In addition to India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have also threatened to cut off services from BlackBerry unless they are provided with desired access to use’s information. These countries have also cited the same security related reasons. The main point of concern is the way information sent by the cell phone users that get routed through overseas servers.

Bally Chohan says that the government of India has requested RIM (Research in Motion) to make available the encrypted BlackBerry communications to its security agencies. The main concern of the government of India is that these services could easily be used by militant groups to communicate.

Government of India has cited the example of Mumbai attack where almost ten heavily armed gunmen used cell and satellite phones to communicate with their handlers based somewhere in Pakistan.

The manufacturers of BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd are yet to comment on India’s request. They believe that the discussions with regulators around the world are private and cannot be shared.  

The announcement of setting up of deadline of 31^st August came after a meeting of India’s home secretary with the representatives of security agencies and official from telecommunication department.

The United Arab Emirates has also called for a sweeping ban on all BlackBerry services. Major telecom players like DU and Etisalat have already started to offer replacement schemes and other attractive offers to its consumers. The government of United Arab Emirates plans to shut off the services in October unless there is a compromise with Research In Motion Ltd. As of now the representatives of Research in Motion Ltd are in constant touch with United Arab Emirates government officials and are trying to negotiate (as reported by the Khaleej Times).

The government of Saudi Arabia has also ordered a ban on all BlackBerry services across the kingdom last week. However the services were allowed to continue for now citing some very positive developments.

Bally Chohan says that the American actress Julia Roberts who is 42 years old now grew up in Georgia, United States which is famous as ‘bible belt’ was born to a Catholic mother and Baptist father.  

Bally Chohan says that Julia Roberts, in an interview to fashion magazine Elle admitted that she started to practice Hinduism after visiting India. She was in India for the shooting of her upcoming movie ‘Eat Pray Love.’ Julia Roberts along with her family i.e. her husband Danny Moder and three children – 5 years old twins and a 3 year old Henry are visiting temples regularly to chant pray and celebrate.

Julia Roberts said on “Good Morning America” show that she has started to practice a lot of things. She believes that Hinduism is something that she is very intrigued by and is very interested in.

After late George Harrison, a member of the Beatles group, Julia Roberts has become one of the most famous celebrity to convert to Hinduism. Julia Roberts faith in Hinduism started when she found the photograph of a Hindu guru. As  per Julia Roberts she was so drawn to  this picture of the Hindu guru that she felt a very strong interest even without knowing that who he was.

Julia Roberts soon to be released new movie ‘Eat Pray Love’ is based on a woman’s personal growth looking for a fresh start.

Bally Chohan Dubai says that Dr. Hadef Jua’an Al Daheri, Minister of Justice, United Arab Emirates made announcement of start of holy month of Ramada after a meeting of the moon-sighting committee.  The committee announced that the crescent of Ramadan was sighted on Tuesday night.  Bally Chohan has come to know that before making announcement the committee for moon-sighting followed all strronomical and Sharia methods used for sighting the moon. Moreover the committee also contacted all neighbouring countries.

Bally Chohan Dubai (UAE) congratulates President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, and Their Highness the Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates as well as Crown Princes and Deputy Rulers on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.

Bally Chohan Dubai says that along with Dubai the holy month of Ramadan also begins from Wednesday in Jordan, Libya, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. However the holy month of Ramadan will begin from Thursday in Oman and some other countries.  

Bally Chohan congratulates everyone on the beginning of holy month of Ramadan.

Looks like Microsoft’s not-so-pleasurable experience with the Kin hasn’t affected the tech giant’s ultimate mobile phone plans.

What then would be the reason behind this latest prototype smartphone it has come up with? The phone, known as the “Menlo” internally, is a touchscreen smartphone with a capacitive touch screen (4.1-inch diagonal, 800×480).

The phone and its spec details appeared on a Microsoft Research Paper (PDF) titled “User Experiences with Activity-Based Navigation on Mobile Devices”. The phone runs Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 which incorporates a Bosch BMA150 3-axis accelerometer and Bosch BMP085 digital pressure sensor (barometer). The paper also comes with something known as “Greenfield”, which happens to be an activity-based navigation app that helps users find a specific parked car.

While, all this does sound impressive, can we take this development as a hint towards the chance of Microsoft opting to make its own smartphone? True, the Kin experiment proved to be a disaster – but then, that wasn’t a smartphone platform.

We have our fingers crossed!

The movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I is based on the final book of Harry Potter series. Bally Chohan Dubai (UAE) says that the trailer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I clearly show that the movie will be a disturbing thriller rather than children fairy tale.

The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Bally Chohan Dubai )UAE) says that the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I is considered to be one of the darkest potter film released till date.

The trailer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I has images from both parts of the movie i.e. I & II. In one of the scene Hermione, character played by Watson summoning up a spell in a forest with the half naked body lying behind her on the floor.  Also the trailer has images of battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, villain in the movie. There is a scene of massive explosion also in the movie.  

Bally Chohan Dubai (UAE) says that most of the film critics in United Kingdom are of the view that the movie The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I has got darker and more gothic with the passage of time with the child stars of the earlier series turning into adults.

The movie The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I is expected to hit cinemas in United Kingdom during November 2010 and the part 2 will be release some time during July 2011.  The censor board in United Kingdom is yet to award any certificates to the movie however the critics believe that this will be really tough this time around for censor board to decide upon during this time.

