Xiaomi’s Redmi 1S launched at Rs 5,999 in India

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has introduced its latest smartphone Redmi 1s at Rs 5,999/- only. Same as Mi 3, this cell phone will be only buy through e-commerece  site Flipkart. With the Mi 3 smartphone Xiaomi had entered in India a month ago. And now it has introduced its new one Redmi 1s.

Features of Redmi 1s smartphone are mentioned below :

1. 4.7-inch 720p IPS display wih Gorilla Glass 2
2. 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor
3. 1GB RAM
4. 8GB Internal Memorey
5. Micro SD Card Support Upto 64GB
6. 8MP Camera with LED flash
7. 1.6MP front camera
8. Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
9. 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and micro USB 2.0
10. Dual Sim Functionality

People who are willing to buy Redmi 1S can register on Flipkart from today, while the first flash sale will be held on 2nd September, 2014.


Source Link :- Times of India

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Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Hits Himachal Pradesh : Tremors Felt in Delhi

 

Today around 1.41p.m. in the afternoon, tremors were felt in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was hit by a moderate earthquake, an official said.

On the Richter scale the Earthquake was measured by 5.0.

"The earthquake occurred at 1.41pm. The epicenter was Chamba-Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh," an official of the meteorological department said. At Dharamshal and Palampur, people rushed out of their houses.

Source Link : - The Times of India

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Google Algorithm Update Around 8th August 2014

I am seeing critical indications of a true Google redesign both regarding summer/weekend discussion jabber at Webmasterworld, via the automated tools of website monitoring.

The upgrade appears to have around 8th or 9th August, 2014 and has proceeded as the weekend progressed.

Here are a few quotes from the Webmasterworld string :

• I concur with the above observations. Seeing a huge drop in traffic volume and conversions, but spidering is going ballistic!
• I join samwest, with big drops, hours with -95% traffic with folloowed spurts of traffic. Overalltraffic is at about 60%. Bounce is near 100%. And yes we changed a little bit the navigation but this is about 8 weeks ago. I know of two others seeing the same. It feels like a new panda. 

Source Link : seroundtable

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IRCTC Nava Jyothirlingas Train Tour to Lord Shiva temples

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) has organized a pilgrimage (Jyotirlingas darshan) of 14 days via train to explore the revered destinations of Lord Shiva in different states of India. It is believed that Lord Shiva resides there in form of stalagmite Lingam which is called Shivling.

The train will cover the following jyotirlinga’s destinations (Tour Itinerary): Chennai – Mahakaleshwar – Omkareshwar – Somnath – Bhim Shankar – Triambakeshwar – Grushneshwar – Ayuundh Nagnath – Parli Vaijinath – Srisailam.

The tour/pilgrimage will start from March 16 and end March 29. "This tour has been specially organized for the senior citizens to do the darshan of the Nava Jyotirlingas of four different states which are not accessible by regular modes of transport," said a press release.

The silent features of the train are mentioned below:-

• 3 tier AC coaches
• Coaches with Sleeper class
• Separate pantry car
• Escort to safeguard luggage
• Public Announcement system

The 'Jyothirlingas Train Tour' along with accommodation of hotel, buses services to stroll/transfers and sightseeing, vegetarian catering on both onboard & off-board and security  & escorts services.

The tour has categorized in following categories which are: deluxe, standard, comfort and budget and the starting price of package is Rs 17,300 per person.

