MITCHELL JOHNSON RULED OUT OF SYDNEY TEST.........

Beleaguered members of team India must be thanking both their lucky stars as well as the almighty in equal measure as the news about Aussie pace bowling spearhead Mitchell Johnson missing out on the Sydney Test beginning January 6 begins to hit the headlines........
Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out of the fourth and final Commonwealth Bank Test against India owing to a recurrent hamstring injury that flared up again during the course of the recently concluded Melbourne Boxing Day test that ended in a honourable stalemate (draw).........
Mitchell Johnson could not take the field with the rest of his team mates for the training and net sessions held on Saturday and Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground owing to the above mentioned injury and Aussie physiotherapist Alex Kountouris did indeed confirm that he would miss out on all the action of the fourth test owing to soreness; stiffness and a slight swelling in his right hamstring........
Kountouris however exuded confidence about the 33 year old speedster being roaring fir before the start of the One Day International Tri-Series featuring the Australian; English and Indian ODI teams; beginning January 16 after a week long rest that should more than take care of the soreness he felt during the course of the third test match........
"Mitchell Johnson is an integral part of our World Cup 2015 squad and plans and me and the rest of the team management will be working overtime in order to ensure that he is fighting fit and raring to go well before the World Cup gets underway on February 14; Kountouris signed off........

"PK" MARCHES ON UNDAUNTED........

Notwithstanding the legions of naysayers; right wing fringe going berserk; self styled godmen who derided the film at every given forum and last but not the least politicos who used the flick to settle political scores as well as score brownie points; the Aamir Khan starrer PK is scaling unprecedented heights and how.........
According to the Hindi film industry's most trustworthy and erudite trade analyst; Komal Nahata; Rajkumar Hirani's "PK" has notched up the praiseworthy distinction of becoming the highest grosser in the 100 odd year old history of the Hindi film industry.........
"Expectations from the heady and seemingly unbeatable combination of Raju Hirani were more than sky high and this unbeatable combination has more than delivered and how; "PK" has thus far grossed a little over Rs. 276 crore in it's two odd week sojourn and could end up grossing over Rs. 350 crore if the ticket buying public keeps going ga ga over it in the same manner"; Nahata gushed........
"PK has comfortably overtaken both Aamir Khan's "Dhoom 3" as well as Shahrukh (King) Khan's "Chennai Express" as "Dhoom 3" had grossed approximately 265 crores and "Chennai Express" Rs. 258 crores at the domestic box office; therefore "PK" is not only the flavour of the season but also the Hindi film industry's most successful ever offering", Nahata signs off.........
Numerous and wholly unnecessary controversies notwithstanding there is no disputing "PK's" truly deserved iconic status and reputation as a film that comes around only once in a lifetime; this Vidhu Vinod Chopra productions deserves all these encomiums and a lot more besides as it is a move with it's heart and soul in the right place and hence an oddity in a film industry obsessed with churning out soul and heartless money spinners that make you cringe more often than not...........

CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL GETS HIS JUST DESSERTS.........

Beware the wrath of an estranged wife as she can lead to your ruination; damnation; and demise if she spills the beans about your financial shenanigans and misdoings.........
An Ahmedabad based Deputy Collector's piqued and distressed wife spilled the beans about her covetous hubbies financial misdoings and piccadiloes to the dreaded Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday........
As is the case of all such cases reported to them; the ACB sleuths got cracking separated the grain from the chaff ; verified the veracity and legitimacy of the complaint and then proceeded to duly registered a disproportionate assets (DA) case against the now disgraced Deputy Collector on Friday.........
The team of sleuths investigating this case will now record the accused Deputy Collector's statement/s and seek an explanation about his sources of income and how he came to acquire these dubious assets........
According to ACB officials; N.M. Sindhi; a police inspector attached to the ACB's Mehsana office received the estranged wife's call on Wednesday and proceeded to register an official complaint against Kamlesh Gordiya deputy collector (elections) of Botad district........
Further investigations were handed over to one P.A. Arya senior inspector Anti Corruption Bureau (Ahmedabad) and he in turn took up further proceedings in this matter as per his official mandate.......
According to Arya; the said sum of Rs. 1.04 crore that has been unearthed thus far includes government bonds and mutual funds to the tune of Rs. 68 lakh; a house worth Rs. 32 lakh and a tract of land worth Rs. 1.22 lakh at it's current market value; among other investments and assets that are still in the process of being valued........
Gordiya's estranged wife had meticulously maintained records of all his shady and dubious financial transactions and dealings and these very same recordings and notings proved to be Gordiya's Waterloo as ACB officials minutely scrutinised the very same; verified their antecedents and veracity and then proceeded to register a disproportionate assets case against the said government official.......

SALMAN KHAN PAINTS ENTIRE VILLAGE PINK AND BLUE........

Taking their commitment to prime minister Modi and the Swachch Bharat campaign; a couple of steps forward; matinee idols Salman Khan; Kareena Kapoor Khan; director Kabir Khan and the entire supporting cast and crew of the forthcoming potboiler "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" combined forces and ended up painting an entire Karjat based village.........
Salman Khan who is currently shooting for two films "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" as well as "Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo" along with his leading ladies Kareena Kappor Khan and Sonam Kapoor hit upon the idea of painting the entire Hatluni village located right outside the gates of the studio where Salman was shooting during the course of a walk within the village with awe struck villagers for company..........
Salman Khan who is known for his "golden heart" and largesse within the Hindi film industry soon roped in a group of professional painters; combined forces with Kabir Khan; Himesh Reshammiya; Kareena and other such notables and then proceeded to paint every house located within the boundaries of the village in every conceivable shade of pink; blue; yellow and off white........
Not entirely satisfied with this welcome gesture; Salman also managed to distribute sarees to all the ladies residing in the village and also took the time out to indulge in a game of football with the kids and such others; Salman who is known to be an accomplished painter by himself alos took up the brush and made paintings for a couple of awe struck villagers who could not believe their eyes and good fortune.........
The festivities ended with Salman and company distributing sweets and other goodies to the residents of Hatluni village as well as sharing/partaking a meal with them thereby making sure that the hundreds of residents of Hatluni village were eating out of his hands and singing paeans in his glory.........

