Wishes Happy Birthday Sachin!!!

Wishes Happy Birthday Sachin!!! Sachin Tendulkar turns 37 today.

We have few of our Bollywood stars wishing the cricketing genius a long innings at the crease and expressing their love and gratitude for him.

Shilpa Shetty, owner of Rajasthan Royals IPL team says

“We Wish you a very happy birthday and we wish to see many more hundreds, many more 200s actually.”

Actor Arjun Rampal said,

“I wish him that he never gets older and keeps playing for the country.”

Actress Amrita Rao said that she fell in love with the game because of Sachin.

“It’s because of Sachin I started taking interest in the game and finally fell in love with cricket. I am really, really so proud of his consistent career and I wish him all the best.” said Amrita.
Wishes from OnemanIndia Sachin Tandulkar a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

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Indians feel attacks in Oz not due to race

With incidents of attacks on Indians in Melbourne on the rise, many community members feel the root cause of such assaults is not race but the students' financial conditions that force them to be out at night for odd jobs to meet high cost of living in Australia.

Many Indians in Australia feel students from India should be "alert" and "careful" if they travelling at odd hours in the night.

"It is not the race that is the problem but it is their hard financial conditions," Ravi Bhatia, Primus CEO and a leading community member, said reacting to the latest attack in which a 22-year old Sikh was attacked while he was asleep at a bus stop.

"What makes you sleep at that time at a bus stop. Are you not inviting problems by doing so?" he asked.

"Students as a migrants have some obligations also and they should take basic safety measures," he said.

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16 footballers arrested for raping two women

Australian police on Tuesday arrested 16 suburban league footballers for allegedly raping two women at a tourist spot in Phillip Island earlier this month.

The men, aged between 17 and 20, were taken into custody after raids on four properties in Montmorency, Bundoora and Briar Hill early this morning, 'The Age' said in a report today, adding that they are being quizzed by the sexual crimes squad.

The accused, members of the Northern Football League, formerly known as the Diamond Valley Football League, had allegedly sexually assaulted two women at Phillip Island near Melbourne on October 10.

Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Glenn Davies said violence against women would not be tolerated and such crimes would be thoroughly investigated.

"I encourage all women who are victims of sexual assault to report these offences to police," he said.

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PM arrives in Anantnag to inaugurate new railway service

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to inaugurate the 119-km-long Anantnag-Qadigund Railway line at Vanpooh Anantnag in the Kashmir Valley.

Dr. Singh is being accompanied by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Health, Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah.

Later, Sonia Gandhi will address a rally in Anantnag.

The Prime Minister is visiting Kashmir for the first time after Congress'' victory in the 2009 elections.

Tight security arrangements have been made in view of his two-day visit.

Meanwhile, the Centre has reportedly directed the Jammu and Kashmir Government and security forces in the state to step up vigil following intelligence inputs that Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has asked his cadres to step up violence ahead of Dr. Singh''s visit to the region.
A senior Home Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told a private channel that intelligence agencies have intercepted communications between the Hizbul headquarters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and cadres operating in Kashmir which suggested that Salahuddin was very upset over the killing of top Hizb militant Omer Maviya and wanted revenge.

According to the intercepts, Salahuddin has directed his cadres to step up violence ahead of the Prime Minister's visit and disrupt his programmes.

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Kabul attack ends, 6 UN staff among 10 killed

Gunmen with automatic weapons and suicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 10 people - including six U.N. staff - officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election.

Later, a rocket slammed into the grounds of the luxury Serena Hotel, which is favored by many foreigners. The device failed to explode but filled the lobby with smoke, forcing guests and employees to flee to the basement, according to an Afghan witness who asked that his name not be used for security reasons.

U.N. spokesman Adrian Edwards said six U.N. staff were killed and nine other U.N. employees were injured in the assault, which began about dawn in the Shar-e-Naw area of the city. Guests scurried from the building during the assault, and flames were seen on the roof as smoke billowed out and over the city.

Afghan police official Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada said 10 people in all were killed, including three attackers, and that police had taken control of the building. The bodies of three attackers were taken out of the house and sent for autopsy, said Gul Mohammad, an officer at the scene.

Edwards said officials were trying to account for several other U.N. workers who were staying at the guest house. He did not know their nationalities but said they were non-Afghans.

"This has clearly been a very serious incident for us," Edwards said. "We've not had an incident like this in the past."

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NSA rules out Naxal strike on YSR Reddy's chopper

New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) National Security Advisor M K Narayanan today appeared to completely rule out the possibility of Naxals bringing down the helicopter of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S R Reddy that went missing in the state, saying the ultras did not have such a capability.

He said it was quite possible that a technical snag or a pilot error could have led to the chopper going missing.

"Naxal strike seems extremely improbable. I would almost entirely rule it out. I do not think the Naxalites have the capability to bring down the helicopter," Narayanan said here.

Narayanan said the government was determined to continue the search for the helicopter or its wreckage and the Chief Minister, his secretary and personal security officer.

"The search will continue till we get hold of the helicopter or its wreckage and the persons on board the helicopter. We will search tonight and tomorrow morning.

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Bangalore to pay tribute to Jackson on his birthday

Bangalore, Aug 27 (IANS) To give a "fitting" tribute to the King of Pop Michael Jackson on his 51st birthday, a musical carnival is being organised here to celebrate the legendary singer's music.

Christened 'Heavens Can Wait', the musical event will be organised Aug 29 -- the day Jackson would have turned 51, nine weeks after he passed away after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest June 25.

The Score, a magazine on music is the brainchild behind the event. Bangalore and Chennai's popular Bands - Lounge Piranha, Rusty Moe, Slain, Public Issue and E-flat will pay tribute to the musical icon.

Mother Tekla Auditorium, Casa Brigitta on Brunton Road will be the venue.

"Bangalore's love for pop legend MJ is known to all. Thus we want to celebrate Michael Jackson and his music on his first birth anniversary after his sudden death," Alan Hadle, founding member and director of The Score, told IANS.

"It will be a musical salute to the late music legend's talent. There will be no dance at the show. We will also launch our magazine, The Score, on the same stage. Our magazine will carry a cover story on Michael Jackson, covering his entire career graph," added Hadle.

Tickets of the musical gig are prized at Rs.300 and Rs.500, with special discounts.

A portion of the proceeds of the concert will be directed towards funding the Aastha Children's hospital which is part of the Rourkela Childcare Private Ltd.

"A part of the money collected from the show will go to charity. MJ did a lot for the betterment of the world and he loved children, and it is fitting that a part of the money will go to a children's charity," Hadle said.

Giving details on the rock bands which will perform at the show, Hadle said music bands from Bangalore and Chennai will take part in the show.

"Chennai's line-up includes bands like Rusty Moe, E-Flat and Public Issue. They are reputed in their own right and famous for their people-friendly music. City bands like Lounge Piranha and Slain will also perform at the event," he added.

Along with performing Jackson's hit songs, including the humanitarian anthem "Heal the World", rock bands will also perform their own numbers.

The organisers are expecting a huge crowd at the show, as Bangalore has many die-hard Jackson followers.

"We're receiving large number of queries from Bangalore's music lovers. We are for hoping a huge gathering, around 1,000 on the day," said Prathibha Muralidhara, coordinator of the show.

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