CNN-Sonia Gandhi undergoes surgery at NY's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Sexy Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday underwent surgery at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for an undisclosed ailment which will keep her out of India for a month.

Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said that in Sonia Gandhi's absence, she had appointed a four-member group to handle the day-to-day running of the party -- including her son Rahul Gandhi, who is tipped as a future prime minister.

The Congress party's announcement in New Delhi that its 64-year-old leader has been diagnosed for surgery and that Rahul, defence minister AK Antony, her political aide Ahmed Patel and Dwivedi will run the affairs of the party caught the country by total surprise because there was no inkling that she had travelled abroad.

Tehelka news magazine had reported on microblogging site Twitter that Sonia Gandhi was admitted on Thursday to New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the world's largest private cancer centre according to the hospital website. Renowned oncologist Dr Dattatreyudu Nori, director of the cancer centre at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, was said to be attending on Sonia Gandhi.

Italian-born Gandhi is the widow of assassinated former premier Rajiv Gandhi and widely seen as India's most powerful politician, with her key power-broking position as Congress president.

In January 2009, current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent heart bypass surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has ruled India for most of is post-independence history, with three members of the family becoming Prime Minister.

Sonia Gandhi holds total sway within the Congress and is credited with crafting the strategies that gave the party back-to-back general election victories in 2004 and 2009.

She will miss the start of a crucial session of parliament for the scandal-plagued government which intends to introduce draft laws on a range of key areas, including corruption, land acquisition and food security.

Gandhi's absence for the opening of the new session on Monday was noted in the Indian media but explained by an apparent "viral infection" she was said to be suffering from.

The mother of two arrived in India as the shy bride of Rajiv Gandhi in her early 20s, and was transformed into a sari-clad Indian who now speaks fluent Hindi.

Her years in the Gandhi household, when her autocratic mother-in-law Indira -- slain in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards -- was premier, gave her an intimate insight into India's turbulent politics.

Rajiv Gandhi became premier in 1984 and was assassinated in 1991 by a suicide bomber.

Sonia Gandhi, who has described herself as "a reluctant politician," took charge of the Congress in 1998, becoming the fifth member of the powerful Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to serve as party chief.

Although she was hailed as the architect of the 2004 election victory, she eschewed calls to become Prime Minister and handed the post to the current incumbent Singh, partly due to concerns about a political backlash over her foreign origins.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, now the main opposition party, had once referred to her as a "foreign doll."

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Special Eid Collection by Nishat Linen | Nisha Eid Collection 2011

Karachi (humari entertainment) Famous Textile mills of Pakistan ''NISHAT TEXTILE MILL'' with its brand Nishat linen introduces new Eid Collection 2011, for women wear ''Nisha'' line is used as usual and for men its ''Naqsh''.Colourful, hillarious, sexy, dream dress, elegant, bright and sophisticated are all words that can be used for Nishat Eid collection 2011.Check out 2011 Eid Collection below.










For years, the Nishat Group has been a leading business entity in South Asia. Highly diversified, the group has made inroads into the fields of textiles, cement and financial services, showcasing its varied expertise and acumen in every facet of its operations. Stemming from such a strong sense of business, Nishat Mills was founded in 1951 and has grown to be a leading conglomerate in Pakistan, specialising in the high-quality production of yarn, greige fabrics, apparel fabrics and retail packed home textiles. Nishat Mills is now the largest, most modern, vertically-integrated textile mill in Pakistan, comparable to the superlative multinational facilities operating in the country when it comes to management and product quality.

It comes as no surprise that Nishat Linen is a concern of Nishat Mills, the textile and home fashion retail chain that has redefined the industry with acute attention paid to quality, design and affordability. Nishat Linen prides itself on being the brand of preference for discerning customers who are in search of things, unique and chic without compromising on aesthetics or price. Unsurpassed customer service, including tailor-made orders, ensures our clientele remains loyal to the Nishat family.

Celebrate Eid with' Nisha's fabrics and prêt line with an extravaganza of kamdanis, chunaries, and cotton satins "Special" laced chiffon. Women are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Eid. Every glimpse of the moon makes them think, "Yes! Eid is coming". Eid is the women’s favorite occasion for clothes shopping.

