National Joint Meeting of Retail Stakeholders against FDI in Retail.

1. AirAsia wins sixth TTG ‘Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier’ award!

   

   
   

    

   AirAsia wins sixth TTG ‘Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier’ award!

   SEPANG, 8 OCTOBER 2012 – AirAsia was again hailed as the ‘Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier’ award winner by TTG, Asia-Pacific’s leading travel news publisher, at the 23^rd Annual TTG Travel Awards in Bangkok recently.

   The airline retained its top spot for the sixth time, with the preceding accolade received in 2011. 

   According to TTG, the event was attended by a total of 700 members of the Asia-Pacific travel trade and garnered a total of 60,000 valid votes—compared to 49,000 votes last year and a 20 percent increase—from June to August for its voted titles.

   AirAsia was ultimately handed the crown in the Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier category, after the majority validated that the airline’s popularity among travel trade insiders and the travelling public.

   AirAsia Thailand Director of Business Development, M.L. Bovornovadep Devakula, represented AirAsia Group to receive the award.

   AirAsia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes said, “A great achievement for us to come up tops in the Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier category. It reflects our commitment to excellence and dedication in providing the best to our guests. To be recognized by an industry insider such as TTG is an honour for us, more motivation to strive even harder in delivering unparalled products and services. An award for our achievement is amazing, but we must not be complacent but instead remain focused in our quest to provide amazing low fares, superior network and exceptional service.”

   This is not the first time AirAsia has been awarded with the Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier title from TTG. The airline was voted winner of the category in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2009, Tony Fernandes was named ‘Travel Personality of the Year’ by the editorial board of TTG.

   TTG Asia Media Managing Director, Darren Ng said, “It’s heartening to see our industry colleagues innovate and reinvent their products to stay relevant and in demand. The fact that so many of our winners can return to reclaim their titles is testament to their constant drive for improvement, amidst so many other up-and-coming competitors.”

   This award from TTG follows other significant accolades that the airline has received in 2012. On 5 July this year, Aviation Week--highly influential aviation industry magazine in the United States--announced AirAsia as the winner in the magazine's Top-Performing Airlines 2012 report, the leading annual rankings and competitive analysis for the global airline industry.

   The airline defeated other established and once-renowned airlines and even Europe's largest low cost carrier. AirAsia was also ranked highest in the US $250 million-$2 billion annual revenue category.

    

   A week later on 13 July, the world’s air travellers--19 million of them—gave their verdict and AirAsia was once again Skytrax’s World’s Best Low-Cost Airline for the fourth consecutive year!

    

   The Skytrax World Airline Survey is an annual global survey conducted by respected London-based aviation consultants Skytrax, and AirAsia came out tops in the independent survey that measures airlines’ product and service standards.

    

   AirAsia is a household name which has flown over 150 million guests since it was established ten years ago with a mission to democratize air travel in the region and has been operationally profitable from day one of its launch as a low-cost carrier. The airline also has affiliates in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Japan, apart from Malaysia servicing 80 destinations across 20 countries

   Posted 1 minute ago by Nksagar
2. Oct

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   Gleeson aims to be hit right note again at Hero Indian Open

   Bengaluru, October 7: The music-loving David Gleeson of Australia is hoping to turn the corner with a successful title defence at the US$1.25 million Hero Indian Open golf from October 18 to 21.

   Gleeson struggled with a stomach infection late last year which resulted in an unusual string of 10 missed cuts starting from November and into the 2012 Asian Tour season.

   The stomach infection caused the Australian to lose considerable amount of weight which eventually took its toll on his golf game.

   “My form fell off completely because I had a stomach infection which I couldn’t get rid off for five months. It was a shame because I was playing so well. I got so weak that I had to change my driver to try and get the ball going,” said the three-time Asian Tour winner.

   “But I’ve regained my health now and my game is slowly coming back and I’m getting the distances I want. That’s the part of getting older and trying to be healthier and sustaining a Tour life,” added Gleeson.

   The Hero Indian Open will move to the Karnataka Golf Association in Bengaluru for the first time in the tournament’s illustrious history and Gleeson is looking forward to the new challenge.

   “Whenever you go back to a tournament which you’ve won before, there’s always a good vibe and feeling. I heard the golf course is good and I’m going to a new city and that’s always good fun,” he said.

   Gleeson, who is also known for his musical talent, romped to a three-shot victory over local hope Chiragh Kumar last year and is determined to find his winning groove again.

