Friday, 30 May 2008
IPL First Semi-Final:Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals (All Pics)
Rajasthan Royals' batsman Graeme Smith hits a shot in their match against Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Rajasthan Royals' opener Swapnil Asnodkar plays a shot during their match against Delhi Daredevils on Friday.
Rajasthan Royals' allrounder Yusuf Pathan hits a six against Delhi Daredevils on Friday..
Shane Watson of the Rajasthan Royals hits a six against the Delhi Daredevils on Friday.
Rajasthan Royals' Shane Watson raises his bat after his fifty against Delhi Daredevils during the IPL T20 match at the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai
Rajasthan Royals' players celebrate the dismissal of Delhi Daredevils' captain Virender Sehwag on Friday.
Rajasthan Royals celebrating Gautam Gambhir’s wicket during IPL T20 first semi final match at Wankhade stadium
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne greets Shane Watson on dismissal of Maharoof during first IPL T-20 semi final against Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai on May 30, 2008
Rajasthan Royals' Shane Watson receives the Man of the Match award from Sharad Pawar after his team won the first IPL T-20 semi final against Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Rajasthan Royals' Yusuf Pathan receives the highest sixes award after his team won the first IPL T-20 semi final against Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 30, 2008.NYC Construction Crane Collapses on Upper East Side
A construction crane toppled onto a New York City street this morning, killing at least one person after ripping open the side of a 23-story apartment building.
At least 100 firefighters and rescue personnel were sifting through the debris for possible victims. Another person was seen being carried from the site alive.
"It was like a big crash coming down. A big noise. A lot of debris crashing hitting, coming down," construction worker Vincent Rosado told WABC-TV in New York.
he crane collapsed around 8 a.m. at East 91st Street and First Avenue, crashing more than a dozen stories to the ground, swiping a high-rise apartment and leaving a twisted pile of crane and apartment wreckage.
A second construction worker was reportedly injured in the collapse. The person's condition is unclear.
Customer Care in the Year 2020
Customer: "Hello, can I order.."
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Customer: "It's eh..., hold........ ..on..... .889861356102049 998-45-54610"
Operator : "OK... you're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 43rd Floor, Akask View Apt, Cantt Road, ........
Your home number is 4094! 2366, your office 76452302 and your mobile is 0142662566.
Which number are you calling from now Sir?"
Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?
Operator : "We are connected to the system Sir"
Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."
Operator : "That's not a good idea Sir"
Customer: "How come?"
Operator : "According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir"
Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"
Operator : "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it"
Customer: "How do you know for sure?"
Operator : "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Hokkien Dishes" from the National Library last week Sir"
Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?"
Operator : "That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is Rs 2249.99"
Customer: "Can I pay by! credit card?"
Operator : "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank Rs10,720.55 since October last year.
That's not including the late payment charges on your housing loan, Sir."
Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives"
Operator : "You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today"
Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?"
Operator : "About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your scooter.. ."
Customer: " What!"
Operator : "According to the details in system, you own a Lambretta 1969 Vintage Scooter,...registra tion number USE 8999..."
Customer: " ????"
Operator : "Is there anything else Sir?"
Customer: "Nothing... by the way... aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?"
Operator : "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're also diabetic.... ... "
Customer: #$$^%&$@$%^
Operator : "Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 11th Nov 1986 you were convicted for using abusive language on a policeman who stopped you for driving through a one way, in fact you were driving a 1973 Ambassador bearing registeration number UTD 4267.......
Customer: [Faints]
Nitish Katara murder case: Vikas, Vishal Yadav get Life Sentence
Nitish Katara
Vikas YadavNitish was kidnapped and murdered after he attended a wedding in Ghaziabad in 2002. His body was found in a village in Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier in the day, Special Public Prosecutor B S Joon sought death penalty on the ground that their offence fell under the rarest of rare category as they killed a defenceless person in the most diabolical manner.
"They deserved death penalty for not only the offence but for utter disregard for the human body as they while disposing of the body, chopped off the private parts of Nitish Katara," he said.
