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- Residents of Nashville and Clarksville suffer due to the rise in the level of the Cumberland river
- Chely Wright Finally Comes out with her Homosexuality
- West Indies vs England Live Score: Good Start by Eng openers
- Lynn Redgrave Breathes her Last Due to Breast Cancer
- McNeil Consumer Healthcare issues a Recall of There Children Products
- TS Royalist, Sea Cadet, died After Falling From Ship
- 26/11 Verdict: Kasab Guilty; Co-accused Acquitted
- Corey Dillon Arrested & Set Free on $50,000 for Spousal-Abusing
- A $3 Billion Deal To Strike In between Continental & United Airlines
- Peter Lopez Suicide-Note, Read What Secret it Includes
- JooJoo Tablet Revolutionizing The Web
- Kasab, Mumbai Terror Attacker of 2008 Pronounced as Guilty, 2 Other Indians Released
- Congress slams Reddy brothers for continuing as ministers
- Iran to manufacture 18 new medical implant devices
- Daimary confesses to serial explosions in Assam
- United, Continental merger to form world’s biggest airline
- Murdered Delhi scribe’s mother arrested, family under suspicion
- PSU insurers plan health claims settlement agency
- Haven’t got my due in Bollywood, rues Udita Goswami
- Government to set up Broadcasting Authority
| Residents of Nashville and Clarksville suffer due to the rise in the level of the Cumberland river Posted: 03 May 2010 12:05 PM PDT The Nashville flood kept on creating a havoc due to flooding of the region. The overflowing of the Cumberland River has caused Nashville to shut down most of its shops and forced the guests out of the hotel including the Opryland Hotel. The schools and colleges had to also be shut down due to the Nashville flooding. Karl Dean, Nashville's Mayor advised the residents to conserve water as much as they could as the city's treatment plants had to also be closed down due to a heavy rainfall. Tennessee had to face tough news as eight of its residents died including one death occurring due to the tornado. Some victims were still stuck in their vehicles and many were swept away by the flooding, one of the worst in the decade. Nashville is not the only place in Tennessee coping with flooding in the aftermath of record rainfall over the weekend. Residents of Clarksville TN which is downriver from Nashville now have new flood related woes to deal with as the Cumberland river is already 7 feet above flood level and rising. Its not just the Nashville region which has to suffer due to the flooding. Even the Clarksville TN region residents had to face the ire of the Cumberland river over flooding 7 feet above the flood level. The main street river in Clarksville has also been closed. | ||
| Chely Wright Finally Comes out with her Homosexuality Posted: 03 May 2010 11:07 AM PDT It is confirmed that Chely Wright, the famous country singer has finally decided to come out. Earlier she had reasoned that none of the famous country music artists had come out with their homosexuality and she wasn't willing to be the first one. But now she exclaims that there was no more beautiful moment than her decision to come out with her homosexuality. She shared that since her childhood days she just dreamt of making music. Now 39 years of age, she had seen a rapid rise into fame in the country music world. Though she felt a little apprehensive in a community in which homosexuality was literally shunned. She had to hide everything for music as she puts it. Chely Wright has won both the Country Music Award and the famous Academy of Country Music award. She is also planning to release her memoir Like Me later this week and also her first album in almost five years, Lifted off the ground. | ||
| West Indies vs England Live Score: Good Start by Eng openers Posted: 03 May 2010 11:02 AM PDT  West Indies vs England In the ICC T20 World Cup 2010, there is the 8th match of Group D between West Indies vs. England at 13:30 (17:30 GMT) at Providence. West Indies has already won single match and England today will start the first game of T20 Cricket. At the Providence, the spinners will play a major role & how the West Indies batsmen tackle with England’s spinners could prove vital. Against Ireland they were most times uncomfortable by George Dockrell, 17-year-left-arm-spinner, so Graeme Swann & Michael Yardy should observe confident. England will be examining out still another starting partnership in T20 cricket and with Craig Kieswetter & Michael Lumb they observe they have at last stumbled on a grouping strong enough to boss the early overs. Silently England has developed a competitive limited-overs side that, with Eoin Morgan there to end an innings, looks to have its entire basis enclosed. Team information: West Indies anticipate to greet their captain after he overlooked the Ireland game with a inflexible buttock, signifies Andre Fletcher or Narsingh Deonarine will sit ouside from the team that defeat Ireland. Sulieman Benn rests uncertain with his shoulder damage as does Jerome Taylor. In today's match, let us see whether the home team West Indies takes over England or not in ICC T20 World Cup 2010?
