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Ahead of Babri verdict, UP govt on alert

200 flights cancelled as typhoon nears southern Japan

The agency issued a warning of heavy rains and strong gales, and warned residents to be on alert against possible landslides and floods.

Empty grenade shells found at cargo terminal

A security alert was issued at the Indira Gandhi International airport on Wednesday after empty grenade shells were found at the cargo terminal.

Flood threat recedes for now, babus to be on alert

Hyderabad, Aug. 31: The threat of floods has receded in many areas with the rains easing off on Tuesday, without causing much damage. An irrigation engineer was seriously injured in East Godavari district while inspecting a breach in the Subbareddy Sagar left canal and two houses were damaged in a landslide in Vijayawada.

Though there is no immediate danger of flooding, the two rivers — Godav

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Post London, Champions League T20 on high alert

The fixing storm that’s raging across the cricket world has put the organizers of the Champions League T20 on their guard. The tournament, coming as it does close on the heels of the shocking London revelations, will be keenly watched for how vigilant it is against the menace.

Testing times for police force: Khan

With the crucial judicial verdict on Babri masjid title expected in September, the police force in the state is on alert to tackle any law and order problems that would arise, city police commissioner A K Khan said on Sunday.

Bahrain on the alert for bird flu

Bahrain has raised its alert for bird flu after several cases were reported in Egypt and some East Asian nations and is increasing its preparedness to contain any possible H1N1 outbreak, Gulf Daily News has reported. Health authorities in the kingdom have stepped up quarantine procedures and banned imports of birds from these countries.

Army specialists to man jammers

In view of the terror alert issued by US-based think tank Stratfor, the government has roped in army specialists to operate signal decryption equipment, aimed to prevent remote-triggered explosions, at Commonwealth Games venues.

Indonesia issues red alert as Sinabung volcano erupts

Indonesia issued a red alert on Sunday after the Sinabung volcano on the island of Sumatra erupted, spewing smoke and ash 1,500 metres into the air and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.

Army specialists to man jammers at CWG venues

In view of the terror alert issued by Stratfor, a US-based think tank, the government has roped in army specialists to operate jammers and signal decryption equipment at Commonwealth Games venues.

These precautions are aimed at preventing terrorists from triggering explosions by remote-control.

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Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks

Iraq’s prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the US combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday.

City braces for tank breaches

Hyderabad, Aug. 25: As heavy rains continued to lash the city, the district administration sounded an alert in the colonies and slums located in the up and down streams of Hussainsagar and numerous other tanks and water bodies in and around Greater Hyderabad. Water in Hussainsagar lake is flowing 33 cm above its full tank level of 513.41 metres.

Though rainfall recorded at Begumpet airport wa

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Yamuna in spate, flood threat in Agra

The threat of flood looms large in the lower reaches and along the banks of river Yamuna in this Taj Mahal city with authorities sounding a danger alert and advising people to move out as the water level was rising every hour.

Alert residents foil robbery bid

A city infamous for its apathy provided a rare glimpse of its more humane side on Monday evening. Jatin Anand reports. 

Capital on flood alert for the 3rd day

Capital on flood alert for the 3rd day

Alert netizens shame errant cops on Facebook

The hunter has become the hunted. A citizens initiative launched on Facebook to shame general traffic violators has become a platform to expose policemen breaking traffic regulations on city roads.

Maoists got 2.5 lakh bullets from Kolkata

So much for the security alert. Gunrunner Mahesh Kumar Singh – who was arrested from near Sovabazar Metro station in June – had bought at least 2.5 lakh rounds of ammunition from the heart of Kolkata for the Maoists in the last three years. That’s enough to arm two Army battalions.

Facebook users warned of hacker threat

Global provider of anti-malware security solutions, BitDefender has issued a malware alert to all Facebook users about a new cyber attack tool called ‘facebook Hacker’ which enables cybercriminals to steal usernames and passwords from various user accounts. The threat has been identified as Trojan.Generic.3576478. In order to stay safe, the firm has advised users to ensure that they are running a frequently updated antivirus utility and to never run files that are received as attachments or via IM, or at least, scan them before running.

Great White Shark Sightings Have U.S. Lifeguards on Alert

Dozens of great white shark sightings in recent days have authorities on alert at many U.S. beaches now, according to multiple media reports.

Red Alert, Border are films you need to do: Suniel

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty takes pride in doing issue-based movies like the recent Red Alert: The War Within and the 1997 hit Border as they allow him to give something back to society.

