New Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh is Nabam Tuki

Nabam Tuki will be the new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, replacing Jarbom Gamlin, who resigned from office yesterday.

On Tuesday, the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Arunachal Pradesh unanimously elected Tuki as their leader in the state assembly.

Tuki's election signals the end of the weeks-long political drama that culminated in the resignation of Gamlin.

The decision to choose Tuki was taken by the Congress high command.

The swearing-in of Tuki, who led the revolt against Gamlin's leadership, as the new Chief Minister is likely to take place later in the day, according to Raj Bhavan sources.

On Monday, Gamlin had in his resignation letter recommended the names of Power (Electrical) Minister Setong Sena and Finance Minister Kalikho Pul for the high post, according to official sources.

Gamlin had handed over his resignation to the state Governor General (retired) Joginder Jaswant Singh on Monday afternoon.

The Congress Legislative Party reached their decision to elect Tuki as their leader after two days of intense deliberation.

Gamlin had on Saturday offered to resign from his post amid dissidence in the state"s ruling Congress on the leadership issue.

He had taken over as chief minister on May 5 following the death of Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash.

Earlier, 40 of the 42 Congress legislators in Arunachal Pradesh have authorised All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi to appoint a new Congress Legislature Party leader in the state.

A one-point resolution was read out to newsmen by AICC observer and Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Party MLAs held a meeting at which Shinde and other two observers, former DoNER minister B K Handique and party"s general secretary and state unit in-charge Dhaniram Shandil.

The other two party MLAs are the Speaker and Wangki Lowang. Lowang did not attend the meeting.

A majority of Congress legislators led by Tuki had earlier demanded a change in leadership in the government headed by Jarbom Gamlin.

A majority of Congress MLAs demanded Gamlin"s resignation for his alleged "authoritarian rule".

Besides the Congress, the Trinamool Congress has five members, NCP-five, People"s Party of Arunachal four, BJP-three besides a lone Independent in the 60-member House. The Trinamool Congress and the NCP provide outside support to the Congress government.

New iPhone 4S faces battery complaints

The introduction of a new iPhone wouldn't be complete without at least one baffling technical problem ticking off customers. The iPhone 4S hasn't disappointed in that regard.

The discussions forums on Apple's Web site are ablaze with comments from iPhone 4S customers about the poor battery life of the new Apple phone. Many of the people complaining say the battery on the iPhone 4S seems to drain quickly even when they're not using the device much and even after they have shut down some of the power-hungry features that can affect battery performance.

For now, Apple isn't saying anything about the issue - a spokeswoman didn't respond to multiple requests for comment - in what has become a typical pattern of silence for the company after customers begin complaining about a technical problem with a new iPhone. Often Apple waits to speak out on issues like this after several days of investigating the matter.

In the meantime, iPhone customers are left troubleshooting the problem themselves, coming up with workarounds that may or may not alleviate the problem. The Guardian reported that some iPhone customers had seen improved battery life by shutting off a feature called "Setting Time Zone" buried within the location services menu of iPhone settings.

That feature automatically adjusts the time zone settings of an iPhone when a user travels. Turning it off means the clock on users' phones won't adjust unless they manually change it. Some people on Apple's discussion forums still report poor battery life even after making the change.

Battery complaints about new iPhones aren't new, but they have generally failed to grow into controversies as big as the mother of all iPhone blow-ups, known as Antennagate. In that case, the iPhone 4 introduction last year was met with a wave of bad publicity and customer complaints about dropped phone calls and weak wireless signals. Apple eventually conceded that the problems were caused by the design of the iPhone 4's antenna and offered customers free protective cases to remedy the problem.

Apple also said at the time that the antenna problems had been overblown and that only a small portion of its customers complained about them. The company appeared to be vindicated after the gangbuster iPhone 4 sales that followed.

Defiant Katich gears up for showdown with Cricket Australia

A defiant Simon Katich is likely to fight the detrimental public comment charge laid against him by Cricket Australia with his manager claiming that the axed opener knew he would land in trouble for blaming Michael Clarke for his ouster.

An angry Katich had stated that his 2009 dressing-room bust-up with now-captain Clarke after a Test in Sydney was the reason why he was left out of the contracted players' list earlier this year.

Both Clarke and CA did not take his comments kindly with the governing body accusing him of making a detrimental public comment last week.

Katich and his manager Robert Joske will meet a lawyer before deciding the course of response. Joske said the opener knew what he was getting into when he made the remarks.

"He only ever speaks the truth as far as he perceives it. In saying that, he was aware he probably crossed the line as far as Cricket Australia's directives are concerned," Joske was quoted as saying by 'The Daily Telegraph'.

