would be temporarily shifted to the War Widows Hostel & Rehabilitation Centre. She took up the matter with the Chief Minister of Rajasthan immediately. The then Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje promptly responded through her letter, that the headquarters of Western Army Command would be relocated elsewhere and that the War Widows Hostel & Rehabilitation Centre would not be utilized as Headquarters of Western Command or for any other purpose.

If as Governor she had pursued the matters of war widows with such passion and concern, and if she had objected to even the temporary shifting of the Western Command Headquarters to the War Widows Hostel and Rehabilitation Centre in Jaipur, would she ever think of dislocating or come in the way of creating accommodation for war widows or occupy a property allegedly meant for any such purpose as her post retirement home? The accommodation proposed to be allocated to her by the Ministry of Defence was never indicated as one earmarked for war widows. It was to be allotted to her for use as her post retirement residence only during her lifetime with no rights of ownership, transfer lease, etc. However, considering the fact that the issue has got linked with the issue of war widows accommodation by some people, the President has chosen to forego the aforesaid allotment of accommodation proposed to be made to her as her post retirement home in Pune.

Young Tiger NTR DAMMU movie,Trailers, Review, Story, Crews, Casts,Rating 2012

Young Tiger NTR  DAMMU movie,Trailers, Review, Story, Crews, Casts 2012

Cast :-  Jr. NTR,Trisha Krishnan,Karthika Nair,Abhinaya,Venu Thottempudi,Bhanupriya,Nassar,Kota Srinivasa Rao,Subhalekha Sudhakar,

Banner :- Creative Commercial’s
Music :- Keeravani
Direction :- Boyapati Srinu
Producer :- Alexander Vallabha
Fights :- Ram,Lakshman
Rating :- 3/5

 Dammu Movie Review

Synopsis:

Dhammu is the story of violence that took place between two stories. Vijaya (NTR) is the protege of Vasireddy clan who had lo lead the life as orphan. He falls in love with Trisha and in an interesting turn of events, he is brought back in to his family. However, he is a lad who believes human life is a god’s gift to live not to fight till death. He strives hard to bring peace in the region using non violence but opponents’ ego forces him to take the path of brute force. Finally how he restores happiness of his people forms the story.

Performances:

NTR once again proved that why he is deemed as one of the most versatile actors in current generation actors. He proved his acting prowess in action scenes as well as emotional scenes. His expressions during the conflict within himself are awesome. His dances in ‘Oo Lily’ and ‘Vastu Bagunde’ are top notch. One can expect the dialogues in a Boyapati movie, and that too when they are uttered by a hero like NTR.. Come on.. I am running out of superlatives.

Trisha and Karthika had very less  scope for action and they are adequate. However, both of them did not have in them to attract masses. Karthika’s over height and Trisha’s lack of fresh look is the main problem. They simply did not go well with NTR.

Kota Srinivas Rao as NTR’s Grand father, Suman as father, Bhanu Priya as mother, Nasser as antagonist are top class as usual.

Technical Performances:

Even though, Boyapati’s Bhadra and Tulasi were hits, he suddenly hogged in to lime light with Balakrishna’s Simha which propelled the actor’s career back on track. The influence of Simha is certainly playing behind his mind. However, he tried his best to get a correct blend of action and emotion. There is a good sentimental track underlying in the second half.And coming to the bad parts, so far Boyapati’s movies are known for racy narration which did not happen in this case. The movie momentum gradually dipped in the second half. However, his efforts to bring out a combination of action and emotion is commendable despite his image as mass director.

MM Keeravani’s song are instant blockbuster and back ground music is top notch. Dialogues by Ratnam are excellent. Arthur Wilson’s Cinematography is good. Editing could have been better.

 Dammu Movie Review Final Say:

Boyapati Sreenu had did not try to make another Simha, he attempted a movie with all ingredients which caters the needs of Mass and family audience equally.  A honest attempt by the entire unit. If you are not watching the movie keeping another Simha in mind, you will like it.

