.  Pamela Anderson back on ’Dancing With The Stars’

 . . London: Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has signed up for another series of 'Dancing With The Stars'. 

Pamela, 45, will appear in the All-Stars series starting on September 24, reported Sun online. 

Also joining the competition are 14 more contestants including "Sex and the City" actor Gilles Marini, model Kelly Monaco, and speed skating champion Apolo Ono.

This year, TV bosses have invited back the most popular contestants of the past for an all-star special, instead of creating a new line-up of fresh faces like they have in previous seasons

.  Pamela Anderson back on ’Dancing With The Stars’

 . . London: Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has signed up for another series of 'Dancing With The Stars'. 

Pamela, 45, will appear in the All-Stars series starting on September 24, reported Sun online. 

Also joining the competition are 14 more contestants including "Sex and the City" actor Gilles Marini, model Kelly Monaco, and speed skating champion Apolo Ono.

This year, TV bosses have invited back the most popular contestants of the past for an all-star special, instead of creating a new line-up of fresh faces like they have in previous seasons

. Blackout in north India as grid collapses; 60 pc restored  

 New Delhi: Entire north India today plunged into the worst power crisis in a decade throwing normal life out of gear for several hours in eight states with collapse of the Northern Grid early morning. 

From Railways to Delhi Metro to water supplies, many of the services were severely hit since the grid failed at 2:35 AM. Office-goers and students faced harrowing times in the national capital where the Metro train services were disrupted. 

Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir suffered the power outage. Besides, union territory of Chandigarh was also snapped from the grid. 

Till afternoon, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that 60 per cent of electricity supply had resumed. He said that power was drawn from Bhutan and Eastern and Western grids as generating stations in the North had come to a halt. 
Normalcy would take a few more hours, officials said. 

More than 8,000 MW capacity of the country's largest electricity producer NTPC, spread across six power plants, was hit. 

Shinde said, "the fault is not known as yet... somewhere near Agra, a failure has happened. We will inquire (into) that". However, Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf blamed neighbouring states for over drawing electricity from the grid. 
Services of about 300 trains, including Rajdhani, Shatbadi and Duronto, were severely affected. 

Shinde announced a three-member panel to look into the power failure, the worst since 2002. 

The grid failure not only impacted more than one fourth of the country's population but also several industrial areas and the information technology services in Gurgaon and Noida in the NCR region.  

"In 2001 and 2002, grid failure had happened. After 10 years it has happened now...the grid at that time (2001-02) failed during midnight and was only restored at 4:30 PM," Shinde said. 

Most parts of north India especially Delhi went without electricity for about many hours. The power supply situation is slowly coming back to normal in the states. 
When contacted at 2 PM, POSOCO Chief Executive Officer S K Soonee said that the Northern Grid would be restored fully in a couple of hours. 

"Delhi has got its full load. Now about 23,000 MW electricity is available on northern grid while the demand is over 35,000 MW," Soonee told PTI. 

Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO), part of state-run Power Grid, manages the transmission grids in the country. 

Currently, the Northern Grid is getting about 5,447 MW from Eastern and Western Grids. 

The Northern Grid, which is estimated to cater to around 28 per cent of country's population, had seen a major collapse in 2001-02. In January 2010 too, the Northern Grid had tripped due to fog moisture

. Blackout in north India as grid collapses; 60 pc restored  

 New Delhi: Entire north India today plunged into the worst power crisis in a decade throwing normal life out of gear for several hours in eight states with collapse of the Northern Grid early morning. 

From Railways to Delhi Metro to water supplies, many of the services were severely hit since the grid failed at 2:35 AM. Office-goers and students faced harrowing times in the national capital where the Metro train services were disrupted. 

Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir suffered the power outage. Besides, union territory of Chandigarh was also snapped from the grid. 

Till afternoon, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that 60 per cent of electricity supply had resumed. He said that power was drawn from Bhutan and Eastern and Western grids as generating stations in the North had come to a halt. 
Normalcy would take a few more hours, officials said. 

More than 8,000 MW capacity of the country's largest electricity producer NTPC, spread across six power plants, was hit. 

Shinde said, "the fault is not known as yet... somewhere near Agra, a failure has happened. We will inquire (into) that". However, Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf blamed neighbouring states for over drawing electricity from the grid. 
Services of about 300 trains, including Rajdhani, Shatbadi and Duronto, were severely affected. 

Shinde announced a three-member panel to look into the power failure, the worst since 2002. 

The grid failure not only impacted more than one fourth of the country's population but also several industrial areas and the information technology services in Gurgaon and Noida in the NCR region.  

"In 2001 and 2002, grid failure had happened. After 10 years it has happened now...the grid at that time (2001-02) failed during midnight and was only restored at 4:30 PM," Shinde said. 

Most parts of north India especially Delhi went without electricity for about many hours. The power supply situation is slowly coming back to normal in the states. 
When contacted at 2 PM, POSOCO Chief Executive Officer S K Soonee said that the Northern Grid would be restored fully in a couple of hours. 

"Delhi has got its full load. Now about 23,000 MW electricity is available on northern grid while the demand is over 35,000 MW," Soonee told PTI. 

Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO), part of state-run Power Grid, manages the transmission grids in the country. 

