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    Actress Celina Jaitly, who got married to Dubai-based Austrian hotelier Peter Haag last July, gave birth to twin boys on Saturday, March 24.

    Haag tweeted: 'I am so happy to inform you that @celinajaitly and myself have been blessed happy healthy twin boys, Winston and Viraaj. I am over the moon!'

    Bipasha Basu tweeted her wishes: 'Dear darling Congrats on the birth of two bundles of love!Here's to good health fr mom n babies.'

    Koena Mitra wrote: 'Congrats momma !! Lotsa love to you and your baby boys :) god bless .. Hugs.'

    IPL 2012: Big B working hard for the opening ceremony

    The fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) will start from 4 April to run until 27 May. IPL 2012 will see nine franchises competing against each other in its preliminary stage. This nearly two-month long cricket tournament will host 72 matches in 12 venues.

    Cricket fans around the world are excitedly waiting to see performance of local players along with foreign players. They will appear in a colorful dress. Tickets of the IPL matches will be available soon in different parts of India. However, tickets can be bought from online also. Interested people can book their tickets at Bookmyshow.com.

    Price of the tickets is divided into different categories- Silver- Rs. 1500, Book Now Gold- Rs. 3000, Book Now Diamond- Rs. 5000 and Book Now Platinum- Rs. 8000.

    Opening ceremony of IPL 2012 will take place on April 3, one day before the opening match between Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai. Opening ceremony will be launched at the YMCA College of Physical Education at Nandanam in Chennai.

    Big celebrities from home and abroad will perform on this night. Opening ceremony will be hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, the legendary Bollywood actor. It is heard that Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor will add extra glamour with their sizzling performance. Salman Khan and Prabhu Deva will also perform for the show.

    Katy Perry will also be present at the ceremony to make it a beautiful show.

    SBI alone has an exposure of Rs 1,408.45 crore to Kingfisher Airlines

    Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines owed over Rs 5,600 crore to public sector banks as on February this year, the government has said.

    The consortium of 13 PSU banks, including State Bank of India (SBI, have an exposure of Rs 5,608.07 crore to Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) as on February 2012, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said in a written reply in Lok Sabha last Friday.

    Replying to a query on whether SBI has any proposal to extend a financial lifeline to Kingfisher Airlines, Meena said," State Bank of India, leader of the consortium of lenders, has informed that no such lifeline has been extended to Kingfisher Airlines Ltd by them during the current financial year."

    SBI alone has an exposure of Rs 1,408.45 crore to KFA. The airline, which has a debt of Rs 7,000 crore and an accumulated loss of over Rs 6,000 crore, has been operating only 16 of its 64 aircrafts since last month. It has quit Kolkata and Hyderabad routes completely.

    I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost “Just Because”

    I headed down to the Santa Clara Microsoft Store this morning after hearing about the Windows Phone challenge last night. For those not familiar, anyone who completes a task faster than a Windows Phone on their own smart phone can win a $1000 Special Edition Laptop assuming they meet some standard terms and conditions. Those who “get smoked” by a Windows Phone, have the opportunity to trade in their existing device for Windows Phone.

    After signing a waiver agreeing to let Microsoft use a photo of me in their advertising, I got in line for the challenge. I was using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus which runs the latest Android operating system on the Verizon Wireless network. As requested, I shut down my phone and powered it on in front of an employee when it was my turn. (I’m assuming they don’t want anyone pre-launching any apps in advance.)

    The Microsoft Store employee I was up against then explained the selected challenge. Her exact words were the following: “bring up the weather of two different cities.” The one who could do that first would win. I felt like I struck gold since I knew I already had two weather widgets on my home screen: one for my current location (San Jose, CA) and another for Berkeley, CA.

    After a three-second count down, I hit the power button on my phone and said “DONE!” out loud. I had disabled the lock screen entirely, which is a rather awesome out-of-the-box feature of Android that takes you straight to the home screen with a single push of the power button. I didn’t even need to touch the screen, since the two weather widgets were already there.

    World's 50 Most Delicious Foods

    "There is no love sincerer than the love of food," George Bernard Shaw said. Judging by the number of amazing dishes out there, he was right.

    But which are the tastiest? We’ve scoured the planet for what we think are 50 of the most delicious foods ever created.

    No doubt some of you will be left reeling: “How did French fries not make the list?!” That’s where our Facebook poll comes in.

    Head over there once you’ve finished here and let us know: what’s your favorite food?

    For now, feast your eyes and control your drooling, as we reveal the world's most delicious foods:

    Also, don't forget to check out our choices for the best dishes and restaurants around Asia,
    on our BEST EATS page
    01. Buttered popcorn, United States

    Corn -- the workhorse of the industrial world -- is best when its sweet variety is fried up with lashings of butter till it bursts and then snarfed in greasy fistfuls while watching “Commando” late at night.CLICK HERE MORE DETAIL

    Santorum loses cool with press over Romney comment

    What started as a good day for Rick Santorum took an abrupt turn on Sunday after the GOP presidential candidate grew frustrated with reporters asking him to clarify his remark that Mitt Romney is the worst Republican in the country to take on President Obama.