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| Lynn Redgrave Breathes her Last Due to Breast Cancer Posted: 03 May 2010 10:41 AM PDT
 Lynn Redgrave Dead Lynn Redgrave, famous for her role in Georgy Girl produced in the 1960s died away due to breast cancer. This was another loss to the Redgrave dynasty which had to face a lot during the last one year. In a statement issued by her children, they informed that she breathed her last in her Connecticut home last night. Lynn, sister of acclaimed Vanessa Redgrave was reported to have the cancer back in 2003. The Redgrave family had made a request for privacy during this difficult period but proves to be difficult given the family's situation. She recently appeared in the Ugly Betty and Law & Order. This is the third loss to family in the past year. Just a month back, her brother, an onstage legend Corin Redgrave at the age of 70. He had suffered a heart attack way back in 2005 though no reason for his death has been given. More than just a year ago, Natasha Richardson, Redgrave's niece died at the age of 45 due to unexpected injuries while skiing. | ||
| McNeil Consumer Healthcare issues a Recall of There Children Products Posted: 03 May 2010 10:26 AM PDT McNeil Consumer Healthcare's Tylenol issued a recall on the medicine for children 2010 as it didn't meet the quality standards as prescribed. Though any adverse medical event related to the product has not yet taken place but it was issued as a precautionary measure. The products might contain higher concentration of ingredients, more than the specification and other don't meet the internal testing requirements for the company. McNeil Consumer healthcare has advised all the consumers who have purchased the Tylenol children products to discontinue there use as early as possible. The company has got on to doing a comprehensive research and quality assessment across all its product productions and is trying to identify all the actions, corrective in nature before any decision for new manufacturing is undertaken. This Tylenol recall has left every consumer worried regarding the safety of the product. | ||
| TS Royalist, Sea Cadet, died After Falling From Ship Posted: 03 May 2010 05:51 AM PDT  Sea Cadet A 14-yr-old sea cadet has passed away after falling overboard in the Solent. The lad, from Kent, was on the training ship TS Royalist which was anchored at Stokes Bay south of Gosport, Hampshire. He was climbing up the rigging to furl up the sails when he fell into the sea on yesterday night, and was retrieved by the crew who sent out a Mayday call. The Solent Coastguard helicopter took him to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The sea cadets were celebrating the movement’s 150th anniversary at the 2010 Sea Cadet Festival which was held at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth over the bank holiday. Mike Cornish, chief executive of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets, said the accident happened during a standard exercise. This tragic fatality is the first the ship has experienced since she was commissioned in 1971. The ship set off on the training exercise on Friday and was meant to return a week later. A spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary said: “The Marine Accident Investigation unit and Hampshire Constabulary are fully reviewing all of the circumstances surrounding the death and the coroner has been notified.” | ||
| 26/11 Verdict: Kasab Guilty; Co-accused Acquitted Posted: 03 May 2010 05:43 AM PDT
 KASAB Ajmal Amir Kasab, charged with the deaths of 166 Indians and foreigners, has been pronounced guilty of all charges by a special court in Mumbai. The two Indian co-accused — Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Shaikh, have been acquitted. Kasab has been convicted on all 86 charges against him. “You have been found guilty of waging war against India, and killing people at CST (train station), killing government officials and abetting the other nine terrorists,” Judge M.L. Tahaliyani said as he announced his verdict. The argument on quantum of sentence to Kasab will be held tomorrow. The co-accused charged with supplying logistical support was set free due to lack of proper evidence against. The prosecution’s main argument had been that Kasab is a highly trained and motivated member of the Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose guilt has been established both through human accounts of the night of 26/11, 2008, as well as forensic evidence. In his defence, Kasab insisted that the terrorist caught on CCTV is not him but a lookalike and rubbished all witness testimonies. This verdict is the biggest terror trial the city has witnessed in recent times. Those testified included many survivors, eyewitnesses, family members of the victims, police officials, foreign nationals, Indian security officials and officials from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). | ||