Bitdefender issues ‘Facebook Hacker’ malware alert

United Arab Emirates: BitDefender, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions in over 100 countries across the world, has issued a malware alert to all Facebook users about a new cyber attack tool called ‘facebook Hacker’ which enables cybercriminals with stealing usernames and passwords from various user accounts. The do-it-yourself kit helps the ill-intentioned wrong-doer in stealing login credentials from the targeted user without the user even typing in any login information. [AMEInfo.com]

Heavy rains lash Punjab, Haryana

Moderate to heavy rains lashed most places in Punjab and Haryana, with 50 villages alongside the Yamuna in Sonepat district continue to remain on high alert for the fourth consecutive day today as the water in the river flowed much above the danger mark.

 

Alert in villages alongside Yamuna

Irrigation department officials, however, said there was nothing to panic about the flow of water in the Yamuna.

Terrorists may strike in festive season

A terror alert has been sounded by Central security agencies warning of possible strikes by Pakistan-based terror outfits, including the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, during the upcoming festive season and Commo

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Ahead of festive season, Delhi put on high alert

With intelligence agencies warning of a terror attack ahead of the Commonwealth Games, the Home Ministry has decided to put Delhi and other cities on a high alert during the upcoming festive season. HT reports.

Govt issues countrywide terror alert

The country has been put on high alert following Intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based terrorists may strike during the upcoming festive season.

Inception Explained

SPOILER ALERT: This article should only be read by people who have already seen Inception. It is advised to not read ahead if you have not seen the film.

So, how many of you have been able to completely unravel the meaning and  mindscape of Christopher Nolan’s Inception? Not many, we are sure. It isn’t for nothing that Nolan’s film is being described – by viewers, critics, theorists, scientists, alike – as the biggest mind f**k of the century.

Teaser number 1: The biggest trick that Nolan plays on the mind of the viewer hinges on the spinning of the top. As Cobb explains early in the film, you can only distinguish dream from reality on the basis of the totem’s motion. If it stops, you’re in the real world and vice versa.

Teaser number 2: Cobb’s ring appears in dream sequences and disappears when he is kicked back into reality. In the last sequence, the top may be still spinning, but there is no ring on his finger, as he moves forward to meet his two children, James and Phillipa, who incidentally, haven’t aged at all despite a considerable time span. Hence the confusion: Was Inception dream or reality?       
 
There are several theories on the possible interpretations of Inception. Some of the most interesting ones are:

1. Theory number 1: Cobb was just an ordinary passenger who dreamt up Inception on a 10-hour flight, back home. And when the plane landed, he walked off, like any other regular guy who returns home to his kids after a business trip. Crazy, but possible.

2. Theory number 2: Ariadne (Ellen Page), not Cobb, was the head shrink. She had been hired by Cobb’s father-in-law, Miles (Michael Caine) to cure him of his guilt complex. According to this theory, Cobb, inmate # 528491 of a mental asylum, held himself responsible for his wife, Mal’s (Marion Cottilard) death and Miles sent his favourite student to lead the Inception and plant the idea in Cobb’s head that his dream-wife is dead and he should move on.

Here’s a look at some of the other prominent mind tricks you need to resolve for a better understanding of Inception:

* So, who dreamt the final snow fortress dream? Was it Eames or Fischer?

While most of the explanatory infographics on the Web would like to attribute the snow fortress dream to Eames, actor Dilip Rao (the Chemist) says it was actually Fischer who dreamt up the final sequence.

Traditional explanation is as follows:
Level 1: with the van, was dreamed by Yusuf (Dileep Rao).

Level 2: the hotel was dreamed by Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).

Level 3: the snow fort was dreamed by Eames (Tom Hardy),

Final level: was, dreamed by no one, since it’s a place of shared consciousness.

* Did Cobb and Mal grow old together in reality or did Mal die young?
Seems that they actually did grow old together and Cobb’s memory of their youth is a fantasy. Why? Because when Cobb tells Ariadne the final story of how they escaped limbo, the clasped hands of Mal and Cobb on the railroad tracks appear old and wrinkled, just as Cobb and Mal are when we see them walking through the city while Cobb talks about them growing old  together. The youthful version could be part of the delusion Cobb constructed which was visited by Ariadne. Of course, that’s the optimist’s version too.

* Then why did Cobb have to perform Inception on Mal?
Cobb and Mal were trapped in limbo for 50 years. When Cobb realized they were living in an unreal world, he wanted to return and performed inception on Mal, telling her the world wasn’t real. They killed themselves in limbo to return to the real world. Unfortunately the inception lingered and Mal continued to believe that reality was a delusion too.

