Dec 19th Final post for 2006 - happy 2007

Facts
65,000 KM is the total length of the national highway in India

5,000 criminals were convicted in Bihar last year-

1,52,000 troops were deployed by YS in Iraq as of Mid November this year

76,000 railiway brigdes in India are more than 100 years old ( What is magician lalu going to do on this ?> )

Quotable Quotes

The democracy that creates an opportunity for terrorism is a joke. It is no simple joke but a deadly joke-- Mahinda Rajapaskse Srilanka President

There is no limit to my expectations on GDP growth-- P. Chidambaram Finance Minister

It seems to be an English habit to come out with books that nobody reads-- jens Lehmann Arsenal Goalkeeper on former Team mate Ashley Cole's autobiography

Will the rupee ever be totally free ? The anse is never, because other countries don't have it either-- SS Tarapore Former RBI Governor

Every day is like an obstacle -- Arjun Ramphal Actor

With a population of one- third of humanity that is constantly moving forward, what happens in India and China concerns the whole world-- APJ Abdul Kalam

Info

The recent Assembly polls in Chamundeswari Assembly ( Karnataka ) was nothing less than an edge of the seat thriller. Many political analysts had predicted a close contest between the congress candidate Siddarmaiah and Shivabasappa of the JD ( S) so much so the punters had refused to take bets. People were glued to the Television sets dring the entire counting as if it were a one day international cricket match. Siddaramaiah 's fate was not known till the last ballot.
And when he was declared winner by a margin of 257 votes, viewers were happy that the politicians had provided great entertainment while our Cricketers failed to do so in the One day games in South Africa !!

Chennai
If december is the festive season all over the world, tamilnadu has one more reason to celebrate-- Actor Rajanikanth's birthday falls in December month. Each year the actor is known to retreat to the Himalyas leaving his fans disappointed. This year however he might ( would have ) stayed back in the city. Reason -- Grandson Yathra-- Rajanikanth wasnts to celebrate the day with daughter Aiswarya

Merry Christmas and Happy 2007

There will no updates next week
Cheers
Srikanth. R

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