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| Will Hybrid Cars Sell In India? |
| 2008-07-22 04:05:56 |
Honda is the first automobile company to introduce Hybrid in India. The Honda Civic is the first car to be out in the market for people looking to go green.
A Honda Civic base model is priced at Rs. 11 Lakhs and a Honda Civic Hybrid Costs about Rs. 22 Lakhs… just double (in US Civic [...]...
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| Let The Games Begin |
| 2008-07-20 10:30:43 |
Some are changing party, some are making new ones, everyone is thinking about themselves… no one is thinking about the country.
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| Volkswagen Launches Jetta in India |
| 2008-07-18 05:16:30 |
Did you see their TV ad? Volkswagen is one of the best car brands there can be and usually their advertising is also very good. Don’t get me wrong… their ad is very good… all European country side… a luxury hotel etc etc. Just one thing wrong.. check the number plate on the car… yes [...]...
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| Rely On Us… why? |
| 2008-07-16 05:56:30 |
I wanted to book a radio taxi from my place to the New Delhi railway station and thought I would check out the much advertised Meru Cab service. They have an online booking system where you can fill out info on your tip… time, place etc and they will then send a cab over at [...]...
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| Delhi Metro Gets a Museum |
| 2008-07-15 01:04:28 |
I could not believe when I read this article in HT today “Delhi Metro to showcase its history in a museum”. Oh Please! The Delhi metro is barely 10 year old and it gets to showcase its “HISTORY”
The metro project which should have started 20 years back is happening in now so I wonder where [...]...
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| Nuclear Deal & The Debate Goes On |
| 2008-07-13 23:03:17 |
Cribb sent in by Mr. Ashutosh Kumar.
Do we (India) really need this Nuclear Energy (123 n.deal) so badly and urgently that we need to accept , terms laid down by some external power, body or nation. All of us are quite aware about the shady past and selfish policies of the so called Guardian of [...]...
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| Should He Sue Noida Police? |
| 2008-07-13 10:40:26 |
After spending 50 days in judicial custody, Dr Rajesh Talwar, father of Aarushi, walked out a free man on Saturday as the CBI let him off citing lack of evidence against him to extend his custody. After all those wrongful accusations against him, which tarnished his reputation… should he sue Noida police? I think he [...]...
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| Desi Reality!! |
| 2008-07-11 04:21:22 |
Cribb sent in by Vandana, a die hard Shahrukh fan!
What’s common between Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian Idol, Kya aap Panchvi Pass se Tez Hain, 10 ka Dum, Big Boss ,Biggest looser Jeetega, Fear Factor, Nachch Baliye, Kahin na Kahin koi Hai…correct, they’re all primetime reality shows on Indian small screen.
Now guess what are these, Who [...]...
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| Corruption in Delhi Police |
| 2008-07-10 06:11:05 |
Read the article below, it is taken from HT epaper.
Incense seller begs outside court to ‘bribe’ cops.
He tried everything to get justice for his son. He pleaded to the police to take action but in return they asked him for Rs. 50, 000. So, in an effort to shake up the system and also [...]...
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| One International Roaming Rate? |
| 2008-07-08 09:19:08 |
Today i was at a Vodafone store in Vasant Vihar… paying bills anyways i picked up a flyer advertising Vodafone’s one international rate in any country. Naturally curious I turned over the leaf to check out what it was all about… there were quite a few countries listed on the back leaf with all [...]...
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| Girls! Girls! Girls! |
| 2008-07-07 05:53:33 |
I was wondering why HT photographers only shoot girls when there is an article on DU… Not that i am complaining...
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| Auto Walle Bhaiya! |
| 2008-07-05 23:38:35 |
A friend sent me this forward. Quite funny!
Boyfriend ke saath baith ke bhaiya kehna mana hai! (Don’t this hold true for just about anyone?)...
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| You Can Make a Difference Too |
| 2008-07-05 00:08:15 |
Watch this video of a 13 year old Seven Suzuki representing E.C.O (Environmental Children’s Organization) at UN Earth Summit way back 1992. What she said 16 years ago still is true to this date. I was highly impressed with her speach....
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| Ebay India in Trouble |
| 2008-07-03 22:01:19 |
Ebay.in formally knows as bazee.com is a poor cousin of ebay.com… possibly very poor. No! I don’t have their financials on hand and nor did anyone from the inside tipped me off. I have been around the “internet” block so many times that I tend to pick up the tell tale signs.
As I was [...]...
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| DTC Does a U Turn |
| 2008-07-03 02:23:48 |
This was the headlines in the HT today; I believe it should be changed to “DTC planning to do a 360 very soon” . If it weren’t for the Common Wealth Games we would still be traveling in those 25 years old busses but the question is what will happen after the games? Will DTC [...]...
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| Deep In Credit Card Debt? Read This |
| 2008-07-01 02:00:21 |
Almost all banks have raised their lending rates by 50 basis points which means a 0.5 percentage increase. If you have credit card loan to pay off, this would mean that you would need to pay an additional .5% in interest to your bank. Usually the interest rate were about 2.5% a month [...]...
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| Problems With Reliance Data Card? |
| 2008-06-29 08:53:47 |
Cribb sent in by Sachin Surana
I don’t know why it is called Reliance where as it is not at all Reliable. Whatever little experience I have of using Reliance offerings has been frustrating. They seem to try to get into everything and so most of the things they have to offer is unsatisfactory and of [...]...
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| Tata Sky Free Movie Offer |
| 2008-06-28 02:45:04 |
I have been using Tata Sky and it has been great so far, the video quality is very good and so is the sound. The best thing I like is that I do not have to deal with the local cable guy anymore which was always a headache.
Having said the good things about Tata [...]...
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| Money Down the Drain… sorry, Yamuna |
| 2008-06-27 02:29:42 |
It’s no secret that I don’t like the MCD, I have written so many articles on MCD that I must be on their most wanted list by now. The reason for my bickering is that the Municipal Commission has wasted thousands of crores of the tax payers money in the past so many years and [...]...
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| DU’s 1st Cut-off List is Up |
| 2008-06-26 00:08:00 |
Delhi University has posted its 1st cut off list for the Humanities and Eng. course admissions.
To view the list click here (PDF reader required)...
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| Watch a Movie for Less |
| 2008-06-25 02:14:08 |
The Finance Minister Dr. A.K Walia has taken a decision to bring down the entertainment tax on cinema from 30% to 20% (back in 2003 the tax was 60%). This decision was taken following representations received from the National Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors and the Multiplex Association of India.
I think someone needs to [...]...
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| Aamir Going With The Beat |
| 2008-06-24 12:29:06 |
Did you get a chance to see the new Samsung cell phone advertising featuring Aamir Khan? If you haven’t till now… i suggest you watch TV.
I don’t know what the director was thinking while making this ad… To start with the background the cloths and all accessories are pure white, gives you a feeling [...]...
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| Say Cheese! |
| 2008-06-24 02:16:52 |
Just a grim reminder of how so many people still live in Delhi. Despite the living conditions you still see a smile on their faces… after all what else can they do?...
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| Dial a Disaster |
| 2008-06-23 12:05:40 |
In a disaster of a country this is, we really do need a Disaster Helpline. What’s more, it will be “Launched” tomorrow at 5:30 pm by the Chief Minister. Now… how the hell do you launch a phone number?
Anyways, let me take this in a positive way for a change… I do have a [...]...
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| You Must be Kidding me! |
| 2008-06-22 06:21:21 |
Correct me if i am wrong, if i use electricity units as per the guideline i get a whopping discount of Rs. 1 wow.. i am already saving money!
Subsidy of Rs. 1 will be provide to those domestic consumers who are using 150 units/month (September, October, November, February, March and April) and upto [...]...
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| Abhishek in Moto Rokr E8 |
| 2008-06-21 06:28:45 |
Seems like both AB and Big B are there to prove their loyalty to Maharashtra… The Marathi number Abhishek is dancing to is one of the reason for my point besides the fact that daddy Amitabh has lent his voice for the Ad. too....
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| New Voter ID Cards |
| 2008-06-20 22:46:00 |
Have you wondered why you are being issued new voter ID cards despite you having the old ones? Any guesses? Well the reason is that government has lost all the data regarding the old voter ID cards and this is their way of data recovery....
