In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. Until today, no […]
Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of Jim Corbett.
Corbett, who was a colonel in British Indian Army, is renowned for having killed many man-eating tigers in the jungles of Kumaon in North India under the Raj. He was also a conservationist who stressed the need to save forests and wild life. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is set to play the roll of renowned tiger […]
Sri Lankan Army Captures Mullaittivu Town, the Last Citadel of LTTE
In giving almost a finishing touch to end the 25 years old insurgency led by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), the 59th division of Sri Lankan Army, after a month-long fight, inched into the Mullaittivu town on Sunday the 25th Jan’09, held by LTTE since 1996. A jubilant Sri Lankan Army Chief Lieutenant-General Sarath […]
Sri Lankan forces claim more gains
Sri Lankan troops say they have captured a strategic pass from Tamil Tiger rebels, days after seizing the guerrillas’ political headquarters. Troops captured the pass as they advanced northwards from the Tiger’s de facto capital of Kilinochchi, which government troops took on Friday as part of a long military campaign to end a separatist war that has […]
Orissa : Maoists were hired to kill Swamiji
Killing of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati has taken a new turn as the crime branch claimed that a group of Maoists were hired to execute the crime. The investigating agency had identified them and there was a master mind behind the killing. Laxamananda Saraswati’s killing sparked a wave of communal violence in Kandhamal district which […]
1000 Openbill Stork Killed As Century Old Banyan Tree Collapses
As per a report reaching the capital Dishpur on 15th September’08, about 1000 Openbill Stork- an endangered Asian specie- died when a century old banyan tree, on which the birds were nesting, collapsed in the Banglung Siam village of Karbi Anglong district of Assam. Arup Ballab Goswami, the wildlife warden there said, “We have already counted 800 […]
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