Bharat Rakshak

^^^ Good its saves Rs One Lakh Crore per year in pay expenditure which can be invested in infrastructure. Railways at 12 lakh employees have 3 lakh empty posts but of this 12 lakh 4 lakh are deemed surplus which when vacant will save Rs 40000 Cr/ year. Why doesn't the post vacant not required elimi...

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/infy-slaps-defamation-notice-on-3-newspapers/article6098209.ece Bangalore, June 9: India’s second largest software services company, Infosys, has served a notice on three newspapers asking them to “cease and desist’’ from defaming the company. A spokespe...

x-posted from GDF Nukkad. Any suggestions for a 3 nights stay in Kerala for 2 (me and wife) around Jul 1/2 onwards. Budget about 20K-30K travel extra. Would prefer a resort kind of place with massages, good food, houseboating and perhaps visits to Periyar national park. The idea is to avoid too muc...

Thanks Aditya_V & Sridhar. Went by the Tada/Srikalahasthi Route and came back via Nagalapuram, Tiruvallur. Both the routes were excellent. The stretch from Uthukottai to Tiruvallur was in a state of repair - but was able to maintain 40-60 on that stretch.

Thanks for your help

Folks,

I am planning for a trip to tirupathi from Chennai. Heard that the Tiruvallur Tiruthani section is potholled and badly patched up. Also, looks like 4 laning work in progress from Nagari to Puttur. Any idea how the old route via Nagalapuram is?

Thanks!
Ajit

Hi, Any one's got some news on the Fuel Shortage in Chennai? Both Petrol and Diesel is in shortage and we see km long queues in the few petrol bunks that have the fuel (typically the IOC bunks seems to be having fuel, whilst others are running short). Surprising part is, only Chennai seems to be fac...

Seven Mokshadayika Cities How to go to Kanchi (kanchipuram) Kanchi is about 70 KM from Chennai, on the Chennai Blore Highway. Depending on where you are in Chennai, there are multiple routes to reach Kanchi. The normal practice is to base oneself in Chennai and do a 1 day visit to Kanchi. But now a...

why not just subsidize diesel for trucks? a petrol pump could just dedicate a couple pumps for trucks and program the meter with the lower rate, while passenger cars would pay the petrol rate as diesel costs as much to produce and transport as petrol. the HOWLS on tbhp forums would alone be worth t...

Yay... Dileep Ettan is back!! Looking forward to an exciting story..

Well..I am a mileage freak...its a hobby to see what's the max I can extract. More than the speed itself (which is incidental and not a goal), the idea is to drive in such a way that you are not speeding up aggressively only to brake soon. I do try and drive in such a way that I don't have to brake...

Question for Gus - Vista gave you 19.8! OMG. What speed do you drive at? I have a Vista - Dec 2009 Aura QJD. Hasnt given me anywhere close Tambaram to Tiruvannamalai gives me 16KMPL Tambaram to CBE via Sriperumbudur, Vellore, Salem gives me 17.5 Both figures above are calculated using tankful to tan...

NDTV Serial blasts rock Assam; 26 feared killed NDTV Correspondent Thursday, October 30, 2008, (Guwahati) At least eighteen blasts have rocked Assam and twenty six people are feared dead so far. Many of the blasts occurred in the state capital Guwahati. There are reports of blasts from Ganesh Puri ...

Those b#$&*rds..... Ppl in various IT services co have been asked not to move out of the office premisise... Traffic on the hosur road (E City) is completely stopped due to the blasts! Telephone lines are jammed... not possible to connect to lots of blore no.s :( I think they are targeting Blore...

DSingh its nice to be on a more realistic side but I didnt understand why India wont use its Surface to Surface missile much like China in an allout war. Think of Agni1's and Prithvi's raining down on Chinese positions and Airfields within reach with conventional payloads. Also dont think we will s...

Vivek,

I have been following your scenario rite from the beginning in myanmar.. Your writing is awesome....

Please keep up the good work!!