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March 2012

Why does India need Tatra Trucks?

Why does India need Tatra Trucks? Tatra is a Czech Republic truck manufacturing company which is in news recently when Indian Army Chief Vijay Kumar Singh alleged that a retired Lieutenant-General offered a sum of Rs. 14 crores for clearing a tranche of 600 Tatra trucks for use by the Indian Army. According to …

Pin-code of a Post Office

What is PINCODE? Postal Index Number (PIN) or  Pincode is the identifier used by India Post to locate geographical regions and post offices in India. The PINcode is a 6 digit code. The first digit of Pincode indicates the regional zone, the second digit indicate the sub region (or the …

Books on Sachin Tendulkar

Books on Sachin Tendulkar: A number of books have been written on master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. The ones you should not miss are the following. Sachin: A Hundred Hundreds Now by V.Krishnaswamy Master Stroke: 100 Centuries of Sachin Tendulkar by Neelima Athalye Sachin: 501 Things You Didn’t Know About the …

Book On Sachin’s Hundred Hundreds

Sachin : A Hundred Hundreds Now: This is the title of the book by the sports writer  V. Krishnaswamy. Hundred centuries in international cricket is no mere achievement. No other person on earth has ever achieved this feet and this record will remain unbeaten for a very long time in future …

Best Selling Cameras Below Rs.5000 March 2012

Best Selling Cameras Below Rs.5000 – the economy class, but quite good. The Budget cameras from Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Panasonic etc. 1. Nikon Coolpix L23 Point & Shoot (Black) 2. Canon PowerShot A 1200 Point & Shoot (Black) 3. Nikon Coolpix L23 Point & Shoot (Red) 4. Nikon Coolpix L23 Point & Shoot …

Buy Gift Certificate As a Gift Option

It can be  as a Birthday Gift, Anniversary Gift or Wedding Gift; whatever be occasion Gift Certificates instead of physical gifts are becoming common. The Gift Certificates offer flexibility to the recipient to select the product according to his need. As it is equivalent to cash, but at the same time differs in its special purpose for the occasion, it is gratifying …

On Army Chief’s Bribe Row

Army Chief General V.K. Singh’s has revealed that he was directly approached with an offer of a Rs. 14 crore bribe to clear the acquisition of sub-standard vehicles.  It appears from the further updates that the offer was made by Lt General (retd) Tejinder Singh and bribe offer was for the …

Shiva Trilogy By Amish Tripathi

Best Selling Books in March 2012

Best Sellers in 2012? For all those book lovers, i-n-d-i-a-n.com comes up with the list of  top selling books in March 2012. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biographyby Walter Isaacson The Secret Of The Nagas by Amish Tripathi The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi The Secret Of The Nagas & …

Best Android Mobile Phone To Buy Now – March 2012

Confused about your dream Android Phone? Which android phones are in huge demand? Here is a list of android mobiles arranged based on popularity in the month of March. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (Grey) Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 (Onyx Black) Samsung Galaxy Y Color Plus S5360 (Metallic Grey) Spice Mi-270 …

Railway Minister Resigns because of Railway Budget

Coalition politics is doing the damage again. Union railway minister Dinesh Trivedi was asked to resign by his own party leader, Mamata Banerjee after his railway Budget, to expose another shameful face of coalition politics. The weak congress, strangled by its allies has nothing to do except to accept his resignation. The …

Virat Kohli’s Centuries go vain!

Virat Kohli – India’s Run Machine in ‘Do or Die’ Games! Virat Kohli is turning out as the ultimate superstar. He is doing things, which every Indian dreams to do. Not even Sachin Tendulkar has done these kind of heroics of the 23 year old. High pressure produces the best …

Indian Budget 2012-13: First Look

Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee has come up with the Budget for financial year 2012-2013. Many had expected a reform rich budget this year, as the next year budget has all probability of being a populist one in light of the coming elections. But Pranab has played different cards this time. …

Hundred 100s for Sachin Tendulkar!!!

The wait is finally over! Sachin has hit the 100th century just now! Sachin’s international record now reads 33000+ runs, 100 hundreds and 160 fifties. Sachin’s 100th 100 came against Bangladesh in today’s match in the Asia Cup, and it is his 49th ODI hundred. He has amassed 51 hundreds in test …

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PNR Status : Railway Ticket Codes and Meaning

PNR Status – Railway Ticket Codes and Meaning :  Abbreviations and symbols in Indian Railway PNR status leaves many passengers confused. For common symbols like RAC which stands for Reservation Against Cancellation – it might be easy. But not for symbols like PQWL –  for everyone. Just decoding the abbreviations won’t …