* Where’s the hurtling freight train in the street coming from?
Two explanations: It could be either Fischer’s sub-conscious trying to protect itself from the extractors or Cobb’s sub-conscious which unintentionally focuses on the train that kicked back Cobb and Mal into the real world from limbo.

* Why couldn’t Saito be saved like Fischer who was resuscitated by a defibrillator in level 3?

Saito was shot on the first level and died on the third. He would only have reached level two if resuscitated. But this wouldn’t have helped since he was still dying there. Fischer was shot on the third level but his body on the previous levels was still fine. The defibrillator and the kicks were enough to bring him back.

Too many teasers, too many questions: Yes, Inception definitely requires detailed viewings, with notebook in hand.

Box: What’s the Great Idea in Inception?

Believe it or not, Inception is essentially Indian philosophy re-visited. According to Adi Shankaracharya, (788-820 AD), the renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta School of philosophy, there is a dichotomy between illusion and reality which he succinctly sums up in the following quote: "Brahma satya. Jagat mithya, jivo brahmaiva naparah" (Brahman is the only truth, the spatio-temporal world is an illusion, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and individual self.) This tenet forms the basis of Indian spirituality, philosophy and culture and reportedly inspired both Hegel and Marx too. Quantum physics too points out that what we perceive as the real world does not actually exist and solids are nothing but an illusion created by energy.

Corroborating this contention is Nolan himself who says he draws most of his creative inspiration from the works of Argentine writer, essayist and poet, Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986).  In his famous work, The Immortal, Borges articulates a similar philosophy when he states: "No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men…I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am the world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist."

 

3 rapes reported over I-Day weekend

The men in khaki were on alert to tackle any possible threat from antinational elements as the country celebrated its 64th Independence Day on Sunday.

WHO says swine flu pandemic over but it’s peaking in India

For the World Health Organisation, the H1N1 swine flu pandemic is over. The world is no longer in an influenza pandemic alert and is moving into the post-pandemic period, WHO director general Margaret Chan said this week.

No terror threat but city on high alert

Surrounded by a bulwark of security apparatus and under the steely gaze of Black Cat commandos, the capital was in safe hands for the celebration of the 63rd anniversary of independence on Sunday morning.

Xavier’s girl loses leg after tree branch falls on her

Antara Telang (18) would not have lost her leg had the civic body and residents of Sion’s Bansari Bhavan society been more alert about the branches of the peepul tree in the building compound.

Pink City turns into a fortress for I-Day celebrations

The police and security agencies have been put on high alert on Independence Day, considering the heightened threat perception and recent reports of infiltration of terrorists through Indo-Pak border in the state.

Security beefed up for I-Day

Hyderabad, Aug. 14: The city police have made elaborate security arrangements in the wake of terror alert to the Independence Day celebrations on Sunday.

The commissioner of police, Mr A.K. Khan, said around 700 policemen were deployed at the Parade Grounds for the I-Day celebrations.

“Anti-sabotage checks have been carried out during the past one week. A large number of policemen have bee

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General alert in WB, no specific threat

A general alert has been sounded in West Bengal for Independence Day tomorrow and the state government is putting in place a strict security bandobast on the occasion.

Delhi on high alert for I-Day as terror threats persist

The capital turned into a security fortress on the eve of India’s 64th Independence Day, with market places, railway stations and airports placed under heavy surveillance Saturday.

US issues terror alert in India

Washington, Aug. 13: In a fresh warning, the US has said it has “credible evidence” that terrorists may be planning terror attacks at places frequented by its citizens in India, Pakistan and West Asia and asked them to be alert and take precautionary measures.

In a “Worldwide Caution” issued on Thursday, the State Department said it continues to receive information that terrorist groups

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I-Day eve terror alert makes cops mount tight vigil

On the eve of Independence Day, the city went on high alert after Bangalore Police unearthed a plot by Pakistan’s ISI to carry out terror attacks in the country with the help of Maoists.

Northeast under high alert, night trains cancelled

A high security alert was sounded on Friday across the northeast ahead of the Independence Day, and authorities cancelled all night trains through Assam in view of militants’ threats to blow up vital installations and railway tracks.

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Government surprised over UK scientists linking bug to India

Government on Thursday expressed surprise at scientists in the United Kingdom linking a new superbug resistant to antibiotics to India and said that it was drafting a reply to an alert issued by Britain in this regard.

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Pakistan issues fresh flood warning

Pakistan issued fresh flood warnings on Wednesday and put parts of Punjab and Sindh on high alert as another spell of floods would engulf the low-lying areas of the two provinces in the next 24 to 48 hours.

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