   “It is always great to have the ball in your control. I was in a good frame of mind that week and the ball went reasonably where I wanted it to go. It was one of those weeks where a lot of things were going my way,” he smiled.

   “It is always more motivation when you defend a title. I don’t think there’s any more pressure than we give ourselves any other week. Possibly there will be more attention given to me compared to other weeks but that’s a good thing,” added the 34-year-old.

   Anirban Lahiri, who hails from Bengaluru, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Himmat Rai, S.S.P. Chowrasia and Jyoti Randhawa, all Asian Tour winners, will lead the local challenge at the Hero Indian Open.

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3. Oct

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   National Joint Meeting of Retail Stakeholders against FDI in Retail.

   The Chief Reporter

   
   

   New Delhi

   
   

   Dear Sir,

   
   

   Sub : National Joint Meeting of Retail Stakeholders against  FDI in Retail.

    

   The prominent leaders of Farmers, Hawkers,Small Industries,Transporters,

   Consumers, Traders, Trade Unions and other sections of retail trade will delibrate and decide the joint strategy of nationwide agitation to oppose FDI in Retail at a National Joint Meeting on Tuesday, the 9th October,2012 from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. at Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi

   BJP Leader Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi and CPM MP Basudev Acharya will also attend the meeting beside leaders of other political parties.

    

   We shall be grateful if you kindly depute a staff correspondent of your esteemed Newspaper to cover the same.

    

   Thanking you. With regards

   Truly yours

   Praveen Khandelwal

   National Secretary General

   Cell : 9891015165, 9310199771

   Posted 4 minutes ago by Nksagar
4. Oct

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   आम आदमी की गर्दन तक पहुंचा कांग्रेस का हाथ

   आम आदमी की गर्दन तक पहुंचा कांग्रेस का हाथ,  बिजली के भ्रष्टाचार ने ली एक जान  

   
   

   नई दिल्ली, 7 अक्टूबर. नजफगढ़ के सत्यमपुरम के कैलाशचंद्र ने कोई गुनाह नहीं किया था. वह बिजली के बिल भी समय से दे रहे थे. कसूर बस इतना था कि उन्होंने अपनी बिजली की खपत बहुत कम कर दी थी. बिजली कंपनियों ने दिल्ली के आम आदमी का जितना खून चूसने का लक्ष्य तय किया है, कैलाशचंद्र उस लक्ष्य के आड़े आ रहे थे. जब कैलाशचंद्र के बिजली का बिल केवल 586 रुपए आया तो बिजली कंपनियां बौखला गईं. पिछले दरवाजे से कंपनी के अधिकारी कैलाशचंद्र के घर में घुसे. उन पर एक लाख रुपए के चालान की धमकी दी और कनेक्शन काट दिया. इससे आहत कैलाशचंद्र को दिल का दौरा पड़ा और मौके पर ही उनकी मौत हो गई.

   
   

   इंडिया अगेंस्ट करप्शन (आईएसी) के वरिष्ठ कार्यकर्ता अऱविंद केजरीवाल, कुमार विश्वास और गोपाल राय के साथ आज सैकड़ों आईएसी कार्यकर्ता दिवंगत कैलाशचंद्रजी के परिजनों को सांत्वना देने पहुंचे. बिजली कंपनियों की करतूत से जिस घर में अंधेरा छा गया है, उसकी तकलीफ पर मरहम रखते हुए अरविंद केजरीवाल और उनके साथियों ने पीड़ित परिवार का बिजली कनेक्शन जोड़ दिया.

   
   

   अरविंद केजरीवाल ने कहा, “ दिल्ली सरकार के बिजली मंत्री बिजली के कटे कनेक्शन जोड़ने पर कार्रवाई करने की धमकियां दे रहे हैं लेकिन बिजली का बिल चुकाने वाले व्यक्ति की मौत पर क्यों चुप हैं? कैलाशचंद्र की मौत के लिए शीला दीक्षित जिम्मेदार हैं. इसके लिए शीला दीक्षित के खिलाफ केस दर्ज होना चाहिए.”

   
   

   आईएसी के कार्यकर्ताओं ने गोपाल राय के नेतृत्व में आज मयूर विहार फेज-1 के आचार्य निकेतन में रहने वाले हिमांशु गोयल के घर का बिजली का कनेक्शन जोड़ा. हिमांशु को बिजली कंपनियों ने 29,880 का बिल भेज दिया और इसका भुगतान न करने पर कंपनी ने बिना किसी नोटिस के उनकी बिजली काट दी.