Mass Raja Ravi Teja upcoming movie daruvu Release Date,Trailers, Review, Story, Crews, Casts 2012

Mass Raja Ravi Teja upcoming movie  Daruvu release date postponed to May 18

DARUVU CREW

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Director:   J.Siva Kumar

Producer:   Burugupalli Shiva Rama Krishna

Music Director:   Vijay Antony

Lyricst: Bhaskara Bhatla,  Ramajogaya Sastry,  Suddala Ashok Teja

DARUVU CAST

      Ravi Teja

   Tapasee Pannu

   Bramanandam

  Prabhu

   Raghu Babu

   Vennela Kishore

    M.S.Narayana

Here's an update about the Ravi Teja's much awaited summer release, Daruvu. The producers have decided to postpone the release of the film by a fortnight. The film was initially scheduled to release in the first week of May, however the producers have announced that they are planning to release it on May 18. Admittedly the post production work in the film is getting delayed. However, sources close to the producers say that the film could get delayed even further and a lot depends on how well Pawan Kalyan's starrer Gabbar Singh which is scheduled to release in the second week of May.

Ravi Teja Daruvu Movie Trailer

IPL 2012 : Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Live Cricket Score - Mumbai need 208 to win

Delhi: Apr 27, 2012

Delhi Daredevils (DD) scored a mammoth score of 207 for 5 against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2012 match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi on Friday.

The Delhi skipper top scored with 73, while Mahela Jayawardene smashed a quickfire 55 to put up an 135-run partnership for the opening wicket.

Delhi, after put into bat, got off to a cracking start as the Sehwag and Jayawardene hammered Mumbai bowler to all parts of the park.

The Sri Lankan skipper was the severe of the two hitting Lasith Malinga for three boundaries in the third over.

Sehwag then go into the act smashing RP Singh for six and a four in the sixth over before hitting Kieron Pollard for 23 runs in the 11th over.

Mumbai then fought back with three quick wickets of Jayawardene, Sehwag and Irfan Pathan in space of three overs. Robin Peterson bagging two wickets in the 16th over for Mumbai.

Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor then joined forces as they added quick 41 runs.

Robin Petersen was the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai

BriefScore: DD 207 for 5 in 20 overs (Virender Sehwag 73, Mahela Jayawardene 55, Kevin Pietersen 50; Robin Petersen 3 for 37 vs MI

Google launches Google Drive; upgrades Gmail to 10 GB for all users

Google has launched Google Drive, a cloud storage service where users can upload and access all of their files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond. The service is offering new users 5GB of storage for free with upgrades starting at 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. Google also increased the free storage in Gmail from the existing 7.5 GB to 10 GB to all users.

“Drive is built to work seamlessly with your overall Google experience. You can attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+, and soon you’ll be able to attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail. Drive is also an open platform, so we’re working with many third-party developers so you can do things like send faxes, edit videos and create website mockups directly from Drive. To install these apps, visit the Chrome Web Store—and look out for even more useful apps in the future,” Sundar Pichai, SVP, Chrome and Apps, Google has said in a blogpost

IPL 2012: Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers Live Score

IPL 2012: Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers Live Score

Pune: 11:02 pm 14th over: 91/5 Reddy to continue. And gets a wicket first ball, Uthappa is bowled! The ball landed outside the off stump as Uthappa tried to play an unorthodox shot towards third man and dragged the ball onto his stumps. Sangakkara misses a run out, Samuels survives, he was miles outside the crease. And Reddy ends the over with another wicket! Samuels departs for 3, caught at cover.

MN Samuels c Sangakkara b Ashish Reddy 3 (8b)

RV Uthappa b Ashish Reddy 29 (27b

10:56 pm 13th over: 88/3 Theron comes back into the attack. Two runs have come off the first five balls. The run rate is soaring. The last ball is driven for a single by Uthappa.

