Aug 20th
Facts
2012 will unveil the Galactic Suite, the first hotel planned in space
28,000 Indians returned home in August ( month not over ) from the UAE under a special amnesty scheme which had about 39,000 applicants says the overseas Indian affairs ministry
40 Indians figure in the latest forbes list of billionaires as against nine in 2004
66 Million dollars is the price o two Picasso painting that were recovered in august after being stolen in 2001
Quotable Quotes
Sreesanth has given me a few less grey hairs in this game than at Nottingham ( where he shoulder barged Michael Vaughan and bowled a beamer at Pieterson )- Rahul Dravid Indian Cricket Captain on the pacer's conduct in the Oval test.
The sudden display of courage by the Prime Minister is intriguing-- Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP leader on PM's statement about left parties withdrawing support over the nuke deal
If she ( Taslima Nasreen ) comes to the city ( Hyderabad ) again, we will kill her-- Afsar Khan - Majilis Ittehadul Muslieen MLA
I am happy that I fought, I am happy that I cleared by name, I am happy that I fought single handed against the government and defeated them-- Amitabh Bachchan Actor on the accusations against him in the Bofors scam
Snippets
Harayana
Higher secondary school students in Gurgaon will soon get some unusual " education ". Besieged by cases of monkey biting people and ransacking houses in the city, the wildlife department has decided to distribute booklets to students on how to fight the menace. Even builders have been trying out various ways to scare monkey
Kerla
Sivadasan K would have never expected that he would be incarcerated in a prison cell he had helped build. As a construction worker he took active part in building the Hosedurg sub jail in Kasargode district. Ironically when Sivadasan was charged with a theft case recently, the judge remanded him to the same sub jail for 15 days
2012 will unveil the Galactic Suite, the first hotel planned in space
28,000 Indians returned home in August ( month not over ) from the UAE under a special amnesty scheme which had about 39,000 applicants says the overseas Indian affairs ministry
40 Indians figure in the latest forbes list of billionaires as against nine in 2004
66 Million dollars is the price o two Picasso painting that were recovered in august after being stolen in 2001
Quotable Quotes
Sreesanth has given me a few less grey hairs in this game than at Nottingham ( where he shoulder barged Michael Vaughan and bowled a beamer at Pieterson )- Rahul Dravid Indian Cricket Captain on the pacer's conduct in the Oval test.
The sudden display of courage by the Prime Minister is intriguing-- Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP leader on PM's statement about left parties withdrawing support over the nuke deal
If she ( Taslima Nasreen ) comes to the city ( Hyderabad ) again, we will kill her-- Afsar Khan - Majilis Ittehadul Muslieen MLA
I am happy that I fought, I am happy that I cleared by name, I am happy that I fought single handed against the government and defeated them-- Amitabh Bachchan Actor on the accusations against him in the Bofors scam
Snippets
Harayana
Higher secondary school students in Gurgaon will soon get some unusual " education ". Besieged by cases of monkey biting people and ransacking houses in the city, the wildlife department has decided to distribute booklets to students on how to fight the menace. Even builders have been trying out various ways to scare monkey
Kerla
Sivadasan K would have never expected that he would be incarcerated in a prison cell he had helped build. As a construction worker he took active part in building the Hosedurg sub jail in Kasargode district. Ironically when Sivadasan was charged with a theft case recently, the judge remanded him to the same sub jail for 15 days
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