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Pepsi IPL 2013 Match Schedule

IPL 2013, the biggest cricket event in India starts today. It’s a 54 day event. To make sure you don’t miss it, here is the schedule for Pepsi IPL 2013 Popular Searches For This Post: ipl 2013 schedule – ipl schedule – ipl schedule 2013 – ipl 6 schedule – ipl 2013 – pepsi ipl [...]

Most Banks to Remain Open on March 29, 30 and 31

As the last week of FY 2012-13 was short due to Holi and Good Friday, the banks which are authorized to collect taxes would be open for business on March 29, 30 and 31 – 2013. The banks would be open for their regular business timing of March 29 and 30 and till midnight of March [...]

SMS HELP to 55100 in case of Emergency

In case you want to contact your near and dear ones and emergency services at the time of emergency like sudden car breakdown or any untoward incident you can now SMS “HELP” to 55100. This has been launched by TBM Technologies Pvt Ltd. and is already available on Airtel Network. Soon, this service would be [...]

Holi Special Trains 2013 - Central Railways

Holi Special Trains for 2013

Due to the rush for trains during Holi, Indian Railways have launched following Holi special trains. These trains would run between the following cities. Northern Railways: H. Nizzamudin – Sainagar Shirdhi – H. Nizzamudin Bareilly – Darbhanga – Bareilly Jammu Tawi – Ahmedabad – Jammu Tawi Amritsar – Barauni – Amritsar Delhi – Patna – [...]

Women Day: FundsIndia to offer Gold coins to 5 Lucky Women who open a/c today

In a bid to encourage women to invest in Mutual Funds, Fundsindia.com has come out with a special promotion scheme for women on International Women’s Day. They would give out one gram gold coins to five lucky women who open an account today (March 8, 2013) and activate it by March 25, 2013. I had [...]

Innovative Marketing at Kumbh – Reminder Rotis from Lifebuoy

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. has come up with an innovative campaign for its Lifebuoy handwash in Kumbh Mela. The idea is to print the message “Lifebuoy se haath dhoye kya?” (Have you washed your hand with Lifebuoy?) on rotis. Check the picture below (courtesy: Economic Times) These messages are printed by special heat stamps on rotis. [...]

How to get your Aadhaar number?

A few days back EPFO has made Aadhaar number compulsory for opening and operating EPF account. With Government forcing for Aadhaar Number through its different departments, I am planning to get one soon. So, I researched about getting an Aadhaar myself and all the information here is what I could gather from internet. To start with the Aadhaar number [...]

Dry Days in Delhi for 2013

Government of Delhi has notified 21 days in 2013 as Dry Days in Delhi. These 21 days include 3 national holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. Other than these there are 18 festival days which are dry days. What does dry day mean? Many people are confused what happens in dry days. [...]

Bank Holiday in Delhi – 2013

Below is the list of holidays for Banks in Delhi for year 2013. Out of the 17 holidays, 3 fall on Sundays. You can bookmark the page so that next time you want to visit your bank you can confirm if its closed! Popular Searches For This Post: sbi holiday list 2013 in delhi – [...]

Indian Post Office Holidays for 2013

According to Postal Directorate orders, Indian Post office would remain closed on the following days in 2013. Birthday of Prophet Mohammad 25-January-2013 Republic Day 26-January-2013 Good Friday 29-March-2013 Mahavir Jayanti 24-April-2013 Budda Purnima 25-May-2013 Idu’l Fitr 9-August-2013 Independence Day 15-August-2013 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday 2-October-2013 Dussehra 13-October-2013 Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) 16-October-2013 Diwali (Deepavali) 3-November-2013 Muharram 14-November-2013 Guru [...]

What is Ajinomoto or MSG?

If you are Chinese food lover you might have heard about Ajinomoto or MSD. Its not considered healthy and doctors recommend to avoid it during pregnancy. I spotted the below advertisement from AJI-NO-MOTO in a leading daily and realized that AJI-NO-MOTO is the registered trademark owned by Japanese company, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. The company manufactures [...]

Railways hike fare across all travel classes- effective Jan 21, 2013 Midnight

Union Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today announced hike in Railway fare for Passengers. Adding further he said there would not be any further hike in the Railway Budget 2013. Indian Railways has increased the fare to keep up with the safety and cleanliness. This is the first railway fare hike in ten years. The last [...]

RTGS and NEFT Holiday List 2013

RBI in its circular has notified the following days as holiday for NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) and RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement). You would not be able to do inter-bank money transfer electronically on these days. RTGS and NEFT Holiday List 2013 S. No. Date Day Occasion 1 January 26, 2013 Saturday Republic Day 2 March 29, [...]

India Central Government Holiday List 2013

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), Government of India issued Circular No. F.No.12/4/2012-JCA-2 declaring list of Public Holidays in India for 2013. In addition to the Public Holidays, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list [...]

Dial 181 – The New Women Helpline in Delhi

Thanks to the non-stopping protests from all walks of the society demanding “Safety for Women” – Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has launched a new three digit “Women in Distress” Helpline – 181. Following are the features of 181: Now women can directly complaint to the Delhi Chief Minister Can be dialed from land-line and [...]

Don’t Drink and Drive on New Years Eve

Delhi Police has published a warning about Drunken Driving on the New Years Eve in its innovative advertisement. The punishment if you are caught would be for Six months of imprisonment. Keep this in mind while you party on the 31st night and stay away from trouble while celebrating the New Year Arrival. And here is [...]

Govt Invites suggestions on amendments to Criminal Laws relating to Safety and Security of Women

In the wake of recent rape cases the Govt Invites suggestions on amendments to Criminal Laws relating to Safety and Security of Women. Below was the notice published in major dailies. Here is the email for sending the suggestions: [email protected] You can also send fax to 011-23092675

Top 10 Richest Head of States

The Queen of England is rich, but she is not the richest. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin with stake in oil and gas companies Gazprom, Surgutneftegas and Gunvor is the wealthiest head of state. Interestingly, the top 15 richest heads of state together control nearly $ 145 billion and countless lavish palaces, cars, planes and armies. [...]

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