10:50 pm 12th over: 85/3 Ashish Reddy comes into attack. Uthappa opens the face of the bat at the last moment towards third man for a boundary. Seven runs from that over.

10:46 pm 11th over: 78/3 Mishra to continue. Good over, just 5 runs from it.

10:41 pm 10th over: 73/3 Gony comes back into the attack. Ganguly has been dropped by Duminy at point for 22, that was a sitter! Ganguly tried something like a dilscoop, that went high and landed short of the fielder. Ganguly is OUT!! It’s the second catch for Harris who takes a sharp catch at short cover.

Ganguly c (sub)Dan Harris b Gony 23(20b)

10:35 pm 9th over: 71/2 Mishra comes back into the attack. He bowls Ganguly on the leg and he sweeps it towards fine leg for a boundary. Now Mishra bowls a wayward ball to Uthappa, who guides it towards fine leg for a boundary.

10:30 pm 8th over: / Duminy brought back into the attack. Five runs from that over.

Time for strategic timeout.

10:26 pm 7th over: 53/2 Amit Mishra comes into the attack. Uthappa defends the first ball, then uses his feet off the second and clears long-off for a SIX! Nine runs from the over.

10:22 pm 6th over: 44/2 Rusty Theron comes into the attack. He begins with a low full toss on the off side and Pandey beautifully guides that towards third man for a boundary. Pandey tries to repeat the same shot as an inside-edge hits the stumps, Pandey is OUT! Uthappa is the new batsman. Theron bowls another yorker and Uthappa defends it back to the bowler.

MK Pandey b Theron 21 (20b

10:16 pm 5th over: 39/1 Manpreet Gony comes into the attack. Ganguly takes a single off the first ball. Three dot balls followed by a wide. The fifth ball hits Pandey’s bat as he rushes for a single. And what a shot by Ganguly! Makes some room and smashes the last ball straight down the ground, over the bowlers’ head for a SIX!!! Fabulous shot to end what was so far a very good over.

10: pm 4th over: 30/1 Duminy to continue. Pandey goes on one knee and clears the long-on boundary for a SIX!! Pandey attempts another short, ball goes high in the air and falls just short of the fielder at midwicket. 11 runs from the over.

10:05 pm 3rd over: 19/1 Sharma to continue. And Ryder goes inside-out over mid off for a boundary! And Sharma gets the breakthrough, Ryder departs! Soft dismissal, came down the track and was a touch early, caught at short-midwicket. Ganguly comes into the attack. Taps the first ball back to the bowler. Sharma bowls one on the leg-side and Ganguly easily clears the fine leg boundary.

JD Ryder c sub (DJ Harris) b Ankit Sharma 7 (6b) 

10:02 pm 2nd over: 11/0 JP Duminy comes into the attack. Three singles off the first three balls. Pandey smacks the fourth delivery over the mid-off for a boundary. A dot to finish the over.

09:57 pm 1st over: 3/0 Ankit Sharma to bowl the first over. Just three runs from it.

Cameron White was the man who has provided the Chargers a great opportunity to open their account for this season. Pune need 178 to win from 20 overs and that should be a good chase ahead!

09:38 pm 20th over: 177/4 Thomas to bowl the final over. Jaggi on strike. He takes a single towards long-on. Duminy takes a couple towards fine leg. The third ball is played towards wide of third-man for a single. Jaggi attempts a dilscoop and manages to score three runs towards fine leg as a diving Ganguly dragged the ball inside the rope just in time. Duminy hits the fifth ball straight down the ground and manages to score a single due to some brilliant fielding from Steven Smith! The last ball produces a single.

09:32 pm 19th over: 168/4 Nehra to bowl the penultimate over. It’s a good over from Nehra as he manages to bowl some perfect yorkers. Six runs from that over.

