On November 29, 1773, there arrived in Boston Harbor a ship carrying an hundred and odd chests of the detested tea. The people in the country roundabout, as well as the town’s folk, were unanimous against allowing the landing of it – but the agents in charge of the consignment persisted in their refusal to take the tea back to …

During the evacuation of New York by Washington, two divisions of the enemy, encamped on Long Island, one British under Sir Henry Clinton, the other Hessian under Colonel Donop, emerged in boats from the deep wooded recesses of Newtown Inlet, and under cover of the fire from the ships began to land at two points between Turtle and Kip’s Bays. …

In the year 1781 the war was chiefly carried on in the South, but the North was constantly troubled by bands of Tories and Indians, who would swoop down on small settlements and make off with whatever they could lay their hands on. During this time General Schuyler was staying at his house, which stood just outside the stockade or …

Some bold spirits in Connecticut conceived the project of surprising the old forts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, already famous in the French War. Their situation on Lake Champlain gave them the command of the main route into Canada so that the possession of them would be all important in case of hostilities. They were feebly garrisoned and negligently guarded, …

क़ुरान इस्लाम की पवित्रतम पुस्तक है और इस्लाम की नींव है। इसे परमेश्वर (अल्लाह) ने देवदूत (फ़रिश्ते) जिब्राएल द्वारा हज़रत मुहम्मद को सुनाया था। मुसलमानों का मानना हैं कि क़ुरान ही अल्लाह की भेजी अन्तिम और सर्वोच्च पुस्तक है। निचे प्रस्तुत है क़ुरान की कुछ मुख्य नसीहतें।

आया तीजां का त्यौहार, आज मेरा बीरा आवैगा। सामण में बादल छाए, सखियां नै झूले पाए। मैं कर लूं मौज बहार, आज मेरा बीरा आवैगा। आया तीजां का त्योहार, आज मेरा बीरा आवैगा। मेरे मन में चाव घणा सै. क्या सुंदर समै बणा सै। मन्नै कर द्यो तुरत तैयार, आज मेरा बीरा आवैगा। आया तीजां का त्यौहार, आज मेरा बीरा …

Dübendorf, Switzerland – June 28, 2016 – The electric racecar «grimsel», developed by students of the Swiss universities ETH Zurich and Hochschule Luzern, has set a new world record for acceleration of an electric car.; the vehicle accelerated from zero to 60 in 1.513 seconds and reached 60 mph within a distance of 100 feet, thus setting the new world …

Dallas, Texas, USA – June 28, 2016 – During a special Which Wich Spreading Party at Winsight’s FARE Conference – held at the Gaylord Texan Resort, near Dallas—more than 750 attendees broke the Guinness World Records record of most sandwiches made in one hour; the official count of 39,303 PB&J sandwiches bested the previous world record of 37,558 achieved by …

आजकल जब मैं घर जाती हूँ, एक वासंती पवन मेरी जानिब चली आती है। घेर लेती है मुझे अपने आगोश में, जिन्दगी हर ओर मुस्कुराती है। मैं महकने लगती हूँ, इक खनकती घण्टियों सी हँसी घर को मंदिर बना देती है। वो चमकीली आँखों वाली मेरी लाडली मेरे जीवन की अखंड बाती है। ~ उषा रावत

Fountain Valley, California, USA – June 23, 2016 – More than 300 riders on attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike riders; Pedego Electric Bikes, a Fountain Valley-based electric bike manufacturer, organized the event. Photo: More than 300 electric bike riders attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike …