Jayalalitha wins TN elections 2011

Mummy Returns-Captures Tamil Nadu

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam (AIADMK) supremo J Jayalalithaa has emerged a clear winner in the assembly election 2011 in Tamil Nadu, putting the spotlight back on woman power. Jayalalithaa returns to power for a third time defeating the Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam (DMK)-Congress alliance.

She emerged victorious from the Srirangam constituency defeating her DMK rival N. Anand by a margin of 41,848 votes. Jayalalithaa who maintained a steady lead from the first round itself, did not look back.

Candidate	Party	Votes
J JAYALALITHAA	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	105328
N ANAND	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	63480
ARIVALAGON K.A.S	Bharatiya Janata Party	2017
TAMILARASI V	Indiya Jananayaka Katchi	1221
NATARAJAN S	Bahujan Samaj Party	928
RAVISHANKAR IYYAR. N	Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	738
RAVI P	Independent	684
CHOLAN. K	Independent	566
RENGARAJ.P	Independent	461
RAMESH M	Independent	436
S SETTU	Independent	364
R.R. SHANMUGAM	Independent	359
SRIRAMACHANDRAN	Independent	271
SELVAM M	Independent	236
VETRISELVAM R	Independent	225
MUTHIYAN. C	Independent	212
KALYANASUNDRAM K.A	Independent	174
RADHA @ ARUNTHATHI RADHA	Independent	166
GOVINDARAJAN J	Independent	161
RAMA. RAJENDRAN	Independent	156
K KAMARAJ	Independent	128
AYYAYOO.S	Independent	128
JAYARAMAN. V	Independent	108

The thumping win of Ms. Jayalalithaa, was quite on the expected lines. The cloud of uncertainty over the outcome of this Assembly election cleared as soon as the counting started on Friday morning when the AIADMK and its allies – the DMDK, Left parties and a few smaller parties – established lead from a majority of seats. With her allies, she has won 203 of the state’s 234 assembly seats – a skyscraper of a victory in a bitterly-fought political landscape.

The Congress, which contested in 63 seats, suffered humiliation, as it could manage to win only 5 seats, one of its worst performances in the last four decades.

This is her 6th Assembly electoral fray ever since she began contesting in 1989. She contested from Bodinayakkanur in 1989. In 1991 elections, she contested from two constituencies, Kangeyam and Burgur seats and registered handsome victories in both.

Ms. Jayalalithaa preferred to retain the Burgur seat and resigned from Kangeyam. She suffered a defeat at the hands of DMK novice E. G. Sugavanam in Burgur in 1996 elections.

In the 2001 Assembly elections, her nomination for all the four constituencies were rejected. After the AIADMK captured power in the state, she contested the by-election from Andipatti constituency in Theni district in 2002 and got elected to Assembly.

In the last election, Ms. Jayalalithaa was returned from Andipatti constituency for the second consecutive term, to become the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.

Jayalalithaa on her victory speech in Jaya TV Friday, said: “Wherever I went in the last three years…the people were totally disgusted with DMK and were waiting for a chance to vent their anger against the DMK government. Once they got the opportunity, they showed their anger and resentment in no uncertain terms”

Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai Movie Review

Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai Movie Review-Realistic and heartening

AZHAGARSAMIYIN KUDHIRAI MOVIE REVIEW

Cast: Appukutty, Saranya Mohan, Suri
Direction: Suseenthiran
Producion: P. Madhan
Music: Ilayaraja
Cinematography: Theni Eashwar
Editing: Kasi Vishwanathan

Suseenthiran, who has impressed with his first two films (Vennizha Kabadi Kuzhu and Naan Mahaan Alla) in two different genres, has once again delivered a stuff that could add value to his image as a filmmaker looking to make meaningful films. His latest offering Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai’ (ASK) is a simple and straightforward story that touches the heart of the viewer. Ilayaraja’s soulful music adds immense value to the film.

STORY LINE

The story is set in 1982. Mallaipuram village near Theni gears up for the local temple festival with a lot of hope that the perfectly performed Thiruvizha to Lord Azhagar would bring prosperous to the village suffering from poverty thanks to the failure of monsoon. The major part of the festival is to take the deity around the village on a wooden horse.

