It was a medieval witch hunt - Sunanda Pushkar to Tehelka

Sunanda Pushkar, whose links with Shashi Tharoor and IPL Kochi triggered a big controversy, admitted she has helped the franchise to raise a lot of money but denied acting as his proxy in getting sweat equity worth Rs. 70 crore. She termed as insulting accusation that she was acting as a proxy for Tharoor.

Can't I make my own money? He has not been corrupt for so many years for which I am proud to be his friend-why would he be corrupt now? Sunanda, 48, said she had met Tharoor two years back through a friend Sunny Varkey, and "we got along immediately". "We are certainly close now, but that closeness only developed less than five months ago. I am very proud to know him because, most of all, he is good and honest man," she said in an interview to ''Tehelka'' magazine. Tharoor was forced to resign as Minister of State for External Affairs amid allegations that he had misused his official position to get Sunanda the equity in IPL Kochi, a charge denied by him. 

Sunanda said her decision to give up the equity was not for Tharoor as was being made out. She said she gave it up as she has no enthusiasm to work on it anymore. Sunanda said she was bewildered by the allegations of corruption."I did agree to offer my skills as a marketing consultant. I have a knack for it. I also helped them Kochi IPL raise a lot of money. But there's been absolutely no exchange of money between us. It's more like a promissory note with absolutely no guarantee that the shares will amount to anything.

Pushkar, who is based in Dubai, blasted the media for turning her into a "slut" and a "brainless eye candy". She likened the media spotlight to a medieval witch hunt. She also added up that, "I'm proud of bringing up my son (Shivy) by myself".

(via : Tehelka)

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How to add Facebook Like button to Blogger, Wordpress and Websites

Facebook on wednesday have the launched the Like button for the web that enables users to share a page or an article or things that user like on web directly tn Facebook. As a blogger or webmaster you wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity of getting your site and posts shared among Facebook users. Which could fetch you up more traffic to your site. This is how to add the button to your websites.

Blogger Platform:


Finally we have made it. We have hacked the Facebook Like Button for blogger platform. It was a tedious task to make this script work out! Blogger users will have to enter <data:post.url/> in the “URL to like” box to get the code. Here goes the step by step process:


Step 1: Open Blogger dashboard, go to Edit HTML.


Step 2: Backup your template by clicking Download Full Template. [Very important]


Step 3: Now,Click the Expand Widget Templates.


Step 4: Use your Browser's search feature (Ctrl+F) to find the following line of code (or similar code line):  <data:post.url/>


Step 5:  Now just after it put the following code facebook iframe hacked code  from below:

<iframe allowTransparency='true' expr:src='"http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=" + data:post.url + "&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;height=25&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light"' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px'/> 

Step 6: Now save the template and it's all done. and now show off the articles liked by your visitors on facebook.


Wordpress Platform:


For Wordpress blogs, type php_the_permalink in “URL to like” box. Click on “Get Code” to receive the code.

Now embed the code in your Wordpress theme single.php file.


For other websites:


For static pages, simply type the URL of the page and embed it on that page. Repeat this for every page where you want to implement the code, each time generating a new code for the given page.

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Facebook unveiled a box of new tools

Mark Zuckerberg this Wednesday unveiled a box of new tools that he says would extend the Facebook's social networking phenomenon to every corner of the Internet. The announcement came at a conference for Facebook developers called F8, in which Zuckerberg revealed that the world’s largest social networking site has 400 million registered users. These include 100 million who use Facebook Connect, the company's online identity technology that allows users to use their profile on thousands of other websites. 


A month ago, Facebook surpassed Google to become the most-visited US website, and the new tools announced by Zuckerberg should help it extend that dominance, called Open Graph, a new technology that helps in transformative thing on web. This technology will allow partner sites to leverage the user's social connections to make the site more relevant to the individual and their social network. 

For example, a Facebook users who visit CNN can see the stories their Facebook friends liked. If they listen to the music streaming service Pandora, the songs they like can automatically be fed to their networks. This feature includes a "like button" that partner sites can embed and which will allow Facebook users to rate the content. He predicted that in the first 24 hours of the technology going live the new buttons would be used over 1 billion times.

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Shilpa Shetty - Lalit Modi’s side

Actress Shilpa Shetty, who is the co-owner of Rajasthan Royals IPL team, today said that IPL case had been “over-politicised” and that IPL commissioner Lalit Modi should not be judged guilty until proven so.

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Facebook 'Like' button goes live

Facebook has been in the news for its various changes that took place recently. The removal of Facebook Lite and the take down of fb.me URL shortener are the few. Now the most another change opted by Facebook is that they have introduced Like buttons for Facebook pages. According to me this could really be helpful to those who own a Facebook page for their product or business. Usually Facebook Fan pages helps to create a community of people who likes your product on web.

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5 reasons why Tharoor had to resign

The seeds for the removal of Shashi Tharoor by the Congress were sown much before his eventual and formal dismissal by the Prime Minister. The first step towards the application of the sword was taken by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the composition of the two-man team which was to go into Tharoor’s role in the Kochi-IPL affair.

 

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Shashi Tharoor resigns

Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor was asked to quit his post following intensive political pressure from opposition parties in India. According to TV reports, the MoS for the external affairs was asked to resign by PM Manmohan Singh. Apparently, the decision to ask Shashi Tharoor to resign was taken in the Congress core committee's meet.

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Alternative ways to combat CANCER via Johns Hopkins

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO COMBAT CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY. Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins

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