Friday, March 18, 2011

“Top five food items for kids on Holi festival” plus 7 more

“Top five food items for kids on Holi festival” plus 7 more

Top five food items for kids on Holi festival

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:17 AM PDT


The festival of Holi is a time, children enjoy the most. And this is also a time when the appetite of the children boosts due to playing in water with friends. Here are the top five food items that can be enjoyed by your child and their friends on the festive occasion.

1. Sweet fruit salad – Fruit salad is the healthiest option for the kids, which will also be enjoyed by them. Chop some fresh fruits like bananas, pomegranate seeds, apples and pineapples and season them with lime juice, some rock salt or fresh cream.

2. Dahi Vadas – Dahi Vadas are mostly enjoyed by children. The delicacy is made with urad dal and curd. Deep fried vadas are soaked in semi sweet curd and garnished with tamarind chutney.

3. Phirnee – Phirnee is a sweet delicacy, which is similar to 'Kheer'. It is made of rice flour, cooked in milk and is garnished with plenty of dry fruits. The delicacy is served chilled in mud pots and will be surely enjoyed by kids.

4. Gujiyas – Gujiya is a traditional sweet specially prepared for Holi festival. Sweetened 'Khawa' (condensed milk) with dry fruits is stuffed in maida puris and is deep fried in oil.

5. Puranpoli – Puranpoli is a Maharashtrian delicacy and is made out of 'chana' dal. Churned chana dal is sweetened and is stuffed in wheat flour dough and is shallow fried in ghee.

This Holi make sure you make some of these crazy food items and eat and celebrate the colours on your table.

Jesse Randhawa and Sandip Soparrkar to be part of Royal wedding

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:40 PM PDT


Bollywood choreographer and his wife Jesse Randhawa have been asked to be a part of the most awaited royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Sandip and his model wife Jesse, will be seen matching steps at the main dinner dance of the royal reception, which will be hosted by Prince Charles at the Buckingham Palace.

The couple have been scheduled to perform on 26th of April at 6 pm, in front of a crowd of the world's most high profile and influential leaders and celebrities. "It is going to be a five minute treat for the spectators, which will be a blend of Bollywood and waltz. We will be performing waltz but on slow Bollywood tracks," Sandip said.

There were also rumours that the couple will be performing on the hottest Bollywood item songs,’Munni Badnaam hui' and 'Sheila Ki Jawani'. But Sandip immediately clarified and said that that these tracks are definitely not on the list and has chosen more subtle tracks for the performance.

Soparrkar has even previous records of performing at the 'Queen of Pop' Madonna's, fiftieth birthday party. Moreover, the choreographer has also received a letter of appreciation from Prince Charles, for promoting ballroom dancing in India.

He is well known in India and the Bollywood industry knows him very well.

SL vs NZ Live Cricket Streaming, Score and highlights, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, World Cup 2011

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:26 PM PDT


Sri Lanka and New Zealand will clash in the Group A match of the World Cup 2011 which will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, MArch 18 2011. The day-night game will begin at 2:30 pm local. See live score.

These two teams have played each other in seven World Cup games with Sri Lanka lead New Zealand 4-3, they have won all of their last three matches. Watch Live streaming.

This game is important for both these teams, whoever wins here will occupy in the top two spots of Group A, The top two teams in Group A will get to play the last two spots in the quarter finals

The probable teams are as follows :

New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Brendon McCullum (wk), 3 Jesse Ryder, 4 Ross Taylor (capt), 5 Kane Williamson, 6 Scott Styris, 7 James Franklin, 8 Nathan McCullum, 8 Jacob Oram, 10 Hamish Bennett, 11 Tim Southee

Sri Lanka 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilan Samaraweera, 6 Chamara Silva / Chamara Kapugedera, 7 Angelo Mathews, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara / Dilhara Fernando, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

The highlights videos will be posts here after the game is over.

Ex-IAF official proves himself alive after 12 year legal battle

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:24 AM PDT


Sital Singh Bagi, a retired warrant officer of the Indian Air Force, after 12 years of legal battle, managed to prove himself alive at the sub-divisional court in Patiala. On the basis of two separate suits filed in 1999 and 2002,the court had declared Bagi alive and that he is entitled to get pension from the authorities of the IAF.

The ex service man, retired from the IAF in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1986 after 26 years of service. He then returned to India and started living with his family in Delhi. But then Bagi started to get death threats from terrorists, which forced him to hide in Punjab.