The whole village is in for a shock when one fine day they find the wooden horse goes missing. They seek help from a clairvoyant from Kerala who after lot of rituals ‘finds’ the horse. But the horse they get is a real one instead of the wooden horse. But the clairvoyant makes the innocent villagers believe that this is the wooden horse has come alive because of the blessings of the God.

Trouble comes in the form of a man from Azhagarsami (Appukutty) just when the villagers restart the festival process with a renowned zeal. Azhagarsami a young man from neighbouring village claims that it is his missing horse. The villagers violently deny him the horse since they depend on it so much to conduct the festival, which in turn could bring prosperous.

But Azhagarsami too is adamant, as his livelihood and marriage to the beautiful Rani (Saranya Mohan) depend on the horse. The police intervene and the compromise formula is to give the horse to Azhagarsami after the completion of the festival.

The climax tells you the way the festival is completed and the fate of the horse and its master.

POSITIVE POINTS

Suseenthiran has opted for a simple and straightforward story and a neat script to tell the story. The way he interwoven the intricacies of the power structure of the village, the clash between rationalism and devotion, and the way the police behave. The portrayal of preparing to the festival has been quite colourful with all its nuances. The way the drama over the missing horse and the festival unfolds is a treat to watch.

The way the character of Appukutty is etched is quite good.

Apart from the director, Bhaskar Sakthi (story and screenplay writer) and music director Ilayaraja are the major assets of the film. Bhaskar’s story is fresh and his dialogues are very effective and realistic.

Ilayaraja has given a classic touch to the realistic and emotional narrative with his soulful music. Apart from the hummable tunes, his background score is amazing in many sequences.

No one would have forgotten the famous Parotta scene in Venila Kabadi Kuzhu. Suseenthiran has recreated the magic with a small boy here. The village has been captured pleasantly by Theni Easwar.

NEGATIVE POINTS

The main flaw of the movie is the sluggish pace in the first half. Too much ridiculing with the clairvoyants doesn’t help the narrative either.

CAST REVIEW

The casting is perfect. Appukkutti as Azhagarsami has lived the character. Saranya Mohan in a small but effective role impresses with her pleasant appearance and expressing eyes. Suri as a cop in disguise is hilarious though his character goes overboard at time.

VERDICT

ASK is a realistic and pleasant experience on screen thanks to the honest approach of the director and story writer. It stresses the value of goodness without sound preaching.

Karthi Engagement Stills

Actor Karthi Engagement Stills

Actor Karthis Engagement stills

Actor Karthi got engaged to Ranjani on April 29 at the bride’s residence at Kumarasamy Goundampalayam, a village near Kodumudi in Erode District. The engagement was a low key affair and only close family members from both the families were present at this function. Karthi along with father-actor Sivakumar, mother Lakshmi, brother-actor Suriya,S ister Brindha and other family members were present at the solemn occasion and blessed the couple.

Ranjani was looking nice in green silk saree while Karthi was looking smart with Creme color full sleeve shirt and matching trouser.

The marriage is scheduled to take place on July 3, 2011 at the Kodesia Complex in Coimbatore. A grand reception will be held in Chennai, but the venue and date are yet to be finalized.

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Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu dead in chopper crash

Posted on: 04 May 2011, 11:41 PM

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Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu dead

 

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, who was missing since Saturday on a flight from Tawang, is dead along with four others after their helicopter crashed in bad weather in the hills and their bodies along with the debris were spotted on Wednesday.

The five, including two pilots, who took off in a single-engined EuroCopter B8 of Pawan Hans, perished in the crash and the bodies and wreckage of the chopper were spotted in a place between Kyela and Lobothang in the mountainous region of the state this morning.

"The Chief Minister and four others are dead," Union Minister for Development of Northeastern Region B K Handique told a press conference here this evening.

The other occupants of the helicopter were pilots Capt J S Babbar, Capt T S Mamik, Khandu's security officer Yeshi Choddak and Yeshi Lhamu, sister of Tawant MLA Tsewang Dhondup.

Osama bin Laden dead and buried at sea, Obama says justice is done

Osama bin Laden dead and buried at sea, Obama says justice is done

 WASHINGTON: Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces on Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.

Long believed to be hiding in caves, bin Laden was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy.

