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August 26, 2012

ਦੋਹਤਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਤੋਂ ਜਾਣ 'ਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਨਾਨਾ ਦੋਸ਼ੀ ਕਰਾਰ

ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ, 25 ਅਗਸਤ, 2012 - ਕੈਨੇਡਾ 'ਚ ਧੀ ਅਤੇ ਜਵਾਈ ਦੇ ਤਲਾਕ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਪੁਰਦਗੀ ਦੇ ਕੇਸ ਵਿਚ ਇਕ ਨਾਨੇ ਨੂੰ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਦੀ ਸਖਤੀ ਦਾ ਸਾਹਮਣਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੈ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ ਲਾਗੇ ਨਿਊ ਮਾਰਕਿਟ ਦੀ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਵਿਚ ਚਲ ਰਹੇ ਇਕ ਕੇਸ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ 77 ਸਾਲਾ ਟੈਡ ਉਤਸਵਸਕੀ 'ਤੇ ਦੋਸ਼ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਮਾਰਚ 2009 ਵਿਚ ਆਪਣੀ ਬੇਟੀ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਦੋ ਪੁੱਤਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਵਿਚ ਨਿਆਗਰਾ ਫਾਲਜ਼ ਰਸਤੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਆਇਆ ਸੀ ਜਦ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਬੇਟੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਬੇਟਿਆਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਉਥੋਂ ਜਰਮਨੀ ਰਸਤੇ ਪੋਲੈਂਡ ਚਲੀ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ (ਸਾਬਕਾ) ਪਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਲਾਗੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਲੱਗਣ ਦੇਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੀ। ਪੋਲੈਂਡ ਤੋਂ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ 'ਚ ਆ ਕੇ ਵਸੇ ਟੈਡ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਦਲੀਲ ਨੂੰ ਜੱਜ ਨੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਬੇਟੀ ਦੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਬੇਟਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਦਾ ਲਈ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ 'ਚੋਂ ਕੱਢਣ ਦੇ ਇਰਾਦੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਪਤਾ। ਜ਼ਮਾਨਤ ਦੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਰਤਾਂ ਤਹਿਤ ਟੈਡ ਦਾ ਪਾਸਪੋਰਟ ਜ਼ਬਤ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ਵਿਚ ਸੁਣਾਈ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ। 2004 ਤੋਂ ਤਲਾਕ ਲਈ ਚੱਲ ਰਹੀ ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਵਿਚ ਕਮਾਲ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਪੋਲੈਂਡ ਦੀ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਟੈਡ ਦੀ ਲੜਕੀ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਵਿਚ ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ ਦੇ ਚੁੱਕੀ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਮੁਤਾਬਿਕ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਵਾਪਸ ਭੇਜਣ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਰ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਪਿਤਾ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦੀ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਵਿਚ ਆਪਣੀ (ਸਾਬਕਾ) ਪਤਨੀ ਤੇ ਦੋਵਾਂ ਲੜਕਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਗਵਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਰੱਖਣ ਦਾ ਕੇਸ ਲੜ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਨੇ ਭਗੌੜੀ ਕਰਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ।

ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ 'ਚ 'ਰੰਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ' ਅੱਜ

ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ, 25 ਅਗਸਤ, 2012 - ਰੂਰਲ ਹੈਰੀਟੇਜ ਐਂਡ ਸਪੋਰਟਸ ਕਲੱਬ ਆਫ ਅਲਬਰਟਾ ਵੱਲੋਂ 'ਰੰਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ' ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ 26 ਅਗਸਤ ਨੂੰ ਫੈਸਟੀਵਲ ਪਲੇਸ, ਸ਼ੇਰਵੁੱਡ ਪਾਰਕ ਵਿਖੇ ਕਰਵਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦਿੰਦਿਆਂ ਮੁੱਖ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ ਤੇ ਰਘਵੀਰ ਬਿਲਾਸਪੁਰੀ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਦੋ ਭਾਗਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਵੰਡਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਭਾਗ ਸਿੱਖ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਵਿਚ ਮਹਾਨ ਸਿੱਖ ਬੀਬੀਆਂ, ਮਾਤਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਰਪਿਤ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਦੂਸਰਾ ਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਵੰਨਗੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਜਿਆ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਬਾਲ ਸਾਹਿਤਕਾਰ ਕੰਵਲਜੀਤ ਨੀਲੋਂ ਦੀ ਸਰਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ ਹੇਠ ਕਰਵਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।

First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82


U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Saturday.
Armstrong died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, the family said in a statement, just two days after his birthday on August 5.

