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Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam our ex-President passed away on 27th July 2015 while he was addressing the students of IIM Shillong. The entire nation was stunned beyond words on the passing away of such a great man in such a sudden manner. His body was kept in state in Delhi where Leaders of various hue paid their homage. Thereafter his body was flown to Rameswaram for the last rites as per the wishes of his family members. He was buried on 30th July in Rameswaram. The funeral was attended among others by the PM Shri Narendra Modi, Shri Rahul Gandhi, various Chief Ministers, Leaders of various political parties and other dignitaaries. The day 30th July 2015 was declared a public holiday by the State Govt. All the schools, colleges, State Govt. offices, private establishments were closed. Special buses were arranged from various parts of the State to Rameswaram for the people to pay their last respects to their departed leader. Interestingly all the shops put down their shutters as a mark of res

LINGAA

Lingaa Rajinikanth's latest flick is disappointing to say the least. Rajni has lost his old fervour with his advancing age. His reflexes have withered. Gone is his action. Not a great dancer himself he use to make up this deficiency with his style. Even that has disappeared. The storyline is far from convincing. No wonder his film is a flop

AAP's victory

AAP has scored a stunning victory in the Delhi Assembly polls.  Winning 67 out of the 70 assembly seats leaving BJP far behind with 3 seats and Congress with no score. This stunning victory was unexpected.  With PM Modi's high voltage campaign and with about 120 MPs and 13 ministers being deputed for the election the results have been a great dampner for the BJP.  Even AAP would not have expected to win with such a margin. Most of the pollsters got it wrong.  They predicted victory for AAP with a simple majority but not this margin.Only News24-Chanakya came near. Even they have predicted 48 seats for AAP and less than 20 for BJP. But nobody expected less than 5 for BJP. Winning election is one thing and sustaining this momentum for the next 5 years is another thing. Now the AAP can table the Jan lokpal bill which gave them an alibi to resign within 50 days of power in 2013 saying the opposition never allowed them to table the bill. Now Arvind Kejriwal has to prove that he is an ad