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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sachin R Tendulkar - The Highest Scorer in One Day International:

Bingo!!..Everyone was waiting for Sachin Tendulkar to break the record of Saeed Anwar's and Coventry's (194runs in ODI). This day the Little Master Sachin Tendulkar made record with unbeaten 200 not outIndia made 401/3 for 50 Overs against SA. 2010
Sachin Tendulkar - 200 not out of 147 balls
Dhoni - 68 not out of 35 balls
Y Pathan - 36 of 23 balls
D Karthi - 79 of 85 balls

2nd Innings SA has to Chase 402 in 50 Overs
As the Innings started very well but the lose of wickets in the early stage it became pressure for middle order batsmen. At last AB de Villiers fighted till the end of match but it has all went into vain

SA Innings 248/10 in 42.5 overs (all out)
AB de Villiers - 114 of 154
HM Amla - 34

Man of Match - Sachin R Tendulkar

Now India is lead 3 match Series by 2-0

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Engineer Fedup with IRS: Federal Tax Building blown up by a Plan Crash

A Software Engineer who was furious with IRS (Internal Revenue Service) crashed his small plane into Austin Office building staying nearly about 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said.

According US Law had identified the pilot as "Joseph Stack" whose home was already set on fire just before the plane crash and said investigators were looking at an anti-government message on the Web linked to him. The Web site outlines problems with the IRS and says violence "is the only answer".

By this fire accident a Glass Worker Turned upto be a Hero by saving 5 members one women and four men. "Robin Dehaven" a Glass Worker at Binswanger Glass had given an interview to Foxnews.com.

For more find out on TOI

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

SA won the Test Match by 6 Runs

Sachin Tendulkar's Ton wasn't not useful for winning the Test Match against South Africa which held from 6th-9th February 2010 (5day match) Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, India.

SA is now lead 2 match series with 1-0. 2nd Test match to be drawn for India to be in 1st Position which is going to held on Feb 14th-18th Played at Kolkata

Below are the complete Details of the Match:

Toss: South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
South Africa 1st Innings - 558/6 Declared
HM Amla - 253 (not out)
JH Kallis - 173
AB de Villiers - 53

India 1st Innings - 233/10 (all out)
V Sehwag - 109
S Badrinath - 56

Follow on, again India batted the 2nd Innings - 319/10 (all out)
Sachin Tendulkar: 100
Harbhajan Singh: 39

South Africa won the match by 6 Runs

Man of the Match: HM Amla (South Africa)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Nominations for Oscar Awards 2010: Avatar and Hurt Locker in race:

The most awaited and prestigieous OSCAR awards Nominations for 2010 were released. A high budget movie re-recorded collections at box office, a Science Fiction Movie "AVATAR" and a movie which picturised about war "HURT LOCKER" are in race by bagging 9 nominations each including Best Movie Nominations.

Here is the list of Nominees in the respective categories, which will be finalised and awarded with Oscar on March 7.

In BEST PICTURE Category:
1. The Blind Side
2. District 9
3. An Education
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
7. A Serious Man
8. Up
9. Up in the Air
10.Avatar

In BEST DIRECTOR Category:
James Cameron - "Avatar"
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"
Lee Daniels - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman - "Up in the Air"

In BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Category:
Matt Damon - "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer - "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"

In BEST ACTOR Category:
"Crazy Heart" - Jeff Bridges
"Up in the Air" - George Clooney
"A Single Man" - Colin Firth
"Invictus" - Morgan Freeman
"The Hurt Locker" - Jeremy Renner

In BEST ACTRESS Category:
Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"

In BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Category:
Penelope Cruz - "Nine"
Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Wait for Oscar Awards Ceremony on March 7.....

Source: TOI