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Watch Solar Eclipse in India 15 January 2010 – Live Online

It’s the 15th of January 2010, a day I was looking forward to for some time because today we have a solar eclipse here in India, and am taking a video of it from Ranchi, Jharkhand. From the morning itself I was excited about it, went to my roof with my mobile camera and shot a few videos. Since then, am here on my laptop trying to figure out windows... [Read more of this review]

Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Desert Gold

10th Auto Expo running in Delhi bought some of the cool cars with it and one such model is the AMG Desert Gold manufactured by Mercedes Benz. Mercedes is a brand for the premium segment and the desert gold is no different, priced at Rs 2 crore it surely targets the premium car buyers. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Maruti Suzuki Eeco – The Versa Replacement

Maruti Suzuki India launched a new car with the name of Eeco which looks a lot like the versa. The Eeco is a 1200 cc family vehicle with 5 seats and 7 seats option. The price range of Eeco at the moment is set at Rs 2.59 Lakh and 2.89 Lakh. It is made by Maruti Suzuki India especially for the Indian market. The company has also plans to launch an electric... [Read more of this review]

Alexa Reviews of 10 Blogs that I Read – Part 1

Getting a review of your blog on the Alexa website is believed to have positive effect on the Alexa rank. So, I thought to make some reviews of those blogs that I frequently visit and thus came up with the first batch of reviews. Following are the 10 blogs that I reviewed on Alexa, and am planning to come up with another batch soon [Read more of this... [Read more of this review]

Indian Oil Depot Jaipur Still on Fire

36 hours has passed so far but the Indian oil depot in Jaipur is still on fire. The fire on tankers are slowly dying away, and at this speed it can take another 36 hours to completely end. This is not just a loss of big time fuel, but many lives are also claimed by the fire. So far 11 people have died in the fire and the number of the injured ones are... [Read more of this review]

Gagandeep Singh shot dead in Meerut

Left arm spinner, cricketer Gagandeep Singh was shot dead accidentally by someone unknown on Friday in Meerut. The 18 year old guy was the part of the under 19 squad of Indian cricket team. Gagandeep went to eat kebab in a shop where some customers and the shopkeeper went into a fight. Some accidental bullet hit him, which killed Gagandeep Singh. [Read... [Read more of this review]

Tata Manza Car

Tata is all set to launch a new car in the Indian market named as, Tata Manza, and it will be launched on the 14th of October. Tata Manza will be based on their popular and trusted platform of Tata Indica Vista and will be available in both diesel and petrol models. Tata Manza is a powerful 1.4 liter petrol or 1.3 liter diesel engine car with the prices... [Read more of this review]

How to Quickly Gain Culture Points in Travian

Once you have established your own account in Travian and have a strong alliance to back you up, the only thing that will bother you at this stage is your growth speed, which is controlled by the culture points. To make a new village you need a certain amount of culture points that just start to look more and more when you already have a lot of villages... [Read more of this review]

Haryana Candidate wants Condom as Election Symbol

Haryana based social activist Anand Prakash Sharma, a 45 year old guy, basically a writer turned into a politician, is giving the election commission a hard time by asking, “condom” as his election symbol. The election commission on their part however tries to avoid controversies and is asking Sharma to opt in for any other symbol. [Read more of... [Read more of this review]

Kurnool Flood – Floods in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka saw some of the most devastating floods and rains in the last few days, which is still going on. At the moment, army, navy and the air force is helping out the affected people of the southern states. The Kurnool and Mehboobnagar districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh are the worst hit where hundreds and thousands of people... [Read more of this review]

India out of Champions Trophy 2009 – Reasons for this Failure

The start – India lost against Pakistan in the champions trophy, something that had never happened till date and this is something very serious indeed. India vs. Pakistan match is usually the most important match of any such tournament and India’s losing out is not just bad but is also a serious blow for India’s chances in the tournament.... [Read more of this review]

Champions Trophy 2009 – India vs. Australia Match

After losing to Pakistan, that is, losing against Pakistan for the first time in any ICC events, India’s champions trophy hopes took a serious blow. This India vs. Australia match of 28th September 2009 will be a do or go back home match for India. Apparently, India has good experiences of playing a few matches and then going back in the 50 – 50... [Read more of this review]

India Vs Pakistan – Big match of the Champions trophy

India vs Pakistan match is always the most wanted match of a series like word cup or the champion’s trophy, possibly even greater than the final of the tournament. From the Pakistan’s perspective, this match had always been a pressure event, as they have not managed to win it even once. Yes, Pakistan had never defeated India in any Icc events. [Read... [Read more of this review]

Deori Mandir Ranchi Jharkhand – Ancient Hindu Goddess Kali Mandir

Deori Mandir is a Kali Mandir situated about 70 kilometers from Ranchi on the Ranchi – Jamshedpur highway. There are a few ways to reach the NH-33 from Ranchi, one is to go from the Katatuli bus stand another way is to go from the Doranda and meet the highway. Once you have reached the highway, you will have to travel [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Maruti Suzuki Alto Xcite – Limited Edition Alto Car

Maruti Suzuki launched alto Xcite, a limited edition version of the highest selling Indian small car. The cost of this car is about 13k INR more than the regular alto. It will have some cool features like power front windows and manual central locking. Apart from that the bumper is also of the same color as the body, two colored seats and interiors... [Read more of this review]

New Karizma ZMR – Hero Honda Karizma ZMR with PGM-Fi Technology

In the festive season of Eid and Durga Puja, Hero Honda launched a new model of their power bike – Karizma ZMR. The engine power of this new version of Karizma is – 225 cc and will be targeting higher teens and up to the age of 24 years. The cost of this bike will be about Rs 91k INR. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Earthquake in various parts of India – Kolkata – West Bengal – Assam

A high magnitude earthquake was felt in the eastern Indian states like Assam, west Bengal etc. The center of the earthquake was Bhutan where it was measured 6.3 on the Richter scale. The quake happened 10kms deep and countries like Bhutan and Tibet are also hit. First quake was felt just a few hours before, at about 2:23 PM in the afternoon. Mild tremors... [Read more of this review]

Shashi Tharoor on Twitter – Economy Class is now Cattle Class

Shashi Tharoor is pretty successful in hitting the headlines on a consistent basis, the last one was when he stayed in a 5 star hotel for a prolonged time, and now this time, out of nowhere he has pulled up another sensational news and is now again in the headlines for the very wrong reasons. He had quoted the economic class of the airlines as the “cattle... [Read more of this review]

Article 377 – Government Leaves Gay Sex Decision on Supreme Court

Divided Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided not to interfere with the decision of Court and left the gay sex issue to Supreme Court, which will deal with it on October 1. Delhi High Court had earlier made the gay sex legal by lifting certain things from the article 377 that made homosexuality ok in India. [Read more of this... [Read more of this review]

Dearness Allowance – da for central govt employees to increase by 5 percent

Just before the festive season, dearness allowance or da of central government employees is going to be increased by 5%. The union cabinet took this decision; the da will be now 27.77 of the basic pay. The increase will be effective from 1st July. The employees and pensioners of central government will surely have an extra reason to enjoy the upcoming... [Read more of this review]

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