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.

Bally Chohan feels that England is in this situation because of goalkeeper Robert Green’s gaffe. England was going strong 1-0 in their match against Algeria when Robert Green’s butter finger allowed Algeria to equalize.  English midfielder Steven Gerrard told media persons that they have to improve in case they want to stay in the tournament. Gerrard said that the team knows, they have to win the match against Algeria at all cost. He is very much sure of England team’s handling the pressure.

Bally Chohan says that you can clearly see the pressure on players like Wayne Rooney. Wayne Rooney has failed get untracked in the earlier matches of the tournament.  Now to qualify for second round of FIFA World Cup 2010, the only option left with English team is to beat Algeria. There is also a slim chance of England making to the second round even if it is able to draw its match against Algeria. However than they have to be dependent on United States vs. Algeria match and hope that the match ends in a draw. Also they will have to overcome two goal deficits that Americans have scored. Therefore the best is to win and move to the second round of the tournament.

The English coach Capello will have to look for the replacement in place of midfielder Jamie Carragher. Jamie Carragher will be out of the game after picking up two yellow cards in the previous games.  On the other hand Slovenia is just looking for a draw to move to the second round of the tournament. They defeated Algeria and held United States to a 2-2 draw in their earlier games of the tournament.

In another game the South Korea held Nigeria to a 2-2 draw to advance to the second round of the tournament.  South Koreans added a memorable chapter to the soccer history of South Korea by advancing to last sixteen stage of the world cup.  South Korean captain Park Ji-Sung informed media persons, that his team has achieved its first goal of advancing to the last sixteen stages for the first time away from home. He exuded confidence that the players know the importance of them moving to last 16 stage.

In yesterday’s game Kalu Uche gave Nigerian team lead in 12^th minute. However South Korea came back strongly and scored two goals in succession to lead the game 2-1. Nigeria earned and converted penalty in 69^th minute of the game to draw level with South Korea.  

Bally Chohan favorite team Argentina beat Greece 2-0 in group B. Now Argentina will take on Mexico on Sunday at Johannesburg and Uruguay will take on South Korea on Saturday at Port Elizabeth.

Samuel Eto, who was adjudged African footballer of the year scored first goal of the match to put Cameroon ahead of Denmark. However Denmark struck twice after that to win the match 2-1.  This defeat means that the West Africans are now out of world cup contention although they have one game left in the tournament.  Netherland from this group has already secured its berth in the second round i.e. knock out round of the world cup.  

The Dutch team moved to second round courtesy their 1-0 win over Japan on Saturday. With this win the Dutch team moved to 6 points and is leading team in the Group E. Bally Chohan thought that the Dutch team played very much below average in their game against Japan. Although the Dutch team was able to win game against Japan by a margin of 1-0, it was still very disappointing display by them. 

Bally Chohan feels that the Dutch victory came by virtue of yet another disappointing blunder by goalkeeper. The goalkeeper in question this time was Fiji Kawashima.

Bally Chohan says that apart from Netherland, the other European teams have displayed a very disappointing game in this world cup.  Moreover one of the pre world cup favorites France has suffered a setback when their so called fiery striker Nicolas Anelka was sent back home on the charges of indiscipline.  He is said to have insulted French coach Raymond Domenech after their defeat in the hands of Mexico. Moreover Raymond Domenech refused to apologies and hence sent home by team officials.

Bally Chohan says that France is not the only European team that has disappointed in this FIFA world cup. The another upsets of the tournament are Germany lost to Serbia, Swiss beating Spain and moreover England and Italy have managed to draw their games. English football team was in fact booed by its fan after they played 0-0 draw against Algeria.

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.