Meanwhile, Katich also got some much-needed support when former Test players Mike Whitney and Greg Matthews said it would be unfair to penalise the opener for his honesty.

"He has every right to speak his mind and get whatever it is off his chest," Whitney said.

"When Kat was not selected in the top 25 (contracted players) this year, I was surprised the captain (Clarke) did put his hand up, given Kat has been in the top five batsmen in the world the past few seasons.

"Kat has got the respect of everybody, players like him, he's upfront, there's no bulls*** about him at all - he ticks all the boxes."

Matthews echoed the sentiment and said no player should be punished for being forthright.

"For a man of his integrity to speak his mind, we should listen rather than criticise him for speaking the truth.

"If you had to go into war, who would you prefer on your shoulder - Simon Katich and Andrew Symonds or Michael Clarke? I hope the ACA (Australian Cricketers' Association) fight tooth and nail for him."

The 36-year-old initially reacted angrily to his axing in June, calling a press conference to slam selectors. CA chose not to react at that time.

Ovarian cancer feeds on fat cells in abdomen

A research team based at the University of Chicago has found that large pad of fat cells that extends from the stomach and covers the intestines provides nutrients that promote the spread and growth of ovarian cancer.

In 80 percent of women, by the time ovarian cancer is diagnosed, it has spread to the pad of fat cells, called the omentum. Often, cancer growth in the omentum exceeds the growth of the original ovarian cancer.

“This fatty tissue, which is extraordinarily rich in energy-dense lipids, acts as a launching pad and energy source for the likely lethal spread of ovarian cancer,” said study author Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago.

“The cells that make up the omentum contain the biological equivalent of jet fuel. They feed the cancer cells, enabling them to multiply rapidly. Gaining a better understanding of this process could help us learn how to disrupt it,” Lengyel stated.

The researchers found that ovarian cancer cells injected into the abdomen of healthy mice find their way to the omentum within 20 minutes.

Once ovarian cancer cells reach the omentum, they quickly develop the tools to devour the sustenance provided by this fatty tissue, reprogramming their metabolism to thrive on lipids acquired from fat cells.

Ovarian cancer can rapidly convert the entire omentum, a soft fat pad, into a solid mass of cancer cells.

The researchers believe that a protein known as fatty acid binding protein (FABP4), a fat carrier, may be crucial to this process and could be a target for treatment.

When the researchers compared primary ovarian cancer tissue with ovarian cancer tissue, which had spread to the omentum, they found that tumour cells next to omental fat cells produced high levels of FABP4.

When they inhibited FABP4, the transfer of nutrients from fat cells to cancer cells was drastically reduced. Inhibition of FABP4 also reduced tumour growth and the ability of tumours to generate new blood vessels.

"Therefore,” the authors wrote, “FABP4 emerges as an excellent target in the treatment of intra-abdominally disseminating tumours, which preferentially metastasises to adipose tissue such as ovarian, gastric, and colon cancers."

Lady GaGa performed inJ aypee Integrated Sports Complex, Greater Noida

It's hard to believe that one of the grandest after hours parties, celebrating India's first-ever grand prix, was at a basketball court in Jaypee Integrated Sports Complex, Greater Noida. It's even harder to believe that's where pop sensation and fashion icon Lady Gaga chose to perform her brand-new song, 'Marry the Night'. But on seeing the magnificent set created at the venue, it all seems a lot more plausible.

And at 1am, from behind the purple velvet curtains, Lady Gaga emerged on the stage. Her outfit was hardly eccentric - black Louboutin heels and a crystal-studded dress, with regular blond hair - but as soon as she began the first verse of 'Born This Way', there was nothing denying her star power. Several rumours had plagued her performance - that she would perform at the circuit itself after the race because she was wary of the security, that she would just sing three songs during the performance. But dispelling them, she said: "I feel like I waited a lifetime to come here. I am certainly not going to play 10 minutes for you."

Over the course of her approximately 33-minute performance, she sang some of her greatest hits, including 'Judas', 'Bad Romance', and an acoustic rendition of the song that started it all, 'Poker Face'. An obvious Indian influence, she had a sitar player accompany her as she played the piano and sang 'Marry the Night'. Her outfit, too, was originally a sari designed by Tarun Tahiliani, which she ripped to make it "a little bit more New York" because as she said, she's "half a lady, and half a Gaga".

Before she sang an acoustic version of 'Edge of Glory', she narrated how the song came about - "I wrote it with my father while drinking tequila when my grandpa passed away, to symbolize that he was on the edge of something glorious."