As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong said: "“That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."
Those words endure as one of the best known quotes in the English language.

The Apollo 11 astronauts' euphoric moonwalk provided Americans with a sense of achievement in the space race with Cold War foe the Soviet Union and while Washington was engaged in a bloody war with the communists in Vietnam.
Neil Alden Armstrong was 38 years old at the time and even though he had fulfilled one of mankind's age-old quests that placed him at the pinnacle of human achievement, he did not revel in his accomplishment. He even seemed frustrated by the acclaim it brought.

"I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work," Armstrong said in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" program in 2005.
He once was asked how he felt knowing his footprints would likely stay on the moon's surface for thousands of years. "I kind of hope that somebody goes up there one of these days and cleans them up," he said.

A VERY PRIVATE MAN
James Hansen, author of "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong," told CBS: "All of the attention that ... the public put on stepping down that ladder onto the surface itself, Neil never could really understand why there was so much focus on that."

The Apollo 11 moon mission turned out to be Armstrong's last space flight. The next year he was appointed to a desk job, being named NASA's deputy associate administrator for aeronautics in the office of advanced research and technology.
Armstrong's post-NASA life was a very private one. He took no major role in ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the moon landing. "He's a recluse's recluse," said Dave Garrett, a former NASA spokesman.

Hansen said stories of Armstrong dreaming of space exploration as a boy were apocryphal, although he was long dedicated to flight. "His life was about flying. His life was about piloting," Hansen said.

Born August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Armstrong was the first of three children of Stephen and Viola Armstrong. He married his college sweetheart, Janet Shearon, in 1956. They were divorced in 1994, when he married Carol Knight.

Armstrong had his first joyride in a plane at age 6. Growing up in Ohio, he began making model planes and by his early teens had amassed an extensive aviation library. With money earned from odd jobs, he took flying lessons and obtained his pilot's license even before he got a car license.

In high school he excelled in science and mathematics and won a U.S. Navy scholarship to Purdue University in Indiana, enrolling in 1947. He left after two years to become a Navy pilot, flying combat missions in the Korean War and winning three medals.
FLYING TEST PLANES

After the war he returned to Purdue and graduated in 1955 with an aeronautical engineering degree. He joined the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), which became NASA in 1958.

Armstrong spent seven years at NACA's high-speed flight station at Edwards Air Force Base in California, becoming one of the world's best test pilots. He flew the X-15 rocket plane to the edge of space - 200,000 feet up at 4,000 mph.
In September 1962, Armstrong was selected by NASA to be an astronaut. He was command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission and backup command pilot for the Gemini 11 mission, both in 1966.

On the Gemini 8 mission, Armstrong and fellow astronaut David Scott performed the first successful docking of a manned spacecraft with another space vehicle.

Armstrong put his piloting skills to good use on the moon landing, overriding the automatic pilot so he and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin would not have to land their module in a big rocky crater.

Yet the landing was not without danger. The lander had only about 30 seconds of fuel left when Armstrong put it down in an area known as the Sea of Tranquility and calmly radioed back to Mission Control on Earth, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

Aldrin, who along with Armstrong and Michael Collins formed the Apollo 11 crew, told BBC radio that he would remember Armstrong as "a very capable commander and leader of an achievement that will be recognized until man sets foot on the planet Mars."

Armstrong left the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) a year after Apollo 11 to become a professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
DECLINES OFFERS TO RUN FOR OFFICE

After his aeronautical career, Armstrong was approached by political groups, but unlike former astronauts John Glenn and Harrison Schmitt who became U.S. senators, he declined all offers.
In 1986, he served on a presidential commission that investigated the explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger, killing its crew of seven shortly after launch from Cape Canaveral in January of that year.

Armstrong made a rare public appearance several years ago when he testified to a congressional hearing against President Barack Obama administration's plans to buy rides from other countries and corporations to ferry U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
Armstrong also said that returning humans to the moon was not only desirable, but necessary for future exploration -- even though NASA says it is no longer a priority.