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Times of Pakistan-Not a single paisa was paid to A Raja: Ratan Tata

NEW DELHI: Ratan Tata has denied allegations that Tata Telecommunications paid any money to A Raja.

Speaking at the company's AGM, Ratan Tata claimed that not even a single paisa was paid to the former telecom minister, who is now in jail facing charges in the 2G scam.

The Tata group chairman was responding to charges levelled by 2G scam accused Shahid Balwa in the court.

Ratan Tata said the charges made in the court were aimed at diverting the attention from the real issues.

Balwa on Tuesday targeted the Tatas and alleged that they paid off former telecom minister A Raja Rs 20 crore.

He claimed that the Tata group "donated" Rs 20 crore to a medical college-cum-hospital in Perambalur in Tamil Nadu at the request of Raja. Balwa had also questioned the CBI's decision to not probe the Tata group in the 2G scam.

Balwa referred to a letter written by Ratan Tata to Raja on September 15, 2009 regarding the donation.

Raising the issue in the court Balwa's counsel Majeed Memon questioned why the agency was not probing the role of Tatas.

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Google+ the fastest-growing social network ever

Released on - Wednesday,03 August , 2011 -02:30

Google is a latecomer to social networking but its new site, Google+, is growing much more rapidly than Facebook, Myspace and Twitter did in their early days, technology experts said Tuesday.

While Google+ may be the fastest-growing social network ever, it remains to be seen, however, whether it can pose a serious threat to the social networking titan Facebook, which has more than 750 million members.

Andrew Lipsman, vice president for industry analysis at tracking firm comScore, said Google+, which was launched by the Internet search and advertising giant on June 28, had 25 million unique visitors as of July 24.

During a panel discussion on Google+ hosted by Wedbush Securities, Lipsman said it took other social networks much longer to reach 25 million users: 22 months for Myspace, 33 months for Twitter and 37 months for Facebook.

"Obviously, this is a very strong growth trajectory," Lipsman said.

He cautioned, however, that Google "has a really large user base it can build off of" with its one billion users worldwide.

And it still has a "really long way to go to be competitive with Facebook," Lipsman said.

"Google+ is the fastest by a long shot but it's important to realize that fastest may not always be best," he said. "Sometimes, that slow build can lead to a strong network effect that pays long-term dividends."

Most Google+ users -- 6.4 million -- are in the United States, followed by India with 3.6 million, Canada with 1.1 million, Britain with 1.1 million and Germany with over 920,000, according to comScore.

Lipsman said many Google+ users appear to also be users of Google's email program Gmail and display a "very strong early adopter profile."

He said the ratio of men to women is about two to one and that 60 percent of Google+ users are between the ages of 18 and 34.

In the United States, the highest numbers of Google+ users are in the tech-savvy cities of San Francisco and Austin, Texas, he said.

Steve Rubel, executive vice president for global strategy and insights at public relations firm Edelman, said Facebook is not "vulnerable immediately" to Google.

"I don't see (Google+) taking significant share from Facebook in the next 18 months," Rubel said.

At the same time, "what we have seen is that over the years there's never been a social network or community that has had significant staying power," he said. "There's always a shuffling every two or three years, a changing of the guard.

"We saw it with Myspace," he said of the one-time social networking leader that has been eclipsed by Facebook and hemorrhaging users ever since.

Rubel said Google was compelled to try its hand at social networking because Facebook is restricting the access of its search engine to Facebook content.

"What's happening is more content is being created behind Facebook's walls than ever before and a lot of that content is invisible to Google," he said.

"Conceptually, at least, they're building kind of an alternate Web... There's also an entire Web that is app-based on mobile phones. That is also invisible to them."

Rubel said it was conceivable that more content would be invisible to them in five or 10 years than what the search engine can see today when created on Facebook or inside apps.

"So they had to make a play to get more people to create content on their site," he continued. "It's to get more people to spend time on Google."

In unveiling Google+, Google stressed the ability it gives users to separate online friends and family into different "Circles," or networks, and to share information only with members of a particular circle.

One of the criticisms of Facebook is that updates are shared with all of one's friends unless a user has gone through a relatively complicated process to create separate Facebook Groups.

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