| Corey Dillon Arrested & Set Free on $50,000 for Spousal-Abusing Posted: 03 May 2010 05:31 AM PDT  Corey Dillon As per a close source of Corey Dillon, retired NFL star says the ex-running back is inflexible that he didn’t raise a hand against his wife to harm her last night — but he may have sprayed her with soy paste. Dillon was taken in custody from his home for the offense of spousal-abusing in yesterday night later which his wife, Desiree made a contact to 911 alleging she had been physically attacked. Corey commits that he & his wife — who registered for separation last month — were involving in an intense oral debate during dinner when they started “throwing water and soy sauce” at each other … but Corey strongly rejects that he roughed up Desiree. Corey was ultimately set free on $50,000 as bail charges. | ||
| A $3 Billion Deal To Strike In between Continental & United Airlines Posted: 03 May 2010 05:20 AM PDT A $3 Billion Deal To Strike In between Continental & United Airlines United and Continental Airlines declared on Monday they’re outlining the world’s biggest airline in a deal worth about $3 billion. The upcoming airline would hop Delta Air Lines in dimension and will schedule flights from Shanghai to South America. The aircrafts will display logo of Continental and will bear the name of United. After two years of chairmanship of United CEO Glenn Tilton, Continental CEO Jeffery Smisek will take over. The deal will at first require sanction from stakeholders and regulators and is likely to seal in the fourth quarter. The United Continental Holdings Inc. will remain as a parent company.it is also expected that this venture will generate revenue of about $29 billion, and $7.4 billion in unhindered cash. The companies claim that their amalgamation will save them $1 billion to $1.2 billion annually by 2013. That comprises $800 million and $900 million of new annual revenue generated from improved international service. United will hold 55 % of the shares of the newly formed company, with rest share in the lap of Continental Airlines shareholders. Continental and United will lie on top on 13 continuous routes out of them one or two will be carriers. The deal anticipates 75% to get approval albeit regulators want to see competition to get the fares down. This amalgamation will allow U.S. to see three giant airlines. United is the U.S.'s third-largest carrier by traffic whereas Continental Airlines is fourth biggest. A further major subject will be incorporating the pilot staff. One of the officials who spoke about the deal said pilots have been briefed. They will serve on a joint contract and will be represented by the Air Line Pilots Association. On Friday the market capitalization for both UAL Corp. and Continental was $3.62 billion and $3.12 billion respectively. Darryl Jenkins, said on the United-Continental amalgamation that they would be the leading carrier in U.S. markets, comprising New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston. It would tear Chicago with American and abandon Atlanta to Delta. Jenkins added the new United would exceed Delta in drawing esteemed corporate commuters, who assess suitable schedules to destinations they required to go. “Now we’ve got a company that can really clearly compete against Delta,” Jenkins said. “Mergers are all about revenue, and this is a tremendous boost for revenue.” Airline analyst Vaughn Cordle agreed that Smisek is a fine selection to direct the joint carrier. “He’s on top of the world’s largest airline, and has a chance to return to profitability,” Cordle said. “That’s not a bad thing to do.” | ||
| Peter Lopez Suicide-Note, Read What Secret it Includes Posted: 03 May 2010 04:58 AM PDT
 Michael Jackson Peter Lopez, the music lawyer, who had close knots of Michael Jackson – put down a suicide note that was entirely secret as to why he committed suicide as per the sources. As per a close source of Peter, on Friday morning he left the children at school. When they reached at home they are told Peter at the backyard shot himself in the head. Peter considered himself “stressed out” in the weeks that cause his death … but he did not commit anyone — involving his family — what was troubling him. Lopez was wedded with Catherine Bach for 20 years. They had two kids together. With regarding to the professional life, Peter with Michael Jackson, worked on the “Thriller” and too was the lawyer for The Eagles and too conducted as a co-producer on the movie “Selena.” | ||
| JooJoo Tablet Revolutionizing The Web Posted: 03 May 2010 03:53 AM PDT  Joojoo Tablet After much struggle between Fusion Garage and technology blog TechCrunch The JooJoo has at last received its much awaited release. At £374, the JooJoo is possibly low in price than the iPad and if talking about its appearances than its design resembles Apple's device. The JooJoo is bit heavy than the iPad and its widescreen design is more convenient and striking than the square iPad while carrying in hand. Considering all intents and purposes the JooJoo not just has wide-screen, with Wi-Fi-facility and web-browsing tool that too well-executed. Its bootong take only nine seconds and home screen carries the acquainted spirit like of a computer desktop with the application icons of the iPhone and iPad. On the desktop as you can say have a series of icons, which are direct links for the popular websites. These sites are further separated into class for rapid and simple entrance, that allows you to open multiple sites at