He lived in the Cincinnati area with his wife, Carol.

"We are heartbroken to share the news that Neil Armstrong has passed away," the family said in their statement. "Neil was our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend."
His family expressed hope that young people around the world would be inspired by Armstrong's feat to push boundaries and serve a cause greater than themselves.

"The next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink," the family said.

Obama said that Armstrong "was among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time. ...
"Today, Neil's spirit of discovery lives on in all the men and women who have devoted their lives to exploring the unknown - including those who are ensuring that we reach higher and go further in space. That legacy will endure - sparked by a man who taught us the enormous power of one small step."

Glenn, an original NASA astronaut with Armstrong, spoke of his colleague's humble nature. "He was willing to dare greatly for his country and he was proud to do that and yet remained the same humble person he'd always been," he told CNN on Saturday.

The space agency sent out a brief statement in the wake of the news, saying it "offers its condolences on today's passing of Neil Armstrong, former test pilot, astronaut and the first man on the moon."

Armstrong is survived by his two sons, a stepson and stepdaughter, 10 grandchildren, a brother and a sister, NASA said.

Famous lost word in Neil Armstrong's ‘mankind' quote
Neil Armstrong's first words from the moon were heard all over Earth, and Earth heard this:
“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
But Mr. Armstrong said immediately after the 1969 landing that he had been misquoted. He said he actually said, “That's one small step for `a' man.” It's just that people just didn't hear it.
The astronaut acknowledged during a 30th anniversary gathering in 1999 that he didn't hear himself say it either when he listened to the transmission from the July 20, 1969, moon landing.
“The `a' was intended,” Mr. Armstrong said. “I thought I said it. I can't hear it when I listen on the radio reception here on Earth, so I'll be happy if you just put it in parentheses.”
Although no one in the world heard the “‘a,” some research backs Armstrong.
In 2006, a computer analysis found evidence that Armstrong said what he said he said.
Peter Shann Ford, an Australian computer programmer, ran a software analysis looking at sound waves and found a wave that would have been the missing “a.” It lasted 35 milliseconds, much too quick to be heard. The Smithsonian's space curator, Roger Launius, looked at the evidence and found it convincing.
NASA has also stood by its moon man.
“If Neil Armstrong says there was an `a,' then as far as we're concerned, there was `a,“’ NASA spokesman Michael Cabbage said shortly before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
Mr. Armstrong, who died Saturday at age 82, maintained until the end that there was a lost word in his famous words from the moon.
“I thought about it after landing,” he said in a 2011 NASA oral history. “And because we had a lot of other things to do, it was not something that I really concentrated on, but just something that was kind of passing around subliminally or in the background. But it, you know, was a pretty simple statement, talking about stepping off something. Why, it wasn't a very complex thing. It was what it was.”

AK Hangal passes away in Mumbai


His other notable films are Namak Haraam (1973), Shaukeen (1981), Sholay (1975), Aaina (1977), Avtaar (1983), Arjun (1985), Aandhi (1975), Tapasya (1976), Kora Kagaz (1974), Bawarchi (1972), Chhupa Rustam (1973), Chitchor (1976), Balika Badhu (1976), Guddi (1971), Naram Garam (1981). Life & times of AK Hangal 
Mumbai 26 August, 2012 - Veteran Bollywood actor AK Hangal passed away in Mumbai on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness aggravated by a recent hip fracture, a family member said. Hangal was 98.
"My father died around 9 am The cause of death is mainly age-related and his lungs had also become weak and collapsed," Hangal's son Vijay, 76, told IANS.

"My father was a spirited man....He kept fighting every time till his last breath," Vijay said, adding the funeral will be held at 1pm.
"He died following lung and kidney failure after he suffered a hip fracture," the actor's physician Koulsoum Hossein told IANS.

"It is a great shock and loss to his family, admirers and the entire film fraternity," said a family member at the actor's Santacruz residence.
The veteran will be cremated Sunday afternoon at Vile Parle crematorium.
According to a hospital official, Hangal was on life-support systems for the past few days but did not respond to treatment.
Hangal was admitted to the Asha Parekh Hospital Aug 16 following a hip fracture. He had been suffering from old age health problems for a long time. 
His wife passed away before and he is survived by his son, Vijay.
The actor was associated with the film industry since 1967 and worked in nearly 225 films. He is best known for his roles in "Parichay" and "Sholay".
The actor made headlines in 2011 when it was revealed that he was struggling for livelihood as his source of income had dried up and there was hardly any money for food or medicine.

