Delhi Election Results 2008

Shocked! Zor ka jhatka Zor se lagaa.

As if someone came from behind and burned their hopes of a victory in Delhi. Delhi’s election result has shocked me after congress getting a clear majority is all set for a third tenure, with the old lady Sheila Dixit, ready for a hatrick tenure. The mock polls held at my website and my prediction has actually gone thoroughly wrong.

Sheila Dixit smiling, BJP will have to rethink its strategy

CBSE 2008 results

The CBSE 2008 class Xth results create a lot of tension, mess and in the end it is just one screen with blue stripes that says it all. 12 months of hardwork, pressure and loads of inspirational remarks by teachers, parents and relatives. A class Xth student has to bare all this torture all for 5 marks, which will be asked again and again in the future. Some might need it for a minimum qualifying criteria and some might need it as an address proof… Read the complete article

CitiBank and their city mess up

An active speak India reader has contributed this story to us.

From the contributor,

I would like to inform you that I have been repeatedly harassed by some of the concerned officials of CITI Bank who seem to be adamant and ignorant of an Indian Oil petrol pump- IBP Auto services. I am shocked and amazed in disbelief that CITI Bank officials read IBP as Indian Bharat Petroleum and charge a transaction fee every time I get petrol filled from this petrol pump. The worst part is that people at the customer care refused to verify the facts and their behaviour was much to be desired.

Facts which the CITI Bank have overlooked

IBP merged with IndianOil

IBP was inducted as an IndianOil Group company in February 2002. In the past five years, both IndianOil and IBP worked jointly to exploit new and emerging opportunities in the market place, simultaneously focussing on optimisation of infrastructure and operations, and reduction in manpower costs.

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Star of month { March-2008 }

The star of the month for march 2008 goes to Dr. Manmohan Singh (Born on 26th september 1932)

Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India

He is considered one of the most qualified and influential figures in India’s recent history, mainly because of the economic reforms he had initiated in 1991 when he was Finance Minister under Prime Minister Narasimha Rao.

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Union Budget – 08 – A populist one

It was an aggressive Finance Minister P Chidambaram going all the way to promote the mother of all loan waivers — the Rs. 60,000 crore farm loan waiver. Defying charges of his political opponents and even Left allies, Chidambaram chose a counter-offensive: “Let every politician and political party take a stand on our decision to write off farmers’ loans. They should stand up and say if they are for the farmers or against them. If they have the courage to oppose, they should stand up and be counted.”

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More sources

Northeast gets over Rs.14 bn in the budget Economic Times
Union budget for 2008-09 — Populist but largely sane Hindu Business Line
Real estate welcomes Budget proposals for sector Hindu

India spends more on poor in budget 2008-09 Daily Times
Indian shares slip 1.38% after budget Daily Times
India increases defence budget to $26.40 billion Daily Times

Railway Budget – 08 – Simply Lalu

A buoyant economy helped Railways Minister Lalu Prasad better most of his estimates for the current financial year with a record cash surplus, though the pragmatic politician from Bihar has budgeted for a slowdown in his 2008-09 targets in his fifth consecutive railway budget.

An eye to elections due 2009, however, saw Prasad announce a 5 per cent cut in freight rates on petrol and diesel and a token drop in fares for all classes of passengers.

“Bowing to the hopes and expectations of millions of people, I have decided to reduce passenger fares and freight rates this year,” Prasad said in a characteristically entertaining speech in Parliament.

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More on rail budget

Lalu and Feel Good Organiser
No-discrimination in rail budget: Lalu Sify
India Inc. Lauds Populist Railway Budget International Business Times

Tata Nano : Detailed specification

See also

• Making of Nano : Interview with Ratan Tata
• TATA NANO controversy
• Tata Nano vs Maruti 800 : Head on
• Tata Nano vs Bajaj Autorickshaw
• TATA NANO
• Ratan Tata

* Engine: 2 cylinder MPFi petrol (single injector) All aluminum 623 cc (38 cu in)

* bore x stroke 73.5 X 73.5 mm

* Compression ratio – 9.5:1

Making of Nano : Interview with Ratan Tata

Nearly 72 hours before the launch of his dream car, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata spent 90 minutes with ET for a one-on-one on the making of the people’s car. He shares the trials and tribulations he faced during the journey. Here is the partial text of the interview. Download the whole interview by clicking here : interview with Ratan Tata after launch of NANO

See also

• TATA NANO controversy
• Tata Nano vs Maruti 800 : Head on
• Tata Nano vs Bajaj Autorickshaw
• TATA NANO
• Star of the month:(Jan 08):Ratan Naval Tata

1.Q: Are you nervous? Is this much bigger than the launch of Indica?

I think I was much more nervous during the launch of Indica because we had never been in car manufacturing before. We were venturing into a new segment. We are again venturing into a new segment but in a product line in which we have 10 years of experience now.