one go in the similar way as other web pages are opened on computer. The JooJoo also allows to multi-task, it implies that YouTube video will keep running even if are tweeting or have opened another web page simultaneously. To add much delight for camera lovers JooJoo also has a front-mounted camera for Skype conferencing and video chats. JooJoo users have to excel the arrangement of single-finger and double-finger stir to scroll through pages or pulling up the menu bar. Now considering whether it is worth buying or not, let's have a look at its features. The accelerometer emerged to be wacky as it takes lot of time to revisit pages or rather stops at the wrong display type. The screen which is wider than the iPad, doesn’t look as clear and crisp as its Apple equal. Its on-screen virtual keyboard is a delight along with its ability to move get adjusted as per user's desire is enjoyable too. The JooJoo supports Flash, the technology Apple lacks. The JooJoo mode that YouTube has in its video playing provides non Flash-based Mpeg playback. JooJoo's video playback is decent, without buffering though the picture quality was compromised. While the JooJo offers an opening to the web, but it doesn't appear novel. It gives similar sense of desktop browsing on a mobile. If you wish to have a mobile browsing device that won’t cost you much, then the JooJoo is a good option, though it is expected that Fusion Garage will soon release a software update to solve a problem related to crashes and bugs. | ||
| Kasab, Mumbai Terror Attacker of 2008 Pronounced as Guilty, 2 Other Indians Released Posted: 03 May 2010 03:04 AM PDT  mumbai terror attack Mumbai: The only live Pakistani terrorist, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, held in custody for the Mumbai-attack in 2008, has been blamed guilty by a special court in Mumbai. 2 Indian nationals, Fahim Ansari & Sabahuddin Ahmed, charged of being the parts of Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba and doing work of investigation in Mumbai prior to the attack, have been released by the court. The verdicts were studied by M L Tahilyani, a special judge, and the debates on sentencing will start on Tuesday. The investigation in the case pointed on Kasab, the main accused, and 2 Indians Fahim Ansari & Sabahuddin Ahmed too put under blame. 10 Pakistani terrorists slipped out were caused the deaths of 166 persons & 244 got wounded. The alleged terrorists had aimed at numerous sites on 26th November 2008 such as: * World Heritage Building During the assessment period, numerous 653 eye-witnesses were tested by the prosecution & 675-page printed compliance was registered. The witnesses involved numerous survivors of the terrorist attacks, eyewitnesses, family-members of the victims, cops, several foreign tourists, Indian security guards and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers. Ujjwal Nikam, the public prosecutor told prior to the verdict “The prosecution has prepared a watertight case against all the three accused and we hope the verdict would be in our favor." So, the main culprit, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab in 26th November 2010, Mumbai terror attack is pronounced as guilty and 2 others are released by M L Tahilyani, a special judge. | ||
| Congress slams Reddy brothers for continuing as ministers Posted: 03 May 2010 08:18 AM PDT New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Congress Monday slammed Reddy brothers, the mining barons who are ministers in Karnataka, and a few of their colleagues for continuing in the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government while facing charges of assault, cheating, fraud and corruption. ‘How many of these ministers have offered to resign?’ asked Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi here. The Congress statement came a day after Haratalu Halappa resigned as the state’s food and civil supplies minister following a newspaper report that he sexually assaulted his friend’s wife in his home district of Shimoga. A criminal case was filed Monday by the victim. ‘Two ministers from the Reddy family face serious allegations,’ Singhvi told reporters. He added that Social Welfare Minister D. Sudhakar and Excise Minister Renukacharia face serious charges of bank fraud and harassing a woman, respectively. ‘This party (BJP) has always treated criminal charges lightly,’ Singhvi said, referring to senior BJP leader L.K. Advani’s tenure as deputy prime minister of the country while facing criminal charges under the Babri Masjid demolition case. ‘It (BJP) has always tried to preach…not practice. They have to explain to whom they are accountable,’ Singhvi added. New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Congress Monday slammed Reddy brothers, the mining barons who are ministers in Karnataka, and a few of their colleagues for continuing in the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government while facing charges of assault, cheating, fraud and corruption. | ||