   
   

   मयूर विहार की जनता को संबोधित करते हुए गोपाल राय ने कहा, “शीला दीक्षित बिल के कनेक्शन कटवाते-कटवाते थक जाएगी लेकिन हम कनेक्शन जोड़ते-जोड़ते नहीं थकने वाले. सरकार की कार्रवाई की धमकियों से न हम झुकेंगे और न ही जनता डरेगी ”

   
   

   घर में वापस बिजली बहाल होने पर खुशी जाहिर करते हुए हिमांशु ने कहा, “मेरा बिजली का बिल 7,000-8,000 तक आता था लेकिन इस बार 29,880 आया. हमारी बिजली 10 दिन पहले काटी गई है. मैंने टीवी पर अरविंद केजरीवाल को एक परिवार का बिजली कनेक्शन जोड़ते देखा और आईएसी से संपर्क किया. मेरे परिवार को विरोध जताने की हिम्मत मिली है. हम हर सरकारी कार्रवाई का सामना करने को तैयार हैं.”

   इससे पहले गोपाल राय की अगुवाई में लक्ष्मी नगर में जनता ने बिजली बिल जलाए.

   
   

   आईएसी के कार्यकर्ताओं ने कल दिल्ली के संगम विहार के टिगड़ी कॉलोनी के बानाराम के घर का बिजली कनेक्शन भी जोड़ा था. दिहाड़ी मजदूर बानाराम को बिजली कंपनियों ने 15,160 रुपए का बिल भेजा था. 6,000 से कम की मासिक आय वाले बानाराम यह बिल चुका नहीं पाए तो बिजली कंपनी ने उनका कनेक्शन काट दिया था.

   
   

   शीला दीक्षित सरकार की शह पर बिजली कंपनियों की मनमानी के खिलाफ आईएसी ने सविनय अवज्ञा आंदोलन छेड़ा है. आज दिवंगत कैलाशचंद्र जी के घर का बिजली कनेक्शन जोड़ने के बाद आईएसी के कार्यकर्ताओं ने दिल्ली में अलग-अलग स्थानों पर सामूहिक रूप से बिजली बिलों की होली जलाकर और बिल फाड़कर अपना विरोध प्रदर्शन किया.

   
   

   बवाना की जे.जे कॉलोनी के एफ ब्लॉक में दोपहर बाद सैकड़ों की संख्या में जनता ने अरविंद केजरीवाल की मौजदूगी सामूहिक रूप से बिजली बिल फाड़कर शीला दीक्षित सरकार और बिजली कंपनियों के खिलाफ विरोध जताया. जे.जे कॉलोनी में ही अरविंद केजरीवाल के नेतृत्व में जनता ने दो परिवारों के बिजली के कटे कनेक्शन जोड़े. दोनों परिवार लंबे समय से अंधेरे में रह रहे थे. इसके बाद अरविंद केजरीवाल के नेतृत्व में बादली औद्योगिक क्षेत्र के राजा विहार में बिजली के बिल जलाकर जनता ने विरोध प्रदर्शन किया.

   
   

   मनीष सिसोदिया की अगुवाई में महिपालपुर की जनता ने प्रकाश हाउस के नजदीक बिजली बिलों की होली जलाई. मुखर्जी नगर में आईएसी के वरिष्ट कार्यकर्ता कुमार विश्वास के नेतृत्व में करीब 500 लोगों ने बिजली के बिलों की होली जलाई. कुमार विश्वास से जनता ने बिजली से जुड़ी अपनी परेशानियां बांटी.

   
   

   मुखर्जी नगर में लोगों को संबोधित करते हुए कुमार विश्वास ने कहा, “ जनता बिजली के भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ संगठित होकर विरोध प्रदर्शित करे. हमारा यह आंदोलन तब तक जारी रहेगा जब तक दिल्ली की जनता को बिजली की इस लूट से निजात नहीं मिल जाती ” मुखर्जी नगर में बिजली रक्षा दल टीम का भी गठन हुआ जो बिजली कनेक्शन काटने वाले अधिकारियों का अहिंसक विरोध करेगी.