At the end of her performance, Arjun Rampal, actor and co-owner of LAP that hosted the event, came on stage and said: "It is such a proud moment for India today. The best circuit in the world is in Noida. You can only equal that with a Lady called Gaga."

Before DJ Edward Maya, of Stereo Love fame, finally came out to perform his set, there were exotic dancers - some performing acrobatics mid-air and others holding torches as they danced on raised platforms -- and a laser show to keep the crowd entertained. It was noticeably subdued after Gaga left, but when Maya opened with the beats of 'I Gotta Feeling', the night picked up once again. Still, people complained of the music being too soft to match the scale of the venue. In fact, a sizeable chunk of the crowd left a while after Lady Gaga's performance.

Apart from the individuals at the bar, and the two categories of tables on two separate tiers - one for Rs 8 lakh and the other for Rs 10 lakh - there was also a private area at the highest tier, reserved for guests of Rampal, including Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Suzanne Roshan, Fardeen Khan, Deepika Padukone, Siddhartha Mallya and Yuvraj Singh. But apart from that, there were celebrities who had their own tables, such as Sonam Kapoor, dressed in an embellished black gown, with her father Anil Kapoor.

Greece debt crisis: Referendum promised on EU deal

Greece will hold a referendum on a new European Union aid package intended to resolve the country's debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou says.

Last week eurozone leaders agreed on a 100bn-euro loan (£86:$140bn) to Athens and a 50% debt write-off, as part of a deal aimed tackling the euro crisis.

But there have been large-scale protests in Greece against the austerity measures demanded by the EU.

Analysts say a referendum could derail the wider deal on the euro debt crisis.

The Greek rescue package is a key part of the agreement reached in the early hours of Thursday after marathon talks by eurozone leaders.

They said banks holding Greek debt accepted a 50% loss, the eurozone bailout fund will be boosted to about 1tn euros (£880bn; $1.4tn) and banks will have to raise more capital.

But our correspondent says that many people in Greece say they prefer the chaos of default to years of hardship.

On Friday, there were protests in several cities around Greece.

An important annual parade was cancelled in Thessaloniki after demonstrators blocked the route and shouted insults at President Karolos Papoulias.


Many Greeks believe the government has gone too far in allowing the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to dictate the austerity measures needed to secure the bailout.

Mr Papandreou has also faced growing dissent from within his own Socialist party over the impact of the measures.

The party's approval ratings have plunged and its parliamentary majority has been cut by several defections to other groups.
Analysts say the promise of a referendum allows Mr Papandreou's government, which has born the brunt of public anger over the austerity measures, to pass responsibility for the country's future to the Greek public.

"The new agreement will be submitted to parliament for approval and then submitted to the judgment of the Greek people," Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told.

"The Greek people can, of course, say no but must bear in mind the consequences of that decision."

Opposition parties said the government had only announced the referendum to avoid having to call an early general election.

"The prime minister is trying to buy time," said Costas Gioulekas from the right-of-centre New Democracy party.

"We want clear solutions. And a clear solution is obvious: elections."

Anna writes to PM, warns of another hunger strike

Anna Hazare has written to the Prime Minister warning him that he will begin another hunger strike if the Lokpal Bill is not passed in the Winter Session of Parliament.

The anti-corruption crusader says that he ended his 12-day fast in August only after the PM sent him a letter assuring him that the government was determined to bring in a tough new law against graft.

Copies of Anna's letter have been sent to UPA President Sonia Gandhi and Law Minister Salman Khurshid. (Read full text of letter)

The Winter Session of Parliament will begin on November 22 and end on December 21.

In his note to the PM, the 74-year-old Gandhian says that his team will begin a new movement on the last day of the Winter Session of Parliament if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not introduced by them.

He says along with his group of activists, he will tour states headed for elections. Anna says he will not target any one party but will ask voters to spurn corrupt parties and politicians and vote for those who stand for clean governance.

In the recent Lok Sabha election in Hisar, Anna's close aides campaigned emphatically against the Congress, drawing much criticism for singling out one party. They have said in their defence that because the Congress leads the UPA coalition at the centre, the party must be held responsible for bringing in tough laws against corruption. But many - including a faction of activists once close to Anna- have criticized aides like Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi for taking on a political agenda, and for allowing attention to be diverted from the Lokpal Bill.

Named for a new ombudsman agency that it creates, the Lokpal Bill is meant to combat corruption among public servants. The powers this agency should have and how its members should be selected have created serious differences between the government and Team Anna.