Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton might be having a good time abroad this week, but that sentiment is certainly not being shared by everyone in his presence.

Attendees of a Clinton Foundation Millennium Network fundraiser held Tuesday at the Old Vic Tunnels in London had serious complaints about the event, with one person giving it the highest dishonor of "worst party ever."

According to the Daily Telegraph, hundreds of ticket-holders who had paid between around $200 and $1,500 to rub elbows with celebrities and hear Clinton speak about climate change were forced to wait outside for hours.

High-profile guests such as actress Gwyneth Paltrow, model Lily Cole, entertainer Will.I.Am and Princess Beatrice of York weren't among those asked to wait.

Petrol price hike to hit common man

Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury Thursday attacked the central government for a sharp hike in petrol prices, saying it would hit the common man.

"The unexpected hike in petrol prices is not justified at a time when the international prices of crude oil are falling," he said here.

Yechury was here to campaign for the party's candidates for the Shimla Municipal Corporation elections slated for May 27.

Petrol prices have gone up by Rs.7.50 a litre.

The Left parties have condemned the petrol price hike as "a savage attack" on people and announced a nationwide protest May 31.

chernobyl

The film: Chernobyl Diaries, opening Friday, in which six young tourists visit Pripyat, the town abandoned by those who once worked at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. They think they’re alone, but of course, they aren’t, bwahaha!

The food: Only the bravest palates should venture near a basket of Duffy’s jumbo wings drenched in Atomic sauce, and then only if armed with a cold beer or the chain’s Home Run ’Rita, a margarita made with Cuervo Gold.

Duffy’s Sports Grill has multiple South Florida locations.

Jamia declares B.Ed result hours after exam

New Delhi: The Jamia Millia Islamia Thursday declared the results of its Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) course a few hours after the exam got over, leaving the students thrilled.

“We were able to declare the final results of our B.Ed. annual examinations on the same day on which the final paper was held today i.e. 10 May 2012,” said a statement issued by the 92-year-old university.

“The paper ended at 1 p.m. and by 5 p.m. the results were declared… the students were thrilled to know that their results were out so quickly,” added the statement.

According to Jamia, the B.Ed. course is one of the most sought after programmes in the varsity.

American Idol' Winner

Unlike the actual "American Idol" results show, we don't intend to keep you in suspense about the winner with two hours of filler. After 132 million votes cast last night (really, people?), the 11th winner of the juggernaut reality competition is ...

Phillip Phillips.

The White Guy With Guitar strikes again! Looks like that stereotypical streak on "American Idol" isn't being broken any time soon. Whatever else you might say about P-squared (and I fully expect you to in the comments section), the ladies seem to love him. He's got a radio-ready sound -- especially with his Mumford & Sons-esque winner's song, "Home" -- and he probably has the greatest chance of making an impact on the charts, as so many previous "American Idol" winners have failed to do.

Did he have the best vocals, an impressive range or the ability to work the stage? No. But that doesn't preclude him from being a successful artist, I suppose. He can at least play his own instruments and write his own songs, and he's had a firm grasp on his identity all season long, which certainly differentiated him from raw and malleable runner-up Jessica Sanchez. He's not the surprising choice, but perhaps he's the most logical choice, since "Idol" has always been a popularity contest more than a talent competition.

Both finalists have the talent (or at least the "right sound") needed to have successful careers, although I'll be interested to see how Phillip does under Jimmy Iovine, since he's seemed so anti-establishment, in terms of resisting the image and vocal makeovers the producers have been pushing on the contestants all season long. I actually think he might have benefited from escaping the show's gravitational pull if he hopes to be an original and distinctive artist (and Jessica probably could've used Jimmy's hand-holding), but time will tell.

yahoo axis

Axis, Yahoo's "new kind of browser" that launched yesterday, is an attempt to do something noble and important. Yahoo has taken away the search results page, the intermediate step where a search engine makes most of its money, in order to get the user straight to where she's going. Axis is a gamble to redefine search. Unfortunately, Yahoo lost the bet.