``Justice has been done,'' US President Barack Obama said in a dramatic announcement at theWhite House while a crowd cheered outside and hundreds more gathered at ground zero inManhattan to celebrate the news.

The military operation took mere minutes.

US helicopters ferrying elite counter-terrorism troops into the compound identified by the CIA as bin Laden's hideout _ and back out again in less than 40 minutes. Bin Laden was shot in the head, officials said, after he and his bodyguards resisted the assault.

Three adult males were also killed in the raid, including one of bin Laden's sons, whom officials did not name. One of bin Laden's sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaida.

US officials also said one woman was killed when she was used as a shield by a male combatant, and two other women were injured.

The U.S. official who disclosed the burial at sea said it would have been difficult to find a country willing to accept the remains. Obama said the remains had been handled in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires speedy burial.

``I heard a thundering sound, followed by heavy firing. Then firing suddenly stopped. Then more thundering, then a big blast,'' said Mohammad Haroon Rasheed, a resident of Abbottobad, Pakistan, after the choppers had swooped in and then out again.

The 54-year-old bin Laden's death marks a psychological triumph in a long struggle that began with the Sept. 11 attacks, and seems certain to give Obama a political lift. But its ultimate impact onal-Qaida is less clear.

The greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. is now considered to be the al-Qaida franchise in Yemen, far from al-Qaida's core in Pakistan. The Yemen branch almost took down a US-bound airliner on Christmas 2009 and nearly detonated explosives aboard two U.S. cargo planes last fall. Those operations were carried out without any direct involvement from bin Laden.

The few fiery minutes in Abbottobad followed years in which US officials struggled to piece together clues that ultimately led to bin Laden, according to an account provided by senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the operation.

Based on statements given by US detainees since the Sept. 11 attacks, they said, intelligence officials have long known that bin Laden trusted one al-Qaida courier in particular, and they believed he might be living with him in hiding.

Four years ago, the United States learned the man's identity, which officials did not disclose, and then about two years later, they identified areas of Pakistan where he operated. Last August, the man's residence was found, officials said.

``Intelligence analysis concluded that this compound was custom built in 2005 to hide someone of significance,'' with walls as high as 18 feet (5 1/2 meters) and topped by barbed wire, according to one official. Despite the compound's estimated $1 million cost and two security gates, it had no phone or Internet running into the house.

By mid-February, intelligence from multiple sources was clear enough that Obama wanted to ``pursue an aggressive course of action,'' a senior administration official said. Over the next two and a half months, the president led five meetings of the National Security Council focused solely on whether bin Laden was in that compound and, if so, how to get him, the official said.

Obama made a decision to launch the operation on Friday, shortly before flying to Alabama to inspect tornado damage, and aides set to work on the details.

The president spent part of his Sunday on the golf course, but cut his round short to return to the White House for a meeting where he and top national security aides reviewed final preparations for the raid.

Two hours later, Obama was told that bin Laden had been tentatively identified.

CIA director Leon Panetta was directly in charge of the military team during the operation, according to one official, and when he and his aides received word at agency headquarters that bin Laden had been killed, cheers broke out around the conference room table.

Administration aides said the operation was so secretive that no foreign officials were informed in advance, and only a small circle inside the US government was aware of what was unfolding half a world away.

In his announcement, Obama said he had called Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after the raid, and said it was ``important to note that our counter-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding.''

One senior administration told reporters, though, ``we were very concerned ... that he was inside Pakistan, but this is something we're going to continue to work with the Pakistani government on.''

The compound is about a half-mile from a Pakistani military academy, in a city that is home to three army regiments and thousands of military personnel. Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and with mountains in the distance.

Critics have long accused elements of Pakistan's security establishment of protecting bin Laden, though Islamabad has always denied it, and in a statement the foreign ministry said his death showed the country's resolve in the battle against terrorism.

Whatever the global repercussions, bin Laden's death marked the end to a manhunt that consumed most of a decade that began in the grim hours after bin Laden's hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center twin towers in Manhattan and the Pentagon across the Potomac River from Washington. A fourth plane was commandeered by passengers who overcame the hijackers and forced the plane to crash in the Pennsylvania countryside.

In all, nearly 3,000 were killed in the worst terror attacks on American soil.

Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Laden's death as a momentous achievement. ``The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done,'' he said. 

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