Memorial Day is a United States of America (USA) federal holiday and it is observed on the last Monday of May month and in the year 2010 it will be observed on May 31st. In earlier times, Memorial Day was known as Decoration Day and it commemorates U.S. men and women who lost their valuable life while in the military service. It is generally celebrated near the day of reunification after the Civil War then it was stretched after First World War.
Doctors at New Delhi's Hospital named Sir Ganga Ram Hospital did India's first unrelated stem cell transplant on a just 1-year-old Pakistani boy on 15th March. Unfortunately Shaheer Imran had familial HLH and it is a rare disorder where the body's immune system over reacts occasionally and then starts eating up its own defence cells.
The Pakistani infant was in instant need of a bone marrow transplant. But since he did not have any of the siblings and had not a single donor in the family who matched his profile, doctors called to the Reliance Cord Bank in Mumbai.
Luckily, two cord blood units matching his profile were procured from the Reliance Cord bank. Cord blood is obtained from the umbilical cord of a newborn and is used to treat various blood-related and heritable disorders, as it contains stem cells.
First unit, with a 5/6 match, did not have enough cell dose, which means there were not enough cells capable of reproducing. To remain on the safe side, the doctors transplanted the other unit (with 4/6 match) as well.
"We just required making sure that if one unit doesn't work properly, the other one did," said by Doctor Anupam Sachdeva, senior consultant, department of paediatrics, Mr. Ganga Ram. It cost Rs 2.5 lakh to procure each cord blood unit, and the whole procedure cost the family around Rs 17 lakh. In the United States of America, the same procedure would have cost around Rs 2.5 crore which is more than 15 time higher than India.
Hey Guys.. today at my Varun Blog I want to let you know about my all time favorite actor and actress. I don't only watch Hollywood movies but I also enjoying watching Bollywood (Indian Hindi movies) too. In Hollywood, I like Doug Jones (actor) and Nicole Kidman (actress). I rarely miss any of their movies. I had watches Doug Jones's movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer more than 10 times in the theatre. Not only that, there are many other movies which are really superb like My Name is Jerry, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Pale Man and many others.
My blog is yet not nominated in the BoB Awards but I want to participate so that Varun Blog could have also chance to win the best Blog Awards for Movie Actor. There are many interesting categories like Best TV show, TV Mini series, Movie sports, actor, actress, best online video, best iPhone TV App and lots more. At the end I would request to all my blog visitors to please nominate me in the Best of the Best Awards. Your little effort can help my blog to win this precious award. If it happens, this will the best thing will be for me as well as for my blog.
Today is the 24th June, 2009. It was on this date in 2008 that I created an account with blogger.com and created my first ever public (I mentioned it public because earlier I had a personal blog) blog. Hope the title is still on your mind: "Varun Blog" - World is Here.
SEO & Traffic My Varun blog was crawled by Google within few days after registering but the blog was Page Rank (PR) 0 for the first four months. One fine day my colleague Sankhadip informed me that my blog has got PR 4! I was really surprised and elated. Not only that, my Travel and Bollywood blog also became PR 2. Now, according to Google analytics, my blog (site) ranks in the top 1 lac sites in India and in the top 5 lac sites in the world. Hopefully by next year, the ranking will be much better! Generally, my blogs attract most visitors from India, USA and Philippines. As Varun Blog is based on US And Indian events, so it attracts more visitors during Indian festivals like the Independence Day, Republic Day, Pongal, Durga Puja, Diwali and in the US events like Christmas, Valentine's Day, New Year and many others.
Acknowledgement Today, I will not forget to thank my colleague-cum-friend-cum-Team Leader-cum-brother Mr. Nabendu Paul, aka Nabenduda (of 123Greetings.com) who helped me create and maintain my blogs. His little words of wisdom were really helpful to make my blogs better by the day. I really want to thank him at this hour. There are some other persons too who have shared their experiences to optimize my blogs. They are Sankhadipda aka Shanky, Chanchalda, Arindamda, aka Arings, Vip, Binod and my brother Vinayak. I also want to thank to those bloggers who have done Link Exchanges with my blogs.