On paper, Yahoo played Axis just right. It skipped trying to compete with the dominant desktop browsers, instead offering a plug-in that works on all of them. That enables Axis users to extend their browsing habits to the Axis apps for iPad and iPhone, which is much less settled territory. Mobile and tablet browsing is the next frontier, and Yahoo is wise to focus the next stage of its business there.

Axis tries to reinvent search by getting rid of the results page. When you search, it displays a bar next to the page you're on with little previews of the sites it finds. This is supposed to be faster and more convenient, since the user can just look for the right preview, tap it once and load the page.

for Memorial Day

Consumers are feeling pretty perky about things going into Memorial Day, according to new new IBM data that could give retailers and the hospitality industry reason to smile over the long weekend.

The state's average gasoline price, though down 5.5 cents from a week earlier, is still higher than during Memorial Day weekend 2008. Analysts say this summer's outlook is difficult to predict.

For its latest social-media sentiment analysis project, IBM sifted through publicly available data from Twitter, Facebook and blogs to glean the “Desire Ratio” – or the proportion of positive comments compared to negative comments about such topics as shopping. It’s up five-fold this year over last year’s Memorial Day figures.

Selling Online Air Tickets by IRCTC

Ministry of Railways

Selling Online Air Tickets by IRCTC

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been selling air tickets at its website since May 6, 2010 as a white label arrangement with a backend content provider. However, now IRCTC has launched air ticketing website on its own since May 7, 2012. This initiative has been taken to improve customer satisfaction and provide a seamless passenger movement over various modes of transport. IRCTC has developed in house air ticketing module for booking tickets for domestic and international airlines through website irctc.co.in and railtourismindia.com.

IRCTC now has directly entered into agreement with the major airlines and the low cost carries in the country like Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Spicejet, Indigo and Go Air. Initially, the customer will be able to book tickets for these airlines for domestic travel and later the international airlines for international travel.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri Bharatsinh Solanki in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

'American Idol':Phillip Phillips

Phillip Phillips

Phillip Philips won “American Idol’s” Season 11, but he admitted to Access Hollywood on Thursday that there were times during the competition that he thought of leaving the show.

“Yeah, there was a time or two,” he told Access-Hollywood.com’s Laura Salt man of his thoughts about quitting due to his kidney situation. “But, I had great doctors and loving family and friends and just people who also help out with the show, just help you out, so it was good to have those people around to keep you in and keep you going.”

The 21-year-old revealed he’s been having trouble with kidney stones for about a year, and a stent was put in around the time the live performances started on Season 11 of “Idol.”

“I have to get all that fixed and what not,” Phillip told Laura, who was exclusive with the star as he travel led to Access Hollywood on Thursday.

The young man admitted he was in a little bit of pain from kidney stones during the two-night finale on FOX, but the night of his win, “was actually, a really good day,” he said.

Phillip had additional help from his girlfriend, who is involved in the medical field.

Syllabus for EIL Management Trainee (Electrical) Exam

Candidates, who have completed B.Tech/B.E in any of the disciplines i.e. CSE, IT, ECE, Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, are eligible for the position of Management Trainee in EIL. There will be two sections for the exam, General Aptitude and Technical Knowledge. Syllabus for first section is common for all candidates and that for the second section depends on the stream pursued by the applicant at graduate level.

Main Topics Covered under EIL Management Trainee (Electrical) Exam

• General Aptitude

• General Aptitude

• General Awareness

• Reasoning

• English Language

• Technical Knowledge

Man Arrested For Murder Of Etan Patz In 1979

etan patz

A man has been arrested and charged with the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz, 33 years after his death the police said on Thursday.

It’s a mystery that haunted New York – and gripped the country – and now Pedro Hernandez, 51, has confessed to choking the little boy in 1979 and he was charged with the slaying of Etan, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

PHOTOS: Celebs Involved In Murder

Kelly said that Hernandez told police he saw Etan on his way to school, promised him soda and lured him to a convenience store where he took him to the basement and choked him.

