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10dulkar’s 35!
Sachin Tendulkar ended the anxiety of Indian cricket fans on Saturday as he hit a world record 35th Test hundred. Tendulkar surpassed compatriot Sunil Gavaskar on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka, ending the day on 100 not out. It was yet another landmark for the 32-year-old, who dedicated the hundred to his late father, Ramesh Tendulkar, in his glittering 16-year career with the Indian cricket team.
దీపావళి శుభాకాంక్షలు!
ఈ దీపావళి మీ జీవితంలో కొత్తవెలుగులు నింపాలని ఆకాంక్షిస్తూ………..
దీపావళి శుభాకాంక్షలు.
ఢాం..ఢాం..ఢాం..ఢాం..ఢాం.
Happy Diwali to all.
Highest ever rain in India’s history
Nature?s fury knows no geographical boundaries. Mumbai was witness to this on Tuesday as the highest-ever rainfall (94.4 centimeters, 37.1 inches) recorded in a single day in India shut down the financial hub of Mumbai, snapped communication lines, closed airports and thousands of commuters were stranded on the way home or were in their offices far away from home.
Tens of thousands of people were stranded for hours on roads in Bombay. The All India Radio reported about 150,000 people were stranded in railway stations across Mumbai, India’s main financial center.
Due to heavy water-logging in low lying suburban stations, the local trains services had to be suspended.Thousands of commuters were stranded on trains for 5-6 hours without water or food.
The heavy downpour forced the AAI to shut down Mumbai airport — one of the busiest in the country and divert all Domestic as well as International flights to Ahmedabad and New Delhi as dark clouds and showers hampered visibility on the two runways.Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airport as all flights were cancelled.
India’s previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910.