The world's largest rave party

The Electric Daisy Carnival kicked off Friday for a weekend of outdoor music and dancing in Las Vegas with 26 carnival rides, kaleidoscope sculptures, pyrotechnic displays, a pulsating soundtrack and a reputation for heavy drug use that it hoped to live down.

Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha

Born: 2 June 1987 (1987-06-02) (age 24)

Occupation: Actress, Model

Years active:2008 - Present



Parents: Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha (born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress and model.
She is the daughter of actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha and Punam Sinha. She has two brothers, Luv Sinha and Kussh Sinha.
Sinha started her career as a model and walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion week 2008 and then again in Lakme Fashion week 2009.
She made her acting debut with the 2010 film Dabangg co-starring Salman Khan. The film went on to become one of the highest grossing Bollywood films.

Sonia Gandhi not to meet Anna Hazare on Thursday

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi would not be meeting social activist Anna Hazare and other civil society representatives pitching for a Lokpal bill Thursday, a senior Congress leader said.

"The meeting between Anna Hazare and Sonia Gandhi has been cancelled for today," Congress leader Tom Vadakkan said.

"The meet between Anna and Sonia Gandhi has not been cancelled but will take place later... we have not been given any time so far," said a civil society leader, pleading anonymity.

Hazare, accompanied by civil society representatives Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi , met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and will also hold talks with Communist Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan.

Hazare earlier said his team wanted to meet Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Lokpal bill. His team would be meeting political leaders across the board to build a consensus on the bill drafted by members of the civil society.

Kannada actress Maria Susairaj

Mumbai: Kannada actress Maria Susairaj and her boyfriend Emile Jerome have been convicted in the brutal murder case of senior TV executive Neeraj Grover by a Mumbai sessions court on Thursday.

Maria Susairaj has been convicted for destruction of evidence under Indian Penal Code Section 201 in the Grover murder case while Jerome, a former naval officer, has been convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 (Part 1). However, the prosecution failed to prove the intent to murder for Jerome.
Sessions court judge MW Chandwani said that the intention to kill could not be proven in the court.
Maria might walk free when the sentence in pronounced on Friday as the maximum sentence for destruction of evidence is three years and she has already been in jail for three years.
Public Prosecutor RV Kini and Grover's relatives expressed their unhappiness with the conviction and said that they would appeal against the verdict. They have been demanding the death penalty for the duo.
"We are shocked with the verdict. The maximum punishment for Maria could be three years. We will appeal against the judgement. The quantum of sentence will be declared tomorrow," said Kini.
"I have lost my faith in judiciary. It is a very disappointing decision. If Maria did not murder him, then where is my son?" asked Amarnath Grover, father of Neeraj Grover.
Grover was killed and his body chopped into several pieces before it was thrown in the jungles on the outskirts of Mumbai.
Grover was the creative head of Synergy Adlabs. Police say he was helping Maria who was an aspiring TV actor but their proximity upset Jerome.
Grover found murdered in 2008
Grover was stabbed, his body hacked and disposed off near Manor jungles near Mumbai on May 7, 2008.
The prosecution in the case claimed that Jerome and Maria planned to kill Grover after he promised her a break but failed to do so.
The police filed a chargesheet against the two accused on May 14, 2008. They were arrested on May 21 after which Maria led the police to Grover's body.
Maria's confession on May 30, 2008 corroborated the police's version of the murder. On September 16, 2008 the court had rejected Maria's bail plea in the case.
In September 2009, there was a twist in the case when Maria's lawyers were accused of threatening the witnesses and forcing them to turn hostile.
Another turn of events took place on 10 May, 2010, when Maria's family members claimed she didn't even know Grover.

Lagarde suited to head IMF; India voted for her: Pranab

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is "eminently suited" to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and India voted for her, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today.
"We all along maintained that we will be part of consensus building, (and) candidate should be chosen on the basis of merit. She is eminently suited," Mukherjee said in response to a question at a media round table at the end of
his 3-day trip to Washington.

"The IMF selection process was transparent. India has voted for her," he added.

In a message to Lagarde, Mukherjee congratulated her on her new position and said India is looking forward to working with her.
The Executive Board of IMF today selected Lagarde to serve as IMF MD and Madame Chairman of the Executive Board for a five-year term, starting on July 5.
Earlier in the day, at a joint news conference with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Mukherjee pointed out that during the election process, India had insisted that the IMF MD should be selected through a transparent mechanism, not specific to any region or any particular nation.
"On the basis of that, we also suggested that we would like to be a part of the consensus, which should be evolved," he said.
Mukherjee, who left for India via New York this afternoon, was here leading a high-powered Indian delegation for the second India-US Economic and Financial Partnership.