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Name ‘Dasavatharam’ is opening to packed houses everywhere. Mayajaal is opening with 47 shows per day and Inox has opened with 10 shows per day. All tickets were sold out in a matter of hours. It was the same story at Abhirami cinema and the film is houseful till Sunday. The film is releasing in more than 20 theaters in Chennai.

Namitha says, “Everyone has his or her own plus points. But today, there are so many girls knocking doors of fame. I can’t compare myself with anybody else. I am the tallest and the best sexy and talented. All I can say is my height hasn’t been a problem so far. Already I’ve shared the frames with top heroes in the South Cinema Industry.”

Favorite films of Namitha: Parthiban’s Pachaikuthirai, Billa, in Telugu Genini, Okka Raju okka Rani.

. Arun Vaidyanathan is the Writer/Director/Producer of the film. He says, “Achchamundu! Achchamundu! is a thriller movie which is the first tamil film to be shot in the RED camera and this film is entirely shot in USA”. Prasanna and Sneha star in “Achchamundu! Achchamundu!”. To know more about the film, please visit http://www.aathemovie.com

. In an interview with Namitha, in a shooting of Sundar C’s film in a theatre, she asks “Who doesn’t like to be called the sex symbol of the south. You know Hollywood stars Scarlet Johansson and Nicole Kidman. They are very sexy and talented. Every actor work hard to get the name on the screen. But for me it comes naturally. I want people to say Namitha is a combination of sexy and talented. That’s what I’m aiming at.”

The Valedictory function of the St.Bede’s Sports Foundation’s Summer Cricket Camp was held recently. Awards were presented for U-10, U-13 and U-16 category during the prize distribution function on 30 May 2008. In the Under-10 category, the best batsman award went to D. Anchit, best bowler award was given to V.K. Karthikeyan, best fielder award to S.Lokesh and the best all-rounder award went to Anirudh. In the Under – 13 category, Darryl S. Ferario got the best batsman award, R.Ashwin secured the best bowler award, S. Porselvan received the best fielder award and the best all-rounder award went to Abinava. In the Under-16 category, the best batsman award went to B. Rahul, best bowler award was given to Jithendra, best fielder award to A.R. Anandh and the best all-rounder award was given to B. Apparajith.

The Asiatic Cricket Academy conducts cricket coaching on all Saturdays (between 2.30 pm and 6.00 pm) and on all Sundays (between 5.45 am and 9.30 am) from the 7th June 2008 at the English Electric (Areva T & D) grounds, Pallavaram, G.S.T. Road, Chennai – 43.

Aerobatics is the skillful demonstration of flying maneuvers for recreation or entertainment. Aerobatics is also a famous and well known sport. The pilots fly the aeroplane in different aerobatic maneuvers such as rotation, looping and different styles of flying. The aerobatic aircrafts usually fall under two categories namely specialist and capable. The famous aerobatic teams in India and abroad which perform excellent aerobatic public air shows are the following, namely - Sagar Pawan (Indian Navy), Surya kiran (Indian Air Force), Sarang (Indian Air Force), Blue Angels (US Navy), Thunderbirds (US Air Force), Blue Eagles (UK), Rouletters (Royal Australian Airforce), the Blue Diamonds (Philippine Air Force), Sherdils (Pakistan Airforce), Partrouille da France (French Airforce). International and national aerobatic air shows competitions have become a popular sport today across the world.

A police officer near Cincinnati stopped a car for suspicious driving and found that a drunken 29 year old mother had her one year old son take the wheel.

The man known as French spiderman climbed the New York tower building to draw attention to global warming six hours later another made a copy cat ascent.

A black jumbo water melon auctioned in northern Japan fetched a record price of 650000 Yen (Rs.2.5 lakhs) making it most expensive water melon ever sold in the world.

72 year old Parida Kamesh from Nellore suffering from a Chronic arthritis, can walk normally for the first time in 58 years after a hip replacement surgery at Apollo hospital, Chennai.

The Japanese police are pressing charges against a woman who lent her 15 year old son a smart card meant to prevent minors from buying cigarettes.

A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he facked his own death in a civil war shoot out in Sri Lanka in 1987, to escape his creditors and claim243000 U.S. dollars in insurance money.

Mohammed Asif Pakistan’s leading fast bowler has been detained at Dubhai airport for allegedly possessing contra band drugs.

6 persons were electrocuted at Arangaleswarar temple in Genjee in Villupuram district after an electric wire snapped over the devotees.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., bagged the golden peacock award 2008 for potassium humess a new product developed by it for sustainable agriculture.

British researchers have found that getting back to work can help people recover from depression by re-establishing self work.

Foreign drugs like Viagra and Cialis may soon get an Indian competitor from caterpillar fungus found in Uttrakhand. The caterpillar fungus locally called as “keera ghas or Yarchang umba” is said to have aphrodisiac properties.

Nasua Akhter a housewife from Kulgam district Shrinagar claims to have invented an herbal mixture that on application to polythene turns into ash, thus polythene will soon become biodegradable waste.