Indian Prime Minister's House Sold on Ebay for 35 million rupeesApril 24th, 2005 Reuters reports that some joker sold Indian Prime Minister's house on Ebay to an American business man!
And I thought selling the Brooklyn bridge was a myth!
The businessman forked out 35 million rupees ($802,600) for the house that was up for sale on a Web site as a "huge sprawling mansion in the heart of Lutyen's Delhi with 24x7
running water and electricity", the ‘Hindustan Times’ said. He soon received the title deed for the house and arrived in the Indian capital late in March to take possession of the house for an office he planned to set up only to discover he had been cheated.
Kerala on high alert following serial bomb blast e-mail threatAugust 14th, 2009 KANNUR - The cyber cell of the Kerala Police has traced down an e-mail threat from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) warning of serial bomb blasts in the state, if a separate Muslim state, comprising districts of north Kerala, is not created. Inspector General of Police Tomin Thachenkery said on Friday that a few media offices in the state had received the e-mail threat on Thursday.
DragonBall Z in Hindi: A Tragedy!April 30th, 2007 It was very frustrating to watch DragonBall Z dubbed poorly in Hindi in Cartoon Network, India today. It is murder, plain and simple.
"My Dad's burgling your house"September 13th, 2005 A 31 year old Dutchman returned from work to find a strange car in the drive of his home in Pieterburen, near Groningen. Two children were sitting on the back seat so the man asked them where their father was and was told that his father was inside, "robbing" the house.
Top 10 Gadgets for Your House WorksApril 11th, 2009 We have seen luxury gadgets, fancy ones and even some crazy ones at times. But we need to spare some time for the place we live in.
The Blooker Prize, World's First Literary Prize for Blooks (Books Based on Blogs or Web Sites) AnnouncedOctober 18th, 2005 Online self-publishing house Lulu has announced the Blooker Prize - first-ever literary award for "blooks," books based on blogs or Web sites. The Lulu Blooker Prize (www.lulublookerprize.com) is the first contest to honor blooks, a hybrid literary form that has evolved in recent years from web sites, particularly the web sites known as blogs.
Government sanctions Rs3.08 crore to CBI for e-GovernanceJuly 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday Union Minister of State for the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan stated that a sum of Rs.3.08 crores had been sanctioned during the year 2008-09 under the Plan Scheme of "CBI e-Governance" for setting up a Wide Area Network and other e-Governance applications for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Chavan said the time taken to complete investigation of cases by the CBI depended on the nature of the cases, number of witnesses to be examined and the number and type of documents to be scrutinized.
Unmanaged Dedicated Web Hosting Provider - My ChoiceJuly 5th, 2006 I have been looking for a unmanaged dedicated web hosting provider for the last 7 days or so. I performed sucks tests (search in Google for "xyz sucks"), went to web hosting forums, asked questions to the provider, analyzed their plans with a fine tooth comb.
Infosys techie robbed, suffocated to death in BangaloreMarch 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Umesh Krishnan, a 27-year techie employed with IT bellwether Infosys Technologies, was robbed and suffocated to death early Monday by a gang of four suspected dacoits at his house in the city's eastern suburb, the police said. 'The incident happened in the wee hours when Krishnan was attacked by the gang, which barged into his house and gagged his mouth and nose with cello tape,' city joint commissioner Alok Kumar told IANS.
Wish You All Happy Diwali & Kali PujaNovember 9th, 2007 I wish you all a Happy Diwali and Kalipuja and many many happy returns of the same. Everywhere is filled with sounds of firecrackers.
Indian software engineer arrested for throwing his child into 30-feet wellMarch 14th, 2009 Chennai father arrested for throwing infant into 30-feet well
CHENNAI - Twenty nine-year old software engineer, arrested on charges of killing his unwanted four-day-old daughter into a 30-feet well, has been remanded to judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate's court. Niranjan Kumar married Sangeetha a year ago.
Way to go Massachusetts! Another state becomes wiser to the needs of stem cell researchApril 3rd, 2005 A bill that would allow embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts cleared its second big legislative hurdle on Thursday with enough support to withstand a near-certain veto by the state's governor. Following impassioned argument on both sides, the state House of Representatives voted 117-37 in favor of legislation that endorses stem cell research, including stem cells obtained from cloned human embryos.
Asbestos menace in IndiaMarch 12th, 2005 From our childhood I have been to several places with asbestos roofing. It is extremely common in sheds or garages and in many cases as roofing of the house.
Linux Administrator RequiredDecember 11th, 2007 We are looking for a full-time Linux system administrator to manage our dedicated servers and our internal servers, computers and network. He will also have to manage the MySQL server and other servers in-house.
Google satellite view is simply amazing. April 6th, 2005 I am astounded by Google satellite view. You must check it out.