“He was remorseful, and I think the detectives thought that it was a feeling of relief on his part," Kelly said. PHOTOS: Celebs Who Have Done Jail Time "We believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime."

Earlier Thursday the police confirmed that they had New Jersey resident Hernandez in custody on Wednesday. His neighbors in Maple Shade, New Jersey said Hernandez lived with his wife and daughter who is in college.

ssc results

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has put out Class X results of the Chennai region through IVR & SMS. The rest of the regions will have their results ready by 4 o’clock today evening.

Quite some time back in 2010, Rediff had managed to offer SSC results online. The education system has come a long way on its own.

How can students know their results:

Students can dial +91 – 11 – 24357276 & make use of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to get results. An all India number 011 –28127030 has been dedicated to offer the results too. Anxious students can also opt for the traditional route of SMS. They simply need to type CBSE10 and send an SMS to 9212357123. Though the service is free, standard SMS rates will be applicable.

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hsc results 2012

amilnadu Directorate of Government Examinations has announced the +2 Results today.(May 22nd, 2012)

Nearly 7.5 lakhs students in Tamil Nadu appeared for the higher secondary examination (HSC) held this March.

Overall Pass Percentage for this year is 86.7

The HSC students can see their results online at tnresults.nic.in . They need to enter their Date of birth in addition to entering their registration number. And, this year Photo of the student will be included in the Plus Two Mark Sheet to prevent any fraud.

Mathematics - 2656 Students Scored 200 out of 200 (2720 students in 2011)

Chemistry - 1444 Students Scored 200 out of 200 (1243 students in 2011)

Physics - 142 Students Scored 200 out of 200 (646 students in 2011)

Biology - 616 Students Scored 200 out of 200

Computer - 665 Students scored 200/200

CBSE Class 10 Result 2012 Declared

CBSE Declared for class 10 Chennai Region on 21 May 2012. The result is available at

The results came on Monday, ending confusion over the timing of the announcement. The board uploaded the results on its website in the evening, taking schools and students by surprise. Of the 1.52 lakh candidates from the Chennai region, 54,741 opted for school-based exams. Of them, 432 are eligible to appear as eligibility for improvement of performance. They would have scored E1 and E2 grades.

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jim parsons - profile

jim parsons

Actor Jim Parsons has officially revealed he is gay in a New York Times profile piece.

The Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning The Big Bang Theory star, 39, is promoting his upcoming star turn in the Broadway production Harvey.

Parsons sat down for an interview with Times columnist Patrick Healy and his sexuality is mentioned near the end of the article.

The article also reveals Parsons has been in a relationship for 10 years.

ssc results

ssc results

The CBSE has finally declared the results of class X Board exams today. The results can be accessed at cbseresults.nic.in

Students can also get their results on their e-mail IDs if they have registered themselves on the following websites: www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in, www.cbse.nic.in Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cbse-10th-class-results-2012-x-results/1/197371.html

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), had earlier, declared Class X examination results for the Chennai region which had an overall 99.66 pass percentage. One can also access the Chennai results announced on May 21, 2012 at cbseresults.nic.in Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cbse-10th-class-results-2012-x-results/1/197371.html

Last year, the continuous comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system introduced by the CBSE had proved to be a boon for Class X students in Delhi. Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cbse-10th-class-results-2012-x-results/1/197371.html

fleet week

Staten Island Advance/Irving

Staten Island's Fleet Week Celebration kicks off tomorrow and continues through next Wednesday in Stapleton, with highlights including the Annual Splash Music Festival, the display of the National 9/11 Flag and the display of military ships at The Sullivans Pier.

Located at the former Homeport site in Stapleton, The Sullivans Pier was named in 1997 for the USS The Sullivans, a guided missile destroyer that was commissioned there. The name honors the five "Fighting Sullivan" brothers who died during World War II.

