BANGALORE: Bangalore need not be ruffled about the swine-flu outbreak as yet as pig-rearing is not a major activity in these parts, experts said on Monday. Read more »

Trevor Ariza’s Girlfriend

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New development platform for TVs, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players.

Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market.

Adobe also has signed up a host of partners to support the technology, called the Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home. The new platform is available now to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), and the first devices and processors that will support it should be available in the second half of the year, Adobe said.

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Facebook is offering new connectivity tools to third-party developers.

The company said on Monday that it would be adding new features to the popular social networking service which could allow developers to access components of the site from offline.

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A cure for being bored!

Being bored also means we have time to relax and time to think. You can use that time to improve your life. If you do, it may turn out that being bored was the best thing that ever happened to you.

Don’t make rash decisions out of boredom.

Sometimes we think we’re bored, but we’re really lonely. If you spend too much time by yourself, the world can seem pretty dull. Continue Reading

MUMBAI: The rupee ended near its low for the day, dropping for the first time in four days on speculation of increased dollar demand from importers. Dealers said that choppiness in the stock market did not help things either. The yen and dollar strengthened broadly on Monday as concerns due to the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico sent investors rushing towards safe haven currencies.

The local unit had been rising for the last seven weeks in anticipation of a global recovery on the back of rise in stock markets. Continue Reading

Los Angeles, Apr 25 (PTI) Supermodel Heidi Klum, who is pregnant with her fourth child, is hoping to have a baby girl.

Klum said she and her husband would be happy with either boy or girl but they were hoping for a little girl, but her daughter Leni wants a little sister.

“We’d be happy with either but it would be a lie if I said we all weren’t hoping for a little girl,” Klum told Us magazine.

Klum said her daughter Leni has promised to be a good sister.

“She’ll say, ‘I hope it’s a girl so she can be in my room, and I’m going to help you and I’m going to change the diapers and I’m going to be a really good sister!’” the supermodel said about her daughter with ex-boyfriend Flavio Briatore. Continue Reading

HYDERABAD: The All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) will be held at in the state on Sunday. The exam will be conducted by the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, formerly Regional Engineering College. Earlier, the test was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

The examination will be held at various centres in the state from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. Around 35,000 candidates will be taking the test from Hyderabad alone. Continue Reading

Aizawl, Apr 25 : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has sought for Rs 2,335 crore from the Centre for reconstruction of the state saying it’s economy was totally crippled by the 20-year-long insurgency there.

Mizoram government also sought help of the Finance Commission to tide over problems arising out of the proposed implementation of Sixth Central Pay Commission and asked for allocation of additional Rs 2,088.13 crore. Continue Reading

BANGALORE: About 75.16% of the electorate cast their votes in three polling stations coming under two Lok Sabha constituencies, where repolling was held on Saturday, election officials said.

The Election Commission had ordered a repoll in Doddagollarahalli, coming under Bangalore North, Gangonahalli and Veeragowdana Doddi, falling under Bangalore Rural constituency, following malfunctioning of EVMs during polling on April 23. Continue Reading

General Election 2009

Upcoming Results of 15th Lok Sabha Elections to be announced on 16th May 2009.

http://www.indian-elections.com/states/

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