Monetization I had never thought that I could also earn with my blogs. But now I could easily earn $80 (Rs.4, 000) every month and the credit goes to all my blogs. I was really happy when I received my first check from Google.
In the epilogue, I must say I had great time maintaining my blogs. You won't believe I always treated my blog as my close friend. Today, I feel nice when people come to me and ask tips about their blogs. I really want to help them to the best of my knowledge. I would like you to leave a comment on this post. Please share your thoughts about the changes or suggestion you have to like to see in this blog. Your negative thoughts will also be appreciated in a positive way. At the top right panel (sidebar), there is poll going on and you are requested to cast your vote to rate this blog. But I am sorry to say that you are not going to win anything for rating my blog. LOL :) That's me.. Varun
Till now, 11 persons were killed in the Cyclone called Aila. The cyclone hit the coastal areas of West Bengal including the international city Kolkata (Calcutta). Already, some iof the Kolkata schools have declared holiday. The cyclone has hit the North 24 Paraganas (Barrackpore-Kankinara area), South 24 Paraganas, Hooghly, Midapore and the Kolkata city. It is reported that South 24 Paragnas was most affected and it is also the place where 6 people have died. Hundred of trees in the street of Kolkata uprooted and those have blocked the important roads, tram lines, railway lines. It has also affected Calcutta Domestic and International Airport (known as Dum Dum Airtport / Netaji Subhash Chandrea Bose International Airport). Waters entered into the Metro rail too and Metro Rail line also stopped. In many private organizations, they have declared holiday in the lunch time and the IT hub of Kolkata city (Salt Lake) also declared holiday.
Aila was formed in the Bay of Bengal and it reached to the Kolkata city by the speed of more than 80 kmph. Thousand of people have already left coastal areas like Digha, Sagar Islands and Sunderban. Army have been called by the West Bengal chief Minister after the urgent meeting to rescue.
Finally Vellupillai Prabhakaran is killed by the Sri Lanka's soldiers. On May 18th 2009, Sri Lankan's chief informed that Tamil Tiger leader terrorist Vellupillai Prabhakaran's was killed. He also informed Indian External Minister Mr. Pranab Roy over phone. The army men also confirmed that they have also identified the body of Vellupillai Prabhakaran. Vellupillai Prabhakaran body was found in a place called Lagoon in Southern part of the Sril Lanka.
Generally, I don't publish this kind news at my Varun Blog but it is really a big news so I bound to post it. Vellupillai Prabhakaran was the leader of LTTE which is supposed to be the most dangerous terrorist group in the world even dangerous than Al-Qaeeda Terrorist group. LTTE existence in Sri Lanka is more than 25 years. Vellupillai Prabhakaran aim was to set up a new country in Sri Lanka, where only the Tamil people will live. It reported that Vellupillai Prabhakaran was running away in an Ambulance and 50,000 Sri Lankan soldiers captured him and shoot them. The ambulance set the fire. Along with Vellupillai Prabhakaran, his son and other main leader of LTTE group were also killed.
Vellupillai Prabhakaran was all the killer of Late Indian Prime Minister and son of Indira Gandhi Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi was killed by the suicide bomber by a women in South India. Indian Government was also looking for him over the years and now Indian people and Indian Government shown their satisfaction and congratulate Sri Lankan Government and Sri Lankan soldiers for killing the world most dangerous terrorist Vellupillai Prabhakaran.
Lok Sabha General Election in India has been declared on 16th May 2009 by afternoon. And the result was surprising not only for the common people of India but also for the political parties. Finally, UPA will setup their own Government in India. They received 262 seats out of 543 seats. Though, minimum 272 requires to setup the Govenment and UPA (Congress Party) has the shortage of only 10 seats but thats is not the big problem for them. They are getting many offers from other parties to accept their numbers. Here are the seats divided among all the parties.
