Home at last! Victorious Obama returns to White House for four more years... but market crash reveals scale of challenge ahead

• Stocks plunge 200 points at the opening bell on Wednesday morning and closed down 323 points
• Republican challenge say they will hold Obama to his pledge to work with both sides of the political aisle
• Obama joined by wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia as they depart for the White House on Air Force One
• Obama won re-election after holding on to key swing states - including Ohio 

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Saif and Kareena Kapoor's Agent Vinod Poster and Trailer Video

The first look poster and trailer video of Saif Ali Khan's upcoming movie Agent Vinod was released on January 24, 2012. Watch trailer video.



After Kurbaan, real life couple Kareena and Saif Ali Khan will be acting together again in Agent Vinod.
The trailer shows Saif Ali Khan held captive under different situations and the only thing his captor keeps asking is his identity. See photo gallery.

Even actress Kareena Kapoor is seen asking an apparently drugged Saif “Tumhara naam kya hai?” to which Saif says: “My name is Anthony Gonsalvez”.

The movie was shot in Mumbai, Morocco and Latvia. Written by Sriram Raghavan and Arijit Biswas, Agent Vinod is directed by Sriram Raghavan and produced by Saif and his partner Dinesh Vijan. The movie is scheduled to release on March 23, 2012.

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India to complain to US over TV host Jay Leno joke

India will formally comlain to the US regarding the joke by US TV host Jay Leno in which he said that the Golden Temple in Amritsar was a summer home for wealthy presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Indian Minister Vayalar Ravi said the joke by "The Tonight Show" host as "quite unfortunate and quite objectionable" and said that the Indian embassy in Washington would raise the issue.

The Hindustan Times wrote that angry members of the Sikh community in the US circulated an online petition protesting the "derogatory depiction" of the Golden Temple, adding that "Jay Leno's racist comments need to be stopped right here".
  
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Ravi said he had not watched the show himself, but that the Sikh community in the US had lobbied him to take action against it.
  
"Freedom does not mean hurt the sentiments of others... This is not acceptable to us and we take a very strong objection for such a display of an important place like Golden temple," Ravi was reported to have said.
 
The petition has currently garnered about 2,000 signatures. A Facebook group calling for a boycott of Leno has amassed nearly 3,000 followers.

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Vidya Balan's 10 avatar for item song Ferrari Ki Sawari

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, after doing the sensuous role in the movie ‘The Dirty Picture’, is now ready to do another a full-fledged item song in the movie ‘Ferrari Ki Sawari’ directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Vidya is making sure that everything is perfect and up to the mark for the song. The actress has even gone through elaborate tests so as to finalise her makeup, hair and costumes.
Director Rajesh Mapuskar and the actress have gone through over ten different appearances, but till now have not finalised on one particular look.
Sources from the production unit say that since the makers have not finalised on a single look till now the designers will now sketch out new set of looks for the actress.
Producer Vinod Chopra, while talking about the look of Balan in the movie, said that they have gone through various looks but they plan to go through the tests once again to finalise the perfect one.

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MTV Roadies set its mark on the Indian government too

The Indian Government surprisingly announced that it was going to leverage the auditions of the ever growing popular reality TV show, the MTV Roadies, for filling up the backlog of officers in the IAS.
According to an excerpt from the official press release:
“Youngsters who clear the rigorous grilling by the three iconic judges are a national asset who must be valued and channelized appropriately. They possess just the right mindset for changing the nation as well as the passion required for being successful.
"Keeping the light this available talent pool and the existing shortfall of officers for the prestigious Indian Administrative Services, it was proposed that people who clear the Roadies auditions should get a direct entry to the IAS interviews, bypassing the nearly two year long process involving the gruelling prelims and mains papers.

"Upon clearing these interviews, successful candidates would then be assigned their cadres and sent for training. Successful completion of training would see them returning to serve the nation as IAS officers.”
A sane decision from the Government finally and a proud day for the team behind the MTV Roadies!

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Poonam Pandey again in bikini sizzles

When it comes to taking the social networking sites and blog world by storm, very few can beat the sexy Poonam Pandey. The controversial babe wrote on her micro-blogging site today, "After a Long time Sharing a Pic with u "Eye Candy" in Next 10 mins," she added further, ""Eye Candy" TWeethearts!!! Love u alll muwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"  - Poonam Pandey

 

Few weeks back, she posted another photo in a black bikini supporting the Indian cricket team saying: "Lets support the Indian cricket team, they need that surely in Aus. Play on India we are all with you"

Recently, when Telecom and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal urged social media executives to screen content on their websites, Poonam openly opposed it.

When her Facebook account was disabled, she took to Twitter to announce that her profile was disabled because she spoke against screening of content on social networkings.

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Rajinikanth website runs when you disconnect internet

It may sound like another Rajinikanth joke, but a new website dedicated to the superstar runs 'without an Internet connection'! Visitors to www.allaboutrajni.com are greeted with a warning that "He is no ordinary man, this is no ordinary website. It runs on Rajini Power" and are advised to switch off their Internet connection to enter the website.

Only when the web is disconnected, one is allowed to explore the site.

Netizens can trace the story of the legend from the beginning, read inside scoops from his films and get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes action, while browsing through famous Rajini jokes about impossible feats only he can achieve.

"The unbelievable spectacle of running a website without the Internet is a tribute to Rajinikant's larger than life image," claimed Webchutney's creative director Gurbaksh Singh, who developed the site for Desimartini.com.

With a heady mix of foot-tapping music, vibrant splash of colours, quirky quotes and illustrations, and icons in true Rajni style and lingo, the unique website reflects Rajini's signature style.

Singh told PTI that the website is based on a complex algorithm running in the back-end that keeps an eye on the propagation of data packets between two terminals.

Magic kicks in soon as the Internet speed is down to zero, which is the basic premise on which the site and the concept have been constructed.

The humour element on the website is accentuated by the error message in typical Rajini style that appears if a visitor attempts to re-connect the Internet.

"Aiyyo! That was unexpected. To keep browsing, switch off your Internet," reads the message.
"The website has received a phenomenal response and has gone viral with several thousand hits and counting, along with innumerable shares and mentions across the web, especially on popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter," Singh said.

"After a few iterations and testing, we cracked the code required to build the world's first website that runs without the Internet - a website that runs offline - which is as awesome and unbelievable as miracles and stunts associated or performed by Rajni himself," he said.

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