    During his final campaign stop of the day here, Santorum said of Romney, “Pick any other Republican in the country, he is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama." The comments, Santorum would clarify, were in reference to the similarities between Romney's and the president on the issue of health care. It is a common critique he levels against his chief rival, but never has the former Pennsylvania senator called Romney the "worst Republican in the country" to go head-to-head with the president.

    When pressed by reporters to clarify his statement, Santorum said, “On the issue of health care. That’s what I was talking about, and I was very clear about talking about that. OK? Come on guys, don’t do this. I mean you guys are incredible. I was talking about Obamacare, and he is the worst because he was the author of Romneycare.”

    But the questions struck a chord with Santorum, and when he faced the same question again, he used a profane word and accused the media of "distorting" his speech.

    However a press release sent out from the Santorum campaign shortly after the rally here seemed to double down on the candidate's comments. "Rick Santorum spoke plainly and clearly that of all the Republicans in the field, Mitt Romney is the worst possible candidate to take on Barack Obama, because Mitt Romney authored the blueprint for Obamacare and the issue of healthcare would be off the table," the release said.

    Santorum has done a lot of clarifying lately, with recent comments suggesting Obama would be a better choice than Romney in a general election and saying the unemployment rate will not affect his campaign. In both cases, he accused the media and his opponents of taking his words out of context. But in both cases, the Romney campaign used his own words against him.

    A look at the naked chef in Hong Kong

    A nude cooking show is set to launch this month on the adult channels in Hong Kong.

    Each 30-minute episode of the Cantonese language show will be hosted by 26-year-old Flora Cheung and broadcast on the Ice Fire channel on NOW TV, Hong Kong Broadband Network and TVB Pay Vision.

    "Most men don't like to cook, but I want to get them interested," Cheung told the South China Morning Post.

    For a taste of the show, check out the trailer on Youtube. The camera follows Cheung as she navigates the wet markets of Hong Kong, fully clothed. After she purchases ingredients, Cheung goes into her kitchen to cook. Here, the host strips and dons a transparent apron that protects her and yet reveals all. GET MORE Detail CLICK HERE

    Katy Perry vs. Zoe Saldana – Fashion Faceoff

    Pop star Katy Perry and "Avatar" actress Zoe Saldana don't exactly have the same tastes in fashion. Katy prefers out-there ensembles, like the glow-in-the-dark gown she sported at the 2010 Met Gala, while Zoe usually opts for a more sophisticated and lady-like style. Recently, though, their closets collided when the two stepped out in very similar versions of a gold-and-white Balmain Spring 2012 mini dress just seven months apart. Now it's up to us to decide who wore it better!READ MORE HERE

    UFO Sighted by Chinese Aairline Pilots

    Saturday's UFO was reportedly so massive that it was seen in Shanghai and Beijing at the same time. [This artist's rendering is not of the UFO in question.]

    An unidentified flying object (UFO) was reported above Shanghai and Beijing at the same time on August 20.

    The “colossal unidentified glowing ball” was first sighted around 9 p.m. last Saturday above Shanghai by a Chinese civil aviation pilot flying China Southern Airlines flight CZ655 from Shanghai to Changchun.

    The pilot, nicknamed “The girl-picking mushroom 168” (采姑娘的小蘑菇168) on the Internet, reported the incident via Sina Weibo and described it as a shocking experience.

    “[The object] expanded from small to large and was spherical in shape. It was hundreds of times larger than the moon and its diameter seemed to reach 50 sea miles (92.6 kilometers),” the pilot wrote on Weibo.

    The pilot added that the UFO faded gradually after hovering above Shanghai for about 20 minutes.

    “The girl-picking mushroom 168” was not the only one to spot the UFO. According to the East China Air Traffic Control Bureau, its air control department received reports from several pilots on August 20 about the UFO.

    “Based on their descriptions, the glowing object was far away from the airplanes and posed no danger to flight safety and civil aviation,” East China Air Traffic Control Bureau told the press.

    No flights were affected by the UFO in Shanghai. READ MORE

    Trayvon Martin Killing: George Zimmerman's Attorney and Friend Speak Out

    The attorney counseling George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin as he was walking home from the store with a bag of Skittles, says if charges are filed, Zimmerman will argue that he acted in self-defense and that Florida's stand-your-ground law applies.

    Attorney Craig Sonner said the public is only hearing part of the story, and when all the facts come out, it will be clear that Zimmerman acted in self defense. A grand jury is scheduled to begin hearing the case April 10.

    "George Zimmerman suffered a broken nose, and had an injury to the back of his head, he was attacked by Trayvon Martin on that evening," Sonner said. "This was a case of self defense."

    When asked why Zimmerman went after Martin, even though a 911 dispatcher told him not to, Sonner said: "Those are questions that will be answered."

    Trayvon Martin Case: Timeline of Events

    Sonner said the so-called stand-your-ground law, under which a person who feels threatened is not required to retreat and can "meet force with force" if attacked, will be applicable in the case.

    Sonner insisted that Zimmerman is not a racist, pointing out that he and his wife mentored for two black children for free. READ MORE

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