Alliances Results Change
UPA 262 +82 NDA 160 -17 3rd Front 79 -29 4th Front 28 -36 Others 14 +0
Once all the formalities will be completed by the Congress and their allies parties (UPA), they will stand their Prime Minister candidate Dr. Manmohan Singh once again. India President Mrs. Pratibha Patil is waiting for the UP Government. People of India wants that Late Former Prime Minister Son Rahul Gandhi to become the Prime Minister of India but Rahul Gandhi declining it just by saying that he is yet not ready for the hot seat. While, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left (CPIM) are ready to sit in the opposition.
West Bengal Election News in 2009: ------------------------------------------ It was the historic result in West Bengal this year. In West Bengal, CPIM (Communist Paty of India) known as Left Parties are ruling for last 3 decades. But in this 15th General Election in India, thing have totally changed in West Bengal. Now more that half of the seats have been captures by TMC (Trinamool Congress) and Congress I.
Here are the seat numbers divided in West Bengal.
Alliances Results
TMC 19 Congress 6 CPIM 15 BJP 1 Others 1
In the last election of 2004, TMC Trinamool Congress had got oly 1 seat and that too is from TMC leader Mamata Banerjee in South Calcutta. But in this election they bounced back with a number even Mamata Banerjee had not expected this number. Now, TMC Leader Mamaata Banerjee is eye on the Chief Minister seat in the West Bengal and that election will be held in 2011. TMC has spread their legs in Kolkata, nearby suburbs, North 24 Paraganas, South Paraganas and from Hooghly district but yet they could win from the West side of the Bengal that is like Midnapur district.
Barrackpore 2009 Election Results ------------------------------------------ Barrackore Belt is my (Varun Gupta –vgvarunwins@gmail.com ) hometown so I was very much excited to know the result. Till my birth, I was also seeing the Left Parties and this is the first time I have seen other parties winning. Finally CPIM power has been ended here and it is done by Dinesh Trivedi with the help of Arjun Singh (Bhatapara-Kankinara leader), Dharampal Gupta (Kankinara Congress leader) and Devi Ghoshal. TMC candidate Mr. Dinesh Trivedi won by big margin of more that 55,000 votes. Yesterday, they came in a winning rally in Kankinara. The main reason for his winning is that his profile and background is very good compared to his opposition leader Tarit Baran Topdar who has many crime records. Tarit Baran Topdar hates and use slang words againST non bengali people who are from UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa and muslim people. Dinesh Trivedi is an ex IPS officer, pilot and good friend of Rajiv Gandhi. He is also the member of Rajya Sabha. He is the most educated candidate of Trinamool Congress and the speaker of TMC party.
More than half of the Indian Premier League has been played and still it is not clear that which four team will enter in the semis of IPL 2009. All the matches are really exciting to watch. Two most costly palyers in the Indian Premier League 2009 Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Piterson (playing for Royal Bangalore Challenge RCB) has not played as per the expectation. In the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is almost out of the tournament after six consecutive loses. The main problem with Kolkata Knight Rider is that they don't have good finisher. They need someone who can hold his breathe till the end of the game. It is reported in some of the Cricket Articles that Kolkata Knight Riders captain Mc Cullum (New Zealand wicket keeper) will resign as captain after the poor performance of Kolkata Knight Riders. England and West Indies players in the IPL 2009 are returning back to their country for playing for their country.
In the other Cricket News, Australia beaten Pakistan by 3-2 and won the series in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan won the first match of the series but they couldn't continue it for long. In the ICC Cricket Ranking, top three countries are South Africa, India and Australia in the 3rd position. Back to Indian Premiere League 2009, every team is putting their best effort to enter in the semis. I am also very excited about it who will win the IPL 2009 series and I am also playing online Fantasy Cricket. It's really a fun to play.
The largest democratic election in the world is India. India is presently holding 15th general elections after Independence (15th Lok Sabha election). This 15th general elections (Lok Sabha) will be completing in five phases and already 3 phases have election has been done on April 16th, April 22nd and April 30th. The two more phases are remaining on May 7th and May 13th, 2009. The final results of the Indian general elections will be announced after 2 days on May 16, 2009. The counting of votes will be started from the morning and it result will be announced by afternoon. This year it is also expecting that no single part will get the magic figure to set up their own government. They need to take support from other small parties to set up government. The contest is going among the three parties i.e. Congress, BJP (Bhartiya Janata party) and CPIM (Communist Party of India Marxist).