| Iran to manufacture 18 new medical implant devices Posted: 03 May 2010 08:18 AM PDT Tehran, May 3 (IANS) Iran will manufacture 18 artificial biological devices in order to meet the requirement of sergical implants for the treatment of heart, bone and other ailments. With the help of Iranian experts of bone and cardiovascular implants, manufacturing of 18 new bio-implant products in the country is on the agenda so that the number of such products manufactured in Iran reaches 20, Ramezan-Ali Sadeqzadeh, deputy head of Industrial Development and Renovation Organisation (IDRO) told IRNA. He said that 40 pieces of cardiovascular bio-implants were successfully tested during cardio surgeries in various Iranian hospitals last year. Sadeqzadeh said the Islamic Republic has the capacity to produce 2,140 cardiovascular bio-implants a year. Tehran, May 3 (IANS) Iran will manufacture 18 artificial biological devices in order to meet the requirement of sergical implants for the treatment of heart, bone and other ailments. | ||
| Daimary confesses to serial explosions in Assam Posted: 03 May 2010 08:16 AM PDT Guwahati, May 3 (IANS) Terror mastermind and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) leader Ranjan Daimary Monday confessed that the Oct 30 serial explosions in Assam that killed 100 people and wounded around 800 were carried out under his express instructions. The 50-year-old terrorist made this sensational revelation before police interrogators during intense grilling at the Assam Police Special Branch Headquarters here. ‘I never thought the magnitude of the bombings would be so devastating. I regret and repent now for that horrific wave of bombings,’ Daimary told police interrogators 48 hours after his arrest. The NDFB chairman was arrested Saturday after he was handed over by Bangladesh to Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officials at the Dawki border post in Meghalaya. Daimary was Sunday sent to 12 days in police remand by the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Guwahati. ‘We triggered the blasts to make our presence felt and to show our strength to the central government,’ Daimary said. The NDFB leader said they never thought their plan of triggering nine near simultaneous explosions would materialise. ‘It was because of inefficiency on the part of the police that we succeeded in our plans,’ Daimary said. Nine serial explosions rocked Assam Oct 30, 2008 – three each in Guwahati and Kokrajhar, two on Barpeta Road and one in Bongaigaon. The planning for the serial explosions were hatched in Bangladesh in July 2008 and some trusted cadres were sent to all the blast sites to carry out a field study before executing the plan. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that probed the serial bombings named Daimary and 18 other NDFB militants as the main accused in the bombings. Guwahati, May 3 (IANS) Terror mastermind and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) leader Ranjan Daimary Monday confessed that the Oct 30 serial explosions in Assam that killed 100 people and wounded around 800 were carried out under his express instructions. | ||
| United, Continental merger to form world’s biggest airline Posted: 03 May 2010 08:16 AM PDT Washington, May 3 (IANS) America’s two major airliners, United Airlines and Continental Airlines, Monday announced a merger deal worth $3.2 billion to create the world’s largest airline. The combined company, which will fly under the United moniker and Continental logo, is now larger than Delta Air Lines, which became the country’s largest airline when it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008. It is expected to serve more than 144 million passengers per year and fly to 370 destinations in 59 countries. Continental already has several direct flights to India. ‘Combining these two companies is the best way to position ourselves … to thrive in the changing and competitive airline,’ said Jeff Smisek, chief executive of Continental, in a press conference with Glenn Tilton, chief executive of UAL Corp in New York. ‘Continental is strong where United is weak; United is strong where Continental is weak. Putting these two carriers together is a match made in heaven,’ he was quoted as saying by CNN. As a result of the merger, the companies expect to have annual revenues of $29 billion and save between $1 billion and $1.2 billion over the next three years. United and Continental discussed combining in 2008 and Houston-based Continental backed out, CNN reported. United boasts a stronger financial position this time around though. Last week, the Chicago-based company reported a first quarter loss of $82 million, much narrower than the $382 million loss posted a year earlier. And revenue jumped 15 percent to $4.2 billion. Thanks to an improved financial performance, United was expected to have more weight in the talks. Last weekend, the company pushed to base the deal on the closing price of its shares the day before an agreement is signed. Assuming the deal clears anti-trust hurdles, the combined airline would be based in Chicago and use the United name but would be run by Continental chief executive Jeff Smisek, a source cited by CNN said. Washington, May 3 (IANS) America’s two major airliners, United Airlines and Continental Airlines, Monday announced a merger deal worth $3.2 billion to create the world’s largest airline. | ||