INDIA TO BE HOME TO WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING........

Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa might soon be second best if this Mumbai based builder is granted his gigantic wishes.......
It's a massive and gargantuan nascent idea that can indeed take Surat's proposed Diamond City places if this Mumbai based builder is indeed granted the required permissions and clearances to construct a 1.2 kilometre long tower; the tallest building in the world in his estimation.......
If this proposed construction/project indeed gets off the ground in theforeseeable future; Indians would be saved the price of an air ticket (to Dubai) to see the famed Burj Khalifa that currently enjoys the iconic status of the world's tallest building.......
Harihara Mahapatra (mark the name) has evinced a more than keen interest in constructing a tower that would be a little over 1.2 kilometres in length (and therefore the tallest building in the world when completed in his estimation) within the precincts/boundaries that is soon going to be coming up in Surat's Khajod area........
An area of 1 square kilometre has been sought within the proposed Diamond City in order to facilitate the construction of this building/tower that will cost the best part of a mammoth Rs. 1,200 crore over a three year period or so.......
After sustained lengthy and detailed discussions with the district collector one Rajendra Kumar; the proposal for/of the same has been duly forwarded to the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) and state of the art newly minted and patented technology will be used to complete this iconic project once the required/sought clearances from the environment ministry; Airport Authority of India and other such agencies is obtained in due course.........
Here's looking forward to India's very own pride and joy; may this proposed project soon see the light of the day and take our beloved motherland to the glorious heights it so richly deserves........

MICHAEL HUSSEY AS TEAM INDIA COACH??????

Will "Mr. Cricket" former Australian middle order batsman extraordinaire Michael Hussey succeed present Indian coach Duncan Fletcher once his current contract expires after the conclusion of World Cup 2015........
Well; the cricketing grapevine has it that Mahendar Singh Dhoni who may have hung up his whites for good a mere three or so days ago and is being tipped to lead team India in the shorter version of the game did bring the matter up with BCCI head honcho N. Srinivasan and other such bigwigs and received a favourable response........
One may do well to recover the fact that Messrs Dhoni and Gary Kirsten shared a rather congenial and harmonious captain-coach relationship that took team India to the much coveted number 1 position in all three formats of the game and Dhoni wants to recreate the same magic and dressing room atmosphere in conjunction with his former Chennai Super Kings team mate who has precious little coaching experience.........
According to a Dhoni acolyte; Hussey's take no prisoners nature; combative spirit; uncompromising work ethic; cricketing acumen and experience is what team India is missing at the current time and appointing Michael Hiussey as team India coach for a three year period migh only serve to usher in the second homecoming of the Indian cricket team......
While Dhoni's proposal does seem to make immense cricketing as well as conventional sense; one really wonders whether his chosen candidate Michael Hussey will find favour with a dispensation that is not entirely favourable to Messrs Dhoni; Srinivasan and their acolytes if rumours floating thick and fast about a rift between Messrs Ravi Shastri; Kohli; Dhoni and the pro and anti Srinivasan camps are to be believed.........
Rumours or otherwise; one only hopes and prays that the new ruling dispensation that takes the reins from Messrs Srinivasan and Dhoni does whatever is best for Indian cricket and appoints a coach who is totally committed to furthering the cause of Indian cricket and taking it to the pinnacle of cricketing glory in the foreseeable future......

NITISH KUMAR GIVES "PK" A RESOUNDING 10/10..........

While the right wing fringe may be going blue in the face with their whingeing protests and mindless antics against the year's biggest grosser "PK", the same is surely finding overwhelming support from "secular" politicians like Nitish Kumar and Akhilesh Yadav........
Coming out in strong and unstinted support of Rajkumar Hirani's labour of love; erstwhile Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar not only gave the same a whopping 10/10; but also went to the extent of calling all opponents of the film a "bunch of mindless hypocrites who know no better".......
"In my humble and unbiased opinion; the magnum opus deserves a whopping 10/10 as it is not only spreading the much needed message about peace and communal harmony; but also spreading the much required message about the universality of humanity and self centeredness of so called godmen who are out to take the trusting masses for a ride"..........
"Such sterling efforts should be whole heartedly encouraged; nurtured; cherished; lauded and furthered instead of being ridiculed and called such names that it did not deserve", Nitish Kumar remarked on the sidelines of a special screening of the film held for him at other politicians of his ilk at a Patna multiplex on Wednesday evening.........
"I extend my whole hearted support; congratulations; blessings and appreciation to Vidhu Vinod Chopra; Rajkumar Hirani; Aamir Khan; cast; crew and everybody else involved with the film as the same is spreading the message of peace; humanity and brotherhood; many more such films are the crying need of the hour and I hope that Mr. Hirani will keep churning out such thought provoking entertainers for many more years to come"; the irrepressible Nitish Kumar signed off........