It’s a historic consensus but the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) has today announced that come March 2010 and you will know that marks will soon be replaced by grades and that will be awarded through a comprehensive evaluation over the whole academic year. Class X board exams will be made optional for students who will continue in the same school for classes XI and XII. The objective of this overhaul in the education system is to reduce stress on students. An initiative taken by Union Human Resource Development minister, Kapil Sibal is to revolutionize the education system…

As the registration time for Michael Jackson’s memorial ended, can you guess the total number of people who clicked at staplescenter.com to be a part of the King of Pop’s funeral service?

Its almost 1.6 million registrations for only 17500 tickets for the memorial ceremony. To be a part of the MJ’s memorial service, you simply cannot queue without a valid ticket.

In Kambakht Ishq, When you hear that it’s the exotic location, big Hollywood names with mega star casts and a woman with a bikini, you can be rest assured that there is no plot or story.

It’s the same cliché where the initial hatred is the seed of ballistic love in the end. The film is shot in Hollywood and the center stage of the movie is Kareena and her size zero body.

With 150 people on board a Yemeni airplane crashed into the Indian Ocean. Reports indicate that there is simply no hope of any survivors. This Airbus 310 was a connecting flight from Paris and is believed to be not very far from Moroni. The plane crashed near the Comoron archipelago.

At the time of his death the king of pop music Jacko was in horrible health condition. Anorexic Michael Jackson who barely ate one meal a day was a mere skeleton. Inside his stomach were some dissolved pills. The report also revealed that his ribs were broken and his body bore need le wounds.
It is believed that after taking the Demerol pain killer injection he suffered a massive cardiac arrest. In a frantic attempt to revive him as rescuers pumped his chest, his ribs got broken. Again, near his heart, …

It was his last performance, the rehearsals that he was into for the last two months in Los Angeles for his comeback tour in London. However, the King of Pop, the Peter Pan of music breathed his last at UCLA Medical Center. He was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state.
 It is being speculated that the legend suffered a cardiac arrest at his Holmby Hills and when paramedics failed, he was taken to the hospital.
 Born in 1958, this pop icon rose to fame in the 80s with his scintillating …

My last post was a line or two on the drama that went perfect with Buchannan and well enacted by our Mr.Billu Barber. As IPL season II is on its way, it’s pathetic to see that Kolkata Knight Riders is already out of the race well ahead of anyone. Yes, IPL-2 is now a sport with only 7 teams. Out of the nine matches played they have lost 8.
The performances that needs to be forgotten not only by the performers (aha yes a pun intended) but mostly by the owner …

So, Shahrukh Khan proved one more time that he is a great actor. Sourav Ganguly sacked as Kolkata Knight Rider Captain. It was a plot of multi-captaincy theory for Kolkata Knight Rider for IPL 2 by Buchannan but finally it’s almost a new story unfolding. Its New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum who will lead Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL Season- a fact that just got known. The first match will be played on April 19th against Deccan Chargers by Kolkata Knight Riders….The question is why this backstabbing of Ganguly? Second …

In 3 months time, the name of the acquirer for fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services is out today and it is Tech Mahindra that has won the bid at Rs58 per share. Tech Mahindra will now owe 31 per cent stake in Satyam by paying out 1757 crore (almost 357 million USD) in the deal.
The Telecom giant Tech Mahindra won the bid by beating Larsen and Toubro and Cognizant Technology Solutions as well. Tech Mahindra has paid Rs 58 for a 10-rupee share to acquire 31 percent stake. The bid …

According to official sources of North Korea, Kin Jong II‘s administration will launch a missile that will carry a telecommunication satellite anytime from April 4 to April 8. The North Korean government says that it is a part of peaceful space project program. However, the world condemns such an initiative especially countries such as US, Japan and of course South Korea.
Analysts believe that the reason behind this missile launch by North Korea is to test Taepodong-2 missile that is capable to reach Alaska.
Obama administration has warned strict action …

40 people taken hostage; 12 killed in shootout in a building in Binghamton, New York. There is lot of casualties. It’s the American Civic Association Building and there is a man who began shooting. Few people could escape and many rushed to hospital. Some hid in the basement of the building.It happened in the morning Eyewitness suggests that man is in his early 20’s in the hostage crisis at New York and he is loaded with high-end rifles and is simply shooting indiscriminately.
Another story of 26/11 takes place

Another day of brazen reality of chaos and lies that shrouds Pakistan as a Nation, could be seen, heard and felt when the Sri Lankan cricketers have been attacked by gunmen in Lahore, few yards away from the Gadaffi Stadium.
This terrorist attack in Pakistan has targeted nation’s most popular sport. It has been just months before, the 26/11 attack where hundreds of people died and brave soldiers laid their lives down to protect their fellow men. It was the shots of gunfire, it was the hand grenade, the black …

The much awaited $2000 priced Nano is to hit the Indian roads on March 23rd, bringing an end of year long speculation and criticism after the Auto Expo in January 2008. Speculation as to whether at all Tata Motors would be able to deliver to the promise made by their chairman Ratan Tata with severe problems plaguing the original Singur plant and criticisms on the forefront from adding congestion to the Indian roads to being a cheap vehicle to accelerate further pollution and global warming.
But, I beg to differ here …

In spite of repeated proclaims that international terrorism has roots embedded in the soils of Pakistan…the flow of funds in the form of World Bank and IMF aid continues. Why?Pakistan has always been bailed out, doled out by unheard moves and unseen gestures… the question remains as why?
Since the year 1952, Pakistan has always been receiving foreign aid of varied types for specific purposes. But where did all the funds go? Did the aid help transform Pakistan to a healthier state economically? The truth lies in the gruesome statistical numbers …