Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who is serving his life sentence at Tihar Jail, was reportedly seen partying at a night club during parole.

Manu had been granted a 30-day parole starting from September 22 on humanitarian grounds as his mother is unwell. The parole was later extended by another thirty days to November 22.

While political circles and legal experts are critical of the government's decision to grant a two-month parole to a murder convict like Manu Sharma, the government defended its call on Monday saying 'parole is the right of any convict'.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said parole was granted under the provisions of law. She said: "The decision was taken by a committee that included the jail superintendent, home secretary, Delhi government, Delhi Police and the Lieutenant Governor."

Manu Sharma's parole was granted on grounds that his mother Shakti Rani Sharma was keeping unwell and that his business was suffering.

But Sharma's mother was seen at a media briefing on Saturday at the family-run hotel in Chandigarh, the Piccadilly Hotel. Rani is the general secretary of the Chandigarh Women's Cricket Association.

Sharma was granted parole on September 22, subsequently extended till November 22. It is understood that Dikshit recommended the extension for the Lieutenant Governor's consideration.

Tihar Jail officials said the jail superintendent first receives the application for parole and forwards it to the government for the final nod.

Jessica Lal was shot dead in a South Delhi bar on April 29, 1999. Manu Sharma was arrested for the crime. Sharma is the son of Haryana Congress politician Vinod Sharma.

England (probable): 1 AW Strauss (capt), 2 JE Denly, 3 OS Shah, 4 P Collingwood, 5 EM Morgan, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Luket Wright, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 GE Swann, 10 Ryan Sidebuttom, 11 Jame Anderson.

Australia (probable) 1 SH Watson, 2 TM Paine (wk), 3 RY Ponting (capt), 4 ML Hussey, 5 CM Ferguson, 6 CRN White, 7 James Hopes, 8 MLL Johnson, 9 Brett Lee, 10 NN Hauritz, 11 Peter Sidle.


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The ICC Champions Trophy looks like a distant dream for India as the team is not in the best approach right now.

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Funny and desperate enough Indian fans prayed for Pakistan to win the match against Australia so that team India goes one step closer to the semifinals.

Indian team was easily termed as a favorite by the champions Trophy audience along with south Africa but so far India has given only lousy performances.

Other than Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar and Amith Mishra have to some extent done what was expected of them by skipper MS Dhoni. But Indian bowling is no doubt in a weaker shape.

At the same time, West Indies has not let its pride go and has given tough competitions to strong teams like Pakistan and Australia.

So, just lets wait n watch, if West Indies teams gives India a tough time or not!


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Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old honor student was beaten to death last week in Chicago. The brutal attack was captured on a camera phone. CNN aired the video and the story has garnered national attention.

Derrion Albert is now trending on Twitter and Google Trends. YouTube has been deleting videos of the incident, but people have been re-uploading it.

The video, now widely circulated, shows Albert's brutal beating death as he walked into a melee, allegedly two gangs fighting, on a Chicago street. The video shows a group striking him with boards and kicking him as he lay on a sidewalk.

Now the mothers of two of the four boys charged with Albert's murder are speaking out and one can't bear to watch the video.



"That's Gene. That's my son," said Eugene Riley's mother, Sherry Smith, to the Chicago Tribune. "I'm not going to lie about that." Smith offered her condolences to Albert's family.

Riley, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder with three other teens: Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eric Carson, 16, and Eugene Bailey, 18

Silvonus Shannon's mother, Tamaray Shannon, told the Chicago Tribune she could not bear to watch the video, which purportedly shows her son stomping on Albert's head.

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Two top stars of Tamil cinema – Rajinikant and Kamal Haasan – won the best actor awards as the State government announced its Film Awards for 2007 and 2008 on Monday.

While Rajinikant’s ‘Sivaji’ won him the best actor award and also bagged the best film award for 2007, Kamal Haasan’s ‘Dasavatharam’ got him the best actor award for 2008 and was adjudged the best film for the same year.

Jyothika won the best actress award for her role in ‘Mozhi,’ which also won the second best film award for 2007. The award for the third best film for that year was given to ‘Pallikoodam’ and Thankar Bachchan, who directed the film, was adjudged the best director. In 2007, the special prize went to ‘Periyar.’
Special awards

Special awards were also given to male and female actors for each year. For 2007, the special prize went to Sathyaraj for his role as Periyar and Priyamvatha for her role in ‘Mirugam.’

For 2008, the awards went to Suriya (for ‘Varanam Aayiram’) and Trisha (‘Abhiyum Naanum’).

‘Sivaji’ bagged four other awards for 2007, including best villain – Suman, best comedian – Vivek, best female playback singer – Chinmayee, and best art director – Thotta Tharani. Vidyasagar was named the best music director for Mozhi.

Another award went to the film as M.S.Bhaskar took the best character artiste (male) prize.

The best character artiste (female) went to Archana for ‘Onbathu Rubai Notu.’ Srinivas won the best male playback singer award for the same film.