09:27 pm 18th over: 162/4 Samuels brought back into the attack. Duminy comes into the attack! The first ball is clobbered over long-on for a SIX!! Duminy takes a single of the second ball. White is caught at deep cover, end of a terrific innings! 11 runs and a wicket in that over. Ishank Jaggi is the new batsman.

Cameron White c Alfonso Thomas b Marlon Samuels 78(46

09:22 pm 17th over: 151/3 Kumar comes back into the attack. Three singles followed by ANOTHER DLF MAXIMUM by CAMERON WHITE!! He is clearing the boundaries with ease, what a time to come back in form!

Time for a strategy break.

09:16 pm 16th over: 141/3 Sharma comes into the attack. White slashes hard on the first ball, takes a single. Duminy follows it with another single on the leg-side. White charges down the ground and produces another magnificent straight driver for a boundary! White makes some room this time and hits a massive Six over the covers!! And White again shimmies down the track and clobbers one straight down the ground for ANOTHER SIX!! Tremendous hitting by the right-hander. Takes a single off the last ball to keep the strike. 19 runs from that over.

09:11 pm 15th over: 122/3 Ganguly brings Thomas back into the attack. Pune need a wicket here, White is looking dangerous. White easily takes a single towards long-off. Thomas bowls a slower one, no runs taken. Duminy takes a single towards square leg. A great yorker from Thomas and even a better straight drive from White, also brings his fifty in 35 balls! White takes a single towards long-off. Duminy fails to connect with the last ball as it beats Uthappa and runs for 4 byes! 11 runs from the over.

09:05 pm 14th over: 111/3 Samuels comes into the attacl. Dumny takes a single that brings the 100 for the Chargers! Three singles taken. White hits a lofted driver over extra cover for a terrific DLF maximum, great timing by the Australian! White is playing a magnificent knock here within no time.

09:02 pm 13th over: 99/3 Nehra comes into the attack. He begins with a dot ball, Duminy takes a single off the second. Nehra bowls a yorker, White takes a single. Duminy takes a single.

08:57 pm 12th over: 94/3 Sharma is back into the attack. Sanga charges down the track and an inside-edge crashes on to the stumps, the skipper has to go! Duminy is the new batsman. He gets off the mark with a single. White hits the next ball over Ryder at covers for a boundary. White takes a single. Duminy takes a single off the fifth delivery. White cuts the last ball towards point for a boundary. White is looking dangerous and he is hitting them well.

KC Sangakkara b Sharma 12 (14b)

08:51 pm 11th over: 83/2 Kumar is backed into the attack. White smashes the first ball towards long-off for a single. Sanga hits a lovely boundary over the covers! Sanga takes a single. White takes a quick single towards mid-on. Sangakkara lifts the penultimate delivery over the bowlers’ head for a single. White mistimes a shot off the last ball, still manages a boundary towards fine leg.

08:46 pm 10th over: 71/2 Samuels back into the attack. He begins with a wide delivery. Sanga begins the over with a single on the leg-side. White plays the ball with soft hands and takes a couple. White attempts a reverse-sweep, no runs scored. White takes a single off the next ball. Sanga takes a couple towards mid-on. Samuels ends the over with a yorker, no runs scored.

Time for the strategic timeout.

08:39 pm 9th over: 64/2 Sharma to continue. White gets into action, smacks the second ball over deep midwicket for half a dozen! Sharma makes a good comeback, follows the six with four dot balls.

08:36 pm 8th over: 58/2 Nehra brought back into the attack. White takes a single towards mid-off. The second ball is defended by Sanga on the off-side for no run. Sanga takes a single off the third ball towards third man. White takes a single towards point. Sanga follows it with a single towards gully. White ends the over with a single.

08:32 pm 7th over: 53/2 Sangakkara is the new batsman. Rahul Sharma comes into the attack. Just three singles from that over.