   
   

   इसके साथ-साथ दिल्ली के 62 विधानसभा क्षेत्रों के 114 वार्डों में आईएसी कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ जनता बिजली के बिलों की होली जलाएगी. यह कार्यक्रम पूरे सप्ताह तक चलता रहेगा. आईएसी कार्यकर्ता 8 अक्टूबर (सोमवार) को दोपहर 1 बजे मालवीय नगर के शिवालिक में स्थित दिल्ली विद्युत नियामक आयोग (डीईआरसी) के दफ्तर के सामने धरने पर बैठेंगे.

   
   

   आईएसी ने दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री शीला दीक्षित को चेतावनी दी है कि अगर बिजली के बढ़े दाम वापस नहीं लिए जाते तो 4 नवंबर को मुख्यमंत्री आवास का घेराव किया जाएगा.

   Posted 9 minutes ago by Nksagar
5. Oct

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   France's Mayotte 3 dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off

   France's Mayotte, 3 dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off

   MAMOUDZOU: Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a ship carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the French overseas territory of Mayotte, the local prefect's office said. Eight others survived the accident on the ship, which had departed from the Comoran island of Anjouan, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Mayotte.

   Posted 24 minutes ago by Nksagar
6. Oct

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   “The India Show: Bangladesh”

   
   India-Bangladesh Business Forum, Exhibition & B2B Meetings
   Dec 3 - 5, 2012: Bangabandhu Intl. Conference Centre, Dhaka
   
   
   
   We are pleased to inform you that Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) jointly with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India and in partnership with The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Govt. of Bangladesh & other counterpart Chambers in Bangladesh is organizing “The India Show” at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka from 03 - 05 December 2012.
   
   Alongside, an Indian CEOs delegation led by President FICCI would be accompanying with Hon’ble Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma, during his visit to Dhaka from Dec 3 - 5, 2012.
   
   In tune with the Government of India's Look East Policy, FICCI with the support of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, is organizing “India Show” at Dhaka, Bangladesh. It will showcase the best of India in the 21st century through an exhibition and India-Bangladesh Business Conference.
   
   The Made in India show would expose India's capabilities and strength in various sectors to the Bangladeshi business community, to explore JVs and cooperation with Indian companies to boost trade and investment between the two countries. On the trade front, India and Bangladesh's trade basket of goods and services has grown and diversified over the years. Not only have India's exports to Bangladesh grown from US$ 1.6 billion in 2005-06 to US$ 3.6 billion in 2010-11 but Bangladesh's exports to India have also grown from US$ 127 million to US$ 446 million during the same period. The total trade in 2010-11 stood at US$ 4.03 billion.
   
   Highlights of the Event
   
   o    Three days Exhibition: Showcasing best of India’s Products/ Services/ Technologies
   o    India Bangladesh CEO’s Forum / Business Forum
   o    Exclusive B2B meetings with Bangladeshi Companies
   o    Cultural Evening
   
   The focus sectors of the initiative include: Agriculture & Allied Services, Tea, Coffee, Spice, Jute, Food & Beverages, Irrigation Equipments, Fertilizer & Seed, Automobile & Auto Components, CNG Kits, Bicycle & Bicycle Parts, Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Pharmaceutical, Ayurvedic Medicines, Herbal Products, Cosmetics, Healthcare Products, Medical Equipments, Information Technology, Infrastructure (Power, Roads & Railways), Real Estate Developers, Machinery, Minerals & Mining, Renewable Energy, Cement, Oil ,Textiles, Cotton, Logistics, Science & Technology, FMCG Products & Services, Plastic Products, Stones & Stones Technology, Paper, Pesticides, Electrical Products, Wires & Cables, Industrial Products, Water Treatment, Iron & Steel, Handicraft, Tourism etc.
   
   
   Exclusive Business to Business Meetings (B2B) would be organised with respective Bangladeshi Companies during the expo.
   
   Participation Fee:
   
   Exhibition (Shell scheme) -     INR 1, 25, 000 **
   
   -    A shell stand of 9 sq mtr includes pre-fab walls, Fascia name with company name and booth number, Floor carpet, 1 table, 2 Chairs, Spotlights, 1 waste paper basket, 5/15 AMP socket
   -    ONE complimentary registration for Business Forum & B2B
   **Service tax @ 12.36% is applicable
   
   Participation in India-Bangladesh Business Forum & B2B (3rd & 4th Dec, 2012: Dhaka)   
   Participation Fee: INR 30,000 **
   
   **Service tax @ 12.36% is applicable
   
   The participants will have to bear their travel and accommodation expenses.
   
   
   Keeping in view of the business opportunities offered by Bangladesh, may I invite your orgnaisation to participate in this exclusive Indian exposition at Dhaka.
   