S.M. Vasanth was awarded the best story writer award for the thriller ‘Satham Podathe,’ and Balaji Sakthivelu, the best dialogue writer award for ‘Kaloori.’

Vairamuthu once again won the best lyricist award, this time for ‘Periyar’ and other films, and the best cinematographer award went to Nirav Shah for his work in ‘Billa.’

‘Dasavatharam’ picked up two more awards in the 2008 list, with Vaali getting the best lyricist award and Michael Westmore and Kothandapani jointly taking the best make-up artist award.
Best actress award

That year’s best actress award went to Sneha for ‘Pirivom Santhipom.’ The second best film award went to ‘Abhiyum Naanum’ and its director Radha Mohan took the best director award.

The third prize for the best film went to the entertainer ‘Santhosh Subramaniam,’ and the special award to ‘Meiporul.’
Award for Karunanidhi

2008’s best dialogue writer award was given to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for his work on ‘Uliyin Osai,’ while the best story award went to Tamilselvan for the film ‘Poo.’

The best villain award was given to Rajendran (‘Naan Kadavul’); Vadivelu’s role in ‘Kathavarayan’ won the award for best comedian (male), and Kovai Sarala, best female comedian for her role in ‘Uliyin Osai.’

The best character artiste awards went to Prakash Raj and Pooja (‘Naan Kadavul’) for 2008. ‘Naan Kadavul’ also got Arthur A.Wilson the best cinematographer award. Ilayaraja won the best music director award for ‘Ajantha.’ The best female playback award for 2008 went to Mahathi (‘Nenjathai Killathe’) and the best male playback award to Pelliraja (‘Subramaniapuram’).

The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated Monday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail and pressed U.S. officials all the way up to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the case.

Polanski was in his third day of detention after Swiss police arrested him Saturday on an international warrant as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award from a film festival.

A complicated legal process awaited all sides as the United States sought to secure his extradition for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl and fleeing to France a year later.







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The Swiss Justice Ministry on Monday did not rule out the possibility that Polanski, director of such classic films as "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby," could be released on bail under very strict conditions that he doesn't flee Switzerland.

Justice spokesman Guido Balmer said such an arrangement is "not entirely excluded" under Swiss law and that Polanski could file a motion on bail.

In Paris, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he hoped Polanski could be quickly freed by the Swiss, calling the apprehension a "bit sinister." He also told France-Inter radio that he and his Polish counterpart Radek Sikorski wrote to Clinton, and said there could be a decision as early as Monday if a Swiss court accepts bail.

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have tied the knot.

The 29-year-old Los Angeles Lakers forward and the 25-year-old reality TV starlet were married Sunday at a private residence in Beverly Hills.

The bride was walked down the aisle by her stepfather, Bruce Jenner.

Odom's teammates Luke Walton and Sasha Vujacic attended the ceremony, along with Lakers coach Phil Jackson.

Kardashian appears with her family on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." She and her sister Kourtney co-star in the E! spinoff show, "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami."

Odom agreed to a four-year contract to stay with the Lakers this summer after helping the team win the franchise's 15th NBA championship in June.

Watch Full episode of Entourage Season 6 Episode 11 (S06E11) Online streaming free. The comedy series Entourage Season 6 Episode 11 entitled "Scared Straight". The episode will airs on September 27, 2009 only on HBO. If you like the episode title implies, this is another interesting comedy story. Be updated on what will happen next in this new episode. So, don't miss it.

Entourage Season 6 Episode 11 Synopsis: Eric visits the doctor’s office after getting some some bad news regarding his latest fling from Drama. Ari investigates Terrance after He is selling his share of the agency to Ari. On the other hand, Turtle prepares for Jamie-Lynn’s departure and Drama’s emotions get the best of him during his audition for Melrose 2009.

Today, Google home page logo contains two L's, Most of the people asking why is Google spelled wrong? and why does Google have two ls? The questions asked by every Internet surfers who visit Google website on September 27, 2009. The Google Logo is not wrong spelled. This is Celebration of Google 11th Birthday.

World No.1 Search Engine Google celebrating our 11th year Birthday. Google celebrates different occasions by changing their Google Logo and linking it to a search for a specific term related to the occasion. Today, Google company decided to commemorate the event with a doodle that references the number 11 by adding another "l", to create "Googlle."

























The google search engine was no.1 website in the world. It told alexa Website rank. Next yahoo search engine, third one youtube service.

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" is planning dramatic cast changes for next season, with four regulars, including star Vincent D'Onofrio, departing.

D'Onofrio is expected to exit sometime during the series' upcoming ninth season, handing over his badge to Jeff Goldblum as the top detective on the major case squad.

Kathryn Erbe, who, like D'Onofrio, has been with the show since its beginning and plays his long-suffering partner Alex Eames, also will be phased out, as will Eric Bogosian, who plays the force's captain, Danny Ross.

