Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Maruti Suzuki Cars Offers 'Big Bonanza' This Year End

A bumper sale bonanza for Maruti Cars owners - Maruti has announced cash benefits of up to INR 55,000 on its small car Alto 800 and the blue eyed boy Wagon R cars.

With the year 2014 coming to an end and Christmas round the corner, every big auto company is offering a whole lot of offers on their best selling models to clear off the stock. Joining the bandwagon of this trend is India’s largest auto maker, Maruti Suzuki, with irresistible offers on three of its popular cars. The company is offering amazing cash benefits on Wagon R, Alto 800 and Alto K10.

Monday, December 08, 2014

Why The Central Security Forces Called 'Foster Forces'?

All 14 of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troops killed in the Maoist ambush on December 1 died on the scrubby, hill-ringed battleground, deep in the forests of Sukma district, at the southern tip of Chhattisgarh. The last to die was constable Deepak Kumar. The Maoists had struck between 10 and 11 am. It was 9:30 pm when Deepak died. For more than 10 hours, the 22-year-old lay there, helplessly wounded and heavily bleeding.

“Had a chopper arrived on time, he could have been saved,” says a CRPF commandant. An IAF chopper requisitioned by the CRPF did arrive for evacuation of the wounded—but only the next afternoon and at the Chintagufa camp, some 10 km from the ambush spot.

Book Excerpt: The Story Behind 'Rajesh Khanna' And The Havells Ad That Shocked The World

Image is everything when to comes to filmstars. By the time the world saw Rajesh Khanna in the Havells television commercial it had almost forgotten what he looked like in real life. For the legions of his die-hard fans he was still Anand or Bawarchi’s Raghu or Amar Prem’s Anand babu and had ceased to exist beyond his celebrated roles. 

Off screen he was the superstar who illuminated the brightest and then fell into unimaginable darkness. The moment the world saw him as the feeble, faded star left with electrical appliances for fans in a advertisement, the enduring image of the iconic star changed forever. This is an excerpt from the book Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna by Gautam Chintamani published by Harper Collins India.

Sunday, December 07, 2014

Delhi 'Cab Rape' Episode: Despite All Funding, What Is 'Uber' India Doing On Safety?

After the sexual assault on a young woman in Delhi, police say they will hold Uber liable for gross negligence.

On Friday night, a 27-year old woman in Delhi was allegedly raped inside a cab she had booked using the popular taxi app Uber. The finance professional had hired the cab from Gurgaon to go home. She fell asleep in the back and woke up to find the cab in a secluded area.

Special Report: 'The Lethal Business Of IVF Clinics In India'

Egg donors in coma and cancer deaths: the hidden truth of infertility treatment.

Four year into their marriage, Geeta (name changed) and her husband had everything that they could hope for, except for a baby. The desperate couple consulted a gynaecologist in New Delhi. Geeta was diagnosed with tubercular infection of the fallopian tube, one of the three organs essential for conceiving.

Special Report: 'The Invisible Baby Makers Of India'

For the women who donate eggs, the lure of easy money often turns into a death trap.

When Yuma Sherpa visited New Life India Fertility Clinic in New Delhi with the intention of donating her eggs, her concern regarding donation was more or less around its returns. After all, the 23-year-old was desperately in need of  Rs 25,000. The procedure that began on 8 January made her unwell. After the final round, she fell unconscious. Soon complications erupted and within a few hours she was declared dead.

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Saturday, December 06, 2014

Spit Or Swallow: Sadhvi Jyoti Stuck In Modi’s Throat

With ministers like Niranjan Jyoti in his team,the PM doesn’t need a united Opposition to pour cold water on his Project Achche Din.

Narendra Modi is vegetarian and so, I presume, is Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. Neither would know the feeling of a tiny fish bone stuck in the throat. In rare situations, the gag hold can be fatal. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is the fish bone, which the prime minister can digest, only if he could swallow. The abominable Sadhvi’s lack of facility with language and her penchant for rhymes have landed her and her boss in a shark soup. The BJP was quick in not defending the indefensible.