Citing various Supreme Court judgements including that of infamous Tandoor case, the prosecutor said, the pre and post-crime conduct of the convicts and the commission of this dastardly act merited the consideration of the case under the rarest of rare category, warranting award of gallows for them.
Senior defence lawyer K N Balagopal sought lenient punishment for the convicts, saying the case was based on circumstantial evidence and life imprisonment be awarded to the convicts as neither the offence was diabolical, nor the convicts were menace to the society.
"It is a regular murder committed under the emotional disturbances. Though every such offences are heinous but they all do not fall under the rarest of rare category," he said.
On Wednesday, Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur held Vikas, son of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, and his cousin Vishal guilty of murder, abduction and destruction of evidence in the case.
Judge Ravinder Kaur in her judgement that ran into 1,100 pages observed: "The relationship between the two (Nitish and Bharti) was not mere friendship, it had ballooned into a love affair and showed that they wanted to marry."
In the verdict, the judge concluded: "I hold Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav guilty under Section 302, 364, 201 and 34 of the IPC."
Timeline:
Six years of the Nitish Katara murder case
How it Happened??
Feb 16-17, 2002: Nitish Katara abducted from a marriage party in Ghaziabad.
Feb 20, 2002: The body of Nitish Katara found in a village in Bulandshahr. His alleged girlfriend Bharti Yadav, daughter of influential Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav, leaves for Britain.
March 11, 2002: The Tata Safari allegedly used in the murder recovered from GT Road, Karnal.
March 31, 2002: Uttar Pradesh police files a four-page chargesheet.
April 23, 2002: Prime accused Vikas and Vishal Yadav arrested from Madhya Pradesh.
Aug 23, 2002: Supreme Court transfers the case from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi.
Nov 23, 2002: Charges framed against the three accused - Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev.
April 7, 2003: A separate trial starts against the third accused Sukhdev Pahalwan, who was arrested in 2005. The trial in Sukhdev's case is at the stage of prosecution evidence.
March 2004: All witnesses, except D.P. Yadav's daughter Bharti Yadav, depose in court.
November 2005: Prime witness Bharti Yadav returns to India.
May 2006: Bharti Yadav's passport is revoked.
Nov 25, 2006: Bharti Yadav deposes in court after three years of notices and summons.
December 2007: The prosecution wraps up its final arguments and claims Bharti Yadav's alleged proximity to Nitish resulted in her brothers murdering him.
April 2, 2008: Trial court begins hearing the Nitish Katara murder case on a day-to-day basis.
April 23, 2008: Trial in the Nitish Katara murder case ends.
May 27, 2008: Court fixes date for pronouncement of verdict.
May 28, 2008: Court holds Vikas and Vishal Yadav guilty of murder. Quantum of sentence to be pronounced May 30.
May 30:Delhi court has awarded life sentence to Vikas and Vishal Yadav, key accused in the sensational Nitish Katara murder case.
SourceGoogle Releases New Favicon (Breaking News)
This is one of the smaller changes to Google – at least if measured in pixels! Google changed their “Favicon.ico”, the 16x16 image file that usually shows in the browser address bar or in bookmarks. The old icon used a square with red, green and blue edges, wrapping an upper-case “G”. The new logo is a bit more open, showing just the lower-case blue “g” from the Google logo, without borders, and a bit of shadow. To see this, visit Google.com (or images.google.com, Google Product Search and so on), empty your browser cache and reload the page.
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World’s first solar speedboat
The Czeerz MK1 is a Dutch-made speedboat that relies only on solar energy, which makes it the first solar speedboat. The 10 meters-long boat reaches the speed of 30 knots which isn’t bad at all for this kind of vehicles. It has a light, carbon fiber shell covered with 14 square meters of solar panels that power an 80 kilowatt engine. Only thing this thing lacks is space, u can only get 2 people in it and they wouldn’t be very comfortable. But after all it’s built for speed not comfort.
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