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Volvo Bus Service between Delhi/Gurgaon and Chandigarh

In case you are looking to travel between Chandigarh and Delhi, there are several Volvo buses from Haryana Roadways running almost every 30 minutes. You can also find Volvo buses between Chandigarh and Gurgaon. Time for travelling: These Volvo buses take 4:30 to 5 hours to travel between Delhi – Chandigarh. Fare: The fare for [...]

How Railway Budget 2013-14 impacts you?

Rail Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal presented his annual rail budget 2013-14 in the parliament on February 26, 2013. The opposition slammed it as populist and political budget while the ruling party termed it as the best Rail budget. But we could anyway predict these reactions much before the rail budget was presented. Here is a [...]

Vegetable Prices at Azadpur Mandi - Feb 4, 2013

Are You Paying more for your Vegetables?

A few days back there was hue and cry in the news channels regarding the rising Onion prices. The prices of onions have been a politically sensitive issue to the extent that parties have lost elections due to their inability to control prices. Keeping this in view Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee, Azadpur, New Delhi has [...]

SBI extended working hours on Jan 24, 2013

State bank of India (SBI) has decided to extend banking hours by two hours for its customers on account of continuous holidays (on 25, 26 & 27 Jan 2013) all over India (except for Kerala). For complete list of Bank Holidays in 2013 click here. This is a good and customer friendly move from SBI. [...]

Renting Bank Lockers: Charges, Guidelines and Alternatives

Bank lockers have always been considered a safe and preferred place to store jewels, stock certificates, deeds and other valuables. While most banks offer such a facility, the locker size, annual rent, deposit required, time period and provision for refund differs for various banks. As you can see in the table below Private Banks like HSBC charge [...]

Pay Delhi Jal Board Water Bill Online in Delhi

Paying DJB Water bills had always been a big issue. The bill is generally a few hundreds but the time and effort it takes is worth much more. If you want to pay the bills yourself you have to wait in a long queue and if you are lucky to find some one who does it [...]

Dry Day in Delhi – Jan 2013

Department of Excise, Entertainment and Luxury Tax has declared following days on January 2013 in Delhi as Dry day. Dry days are days when you cannot buy alcoholic drinks. January 25, 2013 (Friday) – ID E Milad January 26, 2013 (Saturday) – Republic Day All liquor shops would be closed in Delhi on above two [...]

5 Ways to Register Complaint against Auto Rickshaw in Delhi

If you have ever got a chance to use Auto Rickshaws in Delhi, you know how horrific is travelling in them. We often want to complaint against them but don’t know how to! Here are 5 Ways in which you can Register Complaint against Auto Rickshaw in Delhi: Phone: Call on Traffic Police Helpline Number: 011-25844444 [...]

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 [...]

Book Community Halls, Parks in Delhi Online

Now you can book Community Halls, Open Spaces and Parks online in Delhi. DDA has launched this initiative through its website. Here is the notification from DDA. Popular Searches For This Post: online booking park of dda – cancel dda open park booking – Dda check status for community hall – dda open space booking – [...]

Decoding Your Restaurant Bill

Be it your Marriage Anniversary or your Birthday or just another day We love going to Restaurants. But have you ever checked the Restaurant Bills? At the end of the bill we see several headers like Service Charge, VAT, Service Tax, Tax1 and many headers I fail to comprehend. A few days back Central & Central Excise Department, [...]

ID proof for travelling in Indian Railway

ID Proof Mandatory while Traveling in Reserved Classes on Railways

From December 1, 2012 Indian Railways has made it mandatory to carry original Identity Proof for travelling in all reserved classes of railways. List of ID Proof Documents: Voter Photo Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India Passport PAN Card Driving License Nationalized Bank Passbook with Photographs Credit Card with Photographs Aadhaar Card Photo [...]

Five Signs of Purity for Gold Jewellery

The festive and wedding season is on and most of us would be rushing in to jewellers to buy Gold/ Silver Jewellery. Here are the five signs engrossed on the jewellery which proves golds’ purity: BIS Standard Mark: BIS means Bureau of Indian Standards. Licence is granted to the jewellers by BIS under Hallmarking Scheme. The [...]

History of Petrol & Diesel Price in Delhi

History of Petrol & Diesel Prices in New Delhi, India

Government has finally done it – Diesel prices have been hiked by Rs. 5 from midnight of September 13, 2012. This would obviously a bad news for people like you and me and would further fuel the already uncontrollable inflation. I tried to find out from various sources how the prices of Petrol and diesel have changed [...]

6 Points to Keep In Mind While Shopping In Sale

The Monsoon Sale season is on and you might be exited with your shopping bags. Here are six tips which might help you to identify the smart deals around: 1. Price marked up and then discounted This is an old trick and most of us know. But this is particularly high during Sale season. This [...]

Cost of Ownership of Your Home

Amit was looking for the purchase of his new house but unfortunately nothing was in his budget. Then one fine day he heard an advertisement on the local FM channel about a project which seemed to fit his budget. So he called up the builders advertised phone number and the builder confirmed the price for [...]

Five Ways to Invest in Gold

Gold has always fascinated us Indians. Traditionally the only way to own gold was in form of Jewelry which was passed from generation to generation. These jewelries are commonly made of 22 Karat gold which means 91.6% gold. Next, the fascination for pure gold lead to a market for 99.9% pure Gold coins and bars. [...]

Gold Saving Scheme List From Jewelers – Tanishq, P C Jeweller, GRT, Gitanjali, TBZ

I have compiled a list of Gold Saving Schemes from different jewelers in India. Tanishq: The Golden Harvest Scheme Tanishq from the house of Tata Group is one of the biggest jewelers in India with country wide network. Also its Golden harvest Scheme is one of the most advertised. There are two options: The 11+1 Plan [...]

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