Currently, the Northern Grid is getting about 5,447 MW from Eastern and Western Grids. 

The Northern Grid, which is estimated to cater to around 28 per cent of country's population, had seen a major collapse in 2001-02. In January 2010 too, the Northern Grid had tripped due to fog moisture

Veteran Marathi film composer Palsule passes away.

Mumbai: Noted Marathi film composer Bal Palsule passed away at Sangli in western Maharashtra today after a brief illness. He was 72. 

Palsule had composed music for around 150 films. 

Some of his popular tracks include 'Kutha Kutha Jayacha Hanimun la" from 'Phatakdi', "He Shivshankar" from 'Thapadya', "Sutala Vadal Vaara" from 'Patlin', "Bhingri Ga Bhingari" from 'Bhingari'

Veteran Marathi film composer Palsule passes away.

Mumbai: Noted Marathi film composer Bal Palsule passed away at Sangli in western Maharashtra today after a brief illness. He was 72. 

Palsule had composed music for around 150 films. 

Some of his popular tracks include 'Kutha Kutha Jayacha Hanimun la" from 'Phatakdi', "He Shivshankar" from 'Thapadya', "Sutala Vadal Vaara" from 'Patlin', "Bhingri Ga Bhingari" from 'Bhingari'

 Narang’s bronze provides spark to India’s Games campaign  .

London: Shooter Gagan Narang provided the spark to India's Olympic campaign by clinching the bronze medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event while his compatriot Abhinav Bindra surprisingly failed to qualify for the finals at the Royal Artillery Barracks here Monday.  Giving the country its first medal in the current Olympics, 29-year-old Narang lived upto expectations to claim the bronze, the third shooting medal in India's Olympic history, but his overall performance was below his personal best.  While Narang managed to be consistent enough to win the medal in his third Olympic appearance, Beijing Games gold medallist Bindra, who was also touted as a serious medal contender, finished a disappointing 16th in the qualification round.  But the day clearly belonged to Narang who shot 598 in the qualification and held his nerve in the tense tie-breaker to claim the bronze medal in a virtual neck-and-neck contest. Narang had a total score of 701.1.  Spurred on by the vociferous support of a sizeable Indian supporters and officials at the venue, Narang was done in by two poor scores of 9.7 (second round) and 9.5 (eighth round), which ultimately pegged him down to the third position.  Alin George Moldoveanu of Romania bagged the coveted gold medal with a total of 702.1 while Italy's Niccolo Campriani took the silver with a score of 701.5.  Narang, who had taken part in the Athens and Beijing Games, and missed final berths by a whisker, was understandably relieved to have fulfilled his dream of winning an Olympic medal.  "It is like a huge stone is off my chest. I had not managed to qualify for the finals in the last two Olympics and that was really painful, But now I am happy to have finally won an Olympic medal," Narang told reporters here.  .

 Narang’s bronze provides spark to India’s Games campaign  .

London: Shooter Gagan Narang provided the spark to India's Olympic campaign by clinching the bronze medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event while his compatriot Abhinav Bindra surprisingly failed to qualify for the finals at the Royal Artillery Barracks here Monday.  Giving the country its first medal in the current Olympics, 29-year-old Narang lived upto expectations to claim the bronze, the third shooting medal in India's Olympic history, but his overall performance was below his personal best.  While Narang managed to be consistent enough to win the medal in his third Olympic appearance, Beijing Games gold medallist Bindra, who was also touted as a serious medal contender, finished a disappointing 16th in the qualification round.  But the day clearly belonged to Narang who shot 598 in the qualification and held his nerve in the tense tie-breaker to claim the bronze medal in a virtual neck-and-neck contest. Narang had a total score of 701.1.  Spurred on by the vociferous support of a sizeable Indian supporters and officials at the venue, Narang was done in by two poor scores of 9.7 (second round) and 9.5 (eighth round), which ultimately pegged him down to the third position.  Alin George Moldoveanu of Romania bagged the coveted gold medal with a total of 702.1 while Italy's Niccolo Campriani took the silver with a score of 701.5.  Narang, who had taken part in the Athens and Beijing Games, and missed final berths by a whisker, was understandably relieved to have fulfilled his dream of winning an Olympic medal.  "It is like a huge stone is off my chest. I had not managed to qualify for the finals in the last two Olympics and that was really painful, But now I am happy to have finally won an Olympic medal," Narang told reporters here.  .

SI's house attacked.

KANNUR:  House of a special branch Sub-Inspector of Police was attacked by a ten member group allegedly belonging to CPI (M), early Monday. According to police, the ten member gang trespassed the house of Sub-Inspector Raghavan K V, attached to Payyanur Police Station, at early hours of today and damaged properties valued at about Rs 10,000. They damaged plants, gardens, electric bulbs and a plastic shed. Police registered a case in this connection and search was on to find out the culprits.

SI's house attacked.

KANNUR:  House of a special branch Sub-Inspector of Police was attacked by a ten member group allegedly belonging to CPI (M), early Monday. According to police, the ten member gang trespassed the house of Sub-Inspector Raghavan K V, attached to Payyanur Police Station, at early hours of today and damaged properties valued at about Rs 10,000. They damaged plants, gardens, electric bulbs and a plastic shed. Police registered a case in this connection and search was on to find out the culprits.