Khulla Panga

The results of CAT exam held on November, 2007 will be out on 8th January, 2008 , Tuesday. About 2.25 lakh candidates appeared for this test among them 40,000 are from Delhi. On the basis of this result about 5000 student will be shortlisted for Group discussion and personal interview.

Admission to IIM and many other prestigious management institutes depends upon CAT results. IIM websites will publish the dates and venue for group discussion and interviews after few days.

Aspirants can access their results on the internet or via SMS. To know the result of CAT SMS 57333 and type ‘CAT’- space- ‘registration number’ – space – ‘date of birth’ of ‘CAT’ – ‘space – ‘application number’,

New green color low floor buses of DTC are new attraction for Delhi commuters. DTC has added 45 low floor buses in its fleet. And these buses are running with full capacity. 12 buses are running on Route no. 479, 8 on Route no. 500, 10 on Route no. 442 and 5 buses on Route no. 729.

These buses are getting popular for daily travelers. People are preferring these busses in comparison to blue line(popular as death lines now) or old DTC buses. These buses have tubeless tyres to ensure no flat tyre problems. New buses have pneumatic doors. People are not very use to of it but they will be very soon.

With these new buses earning per kilometer has touched Rs. 20 while for old buses it is about Rs. 12 per kilometer. The operating loss on new buses is about Rs. 6 per kilometer, which is very less as compared to Rs. 30 per km in old DTC buses.

I must say that Delhi Govt. must increase the no. of these buses in roads of Delhi. It will not only make DTC less loss making but also will improve the condition of public transport in Delhi especially the public Bus travel.

Just got the news that Hyundai has just loss a case against a car owner in Delhi for selling him a faulty Hyundai Accent car. The Courts has ordered the company to replace the faulty car with a new one and give the owner, an additional compensation of Rs. 12,500/-. I can never imagine that the second largest car maker in India can do a shit like that. Well, is it the fault of the Hyundai Car dealer or the company itself?

One of my friends had recently visited Hyundai showroom in Gurgaon to buy a Hyundai Accent CRDI just 15 days back. But the showroom told that the company has “stopped the production of the CRDI model because of some technical flaws that causes vibrations”. We thought that this was just a promotional stunt for the new Hyundai Verna CRDI which has not performed very well in the market (compared to the Accent CRDI). Like the stratagy that Toyota used to by discontinuing Qualiz and Launching Toyota Innova But now I think, the real problem was this case which was going against the company. Let’s see what happens now, will the company launch the Accent CRDi or not.

After big boss its time of big brother in news. UK based reality show is in news now a days reason being Shilpa Shetty is in that show. Other housemates are Carole, Cleo, Danielle Lloyd, Dirk, Donny, Lan H, Jack, Jackiey, Jade, Jermaine Jackson, Jo, Ken and Leo.

According to Shilpa “I have zero expectations. The only thing I really hope to keep is my self-respect and my dignity.”

Her culture, way of living and thinking is altogether different from all the home mates, still she has picked up quickly out there. She is teaching the meditation to mates.

Bollywood is spreading its wings to international entertainment industry…
Good…

GDA has approved a metro cess of Rs. 340 per Square meter on all new constructions. This fund will be used for Metro Rail Project development in Ghaziabad. The board has approved the Metro routes from Anand Vihar to Vaishali, Vaishali to Indirapuram and NH-24 to Mehrauli for the integrated and Hi-Tech cities and from Shahdara to the new bus terminal.

Same type of Metro Cess is also in proposal for Gurgaon. Lets wait for Metro in complete NCR and see the fun in it then.

Soren is in jail, Prison sentence to Navjot Singh Sidhu, live sentence to Manu Sharma, Vikas Yadav son of DP Yadav and Amardeep Singh Gill gets 4 year of imprisonment, finalizing the case of Sanjay Dutt, conviction of Sharda Jain, soft hands on Bina Ramani as she is prime eyewitness of an important case and list goes on.

Is all this signifying that court in India is now a days getting tough and free of political pressures to give the good decisions. Or its media which is bringing each and every details of high profile case in front of public as a results its very difficult to play with the fact and figures of judicial system. Which ultimately rules out the possibility to manipulate with high profile cases.

Any way now at least people are thinking twice before stating that I am so and so or is son of so and so.

Lets see what’s the impact of that is going on.

I have been getting the news that after the Rajiv Chowk flyover is completed, the next flyover that would start will be the Honda Chowk flyover.

I have been visiting IMT Manesar frequently, but the traffic I see over there is getting worst day by day. I have to visit IMT Manesar 7 times a week but there’s no single day when I haven’t struck at the Honda Chowk. How the flyover will be planned god know and the worst part is from where is the NHAI will divert the heavy traffic.

When it comes of increasing the price, the petroleum companies in India and eager to do increase the prices of Diesel, petrol and natural gases. When the global crude prices touched $75 per barrel, the prices of Diesel and Petrol were increased by Rs 4 and Rs 2 respectively. Now when the fuel prices are hovering around $59 per barrel of crude, then nobody is ready to bring down the prices. I personally feel that there should be fuel regulatory authority in India also to control the fuel prices on monthly basis at least, like the TRAI does with the Airtel, Hutch, BSNL and other telecom majors.

I just read the news in the ET that both these groups have separately approached an entertainment company in the Jammu and Kashmir for buy its stakes. Both the brother are interested in purchasing this group for their expansion in the Entertainment industry. I an not pleased to hear that. I don’t know if this is their corporate expansion strategy or just the war in their groups. If this is a strategy then, nothing like it. But if this is a war, then I feel that these companies will end each other one day. I personally feel that both the brothers should enter into different industries and should not intimidate each others work.

Heard the news the new retail giants (RIL, TATA, RPG, BHARTI and other…) have asked the cargo companies to expand their bases in different cities so as to solve the logistics issues of these groups. Air Deccan and GoCargo are the in the news nowadays for doing the logistics work for these groups. If these retail giants are planning in a way of “Bulk Centralized Purchasing” and the world class “Supply Chain Management”, then what is going to happen with the grocery and departmental stores near our homes? With such a low prices as of Walmart and Sears they are going to change the face of the entire industry. Now the retailers have to face double shock, one is the warth of MCD and now the competition with the Retail Giants.