Rakhi Sawant Rakhi Ka Swayamvar finally shorted out with five contestants

     

Rakhi Sawant, the item girl-turned-actress who appeared in films also featured on Sony TV's reality show Big Boss but amazed others through NDTV Imagine's reality show now reached the final stage in choosing her groom out of five, the contestants list which was shorted down to five men, Luv Khanna, Manas Katyal, Elesh Parujanwala, Chhitiz Jain and Manmohan Tiwari.

    

Gift for the gift
The mothers of contestants presented various gifts to the gift (Rakhi Sawant)
 Luv's mother gifted her a bangle and a Ganesha idol, while Manas' mother cooked for her. Chhitiz's mother brought her some childhood memories of her son and Manmohan's mom presented her Ganga jal from their hometown Rishikesh.

Samsung to launch Bluetooth headsets

Samsung Mobiles has announced its decision to launch Bluetooth headsets - WEP870, WEP850 and WEP470 - in line with its strategy to attain a status of repute in the technology segment by launching customer friendly gadgets.

Samsung WEP870, supported by multi-connection technology, is a noiseless Bluetooth mono headset that enables customers to listen to streaming music. It can simultaneously pair with two Bluetooth enabled devices. The headset, priced at $90, is easy to wear around the neck for enjoying music in a recreational mood.

It supports a very comfortable microphone for users to receive and send the best sound, using the stereo ear buds. It also supports an intuitive LCD screen for displaying battery level, call status and Bluetooth connection status to the users.

Lightweight headset Samsung WEP470, packed with packet loss suppression technology, also offers very fine reception without any noise and distortions. It has many features similar to the WEP870, but it is comparatively cheaper than other models. It is available for just $40.

WEP850 is also attributed with features similar to WEP870 and WEP470, and it is available for $70.

German woman could face extradition over baby's death in Spain

A 20-year-old German woman has been arrested following claims that she was responsible for the death of her baby on the Spanish holiday island of Majorca, prosecutors said Thursday.

The woman, who has not been named, could face extradition to Spain to answer allegations that the she left the dead baby in Majorca and returned to Germany.

The body was found in a ventilation shaft in the tourist town of El Arenal, Spanish police claim.

The woman, who was arrested in the German state of Lower Saxony and rejects the charges that she was responsible for the baby's death, has been held for two weeks.

German prosecutors said that the circumstances surrounding the baby's death remained unclear.

Berlin plans special honour for Bolt

The world championship host city of Berlin plans to honour Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt in a special way, the local government spokesman said on Thursday.

Bolt ran an astonishing 100 metres world record of 9.58 seconds on Sunday and was also tipped to win the 200m later Thursday, possibly in world record time again.

"We want to say thank you to Usain Bolt in a special way at the end of the worlds on Sunday. We have seen one of most outstanding achievements in athletics history from him which we want to honour with a special gesture," said spokesman Richard Meng.

The special gift which is yet to be determined is to be given to Bolt by mayor Klaus Wowereit.