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Pop Singer Raageshwari back with new album After a six-year hiatus which included recovery from a facial pralysis, Pop sensation Raageswari is back with her new album Sagari Rayn. The Lyrics and music has been given by her father Trilok Singh Loomba nad the videos are directed by Risabh Loomba, her brother This album will see raageshwari in a slightly different mode as the songs are a bit more on the classical notes. Raageswari has been training in classical musci of late.

Sunidhi Chauhan to sing at Asian Games After leading the nation carzy with Bidi jalai le and Crazy kiya re, Sunidhi now seems set to rock the world as she has ben invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games. She is the only Indian and one aomng three singers chosen to sing at the ceremony. Sunidhi, who had since her childhood been more inclined toward music than sports is excited about the performance. The song she wil be singing is English and has been composed a reputed Australian musican .

Mixed news for Sanjay Dutta Not booked under TADA Convicted uner Arms act and Destruction of Evidence.

Salman gets gaming You better get click fast and without Salman seeing you…if he sees you his dogs will be set at you and they will take of 10 pounds per bite from your body. Well I am talking about the new game Puppy razzi that Salman has inaugurated and people can play it on Zapak. Com, a segment of Reliance Etertainment. Salman has tied up with Zapak.com, which is stated as the largest online gaming company in the country to conceptualize games. Salman said there are more games coming up, on the lines of action, romance etc. Stating that gaming is the next big industry, COO of Zapak Rohit Sharma said that the site would have a revenue model based on advertisements and would later shift to revenue from downloads and subscriptions.

Joymoti screened at IFFI Manju Borah's Joymoti was screened at the IFFI yesterday following other inaugaral films. Joymoti is new version of the first assamese film by the same name directed by the Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, which was released 70 years ago. However, there are changes from the original film and also from play Joymoti Kuwori by Lakshminath Bezbaruah. This film, stated to be of international standards, captures Asom's scenery and also the politics of the period. The film is shot in cinemascops and Digital Dolby sound is used, making it the first assamese film to do so. Neeta Basumatery has enacted the role of Joymoti in the new film. The original film had Aideu Handique as Joymoti. The IFFI was inagaurated day before yesterday i.e. November 23. The first film to be screened was Volver, by Spanish filmmaker Padro Almodovar.

Nepal King to be powerless The ruling party and Maoists today signed an peace agreement, agreeing to bring to an end a 11-year conflict and also stip the King of all his powers. The royal property will be nationalised. As per teh agreement, the constituent assembly election will be held in June 2007.

AB Corp Ltd ventures into stage plays For play lovers this should be a news to cheer as AB Corp Ltd has ventured into production of plays. Their debut play Lali-Lila is set to be premeired on 19 Nov, in Sophie Hall, Mumbai. The play is the Hindi adaptation of a popular Gurjati play, and tells the tale of two girls - siamese twins joint at the hip. The play is highligted with splendid performances, which was evident from the appreciation of the crowd present during the Grand Rehearsal on 16 Nov.

Chota Rajan aide killed in encounter Mumbai 11: Last night Mumbai police shot down a gangster allegedly belonging to the Chota Rajan group after a tipp off from an informer. Ram Nayaran alias Lakhan Bhaiya was shot down after he did not respond to the police's warning to surrender. Lakhan Bhaiya had replaced Rajan's close aide Rohan Verma after the later was killed. The police recovered a country-made revolver from the dead. However the poice had no idea what the gangster was upto. Lakhan Bhaiya has been wanted for various crimes.

Rs 3100 cr for Guwahati facelift Guwahati is set for a major facelift after the central government apporved to release Rs 3100 crore for the purpose. The areas for development under the project include water supply, drainage, sewerage, road, transport, etc. At a press conference on Friday, the Minister for Guwahati Development, Himanta Biswa Sarma affirmed that the departments concerned had already been asked to prepare detailed project reports (DPRs) for submission to the Centre, with the DPR for solid waste management already being ready. A major chunk of the money is expected to be used for water supply in the city. The funds from the central government are expected to cover 90 per cent of the total expenditure towards the revamp while the reming amount is to be contributed by the state. For more reports log on to http://assamtribune.com/ ©.

Unnayan : A dream to be made true

The planet Pluto has been demoted to "small solar system bodies" like other comets by the International Astronomical Union as it doesn't satisfy the defination of a planet. This announcement came after a week when two more planets were discovered taking the total number of planets to 12. The tenth was discovered more than three years ago. However yesterday's declaration left the solar system with only eight planets. For now, membership will be restricted to the eight “classical” planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto has been disqualified under the new rules for a planet which says, “a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.” Pluto's orbit overlaps the orbit of Neptune.

NEW DELHI, Aug 17 – The escalating tension between Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) notwithstanding, the Centre today dismissed reports of Bangladesh grabbing 500 acres of Indian territory. In a Rajya Sabha reply, Minister of State for External Affairs, E.Ahmed said that reports about Bangladeshi nationals grabbing 2.02 sq km of Indian Territory have been found to be incorrect. Read Assam tribune for more details www.assamtribune.com

'The Hindu' on friday reported that the Indian government may release the top ULFA leaders who are in Indian Prisons. The government is trying to set up talks with the outfit next month. Meanwhile the ULFA has staged an increase in its activities in Assam in a ploy to pressurize the government to submit to their demands.

The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today accused the Congress-led governments at Delhi and Dispur of compromising with the security of the nation by overlooking the threat posed to the north-eastern region by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed fundamentalist forces. (further details : www.assamtribune.com)