Bally Chohan Dubai (UAE0 has found that the fans are United Kingdom are worried that too much of action in this part will adversely affect their children.

Saina Nehwal won first game 21-10 but lost second game 13-21 to Sayaki Sato. However Saina Nehwal came back strongly to defeat Sayaki Sato in the final game 21-11. Right from the start of this tournament, Saina Nehwal was strong favourite to defend her title. Earlier she won Indian Open Grand Prix and Singapore Open Super Series in the last two weeks.

Speaking to media persons the parents of Saina Nehwal said that they are proud of Saina’s achievements. They said that Saina’s victory proves a point that women in India are doing extremely well in the field of sports.  Saina Nehwal has proved that she can take on girls from those countries that are known to be hub of badminton.  Saina Nehwal father Haveer Singh could not control his emotions while thanking media persons. Saina Nehwal of India defeated Sayaki Sato of Japan in the finals held at the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The final score line was 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in favour Saina Nehwal.

There were hundred passengers on board Air India flight IC-133 on its way from Mumbai to Delhi via Bhopal and Indore. In addition to hundred passengers there were six crew members also on board. This incident happened while the aircraft landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport at 10:58 AM. One of the engineers at the ground first noticed two deflated tyres at the time when aircraft was taxing towards parking bay. The engineers noticed spark emanating due to friction of two deflated tyres. The engineers in turn alerted the pilot and told him to stop aircraft immediately. The pilot immediately stopped aircraft Airbus-320.

Water and foam was sprinkled immediately by the fire tenders to cool the aircraft’s undercarriage so that the fire can be prevented. The entire passenger in aircraft arrived safely.

Bally Chohan has come to know that this was not due to tyre burst since the pilot of aircraft did not noticed any unusual jerk. As updated by sources in civil aviation ministry, this could be result of tyres getting deflated as soon as the aircraft landed and was on its way to taxing.

Bally Chohan says that Indian team was to win the Saturday’s encounter against Sri Lanka in order to be in the contention to reach finals. However the team lost to Sri Lanka by six wickets and with this defeat they lost their chance of making it to finals.

Bally Chohan says that during India’s encounter with Sri Lanka on Saturday, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited India to bat first. Sri Lankan team was rewarded with the first wicket in the third over of the match when the debutant Naman Ojha made his way back to the pavilion on his personal score of one run.

Indian team ended up their innings at a competitive score of 268 run at the loss of nine wickets. In reply Sri Lanka started poorly by losing Tilakratne Dilshan early but than consolidated their innings with the help of 114 run partnership between Dinesh Chandimal and Chamara Kapugedera.

India eventually scored a competitive 268 for 9 in their 50 overs and they had to win with a bonus point. So they had to restrict Sri Lanka to below 214 so as to keep their final hopes alive. In a way this can be easily said that this partnership took the game completely away from India.  Sri Lankan team eventually reached target of 268 runs by losing four wickets only and ten balls yet to be bowled. Now Sri Lanka will take on Zimbabwe in the finals of tri series cup.

 India went on to this series as second ranked team in ICC rankings but now has moved down to third position.

Following is ICC One Day Internationals current ranking:

1. Australia
2. South Africa
3. India
4. New Zealand
5. England
6. Sri Lanka
7. Pakistan
8. West Indies
9. Bangladesh
10. Zimbabwe
11. Ireland
12. Kenya

Bally Chohan says that Turkey is considered to be most important friend in the Muslim world. As a repercussion of Israelis attacking Turkish ship, the government of Turkey has recalled its ambassador and has cancelled planned joint military exercise with Israel. The United Nations Security Council had an emergency session today to take stock of attack that occurred on international waters north of Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister cancelled his proposed meeting with United States President Barrack Obama and flew back home.

Mr. Netanyahu supported military action by Israeli Naval Commandos saying that the commandos fired in self defense only. The Israeli Military has also released video footage to support their claim that they fired in self defense only.

Israel Government in a press release said that the ship was full of unwanted elements that came to fight on pretext of being humanitarians. Israel has termed the passengers in ship as pro-Palestinian activists. However the organizers of flotilla accused the Israeli forces of opening fire immediately on reaching deck of the ship. Organizers of the flotilla have released videos in support of their claim.

As reported Israel has imposed military blockade of Gaza and the flotilla of cargo ships and passengers boats was carrying aids for Gaza. This was seen by some as challenge to Israel’s military blockade of Gaza.

Hamas, an organization sworn to Israel’s destruction has taken over Gaza by force in 2007 and Israel has vowed not to le flotilla reach the shores of Gaza. Israel government has earlier warned Flotilla to abort their mission as Israel thought it to be provocation.

Bally Chohan summarizes the incident:

• Israeli warship intercepted the aid flotilla shortly before Sunday midnight
• Warning by Israeli military that the vessel is entering hostile area
• Flotilla was told by Israeli army that Gaza shore is under blockade
• The Flotilla ignored military request and continued its journey to the destination
• Naval commandos with the help of ropes from helicopters came aboard the ship

Israeli soldiers say that they were attacked with clubs, metal and rod knives on reaching aboard ship. Israeli army was planning to stop ships with large nets. A soldier from Israeli army told media persons that the army ordered to not kill any of the passengers. They were told to neutralize passengers only. However the commandos had to fire in order to defend themselves. They fired back to save their lives.

A leader of the pro-Palestinian movement told media persons that the Israeli soldiers fired on sleeping innocent civilians at four in the morning.