As previously reported, Julianne Nicholson, who played Goldblum's partner but has just had a baby, her second, also is leaving. She's being replaced by British actress Saffron Burrows.

Details about D'Onofrio, Erbe and Bogosian's exit are still unclear as the actors' deals are being worked out. The network only recently renewed the Wolf Films/Universal Cable Prods. series for a ninth season, slated to premiere in late spring with a two-parter.

Creator and executive producer Dick Wolf has long said that it is the stories, and not the actors, that form the core attraction of his "Law & Order" franchise.
Yet, like Sam Waterston on the original "L&O," D'Onofrio has long been identified with "Criminal Intent" and has helped set its tone as Det. Robert Goren. His trademark gesture, the in-your-face tilt of his head when he interrogates criminals, is a highlight of each episode, as is his encyclopedic knowledge of the arcane that often helps in fingering the suspect.

But, after originating on NBC, "L&O:CI" migrated to sibling USA, which has put together a cluster of dramas that are lighter in tone and subject matter and have more quirkily upbeat characters, as in "Monk," "Psych" and "Burn Notice."

Goldblum, who brings an easy eccentricity to most of his work, is more in the tradition of Tony Shalhoub's "Monk" than D'Onofrio's brooding and tortured Goren.

Additionally, cost savings always factor in production equations these days, with long-standing actors on a show, like D'Onofrio and Erbe, pulling in substantially more than more recent additions.

The sweeping cast changes on "CI" resemble the 2003 shakeup on ABC's "The Practice" when several key actors, including lead Dylan McDermott, Lara Flynn Boyle and Kelli Williams, were let go as a way to slash production costs.

The "CI" changes also represent the biggest shift so far for a show that has seen a number of faces come and go since it began in 2001. For several years, Chris Noth, who played detective Mike Logan, has alternated with D'Onofrio in the top role. He exited the Wolf fold at the end of the 2008 season and is now recurring on the CBS freshman series "The Good Wife."

While D'Onofrio is departing as a regular, it is possible for him to reprise his character in guest stints.

At least 51 people have died and at least 21 others are missing after torrential rains and subsequent flooding pummeled the Philippines on Saturday, the government said.
Filipino pedestrians in Quezon City, a suburb of Manila, brave Tropical Storm Ketsana's floodwaters.

Tropical Storm Ketsana spawned the flooding, which caused at least six of the deaths in Manila, the nation's capital.

Manila and the nearby province of Rizal bore the brunt of the downpour, said Gilberto Teodoro, secretary of national defense and chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.


Two of the dead in the capital city were victims of a wall that collapsed, he said.

Five thousand people were rescued without boats, and another 3,688 were rescued with boats, he said.

Another governmental official reported four injuries.

"My neighborhood rarely gets a bad flooding and I guess this is the worst," said CNN iReporter Jv Abellar from Quezon City, Philippines.

Nearly a month’s worth of rain fell in just six hours over Metro Manila Saturday (September 26), triggering the worst floods in nearly 40 years, stranding people on rooftops, causing wide-spread blackouts and killing at least 40 people, officials said.

“In my experience, this is the worst that I have seen,” Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said as he described how authorities grappled to deploy limited resources amid a barrage of pleas for help after Storm “Ondoy” slammed ashore.

The government declared a state of calamity in Metro Manila and 25 provinces in Luzon as the massive flooding paralysed businesses and transportation.

The calamity declaration allows officials to withdraw emergency money for relief and rescue.

While the weather bureau had predicted Ondoy would hit the country, its severity was not expected.

The massive floods turned wide areas of the metropolis virtually into a sea.

Families from across various sectors, including the middle class living in gated communities, were among those marooned in their homes, many stranded on their roofs.

The Philippine Navy said it was the first time the Navy had received such a huge number of simultaneous calls for help.

Chelo Banal-Formoso, a Philippine Daily Inquirer editor, sent this text for help: “We are in Goodrich Village right next to a creek. Our whole first floor is now flooded almost to the ceiling. Water is still rising. I have a son with autism who needs to be in a place with electricity. My brothers tries but could not get us in ordinary cars.”

Low-lying Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela are used to floods but residents were still surprised by the surge of floodwaters Saturday and by the speed with which the waters buried roads up to neck deep.

About 80 to 90 per cent of Caloocan City was under water.

Public safety and traffic management chief Alfonso Sta. Maria said this was the worst flooding experienced by the city, submerging majority of its 188 barangays in five feet of waters, if not higher.

New Michael Jackson Song Set For Release was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (Billboard) A new Michael Jackson song entitled "This Is It" will be released as a single on Oct. 12, Sony Music Entertainment announced today (Sept. 23).

The song -- which features backing vocals by Michael's brothers, the Jacksons -- is part of a two-disc album of music inspired by the upcoming "This Is It" film, which chronicles Jackson's final days rehearsing for his comeback concerts before his death.

"This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows -- that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts," said John McClain, who co-produced the album and is also a co-executor of Jackson's estate.