| Murdered Delhi scribe’s mother arrested, family under suspicion Posted: 03 May 2010 08:14 AM PDT Ranchi/New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The mother of Nirupama Pathak, a Delhi journalist, was arrested Monday for allegedly being linked to her murder in what is being suspected to be an ‘honour killing’ over her relationship with a man from another caste. In Delhi, Pathak’s friends met National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas and sought harsh punishment for her killers. ‘We have arrested Sudha Devi and are interrogating the journalist’s father and brother. The arrest has been made on circumstantial evidence,’ Koderma’s Superintendent of Police (Koderma) G. Kranti Kumar told IANS. Pathak’s family home is in Koderma, around 200 km from Ranchi. ‘We are interrogating the family who are suspects in the murder. We will arrest other people also if we get evidence,’ Kranti Kumar said. ‘They are frequently changing their statements. First, her mother said she died due to electrocution. Later the family members produced a suicide note and said she killed herself by hanging from the ceiling fan. The post-mortem says she was murdered by smothering. It also revealed that she was 10-12 weeks pregnant,’ the official said. Vyas said the NCW had ’sought a detailed report from the Koderma district police about the death of the girl.’ Pathak, 23, worked for Business Standard in New Delhi. She had come home in Koderma district April 19 and was due to return April 28, but her reservation was cancelled. She was was found dead April 29. Passing out of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi last year, she was having an affair with her former batchmate – a relationship her parents reportedly did not approve of. ‘The investigation is continuing in the right direction, but the whole process will take longer time. I am determined to take the fight to its logical conclusion and get justice for her,’ Priyabhanshu Ranjan, whom Pathak wanted to marry, told IANS. ‘She called me on April 28 to say that her train ticket was cancelled and that she was kept under constant watch. But then on April 29 she sent me a message saying she will try to come to Delhi,’ said Ranjan, a journalist in the capital. Ranjan and Pathak’s friends are also planning to form a group to monitor the developments in the case. ‘It was suspected from day one that she was killed by her parents as she was planning to marry her IIMC batchmate who was from a different caste. We want stringent action against those behind the killing,’ said Ranveer Singh, another batchmate. Ranchi/New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The mother of Nirupama Pathak, a Delhi journalist, was arrested Monday for allegedly being linked to her murder in what is being suspected to be an ‘honour killing’ over her relationship with a man from another caste. | ||
| PSU insurers plan health claims settlement agency Posted: 03 May 2010 08:14 AM PDT Chennai, May 3 (IANS) Four state-owned non-life insurers – National Insurance Company, New India Assurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company and United India Insurance Company – are moving towards floating a common health insurance claims settlement agency or third party administrator (TPA). ‘The boards of United India and New India have approved in principle the formation of a common TPA. The boards of other two companies have to give the green signal. After that the structure of the new company and manning it will have to be decided,’ G.Srinivasan, United India chairman and managing director, told reporters here Monday. The four insurers are not happy with the manner in which claims are being processed and settled by the existing TPAs. Insurers complain about diversion of float funds provided to TPAs to other group ventures rather than for using it for settling claims. Further, the bulk of the business for the TPAs are provided by the government insurers with standalone health insurers and some non-life insurers deciding to settle claims in-house. With health insurance claims mounting, the four government owned non-life insurers are focussing on ways to minimise the claims outgo. United India’s health insurance claims ratio for last fiscal stands at around 131 percent. The earlier expectations of TPAs trying to bring down the treatment costs by hard negotiations with the hospitals have not materialised. ‘United India is trying to negotiate better rates with the hospitals. We are also tightening the supervision of the TPAs,’ Srinivasan said. Before the advent of TPAs, the big four non-life insurers were processing the claims in-house. ‘Earlier there was no cashless claims settlement – payment directly to the hospitals- it was always the policyholders getting reimbursement. The advent of cashless necessitates different set of IT infrastructure and people,’ said Srinivasan. He said consulting firm KPMG had given a report on the feasibility of setting up a common TPAs by the four companies a year ago. Chennai, May 3 (IANS) Four state-owned non-life insurers – National Insurance Company, New India Assurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company and United India Insurance Company – are moving towards floating a common health insurance claims settlement agency or third party administrator (TPA). | ||