This year's Fleet Week Celebration welcomes the 2012 Operation Sail Parade of Sail and U.S. Navy Parade of Ships.

Magnificent military ships representing the U.S. Navy and coalition navies from countries around the world are coming together to honor and celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the penning of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

At the pier, free tours of the ships will be offered Thursday through Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The National 9/11 Flag will be on display at the pier Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The opening ceremony will be held at 10 a.m.

Petrol price hike

Government is all set to face a united Opposition onslaught on petrol price hike and price spiral as efforts are on to forge a larger political consensus for a Bharat bandh on the issue on May 31.

While the NDA has given a Bharat Bandh call for the day, the Left parties have decided to observe an 'All India Protest Day' on May 31 that will include strikes, picketing, demonstrations, rasta roko and rallies against the hike.

Sources in the Opposition camp said that efforts are also on in rope in the UPA allies like Trinamool Congress and DMK, who have opposed the fuel price hike yesterday.

JD-U president Sharad Yadav has also talked to Left parties and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in this regard, while attempt is on to take BJD and AIADMK also on board for the May 31 agitations, the sources said. Samajwadi Party is supporting the UPA government from outside.

A leader from the Opposition speaking on the condition of anonymity said that the attempt is to re-enact a scenario of July 5, 2010 Bharat bandh, when opposition parties from north and south with conflicting ideologies like that of BJP and Left had coordinated their agitations to oppose the fuel price hike.

Rejecting government's argument that the hike in petrol prices has been done by petroleum companies as the pricing of petrol stands deregulated, Yadav said, "This is an eyewash... We (NDA) are going to observe a Bharat bandh on May 31."

In a press statement, the Left parties, CPI-M, CPI, RSP and All India Forward Bloc said that the Left parties strongly condemn the steep increase in the price of petrol.

chaka khan

chaka khan

Chaka Khan will perform a tribute to her friend Whitney Houston at the Apollo Hall of Fame gala June 4, according to the New York Post. In addition, Lionel Richie and the late Etta James are to be inducted; Soul Train creator Don Cornelius and the songwriter Nick Ashford will also be honored. Past inductees include Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and the late Michael Jackson.

After increasing pressure from Islamic groups, Indonesian police denied Lady Gaga a permit needed to perform in the country, VOANews.com reported. In announcing their decision, Indonesian police also cited safety concerns as the Islamic Defender's Front, FPI, threatened to deploy 30,000 members to physically prevent the "Born This Way" singer from getting off the plane. Her tour also includes stops in Manila, Bangkok, Taipei and Hong Kong—and clashes have taken in those cities as well.

Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen to receive this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, according to the Washington Post. The talk-show host, 54, is the 15th recipient of the award. In a statement, DeGeneres said, "To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder .�.�. why didn't I get this sooner?"

Photographer Annie Leibovitz and chef/author/television host Anthony Bourdain received honorary CLIO Awards at the 53rd Annual CLIO Awards at New York's American Museum of Natural History May 15. The CLIO Awards celebrate creative professionals in the advertising, design and communications industries as well as visionaries in fields as diverse as photography, fashion, food, travel, literature and film. Comedy icon Joan Rivers hosted.

Joey Lawrence—best known for his role as the title character's brother on the '90s sitcom Blossom—will join the Chippendales' Las Vegas production, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. He will flaunt his muscles as he dances, sings and hosts the all-male exotic-dancer revue June 7-24 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Lawrence can currently be seen on the ABC Family series Melissa & Joey, co-starring Melissa Joan Hart.

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly leaving American Idol, according to US Magazine. The "Waiting for Tonight" singer has been a judge on the reality-competition show for two seasons—and received $20 million the second go-round. A source said that Lopez has "just too much going on for her right now." She has endorsements with L'Oreal and Gillette; her clothing line at Kohl's; a fragrance; an upcoming 20-city tour with Enrique Iglesias; various film projects; and a new album on the horizon.