Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009

The presentation show, rehearsals, dress rehearsal and the grand final will take place at Imperial Ballroom, in Atlantis Paradise Island Resort.

Schedule of Events

Bollywood Actress & Singer Shruti Hassan who is the daughter of the famous Actor Kamal Hassan seems to be  very excited about her first break in Bollywood opposite Imran Khan in the movie “Luck”.

She being daughter of the super star Kamal Hassan and Saarika has inherited the awesome looks and loads of in built talent which makes her a strong contender for the most promising new come of the year 2009 race.

watch the hottest Shruti Hassan from her latest Photoshoot.

Mike Tyson – Former heavyweight boxer – was arrested yesterday (November 11) at Los Angeles’ LAX airport for reportedly attacking a paparazzi photographer.

The argument happened in Terminal 7. Report say that the photographer came towards Tyson, his wife, and 10-month old daughter to take pictures and that’s when Tyson struck him. The statement says that this occurred since the photographer hit him first.

According to statements given to police by Tyson, he struck the man to defend his family after the photographer became aggressive and hit him first.

However, on the other hand, the  photographer said that Tyson puched him on the face and took away his camera when he cam e closr to Tyson.

Tyson was cooperative with authorities and seemed to be in calm state.

The most impressive part of Onam celebration is the grand feast called Onasadya, prepared on Thiruonam. It is a nine course meal consisting of 11 to 13 essential dishes.

Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the southern Indian state of Kerala. Onam 2009 is on September 2nd , Wednesday.

Risingsunofnihon.com wishes you all a Very Happy ONAM

Carnival of Onam lasts from four to ten days. First day, Atham and tenth day, Thiruonam are most important of all.

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Onasadya is served on banana leaves and people sit on a mat laid on the floor to have the meal.

Another enchanting feature of Onam is Vallamkali, the Snake Boat Race, held on the river Pampa.

It is a colourful sight to watch the decorated boat oared by hundreds of boatmen amidst chanting of songs and cheering by spectators.

Government of India has initiated some promotional schemes during the vibrant and colorful festival.

It promotes Onam internationally in a big way and celebrates ‘Tourist Week’ for Kerala during Onam celebrations.

Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists visit Kerala to be a part of Onam.

Kolkata Fashion week second edition will climax with a Manish Malhotra super show on 13th sept.

“My show was a tribute to Bengal craftsman. They are the best in the country. I just acted as a catalyst to showcase their work. We have such beautiful designs in Purulia.Embroidary is very good in Ulberia,” Kumar told reporters after the inaugural show.

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“When I started off in Kolkata 40 years before, I could not find a single craftsman ready to work. They all were interested in going in other fields despite having the skills,” she said adding that now the situation has improved.

The Miss Hong Kong 2009 pageant will be held in the Hong Kong Coliseum on August 22, 2009.

Below is the list of top 10 finalists that will compete for the 37th Miss Hong Kong title.

The Miss Hong Kong 2009 pageant is managed into 2 events. a preliminary event is held where 12 semi-finalists are selected from a group of candidates, the number of which is usually around 20-25 (with 30 being the maximum). Then a final event is held where the 12 semi-finalists are reduced to a final 5.

Miss Hong Kong 2009 delegates

Miss Hong Kong 2009 delegates in bikini

The 10 delegates

1. Hilaire Tsang – 曾曦寧, 23, 162cm
   
2. Esther Lam – 林潔瑜, 25, 170cm
   
3. Grace Cheng – 鄭寶源, 21, 168cm
   
4. Sandy Lam – 劉倩婷, 23, 161cm
   
5. Winnie Ma – 馬詠恩, 22, 165cm
   
6. Carly Wong – 黃嘉麗, 24, 168cm
   
7. Mandy Chung – 鐘溥敏, 24, 173cm
   
8. Mizuni Hung – 熊穎詩, 25, 168cm (from Vancouver, Canada)
   
9. Candy Yuen – 袁嘉敏, 24, 164cm
   
10. Germaine Li – 李姿敏, 24, 168cm
    

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SNDT  has released the M.Ed. Admission Schedule:- (2009-2010)

Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University (SNDT) is a women’s university in the city of Mumbai, India.

The university headquarters are situated at Churchgate in South Mumbai, while the main campus is in Santacruz – Juhu area of Mumbai. SNDT has three campuses: Two in Mumbai and one in Pune.

Sndt has number of colleges in various parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam, Goa as well.

M.Ed. Admission Schedule:- (2009-2010)
Distribution and acceptance of forms from 04-7-2009 to 19-7-2009 during office hours
(office is closed on Sunday)
Date Day Particulars
27-07-09 to 30-7-09 Mon-Thu
Displaying the data for verification. Students
should check their data and written request for
correction, if any, be submitted on or before
30th July 2009, before 4 p.m.
04-08- 09 Tue
Declaration of First Merit List (Provisional
admission List)
05-08-09 to 07-08-09 Wed-Fri Dates of Admissions (First Round)
10-08-09 Mon
Declaration of Second Merit List (Provisional
admission list) (If admissions are available )
12-08-09 to 14-08-09 Wed-Fri Dates of Admissions ( Second Round )
If required 3rd and 4th round will be carried out and schedule will be
declared later.
Note:- University reserve rights to change the schedule

engaged to a Hyderabadi businessman Mohammed Sohrab Mirza on Friday.

In an exclusive, by-invitation only function at a The Taj Krishna hotel at hyderabad, the evening’s celebrations were kicked off with a ceremonial exchange of rings.

Sania was dressed in a dazzling Shantanu & Nikhil, Swarovski-studded ghagra, snugly fit at the hips and gaining in flare around the ankles.

Sania had picked the colours for the occasion — emerald green and gold — much in advance.

‘‘We’ve had this choker in our family for 75 years, emerald set in dull gold. It is my mother’s. Before her, it was my dadi’s and I wanted to wear it,’’ Sania said

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Google the internet search giant gave shock threat to China as quit. China based cyber spies struck the Google and 20 other unidentified firms in an apparent bid to hack into the email accounts around the world.

The search engine espionage Google reconsidering its business operations in China and its felt no longer filter internet search engine results in that country.

Chief legal officer Google  wrote in his blog as “these attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered—combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web—have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China”.

Also mentioned “”we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on google.cn and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government, the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search within the law, if at  all”.

He also felt government demand for filtering internet search engine results mean having to shut down its operations in china.

To this reaction from Google is supported and hailed from human rights activists. In surprising note Google said their investigation revealed that the accounts of human rights activists of China  who use Gmail in Europe, china or US have been “routinely accessed” using malware sneaked onto their computers.