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| cutenpretty1985@yahoo.com |
| 2008-06-20 06:52:37 |
Well… if that is the way your email looks like and you are no longer 17 then you need to get one which is more you. Yahoo mail has added a couple more domain names to their kitty. ymail.com and rocketmail.com. I guess they are trying to fight msn which had come out with live.in [...]...
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| List of Unapproved Institutions by AICTE |
| 2008-06-18 01:51:33 |
As per the AICTE Act (52) of 1987 and the Regulations laid down there under, approval is mandatory for any institution offering Technical Education Programmes in Engineering & Technology, Management, Computer Applications, Architecture & Town Planning, Pharmacy, Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Applied Arts and Craft, in India with or without Foreign University Collaboration.
It has [...]...
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| May God Help India |
| 2008-06-16 08:25:49 |
Open letter to all the politicians who do more damage to this country everyday than poring rain on Delhi roads. When you guys are done with attending parties and inaugurating meaning less functions, I would like you to answer a few questions for me.
Q1. Why is it that every year when it rains, the roads [...]...
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| TV is Your Servant |
| 2008-06-15 12:01:36 |
So what’s the fuss about the TV servant thing… MTNL introduced icontrol today… its something like Tivo which is there in the US. Basically it is nothing but a DVD recorder which would record all your favorite programs and play them back when you want it to.
I tried to get more info about icontrol [...]...
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| You Wash, You Pay! |
| 2008-06-14 00:04:49 |
Just when i think that i have written enough crap about MCD, the MCD goes and does something stupid again.
If the roads are damaged by washing cars on then, aren’t they damaged by cars running on them? Which one seems more realistic to you?
Please God put some common sense in the Municipality officials.
Article [...]...
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| Crime is Just a Call Away! |
| 2008-06-13 07:17:06 |
This is what the World Phone ad. on the left says - “We know how much hard work has gone into building your company’s that name. So can you let that go with a mere phone call? And what could be worse than losing face. So while others don’t pay taxes and violate security norms [...]...
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| 1288 Dirty Drains in the City |
| 2008-06-12 02:33:29 |
Barely 18 days before the official arrival of the monsoon in the city the , Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) the civic agency responsible for de-silting the drains so that roads don’t get waterlogged after rains has barely managed to clean 13 per cent of a total 1,485 drains in the Capital. This after the [...]...
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| Naandi - Project Freedom of Expression |
| 2008-06-10 00:00:39 |
Alina from Naandi.org has sent this article for their project (Freedom of Expression). It is a wonderful step taken by Naandi and i wish them all the success.
A few days ago, a group of children from slums armed with digital cameras (they were using these for the first time in their lives) showed us - [...]...
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| Saibaba Animation Controversy |
| 2008-06-08 10:54:09 |
Seems like these news channels have nothing better to do than use religious agendas to gain ratings. ZEE news simply took this video as is from youtube and created a controversy when there was none, the heading of the video itself says that it is animated and more over the language is Tamil… how on [...]...
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| Petrol Price vs. Society |
| 2008-06-04 22:40:26 |
Today the Govt. has finally increased fuel prices steeply as was inevitable with international crude price spiraling. I do not know why this government waited so long in taking this decision? Is this hike going to affect poor and rich equally? A uniform price hike in fuels would inevitably mean that a person who has [...]...
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| The Gujjar Fiasco |
| 2008-06-02 22:48:03 |
The way the things are going on in India, it appears that despite exceptionally brilliant brains, India may die its own death.
The Gujjar’s recent agitation for getting SC/ST status is one of glaring example of that. I am not against Gujjars or for that matter any community or cast. All are our brothers /sisters and [...]...
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| IPL- We’re Already Missing You… |
| 2008-06-02 02:15:04 |
Finally, curtains are down with present session of IPL with its unprecedented success resounding in all quarters. These 45 days of action packed evenings were all about record settings, fresh statistics, crispy controversies, live drama, flow of emotions and most of all about giving ‘The Ekta Kapoor TV Time’ a run for the money.
The [...]...
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| Strange Ways of MCD |
| 2008-06-01 05:34:47 |
Sumit sent me this cribb and he brings up a very good point, i too have traveled many time on the M.G road to Gurgaon and apart from the demolished structures which are a big eyesore they are equally dangerous.
It is a matter of grave concern that the structures, so fondly ‘demolished’ by MCD on [...]...
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