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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Good Bye 2008

National:

Recent Bombings in India:

May 13:Jaipur (63 killed, over 216 wounded)......... Read Full Report
Jul 25: Bangalore (2 killed, more 20 wounded)
Sep 13: Delhi (30 killed, over 100 wounded)............. Read Full Report
Sep 27: Delhi (3 killed, 23 more wounded)
Oct 21: Imphal (17 killed, 30 wounded)
Sep 29: Gujarat and Maharastra (8 dead)

Terrorist attack on Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008. For the first time, they did not plant bombs and ran away. They opened gunfire at CST (A crowded train station), a popular hotel, Cama Hospital. Then they hid at 3 places - Taj Hotel, Oberoi Hotel and Nariman House were attacked. and they fought with NSG Commandos for about 59 hours. It was a point to notice that how perfectly they were trained and from where they got such a big quantity of weapons. One terrorist was arrested alive. In his interrogation, he said he did this for just getting Rs. 1.50 Lakh. Point to be noted is that he was not Jehadi, he was just a small thief and was converted to terrorists. Muslim brothers, keep this in mind. ....... Learn Full Report

In this attack, 187 were killed including 25 foreigners and few brave commandos.

PC put the budget for 7th time, and gave relief to major part. Farmers' loans worth Rs. 60,000 Crore was laid off. Income Tax limit increased to 1.50 Lakhs.

During Jan 2008, BSE Sensex increased lifetime high and crossed 21K mark. But at the end of the year it is less than 10K declining more than 50% .

Prime Minister moved a resolution seeking support for his Government. He won 275 votes versus 256 votes.

Priyanka Gandhi met planner of killing her father Nalini in the jail Vellore.

27% OBC reservation was passed by the Supreme Court. Ceamy layer did not get the benefit.

Saint Pragna was arrested for blasts at Malegaon. This is first case of Hindu terrorism.

Raj Thackeray men hit students of North India who came to Mumbai for appearing in an exam.

Chandrayaan-1 is India's first mission to moon launched by ISRO. On November 14, 2008, the Moon Impact Probe successfully separated from the moon-orbiting Chandrayaan at 20:06 and descended towards the lunar south pole in a controlled manner.

Nano, a car of Rs. 1 Lakh, was introduced by Tatas and is to be launched in 1st quarter of 2009.

IPL a new revolution in cricket.

Spain: European Football King.

Australian Cricket Team losing its shine.

Sachin hit 41st Century against England. He is the first batsman to scroe 12000 runs in test cricket. He is the first batsman to score 16000 runs in One-Day. He couldn't take part in any of the IPL match due to injury.


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