From 2004 election, the election in India is being conducted using Electronic Voting Machines (known as EVM).It's hard to believe but there are 1,368,430 voting machines are available across the country.
Polling schedule in Indian Election 2009: ---------------------------------------
April 30th 2009 – Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
May 07th 2009 – West Bengal, Delhi, Bihar, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
May 13th 2009 – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (including maor seat of Kolkata and Barrackpore) ,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Puducherry
General Election (Lok Sabha Chunav) held once in a five year as per Indian Constitution. The previous general election in India (Lok Sabha Chunav) was held in June 2004. The whole process of the general election (Lok Sabha chunav) is conducted by the members Election Commission of India. In this year, it is shown in the Indian budget that nearly Rs.1,100 (Indian Rupee) crores was budgeted for whole election expenses in all parts of the India.
Polling stations -------------- There are more than 820,000 polling stations in the largest democratic country. The polling station has been increased by 20% over compared to 2004 election.
Barrackpore Election (Barrackpore Lok Sabha Chunav) ---------------------------------------------------- Barrackpore Lok Sabha chunav election will be on 13th May 2009. The contest is going on between CPM party candidate Mr. Tarit Baran Topdar and Trinamool Congress leader Mr. Trivedi. CPM is winning in Barrackpore belt for more than 25 years though Barrackpore belt is not getting any development. Barrackpore election belt also concludes major places like Shyamnagar, Kankinara, Bhatpara, Naihati and Kachrapara. The only support Trinamool Congress will be getting from places like Barrackpore and Kankinara. All the Jule mill are closing but yet people are still votiong CPIM. It seems that they have decided that they will also vote for CPIM till death whether they get any development or not. The time has come to rise for the Barrackpore people and do some change. Because until or unless, the changes will not be done.. the won't get any development in their local area.
Good Friday is also known with diffrent names like Black Friday, Great Firday and also Holy Friday. This year in 2009, Good Friday will be celebrated on 10th April 2013 in all parts of the world. But this is not the fixed date for Good Friday, it keep changing every year.
In this day, Jesus Christ and two other men were arrested by Roman soldiers. He was beaten badly by Roman soldiers and he was so weak. There was a sign above Jesus head and it was "The King of the Jews." According to the Bible:
(6.00 a.m. is calculated as the first hour in the day by Bible)
The third hour (9:00 am ) of the day - Jesus was nailed to the cross. The Sixth Hour (12:00 noon) of the day - darkness covered the land The ninth hour ( 3:00 pm) of the day - the darkness left, and the Lord died
In this particular day, many Christian people fast whole day, by doing so they can remember the sacrifice of the Jesus. Most of the Christian also take part in the procession of witness. They take part in the procession with the groups with Cross in the streets. We can easily find some special services in the Churches in Good Friday. Special services can be seen specially at 3.00 p.m. when Jesus Christ left this world. In this day, Churches were not decorated anywhere as it was the day for mourning.
Christian use to eat "Hot Cross Buns" in Good Friday because Hot Cross Buns supposed to be Tradition Food in Good Friday. Some also eat Fish instead of meat.
Holi is festival of colors in India। Holi is mostly celebrated by Hindus but other religions in India also celebrate this festival because Holi is also the symbol for meeting each other and making relationship better. In Bhojpuri Language, it is also known as "Phagwa". Foreigners also come to India during Holi time and they enjoy play with Holi specially in Jaipur, Gujarat. In Indian state West Bengal, Holi is known as Doljatra (Dolyatra). Some also call it as Boshonto Utsav, which means Spring Festival.
होलीमुबारक
Holi Gifts Ideas As we all know that Holi is the festival to enjoy & strengthening the relationship with your loved ones & friendship. It is a tradition and practised that (not all parts in India) that in the Holi, people use to exchange gifts. Generally, most of the people exchange sweets as they start the day with the sweets. Most of them make sweets at their home. North Indian people use to gift Garments for Married Daughters and to their husband family.