When Bagi was threatened by some armed terrorists to join their army, he was forced to leave his wife and children in the ancestral house in Patiala and went underground to escape the terrorists. In 1998, when he returned home, his wife and children refused to recognize him and also threatened him not to approach them.

Moreover, when he went to claim his pension, the IAF officials said that his name was cut off from the pension list and was dead according to their records. His pension was thus sent to his wife and children. And this was when Bagi filed a suit to prove himself alive.

Badminton champ made to wash utensils

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:22 AM PDT


Aarzoo Thakur, a badminton champion, who won the gold medal at the National Women Sports Festival in Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, was made to wash utensils by the authorities of the school where she studies.

Thakur, a student of 12th class, was made to wash utensils at the school's annual day function, which was presided over by state Health Minister Rajeev Bindal. Arzoo being the student of government secondary school at Sirmaur in the state of Himachal Pradesh, attended the function along with couple of her friends.

Aarzoo's father, Inder Singh Thakur, expressed his anger over the issue saying that it was an insult for a champion, by the school who failed to recognize her achievements. "Girls wash utensils at home, which make them develop some domestic skills. How could the school authorities ignore her achievements and make her wash utensils," Inder Singh told reporters on phone.

Inder Singh also added that even the sports department officials at the function did not care to recognize her accomplishments. After the issue came to light of Rajeev Bindal, he said that he wasn't aware of her achievements and would look in to the matter. Bindal also assured that her accomplishments would definitely be recognized with due respect.

Man held after 20 years of death

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:33 AM PDT


The Delhi Police authorities thought that he was dead since 20 years. Akhtar, a 47 year old criminal was held by the police recently while he was catching a bus to reach his residence from south Delhi, India.

The criminal is wanted in many murder cases and is also involved in many other heinous crimes. DCP HGS Dhaliwal said, "He pretended to be someone else and lived in Delhi for 20 years. To escape from the crimes, he spread the rumours of his death so that no one could ever reach him."

When the police questioned him, he said he was Shadiq Khan and showed his election card to convince the police. The police became suspicious, when they found a different name on the father's name column.

However, after he was held and interrogated further, Akhtar confessed that he was declared a proclaimed offender and that he was involved in many other crimes, which also included kidnapping for ransom. The 47 year-old offender also said that he had assumed the new identity to avoid from being arrested. When Akhtar was hiding, he managed to produce many fake documents, which portrayed him as Shadiq Khan. Talking about his past, Akhtar never went to school and got in to bad company which brought him in to the world of crime.

Top five precautions to take during Holi festival

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:29 AM PDT


Holi is a colorful festival celebrated in India among the Hindus. As the festival involves lot of colors, which may even harm your skin or outfits, here are the top five precautions to take during the season so that the festival can be enjoyed with no regrets.

1. Wear old clothes – It is not mandatory that you wear white shining clothes to look colorful for the festival. Take out the clothes that you think are no more in use so that you don't have any regrets even if they get spoiled.

2. Skin care – Before you get your hands wet with colors, apply generous amount of coconut oil or petroleum jelly on your exposed skin to avoid looking colored all week.

3. Hair care – Once the color enters your scalp, it may damage your hair and leave it colored for months together. As a precaution, apply or massage generous amount of coconut oil on the scalp and hair. One can also tie a bandana on the head which will protect and also give a trendy look.

4. Use non-toxic colors – This holi, pledge yourself to use only non toxic or herbal colors, as they are safe for the skin and will not cause any skin irritations or allergies post the festival.

5. Sweets and eatables – While you are all drenched with colors and water, make sure you just binge on the dry food items like the 'gujias', 'namkeens' and 'barfis' so that you avoid the colored food to enter your stomach.

Burglars steal commodities to open own shop

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:17 AM PDT


A group of Burglars in Delhi, India have been caught by the police with stolen goods. The alleged thieves are involved in some nine cases of burglary and had plans to open their own shop.

The thieves have been caught with 9.5 kg of silver 1.2 kg of gold, three LCD screens, laptops, ten gas cylinders and several sarees stolen from a garment shop. “The gang was involved in burglaries at jewellery shop, cloth stores, dental clinic and a roadside eatery. They committed burglaries in cloth shops to collect cloths for the shop they were planning to open,” Ashok Chand the deputy Commissioner of police said.

The thieves have till now carried out major thefts in jewellery shops and garment shops. The burglars, had by then got a lot of cash and then decided to open a garment shop of their own.

The three alleged people had even taken a place on rent to open the shop. While the renovation work was going on in the shop, the three decided to get the merchandise by stealing from another garment shop in Delhi.

Posted by Suresh at 5:21 AM

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