Archive for January, 2006

Adlabs Wins Chandigarh FM Frequencies @ Rs. 15 Crore!

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Incredible as it sounds, Adlabs bid a whopping Rs. 15 crores for Chandigarh’s FM frequencies and they won. The company is backed by Anil ‘Reliance’ Ambani (he bought it last year). The second bid for Chandigarh was from Bhaskar Group (the publishers of Dainik Bhaskar) for Rs. 10 crores. Apparently Chandigarh got the highest bid […]

Passing The City Pass

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I don’t understand why only 256 passes have been issued under the City Pass scheme till now. At 300 bucks for a 4-wheeler, it’s pretty reasonable (that’s 60 parking entries – 2 a day on an average). If nothing else, it’s pretty convenient to carry the pass around rather than trying to find a non-paid […]

Coldest Night In A Decade

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Yesterday night was recorded to be the coldest night in the last decade, with temperatures dropping by a whopping 5 degrees below normal to 1.8 degrees Celcius. Heck, Shimla was warmer at 4.4 degrees yesterday night! No wonder I was feeling slightly chilly.