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Indian Temple of Sri Padmanabha Swamy unearthed treasure worth $22 Billion!
Jul 6th
Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple is Kerala state, India is now member pf one of the richest temples in India. Last week an enormous treasure has been discovered in this 16th century temple. A vast treasure of gold coins, jewels and precious stones was unearthed up to know and expected to grow further in value by next Monday as the last two secret vaults sealed for nearly 150 years are opened.
The treasures unearthed so far include statues of gods and goddesses made of solid gold and studded with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other precious stones, crowns and necklaces, all given as gifts to the temple over the centuries. The volume of gold and silver coins was so enormous that the investigators weighed the coins by the sackful, rather than counting them as per official reports.
The temple was built by the maharajas of Travancore in 16th century and still remained under the control of the royal family More >
Lunar Eclipse on June 15th 2011
Jun 15th
Today’s Lunar Eclipse is the longest complete lunar eclipse with in past 11 years. According to some astronomers the moon will get blood red during the early morning hours. The longest lunar eclipse occurred last time was in July 2000 and after 11 years today is the day we can watch another longest complete lunar eclipse which will last for around 100 minutes.
The Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal (SWAN) in India will be doing a live web cast of the event which starts at 20:12:36 UT, which is 15:12:36 EST. So people in US can watch the eclipse in the mid-afternoon.
According to a astronomy center in Victoria, Australia More >
BMW introduced a Car with concept: Vision Efficient Dynamics
May 16th
BMW introduced a Car with concept: Vision Efficient Dynamics sports car from BMW has reached India. The BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics concept is a diesel-hybrid car built by boffins at Munich, Germany over a period of almost a year. Its a four seat sports car with a combination of performance and economy. BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics has an outstanding fuel efficiency of 26.5 kilometres/litre and an exemplary CO² emission rating of 99 grams/kilometre. It has the capability to achieve a top speed of 250 kilometres/hour with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/hr in just 4.8 seconds. More >
India Census: Population for the new decade is 1.21 billions
Mar 31st
The latest India Census shows the major increase in the population of India by 181 million people since 2001 census. Male Population of India is 623.7 million and Female Population 586.5 Million.
India’s population is now 1.21bn, which is bigger than the combined populations of the US, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh. India conducts census once in every 10 years. The census of 2011 is conducted by 2.5 million officials visiting households in about 7,000 towns and 600,000 villages.
The population was More >
ICC World Cup Cricket 2011: Opening Ceremony Live Streaming
Feb 17th
ICC World Cup Cricket 2011: Opening Ceremony will start at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS), the greatest and historical venue in Bangladesh. ICC cricket world cup 2011 opening ceremony will start at 17 February 2011. TV channels like ESPN, STAR CRICKET will broadcast this show live from Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Host country wants this mega event to be a big surprise with performances of canadian rock music star Bryan Adams and Indian super star Sonu Nigam will rock this event. Cricket team captains and members will enter the ground by “rickshaw” then Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka More >
Raja: The Former Telecom Minister of India got arrested for 2G spectrum scam
Feb 2nd
Raja, the Former Telecom minister of India was arrested today along with his two former associates in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
Raja, his former personal secretary R K Chandolia and former Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura were arrested for allegedly abusing their official position and manipulating the tendering procedures to benefit certain telecom companies in getting the spectrum. Raja was born in May, 1963 in a Dalit family in Perambalur, Tamil Nadu. Raja got a BSc and law degrees from Trichy. He was a student leader of the Dravidar Kazhagam, More >
Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister of India to announce new Cabinet Today!
Jan 19th
Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India will announce a new cabinet members list on Wednesday. This reshuffle of his cabinet is a mid-term effort to refresh a coalition government snared by corruption scandals and year-high food inflation as it faces key state elections.
PM Singh may make changes to smaller ministries, bringing in younger politicians to change the image of the government. Or he could make major changes with some controversial reformists, such as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
There is a tide of anger all over the country over corruption and hike of prices of basic foods like vegetables. This may strain the coalition’s ties with its increasingly worried party allies in the run-up to important state elections this year and a general election due by 2014. More >
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI: India won by 1 Run
Jan 15th
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI: India won by 1 Run. SA had the game in the bag and they …. choked. India won the toss and elected to bat first. India lost its first wicket M Vijay (16) early in the eighth over. The score was 22. Sachin Tendulkar (24) and Virat Kohli (22) then added 41-runs for the second wicket partnership. Kohli was unfortunate to get run out. Yufraj singh and dhoni made good partnership of 83 but after that India lost all wicket so quickly and gave a very simple target of 190 runs to South Africa.
South Africa didn’t have good start and lost the wicket of Hashim Amla on the total score of 7. Munaf Patel brought him back to pavilion. Graem Smith and Colin Ingram (25) contributed 59-runs for the second wicket. Harbhajan made Ingram to depart and got him lbw. AB de Villiers and JP Duminy couldn’t do much and made just 8 and 13 runs respectively. But then with David Miller (27), Graeme Smith before getting bowled on the ball of Munaf added some precious runs for his team. He played a well innings of 77 runs.
India 190 (47.2 ov)
South Africa 189 (43.0 ov)
India won by 1 run
Munaf Patel is the man of the match. MS Dhoni “It’s a big win for us. We were short of 40-45 runs. More >
Telangana: Sri Krishna Committee Report is out
Jan 6th
Telangana Issue: The Sri krishna committee Report suggests different options for the union government for how to handle the three parts of the state: Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema.The committee’s suggestions are as follows
- United Andhra Pradesh, constitutional measures for Telangana
- Bifurcation into Seemandhra, Telangana; Hyderabad as Union Territory
- Bifurcation into Telangana, Andhra; Hyderabad as Telangana capital
- Hyderabad a Union Territory, both regions to have their own capital
- Bifurcation into Rayatelangana, Coastal Andhra; Hyderabad with Rayatelangana
- Creation of statutory empowered Telangana regional council
India vs South Africa: India Won 2nd Test Against South Africa
Dec 29th
India Vs South Africa: India won 2nd test match against South Africa by beating south Africa by 87 runs on 4th day of the 2nd test match. South Africa won the toss and Graeme Smith invited Indian team to bat first.Every body thought that by losing toss Mahender Singh Dhoni had lost second test match also thereby losing the series also. The prediction got support when the whole team got out at a low score of 205 due to wet pitch. But Zaheer Khan’s seam bowling taking three wickets and Harbhajan Singh’s magical spell of 10 overs with four wickets brought
India back in the game when they got South African batsmen all out at a meager score of 131 thereby taking a valuable 74 runs lead. More >