| Haven’t got my due in Bollywood, rues Udita Goswami Posted: 03 May 2010 08:12 AM PDT New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Model-turned-actress Udita Goswami feels she has not got her due in Bollywood, which she is worthy of after doing quality work in films like ‘Rokk’ and ‘Paap’. ‘I haven’t got my due in Bollywood which I should have got till now. I have given films, done meaningful roles that not all actresses get. I feel the reason for my being on the backfoot could be that I don’t believe in public relation (PR) practices, which have become a regular routine for any celebrity,’ Udita told IANS in an interview. ‘But that is something that I can’t do, there are certain things that I don’t want to change about myself. I do my work with all honesty and there is no scope for short-cuts or cheating.’ The 26-year-old, whose latest movie ‘Chase’ released last week, said she makes it a point not to repeat her roles but is still typed cast to a specific genre. ‘I have been doing all kind of roles, but still I have been typed cast with this ‘bold tag’.’ ‘The only thing that I think I have not done is a happy romantic kind of film… romantic comedy. I know it is strange since most of the actresses have done something like that and not done the kind of films that I have done. I want to actually do something that is so common. I’m really looking forward to doing a happy romantic film now.’ Udita started her career in modelling and then moved to acting in 2003 with her debut film ‘Paap’ directed by Pooja Bhatt. After that she appeared in ‘Zeher’ with Emraan Hashmi and Shamita Shetty. Udita said the choice of director is the most important for an actor to get his/her due credit. ‘I look at a lot of things — first, the script, then the setup that you are working in and then the most important thing, the director… you know, even if it is a very regular script, it is the director who makes all the difference in giving the same ghisaa pitaa (regular) story an interesting look.’ The actress revealed that she is going back to college as she left her studies in between. ‘I’m going to Los Angeles.. I’m enrolling myself to the New York academy. It’s time I set my priorities right. I don’t care if 80 percent of our industry is not well read. I don’t want to be one of them. ‘I agree that I started my career quite early but I don’t want my kids to ever say that our mother is not even well educated. One can achieve what he wants but being educated is very important,’ she said. Udita’s future projects include Sunny Deol’s production ‘The Man’ where she plays a role of a spy and Shabnam Kapoor’s ‘Hello India’ starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Namrata Shirodkar. New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Model-turned-actress Udita Goswami feels she has not got her due in Bollywood, which she is worthy of after doing quality work in films like ‘Rokk’ and ‘Paap’. | ||
| Government to set up Broadcasting Authority Posted: 03 May 2010 08:12 AM PDT New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Moving beyond the contentious debate about content regulation, the government is looking at setting up a Broadcasting Authority of India, a nodal agency that would look into issues like foreign investment, digitalisation and a fresh TV rating mechanism (TRP). We are looking at setting up an authority which looks after other broadcasting issues, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters here Monday. ‘Content is not the only issue. This new body will deal with issues like TRP, digitalisation and FDI in media,’ said Soni. Some of the names being considered for the new body includes Broadcasting Authority of India, she said, adding that a task force has been set up for this purpose. The information and broadcasting ministry thought of a new nodal agency to address critical broadcasting concerns as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), to which it referred these issues for advice, was not able to respond quickly. With a spate of complaints coming in about the misuse of TV rating points(TRPs) to drive up competition among TV networks, the government is also considering setting up a body that could flesh out a more representative audience research mechanism, said Soni. The TRAI has recommended setting up of Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) which will go into the flaws of the existing TRP system and suggest a more acceptable and accurate alternative. Alluding to the dragging debate about a content code for electronic media, Soni said: ‘We are working towards a mechanism of co-regulation,’ she said. She added that her ministry has held several meetings with stakeholders on this issue, but was in no hurry to push the pace of evolving consensus on the issue. New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Moving beyond the contentious debate about content regulation, the government is looking at setting up a Broadcasting Authority of India, a nodal agency that would look into issues like foreign investment, digitalisation and a fresh TV rating mechanism (TRP). |
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