When is Holi? Holi will be celebrated on 1st of March (Monday), 2010 in India but some parts of the India like West Bengal will celebrate one day before 1st of March 2010. Then in 2011, Holi will be celebrated in March 2010. But last year, it was celebrated little late than this year. Lat year, it was celebrated on 22nd March (Saturday), 2009.
Here are some Holi Messages and Holi SMS (Hindi SMS) , by which you can send to your loved ones through email or mobile. If you are in India then you can free sms to your loved ones. I can some sites and those free sms sites are Indyarocks dot com, 160by2 dot com and many more. I use the first one to send free SMS.
मक्की की रोटी, निम्बू का आचार, सूरज की किरने, खुशियों की बहार, चाँद की चंडी, अपनों का प्यार, मुबारक हो आपको, होली का त्यौहार.
खा के गुजिया, पी के भांग, लागा के थोड़ा थोड़ा सा रंग, बजा के ढोलक और मृदंग, खेले होली हम तेरे संग. होली मुबारक!!
Wish u all the colors of life, colors of joy & colors of happiness। Happy Holi.
Swat Valley in Pakistan is known as Mini Switzerland in Pakistan. It used to be attracted thousands of tourists from all part of the world every year but now after Taliban presence not only the foreign tourists but all also the local Pakistani fears to visit Pakistan. Swat Valley has the natural beauty in Pakistan. It has beautiful mountains, lakes and environment free fields. Pakistani people living in other areas like Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore are fearing that Taliban will also capture their place.
Taliban militants has already implemented the Islamic law (Shariah Law) in the Swat Valley. Pakistan wants to talk with Talibanis and make a peace deal with them but world has criticized Pakistani decision to have a peace deal with them after all Talibanis are responsible for 9/11 World Trade Center Attack, which shocked the whole world. No one can trust Taliban that's why it has become a become concern in the West countries. Right now, cease fire is going on but the question is till when???
Taliban Activities in Swat Valley, Pakistan Here is the picture in Swat Valley, Pakistan where Talibanis and Taliban supporters are spreading sweets after implementing Shariah Law (Islamic Law) in Swat Valley. Talibanis have asked girls not to study anymore and threatened them not to go to schools and colleges. Taliban have already destroyed 13 schools in Swat Valley. A famous journalist from Geo TV has been killed there while he was covering there for the peace process. First, he was shot by a bullet then his neck was separated from his body. The whole Pakistani journalists and lawyers are protesting this but yet Pakistani Government has not made any comment regarding this brutally attack.
Newly elected United States of American President, Mr. Barrack Obama has expressed his concern over the present situation in Swat Valley. He has decided to send more troops in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Here is an Youtube video shot taken in Sawt Valley of Pakistan. This video shows the pictures of earlier Swat Valley and now the present condition of Swaat Valley after Taliban capturing the place.
What is Shariah Law (Islamic Law)?
Answere : Please visit this Wiki Link to know about Shariah Law Wiki. ;
IPL 2009 (Indian Premier League) for the year 2009 will be sponsored by DLF this year so it will be know as DLF IPL 2009. Last year in 2008, it was inaugrated by BCCI . This year, it starts from 10th April and it will continue till 29th May. The other rules, Teams ans Game format will be the same as IPL 2008. Auction for players for IPL 2009 was held on 06th February 2009 in Goa.
Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2009 Auction Players from Pool A IPL Player Name IPL Team IPL Base Price IPL Auction Price Kevin Pietersen Bangalore Royal Challengers US$ 1.35 million US$ 1.55 million JP Duminy Mumbai Indians IPL Team US$ 300,000 US$ 950,000 Andrew Flintoff Chennai Super Kings US$ 950,000 US$ 1.55 million Shaun Tait Rajasthan Royals Team US$ 250,000 US$ 375,000
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 Auction Players from Pool B Paul Collingwood Delhi Daredevils US$ 250,000 US$ 275,000 Fidel Edwards Deccan Chargers US$ 150,000 US$ 150,000 Owais Shah Delhi Daredevils US$ 150,000 US$ 275,000
Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin and Chamara Kapugedara were unsold.
Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2009 Auction Players from Pool C Thilan Thushara Chennai Super Kings US$ 100,000 US$ 140,000 Jesse Ryder Bangalore Royal Challengres US$ 100,000 US$ 160,000 Tyron Henderson Rajasthan Royals US$ 100,000 US$ 650,000 Ravi Bopara Kings XI Punjab US$ 150,000 US$ 450,000
Kyle Mills Mumbai Indians US$ 150,000 US$ 150,000 Ashwell Prince, Phil Jaques, Andre Nel, Luke Wright and Nuwan Kulasekara were unsold.
Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2009 Auction Players from Pool D Jerome Taylor Kings XI Punjab US$ 150,000 US$ 150,000 Mohammad Ashraful Mumbai Indians US$ 75,000 US$ 75,000 Dwayne Smith Deccan Chargers US$ 100,000 US$ 100,000
Samit Patel, Shakib Al Hasan, Morne van Wyk, Steven Smith, Ashley Noffke, Gulam Bodi and Daren Powell were unsold.
Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2009 Auction Players from Pool E No Info
Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2009 Auction Players from Pool F Mashrafe Mortaza Kolkata Knight Riders US$ 50,000 US$ 600,000 George Bailey Chennai Super Kings US$ 50,000 US$ 50,000 Yusuf Abdulla, Daniel Harris, Kemar Roach, Aaron Bird, Michael Dighton, Michael Hill and Brett Geeves were unsold players
When is Shivratri? This year Maha Shivratri will be on 23rd February (Monday) 2009.
Shivratri is one of the most religious festival of Hindus. Shivratri is basically known as Maha Shivaratri, which generally comes on the 14th day of the dark fortnight of Phalguna (lies betwwen Februat and March accoring to universal calendar). maha Shivratri is fully dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is believed to be one of the principal Hindu deities.
Shivratri is celebrated and observed only one day and one night only. Maha Shivratri is observed all parts of the world by all religious Hindus. Hindus observe Shivratri with fasting, bhajans, flowers, offering of prayers, sweets, fruits and food. All these collected together and managed in honor of the Lord Shiva and his divine consort, Goddess Paravati. Jai Shiv Shambhu!
How to perform Shivratri Puja? Hindus Devotees specially girls and women observe fast whole day of Shivaratri in honor of Lord Shiva and then they visit their nearby Shiva temples to perform Puja. Some of the devotees even do not consume even a drop of water. First of all, Hindu devotees wake up early in the morning and take a ritual bath in the river (Ganga) to perform the worship of Lord Shiva on the day of Shivratri. Devotees also worship to Sun God (Surya), Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. Then, they wear clean ane new clothes and pay a visit to the nearby Shiv temple. To know more contact: vgvarunwins@gmail.com
Some of the good pictures / photos/ images of Lord Shiva (Shivratri)
Doctors at New Delhi's Hospital named Sir Ganga Ram Hospital did India's first unrelated stem cell transplant on a just 1-year-old Pakistani boy on 15th March. Unfortunately Shaheer Imran had familial HLH and it is a rare disorder where the body's immune system over reacts occasionally and then starts eating up its own defence cells.
Hey Guys.. today at my Varun Blog I want to let you know about my all time favorite actor and actress. I don't only watch Hollywood movies but I also enjoying watching Bollywood (Indian Hindi movies) too. In Hollywood, I like Doug Jones (actor) and Nicole Kidman (actress). I rarely miss any of their movies. I had watches Doug Jones's movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer more than 10 times in the theatre. Not only that, there are many other movies which are really superb like My Name is Jerry, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Pale Man and many others.