08:28 pm 6th over: 50/2 Kumar to continue. Patel takes a single off the second ball. White defends the third ball back to the bowler. Patel wanted a single off the fourth ball, sent back by White. White tries to make some room as the bowler follows him on the leg side, just a single taken. 50 up for the Chargers! Set batsman Patel departs, tries to clear the fielder at square leg, fails and Mithun Manhas takes an easy catch!

Parthiv Patel c Manhas b Bhuvneshwar 24(18b)

08:24 pm 5th over: 48/1 Thomas back into the attack. Cameron White is the new batsman. He begins with a ball on the leg stump and Patel flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. Patel takes a single off the second delivery. White plays two dot balls in a row. White pulls and pulls well, the fifth ball rushes towards midwicket for a boundary. The last ball is defended for no run.

08:18 pm 4th over: 39/1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes into the attack. Three singles taken off the first three balls. Dhanwa guides the fourth ball towards third-man for another single. What a shot from Patel, flick a length delivery over square leg for a Six!!! And Pune have got their first breakthrough! Patel takes a risky single as Shikhar Dhawan is run-out.

S Dhawan run out 16 (11b)

08:14 pm 3rd over: 29/0 Samuels comes into the attack. Patel takes a single off the first delivery. Dhawan defends the second one. Dhawan charges down the track and Samuels drops a caught and bowled chance, the ball came straight towards him and he tried to catch it with one hand, could not connect. And what a way to end the over, Dhawan shimmies down the track and clobbers the last ball over wide off long on for the first DLF maximum!

08:11 pm 2nd over: 20/0 Alfonso Thomas comes into the attack. He begins with a ball on the leg-side, Dhawan plays it for a single. Patel follows it with another single. The third delivery is spot on from Thomas, Dhawan defends it for no run. Dhawan takes a quick single off the fourth delivery, played with soft hands and rushed for a single. Thomas bowls a beautiful yorker to Patel, he defends it for no run. Thomas appeals for an lbw off the last delivery, umpire isn’t interested.

08:06 pm 1st over: 16/0 Parthiv taps the first ball towards covers for no run. The second ball is guided towards the midwicket that runs for a boundary. Nehra offers width to Patel and its back to back boundaries for Hyderabad! The third ball hits Patel’s pad as Smith fires a direct throw at the non-striker’s end, which hits the stumps and goes for 3 byes. Dhawan on strike. And he gets off the mark with a beautiful back foot punch for another boundary towards the off-side. What an over it is turning for the Chargers! Dhawan ends the over with a single. Excellent start for Deccan Chargers.

Parthiv Patel and Shikhar Dhawan to open the innings for the Chargers. Nehra will bowl the first over of the innings.

Ganguly spins it and Sangakkara wins it. The Chargers have decided to bat first.

Yuvraj Singh is there to cheer for Pune Warriors! 

In spite of having opened their account in IPL 2012, courtesy torrential rains, Deccan Chargers’ quest for their first victory continues as they face Ganguly-led Pune Warriors at Pune on Thursday.

The Chargers haven’t been able to come up with a comprehensive show against any opponent. They managed to get one point after five successive losses as their match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday was abandoned due to rain. Apart from Shikhar Dhawan, none of the batsmen have been able to play up to their potential and skipper Sangakkara hasn’t been able to capitalize on the starts he has got so far.

Pune Warriors, who lost to Delhi Daredevils in their last match would like to score a formidable total, as in spite of a 145-run partnership between Manish Pandey and Robin Uthappa, they managed to score just 146 runs at the end of 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers: JP Duminy is a great asset for any side in the shorter format of the game. But so far the South African has played just one impressive knock and another one is due from him which could come against the Warriors. Dale Steyn is capable of single-handedly dealing with any batting line-up and if he gets going, Pune might definitely get into trouble.

Pune Warriors India: Manish Pandey got back into the rhythm in the last match after being promoted as the opener. Pune would want the right-handed to come up with a similar performance to thrash the Chargers who have been inconsistent in this season.