   The last date of the registration is 30th Oct 2012.
   
   For any further details, your office may please feel free to get in touch with my colleague Mr. Samrat Soo, Deputy Director, FICCI at Tel: +91-11-23736313 (D) or E-mail: samrat.soo@ficci.com / samrat.soo@gmail.com
   
   Looking forward to hearing from you and with best regards,
   
   
   Nirankar Saxena
   Senior Director
   Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
   Federation House
   New Delhi

   Posted 1 hour ago by Nksagar
7. Oct

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   President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday

   President Hugo Chávez has retained power in Venezuela, after defeating opponent Henrique Capriles, by a comfortable victory of 900,000 votes.
   Chávez, the longest serving president in Latin America, has been re-elected for the third time. His new term will be from 2013 to 2019. He was first elected to power in 1998.
   President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles and gaining six more years to cement his legacy and press ahead with his crusade for socialism in Venezuela.
   With about 90 percent of votes counted, Chavez had more than 54 percent of the vote, and Capriles had 45 percent, National Electoral Council president Tibisay Lucena said. She said 81 percent of the nearly 19 million registered voters cast ballots, one of the largest turnouts in years.
   
   It was Chavez's third re-election victory in nearly 14 years in office, though by a smaller margin than in 2006, when he won 63 percent of the votes.
   Fireworks exploded in downtown Caracas, and Chavez's supporters celebrated waving flags and jumping for joy outside the presidential palace.
   
   Chavez won more than 7.4 million votes, beating Capriles by more than 1.2 million votes, Lucena said.
   Capriles congratulated Chavez and told his supporters not to feel defeated.
   "We have planted many seeds across Venezuela and I know that these seeds are going to produce many trees," he told supporters in a speech late Sunday.Chavez spoke little during the campaign about his fight with cancer, which since June 2011 has included surgery to remove tumors from his pelvic region as well as chemotherapy and radiation treatment. He has said his most recent tests showed no sign of illness.
   Chavez spent heavily in the months before the vote, building public housing and bankrolling expanded social programs providing benefits to poor families.
   Capriles, a youthful state governor, became a strong challenger after winning a February primary and rallied an opposition that grew more united and better organized than in the past. But in the end, it was no match for Chavez's electoral prowess.
   Just as polls closed on Sunday night, hundreds of young red-shirted Chavistas took to the streets on motorcycles and said they were ready to begin celebrating.
   "Let them accept defeat," Kleiver Gutierrez said of the opposition.
   
   People  of Chavez shouted to passing cars outside the Miraflores presidential palace.
   One pro-Chavez voter, private bodyguard Carlos Julio Silva, said that whatever his faults, Chavez deserved to win for spreading the nation's oil wealth to the poor with free medical care, public housing and other government largess. The country has the world's largest proven oil reserves.
   "There is corruption, there's plenty of bureaucracy, but the people have never had a leader who cared about this country," Silva said after voting for Chavez at a school in the Caracas slum of Petare. "That's why the people are going to re-elect Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias."
   
   At many polling places, voters began lining up hours before polls opened at dawn, some snaking for blocks in the baking Caribbean sun. Some shaded themselves with umbrellas. Vendors grilled meat and some people drank beer.
   
   Chavez's critics say the president has inflamed divisions by labeling his opponents "fascists," "Yankees" and "neo-Nazis," and it's likely hard for many of his opponents to stomach another six years of the loquacious and conflictive leader.
   
   
   The 40-year-old Capriles, a wiry former governor affectionately called "Skinny" by supporters, infused the opposition with new optimism, and opinion polls pointed to him giving Chavez his closest election contest ever. Media agencies
   
   
   
   
   

   Posted 1 hour ago by Nksagar
8. Oct

   8

   Jairam Ramesh to apologize : Bajrang Dal.