Following that, many people from the film industry, including actors Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, offered him financial support.
Hangal was last seen in a TV show, "Madhubala", in May.
The Government of India awarded him the prestigious Padma Bhushan for his contribution to Hindi Cinema in 2006. Life & times of AK Hangal
The Government of India awarded him the prestigious Padma Bhushan for his contribution to Hindi Cinema in 2006. 

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Filmography
2008     Humsey Hai Jahaan
2005     Sab Kuch Hai Kuch Bhi Nahin
2005     Paheli
2005     Mr. Prime Minister
2004     Hari Om
2004     Dil Maange More
2003     Kahan Ho Tum
2002     Shararat
2001     The Adopted
2001     Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
1999     Thakshak
1998     Zor: Never Underestimate the Force
1998     Yeh Aashiqui Meri
1998     Main Solah Baras Ki
1996     Tere Mere Sapne
1996     Sautela Bhai
1995     Live Today
1995     Kismat
1994     Dilwale
1993     Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
1993     Khalnayak
1993     Jaagruti
1992     Meera Ka Mohan
1992     Laat Saab
1992     Apradhi
1991     Farishtay
1991     Dushman Devta
1990     Police Public
1989     Ilaaka
1989     Abhimanyu
1988     Khoon Bhari Maang
1988     Aakhri Adaalat
1987     Satyamev Jayate
1987     Mera Yaar Mera Dushman
1987     Jalwa
1987     Jaago Hua Savera
1987     Jaan Hatheli Pe
1987     Dacait
1986     New Delhi Times
1986     Ek Chadar Maili Si
1985     Surkhiyaan
1985     Saaheb
1985     Saagar
1985     Ram Teri Ganga Maili
1985     Pighalta Aasman
1985     Meri Jung
1985     Bewafai
1985     Arjun
1984     Sharaabi
1984     Kamla
1984     Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar
1983     Naukar Biwi Ka
1983     Avtaar
1982     Swami Dada
1982     Star
1982     Shriman Shrimati
1982     Shaukeen
1982     Saath Saath
1982     Khud-Daar
1982     Dil... Akhir Dil Hai
1982     Bemisal
1981     Naram Garam
1981     Kudrat
1981     Krodhi
1981     Kal Hamara Hai
1981     Kalyug
1981     Bhaaya
1981     Baseraa
1980     Thodisi Bewafaii
1980     Phir Wohi Raat
1980     Neeyat
1980     Kali Ghata
1980     Judaai
1980     Hum Paanch
1980     Humkadam
1979     Ratnadeep
1979     Prem Bandhan
1979     Meera
1979     Manzil
1979     Ladke Baap Se Badke
1979     Khandaan
1979     Jurmana
1979     Amar Deep
1978     Tumhare Liye
1978     Swarg Narak
1978     Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime
1978     Naukri
1978     Des Pardes
1978     Besharam
1978     Badalte Rishtey
1977     Paheli
1977     Mukti
1977     Kalabaaz
1977     Immaan Dharam
1977     Alaap
1977     Aaina
1977     Aafat
1976     Zindagi
1976     Zid
1976     Tapasya
1976     Raees
1976     Jeevan Jyoti
1976     Chitchor
1976     Balika Badhu
1976     Aaj Ka Ye Ghar
1975     Sholay
1975     Salaakhen
1975     Deewaar
1975     Anokha
1975     Aandhi
1974     Us-Paar
1974     Trimurti
1974     Kora Kagaz
1974     Ishq Ishq Ishq
1974     Do Nambar Ke Amir
1974     Doosri Sita
1974     Bidaai
1974     Aap Ki Kasam
1973     Namak Haraam
1973     Joshila
1973     Heera Panna
1973     Garm Hava
1973     Daag: A Poem of Love
1973     Chhupa Rustam
1973     Anamika
1973     Abhimaan
1972     Parichay
1972     Jawani Diwani
1972     Bawarchi
1951     Nadaan
1971     Mere Apne
1971     Guddi
1971     Anubhav
1969     Sara Akash
1969     Saat Hindustani
1969     Dharti Kahe Pukarke
1967     Teesri Kasam
1969     Dharti Kahe Pukarke
1967     Shagird