ANNALILA: Anna demands debate in Parliament from tomorrow!

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PTI / The Hindu / NEW DELHI, August 25, 2011.

A young supporter waives National flags at Ramlila Maidan, where Anna Hazare fasting in support of Jan Lokpal Bill for the tenth day, in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt.

Reacting to Parliament’s appeal to end his fast, Anna Hazare on Thursday demanded that Parliament discuss three key issues on Jan Lokpal from Friday and create an agreement, failing which he will not end his fast.

“I have sent a message to the Prime Minister. If you want to pass Jan Lokpal bill then start the discussion tomorrow morning. I have three demands. If there is support (for them), then I can consider ending the fast,” he told his supporters at the Ramlila Maidan here.

He was reacting to the appeal from Parliament that he end his fast after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made an offer to the civil society that the Jan Lokpal Bill will be discussed by Parliament.

Mr. Hazare's three demands to the Prime Minister includes, citizen’s charter, Lokayuktas in all States with Lokpal powers and inclusion of lowest to highest bureaucracy under the ambit of the Bill.

"If there is agreement on all these three issues then I can consider ending my fast but not protest," he said.

Mr. Hazare said he has sent this message through Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh when he came to meet him at the fast site and appealed to him to end his hunger strike.

“You (PM) say, you are worried. Now he is saying that we are worried but for ten days you were not worried. It went on like this,” he said, adding the government had betrayed him twice in the past and now he would not like to be betrayed for the third time.

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TELECOM NEWS: End to unsolicited SMS within six weeks - Kapil Sibal

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Special Correspondent, The Hindu / NEW DELHI, August 19, 2011.

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal. Photo: Kamal Narang.

The menace of unsolicited text messages (SMS) in mobile phones is likely to come to an end in six weeks when the ‘Do Not Disturb (DND)' number 1909 becomes operational, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

Mobile phone users can opt for not receiving SMS in seven categories such as real estate, credit cards, consumer durables, banking and finance, by registering their number in the National Do-Not-Call (NDNC) registry by calling or sending an SMS to toll-free number 1909, he said during question hour.

“This will be in place in the next six weeks. Users can opt for not receiving messages for any of the seven categories or all of these. Once a number is registered, the server will block unsolicited text message if a tele-marketer tries to send it,” he said.

The NDNC Registry is a database with a list of all telephone numbers of subscribers who do not want to receive Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC). Mr. Sibal said the government would impose very heavy fine on tele-marketers who violate the DND.

On first offence, a fine of Rs.25,000 will be imposed and a similar amount will be imposed on subsequent five offences after which the registration of the tele-marketer will be cancelled.

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END OF SITCOMS: Desperate Times for TV Networks!

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Jace Lacob, thedailybeast.com / Aug 8, 2011 10:19 PM EDT.

With the announcement that long-running 'Desperate Housewives' is to end, Jace Lacob examines the death of massively popular scripted TV.

The fall of 2004 kicked off a television season that brought us some of the biggest hits of the last decade, launching Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, and House. Seven years later, those supernovas are either burning out or dead altogether, victims of audience fatigue or oversight, as their once-huge numbers dwindled year after year. ABC announced on Sunday that Desperate Housewives will end its run in May—the demise of the once powerful drama signals a death knell for serialized storytelling at the broadcast networks.

The TV graveyard is littered with the remains of ABC’s attempts to find replacements and companions for its surprise hit Lost (which ended in May 2010), none of which clicked with viewers. (Remember The Nine? No? You’re not alone.) With the loss of Desperate Housewives and the eventual loss of Grey’s Anatomy, ABC faces a terrifying challenge of making do without its event series, as its viewership erodes under competition from cable, the Internet, Netflix, and delayed DVR viewing. Can any upcoming serialized show on the broadcast networks even dream of the enormous ratings these shows once pulled in their prime? (Grey’s Anatomy lured 11.4 million last season, compared to a second season high of 19.8 million; House has lost nearly half of its audience in the last four seasons, as Season 7 drew 10.3 million versus Season 3’s 19.4 million; Housewives’ 11.9 million last season is way off from the 23.7 million in Season 1; and Lost’s final season drew its lowest ratings ever.)

Fox believes it has a shot at ratings glory with its prehistoric/time travel drama Terra Nova, or it could have an expensive disaster on its hands. But what it likely won’t have is an opportunity to ensnare nearly as many viewers as Housewives or Lost did back in their respective heydays, when both shows commanded more than 18 million viewers. While the seemingly halcyon 2004-2005 season may not seem that far off, it represents an era of veritable possibility compared to the complicated times the networks are facing right now. Whether or not Terra Nova clicks with viewers, for the broadcasters, these are desperate times indeed.

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INDIA's SHAME: End manual scavenging in six months, PM tells states!

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June 17, 2011 / IANS / New Delhi / DC.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a press meet - Agencies.

Calling it one of the 'darkest blots' in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday asked states to pledge to eliminate manual scavenging within six months.

"One of the darkest blots on our development process is that even after 64 years of independence, we still have the heinous practice of manual scavenging," Manmohan Singh told the inaugural session here of a two-day conference of state ministers of welfare and social justice.

"Today, I would like you to pledge that this scourge will be eliminated from every corner of our country in the next six months. The conversion of dry latrines must be completed once and for all," he said.

Until and unless this scourge is totally eradicated from our soil, we cannot call ourselves a modern civilisation!

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule could end in One Month!

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Great News, it could end the civilian strife and the military oppression.


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