   Jairam Ramesh to apologize : Bajrang Dal.Protest at Delhi residence of Ramesh
   New Delhi Oct 7, 2012 Bajrang Dal Delhi today organised a protest at the residence of the union minister for rural development shri Jairam Ramesh against his remark comparing temples with toilets. Irked Bajrang dal workers lead by its state chief shri Shiv Kumar and state Sampark Pramukh of VHP shri Rajesh Talla put a banner “Sulabh Sauchalay” before the official residence of the union minister and demanded immediate apology for his remarks hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. Shouting slogans and holding saffron flags in their hands they warned the central ministers and other leaders not to indulge in hurting hindu sentiments.
   According to shri Vinod Bansal, the media chief of VHP and Bajrang dal it was a symbolic protest today. If he do not apologize to hindu community, he has to face the music.
   shri Deepak Saini, shri Ram ji, shri Manoj kumar etc were amongst
   REGARDS
   VINOD BANSAL
   (MEDIA CHIEF)
   VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD, DELHI
   M – 98109 49109

   Posted 1 hour ago by Nksagar
9. Oct

   8

   Naresh, are you with me?Thanks, Barack

   Naresh --
   
   My first run for office started way back in 1995. Back then I knocked on doors, stood in front of grocery stores shaking hands, and printed my own flyers at the local copy shop.
   
   I haven't won everything I've taken on since then, but I've learned a heck of a lot from the challenges I've faced -- and I've never regretted a single fight.
   
   This time, losing just isn't an option. Too much is at stake. Millions of Americans have fought too long and too hard for health care reform, the opportunity for their kids to go to college, and for a steady job with a good wage. But a Romney-Ryan White House would roll back so much of our progress.
   
   Just remember, these are the guys that talk about repealing the Affordable Care Act on their first day in office, taking away a woman's right to make her own health decisions, turning Medicare into a voucher system -- and giving huge tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires at the expense of middle-class families.
   
   I am going to do everything in my power to make sure they don't get the chance -- but I can't do this alone. If you're waiting for the perfect time to step up and do your part to support this campaign, that's right now. Please take the next step and donate to this campaign.
   
   What you give right now will decide whether we can get enough voters to the polls on November 6th.
   
   So, are you with me?
   
   https://donate.barackobama.com/30-Days
   
   Or, if you can't chip in today, sign up to volunteer -- head on over to Dashboard and get to work in our online field office:
   
   http://my.barackobama.com/Head-to-Dashboard
   
   Thanks,
   
   Barack
   
   P.S. -- When we wake up exactly one month from today, we'll know the outcome of this election. Don't spend that day -- and the next four years -- wishing you had done more. Donate $5 or more today to have an impact in the time we have left.

   Posted 1 hour ago by Nksagar
10. Oct

    7

    Mahindra felicitates Olympic medal winning boxer MC Mary Kom

    
    

    MAHINDRA FELICITATES OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNING BOXER MC MARY KOM

    October 7, 2012

    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), India’s leading SUV manufacturer, today felicitated London 2012 Olympic Bronze medal winner, MC Mary Kom, with its best-selling Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), the ‘Bolero’. The company stated that the felicitation symbolizes the association of two strong entities both with the spirit of ‘Taking on Anything’ – ‘MC Mary Kom’ and ‘Mahindra Bolero’. Built to take on anything from bad roads to bad weather, the tough and rugged Bolero is a perfect match with Mary Kom’s ability to boldly take on competition in the boxing ring.
    The company said that Bolero is an ideal vehicle for India’s champion boxer, who, with her explosive performance at the recently concluded London 2012 Olympics, personified the Bolero attitude of ‘taking on any challenge’. In fact, Mary Kom is the epitome of Mahindra’s RISE philosophy by storming an otherwise male-dominated bastion by ‘Accepting No Limits’. She is also ‘Driving Positive Change’ – another element of Mahindra’s RISE ethos by altering society’s perception of what a courageous, confident and determined woman can achieve.
    Presenting the keys to the Olympic medal winner and 5 times world boxing champion, Mr. Vivek Nayer, Chief Marketing Officer, Automotive Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said “We are proud to be associated with MC Mary Kom. She has become a role model for the youth in India who wants to excel not just in sports but in any arena. Fighting all the odds to come out on top, she clearly symbolizes the ‘take on anything’ spirit of the Bolero SUV. With its rugged looks and plush interiors, the all-conquering Mahindra Bolero is the ideal choice for Mary Kom to make a personalized style statement.”
    While receiving the keys to the vehicle, MC Mary Kom said, “I am very pleased to own the Bolero and I thank Mahindra & Mahindra for this very special gesture. With its rugged looks and power-packed performance, the Bolero is indeed a great compliment to my personality and I am looking forward to owning and driving this stylish SUV.” Despite being an Olympic medal winner and 5 time world boxing champion, the holder of 3 Asian titles and 11 national titles, an Arjuna Award winner, a Padma Shri Award winner, a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee, Mary also fulfills her roles as a mother, wife and daughter, with complete élan.

    Posted Yesterday by Nksagar