The schedule of Nava Jyotirlingas Darshan via Train is given below:-

Date	Station	Visit	Arrival	Departure
16.03.14	Madurai	-	-	Mid Night
	Erode	-	Morning	Morning
	Chennai Central	-	Afternoon	Afternoon
17.03.14	Vijayawada	-	Mid Night	Mid Night
18.03.14	Arrival Ujjain at	-	Morning	-
	Tourists to alight. Transfer to Accommodation Center. Fresh up. Darshan of Mahakaleshwar (Jyothirlinga)	Mahakaleshwar		Night Stay
19.03.14	Departure from Ujjain Jn.		-	-
	Proceed to Omkareshwar Darshan of Omkareshwar (Jyothirlinga) Departure from Omkareshwar	Omkareshwar	-	-
	Board train from Ujjain at		-	Night (Train Journey)
20.03.14	Arrival Somnath at		Night	Night Stay
21.03.14	Darshan of Somanatha Swamy (Jyothirlinga)	Somnath	-	-
	Board train from Somnath at			Morning(Train Journey)
22.03.14	Arrival at Pune		Morning	-
	Fresh-up in train. Proceed to Bhimshankar Dharshan (Jyothirlinga)Back to Pune	Bhimashankar	-	-
	Board the train from PUNE		-	Night(Train Journey)
23.03.14	Arrival Nasik Road at		Morning	-
	Tourists to alight. Transfer to Accommodation Center. Fresh up. Proceed to Triambakeshwar Somvar Darshan of Triambakeshwarar (Jyothirlinga)	Triambakeshwarar	-	-
	Back to Nasik		-	Night Stay
24.03.14	Board train from Nasik Road at		-	Morning
	Arrival Aurangabad at		Morning	-
	Proceed to Grushneshwar (Jyothirlinga) After Darshan back to Aurangabad	Grushneshwar	-	-
	Board train from Aurangabad at		-	Evening
	Arrival Nanded at		Night	Night Stay
25.03.14	Proceed to Ayundh Nagnath Darshan After Darshan proceed back to Nanded	Ayundh Nagnath	-	Morning (Night Stay)
26.03.14	Departure from H Sahib Nanded after fresh up		-	Early Morning
	Board train from Nanded at		-	Early Morning
	Arrival Parli at		Morning	-
	Darshan of Parli Vaijinath(Jyothirlinga)	Parli Vaijinath	Morning	-
	Departure from Parli Vaijinath		-	After noon
	Arrival Hyderabad Proceed to Srisailam		Night	Night Journey by bus
27.03.14	Arrival Srisailam Darshan of Mallikarjuna Swamy (Jyothirlinga) & back to Hyderabad Departure from Hyderabad	Mallikarjuna Swamy	Morning	Late Night
28.03.14	Arrival at Chennai Central	-	Afternoon	Afternoon
	Erode	-	Mid Night	Mid Night
29.03.14	Arrival at Madurai	-	Early Morning	Tours Ends
	Boarding Point: Madurai, Erode, Chennai Central and Vijayawada De-boarding Points: Hyderabad , Chennai Central, Erode and Madurai

* Above Date and Timings are subject to change

Contributed by Deepak Rawat

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9 Phases Lok Sabha Elections to be Held From April 7 to May 12, Counting on 16th May

CEC Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath announces Lok Sabha polling dates in New Delhi

The Election Commission has announced the dates of 9 days “Lok Sabha polls for 2014”, starts from 7th April and the votes counting on all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies will be over in a single day on 16th May, announced by V S Sampath (Chief election commissioner) at a press conference.

Andhra Pradesh has 42 LK seats, will go to polling on 30th April & 7th May.  Assembly elections will also be organized simultaneously in the states of Andhra Pradesh, including Telangana region, Sikkim and Odisha.

"We have great pleasure in announcing the process of the 16th LS, which is yet another milestone in the Indian history," Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said.

"With our announcement of the schedule today, Model Code of Conduct comes into force with immediate effect," Sampath added.

On 7th April 2014 the first day of poll, voting will be organized on two states also including the 6 parliamentary constituencies. On 9th April, the second phase of poll will mask the 7 constituencies in five different states.  And the third phase of poll on 10th will cover 92 constituencies in 14 states and on the fourth phase 12th April will be for 5 constituencies to cover in 3 states.

17th April, the fifth phase will cover 13th states and UTs and 122 constituencies and sixth phase will cover 12 states & 117 constituencies on 24th April 2014.

 30th April will be the day of seventh phase of polling and it will cover the 9 states & 89 constituencies. In eighth phase 7th May, 7 states & 64 constituencies will be cover and on 12th May, the last phase of polling will cover 3 states and 41 constituencies.

Lok Sabha Polling Schedule:- 

"Adequate number of observers in different categories will be deployed during the forthcoming elections," he added.

The current Lok Sabha term will be expire on 1st June 2014 and the new house of the current Lok Sabha expires on 1st June and the new House will be constituted by May 31. (ANI)

"I appeal to all stakeholders, parties and candidates to uphold democratic traditions of nation," Sampath said.

Contributed by Deepak Rawat

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