My blog is yet not nominated in the BoB Awards but I want to participate so that Varun Blog could have also chance to win the best Blog Awards for Movie Actor. There are many interesting categories like Best TV show, TV Mini series, Movie sports, actor, actress, best online video, best iPhone TV App and lots more. At the end I would request to all my blog visitors to please nominate me in the Best of the Best Awards. Your little effort can help my blog to win this precious award. If it happens, this will the best thing will be for me as well as for my blog.
Hi Friends,
n't believe I always treated my blog as my close friend. Today, I feel nice when people come to me and ask tips about their blogs. I really want to help them to the best of my knowledge. I would like you to leave a comment on this post. Please share your thoughts about the changes or suggestion you have to like to see in this blog. Your negative thoughts will also be appreciated in a positive way. At the top right panel (sidebar), there is poll going on and you are requested to cast your vote to rate this blog. But I am sorry to say that you are not going to win anything for rating my blog. LOL :)
Finally Vellupillai Prabhakaran is killed by the Sri Lanka's soldiers. On May 18th 2009, Sri Lankan's chief informed that Tamil Tiger leader terrorist Vellupillai Prabhakaran's was killed. He also informed Indian External Minister Mr. Pranab Roy over phone. The army men also confirmed that they have also identified the body of Vellupillai Prabhakaran. Vellupillai Prabhakaran body was found in a place called Lagoon in Southern part of the Sril Lanka.
Lok Sabha General Election in India has been declared on 16th May 2009 by afternoon. And the result was surprising not only for the common people of India but also for the political parties. Finally, UPA will setup their own Government in India. They received 262 seats out of 543 seats. Though, minimum 272 requires to setup the Govenment and UPA (Congress Party) has the shortage of only 10 seats but thats is not the big problem for them. They are getting many offers from other parties to accept their numbers. Here are the seats divided among all the parties.
The largest democratic election in the world is India. India is presently holding 15th general elections after Independence (15th Lok Sabha election). This 15th general elections (Lok Sabha) will be completing in five phases and already 3 phases have election has been done on April 16th, April 22nd and April 30th. The two more phases are remaining on May 7th and May 13th, 2009. The final results of the Indian general elections will be announced after 2 days on May 16, 2009. The counting of votes will be started from the morning and it result will be announced by afternoon. This year it is also expecting that no single part will get the magic figure to set up their own government. They need to take support from other small parties to set up government. The contest is going among the three parties i.e. Congress, BJP (Bhartiya Janata party) and CPIM (Communist Party of India Marxist).
Samajwadi Party Logo
CPIM Logo
Congress I Logo
BJP logo
Holi is festival of colors in India। Holi is mostly celebrated by Hindus but other religions in India also celebrate this festival because Holi is also the symbol for meeting each other and making relationship better. In Bhojpuri Language, it is also known as "Phagwa". Foreigners also come to India during Holi time and they enjoy play with Holi specially in Jaipur, Gujarat. In Indian state West Bengal, Holi is known as Doljatra (Dolyatra). Some also call it as Boshonto Utsav, which means Spring Festival.
Holi Wallpaper
Girls playing Holi in the street of Kolkata
Holi at Lalu Yadav s Home
Here is the picture in Swat Valley, Pakistan where Talibanis and Taliban supporters are spreading sweets after implementing Shariah Law (Islamic Law) in Swat Valley. Talibanis have asked girls not to study anymore and threatened them not to go to schools and colleges. Taliban have already destroyed 13 schools in Swat Valley. A famous journalist from Geo TV has been killed there while he was covering there for the peace process. First, he was shot by a bullet then his neck was separated from his body. The whole Pakistani journalists and lawyers are protesting this but yet Pakistani Government has not made any comment regarding this brutally attack.
Newly elected United States of American President, Mr. Barrack Obama has expressed his concern over the present situation in Swat Valley. He has decided to send more troops in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
IPL 2009 (Indian Premier League) for the year 2009 will be sponsored by DLF this year so it will be know as DLF IPL 2009. Last year in 2008, it was inaugrated by BCCI . This year, it starts from 10th April and it will continue till 29th May. The other rules, Teams ans Game format will be the same as IPL 2008. Auction for players for IPL 2009 was held on 06th February 2009 in Goa. 
