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view PHOONK videos (Glamsham.com)
It s going to be one crowded week this Friday with as many as four new films listed for release on 22nd August. Read More
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More babies born at home than in Allahabad hospitals (HT via Yahoo! India News)
DATA GATHERED from the district health department has revealed that women in Allahabad still consider delivering babies at home safer than at the hospital. Interestingly, the trend is equally prevalent in rural as well as urban areas. And what is more surprising is that the number of childbirths at home has almost doubled compared to those in hospitals. Read More
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UP to file SLP against HC order on cane price (Express India)
The UP govt is planning to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court to contest Allahabad High Court order which had quashed the earlier decision taken by its Lucknow Bench over the price for sugarcane Read More
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ICICI on rate hike New Delhi, Aug. 19: (The Telegraph)
ICICI Bank managing director and CEO K.V. Kamath did not rule out the possibility of a hike in interest rates in the immediate run. “We cannot say if interest rates have peaked or not. Read More
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FII-TO-FII: Grasim Ind traded at 2% premium (Business Standard India)
Trades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 116 crore on the BSE Tuesday-an increase of 11.03% from Rs 104 crore clocked on Monday. As many as 4 stocks witnessed trades of 18 lakh shares on Tuesday. Read More
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Auto loans: Floating rate is in (Business Standard India)
Most car buyers, when applying for a loan, grapple with the question of whether they should opt for a fixed or a floating rate option. This question assumes importance as car loans have a lower tenure than home loans. Read More
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Watch Tower: Time to get mad & act (Central Chronicle)
The recent stampede in the `Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh that left over 150 people dead and 230 injured ought to serve as a wake up call to put in place safety measures to prevent such avoidable mishaps. Read More
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Probe against Maj Gen for 'favouring' candidate (IE via Yahoo! India News)
An inquiry has been instituted against a serving Major General, who was earlier heading the Service Selection Board (SSB) at Allahabad, for allegedly favouring a candidate for selection to an officers training academy. Read More
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Uttarakhand set to have a permanent capital (IE via Yahoo! India News)
Uttarakhand is finally set to have a permanent capital almost eight years after it became a state. Read More
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Rupee takes a dip Mumbai, Aug. 18: (The Telegraph)
After breaching the psychological 43-mark in the previous day’s trade, the rupee nosedived by another 58 paise against the dollar today to close at nearly one-and-a half-year low of 43.60 on sustained demand for the dollar from oil companies. Read More
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*Bharati Subramania* ( 1882-1921) Subramania Bharati was born on 11 December 1882 at Ettayapuram in the Tirunelveli District. His father Chinnaswamy Iyer was a learned Brahmin attached to the Ettayapuram Zamin. He was also interested in Western technology and managed to install the first textile mill at Ettayapuram in 1880. Bharati lost his ...
Posts, aka, Boobage Indeed!
Down. August 2008: 500. That s it, that s all, there ain t no more!Atlantic, Google, Internet, Devolution, Andressa Soares, Dançarina do Créu, Mulher Melancia, Garota Melancia, Boobage, HAL, Dave Bowman, Stanley Kubrick, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Cheech & Chong, Liminality, Communitas, MUF DVR, Denis Leary, Leonard Cohen, The Future.499. All he be...
The Asian markets had a bad day
4:00 PM - The Asian markets had a bad day and Europe too was trading in the negative. The Indian market digested the IIP numbers and closed weak. Experts on the market feel all eyes are on the crucial SEBI meet tomorrow. Sensex shut shop at 15212, down 291 points and Nifty at 4552, down 68 points from the previous close. CNX Midcap index was down 0...
From conceptual information on “What & Why of NDA Exam” & “When & Where of NDA Exam” in my previous two blog post, let us go on to find the practical aspect of the examination - the first step towards cracking the NDA exam: “How to apply for the examination”. Eligibility for appearing in NDA examination: To apply for the NDA examination, you need ...
Typical Tablighi Jama’at Style
Typical Tablighi Jama’at Style Posted on August 10, 2008 by Shahnawaz warsi “Will it also surprise you if I told you that I have read the Bible, the Torah, the Bhagvad Gita, Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto and Hitler’s Mein Kampf?” It was 1991. I’d just quit the University of Karachi and joined a weekly magazine as a feature writer. My o...
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