ICSE Results to be declared today on www.cisce.org

ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Examination) will be declaring the results of ICSE (Class 10) 2010 and ISC (Class 12) 2010 today (19th May 2010) at about 15:00 hrs or 3:00 pm IST on the website www.cisce.org. As expected the www.cisce.org website is down from this morning signalling that the results are getting uploaded and changes are being made to the website to announce the ICSE results.

As a matter of fact 1,567 ICSE schools across India and about 35,000 students from the city are anxiously waiting for the ICSE results from the board today. Many students are expected to be affected once the results are out since the ICSE results have a direct impact on their future life path. The ICSE 2010 exams were conducted in the month of March 2010 across schools in India and abroad affiliated to the ICSE board.

One may recall that last year round there were a couple of problems faced by the students and also the ICSE authorities due to heavy web traffic and eventually the website crashed. Once the ICSE website crashed the students were scrambled to get to know their results. Hopefully we feel that this year the ICSE board authorities have taken into consideration the problem of heavy web traffic and would be publishing the ICSE 2010 results simultaneously on various websites. The complete list of alternative websites where the ICSE results will be available is here.

The ICSE results like last year can also be checked using the ICSE SMS facility. For getting your results on SMS follow these simple instructions:

Type your index number and send as an sms to any of these numbers from your mobile phone:

56388

524524

56263

51818

Also you can search on Google for the ICSE results by using keywords like ICSE results, ICSE results 2010, 2010 ICSE, ICSE 2010 results, ICSE results website.

Wishing all the students the very best!!

Other websites and useful links for ICSE results:

• How to check ICSE and ISC Results Online easily ::
• A complete list of websites ::ICSE / ISC (10 and 12) Results for 2008 :: Dates Announced
• ICSE Class 10 results date announced :: List of Websites to check ICSE Results Online

List of Best Engineering Colleges in Bangalore : Ranking of B.E. Colleges for CET and COMEDK

The Karnataka CET (KCET), COMED K and AIEEE entrance exams for all the Karnataka Engineering Colleges have just got over. Well, here is a list of all the Best engineering colleges in Bangalore to choose from for the 4 precious years of Engineering ahead.

We have considered the following facts in providing the ranks to the colleges below:

• Engineering Colleges only in Bangalore
• Faculty to Student Ratio
• Facilities available and the quality
• Faculty qualifications
• Previous year placements record
• Student feedbacks over the years

etc, etc, etc....

So here's the ranking :

1. RV College of Engineering, Mysore Road (RVCE)
2. P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Outer Ring Road (PESIT)
3. B.M.S College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road (BMSCE)
4. Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT)
5. MS Ramiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT)
6. RNS Institute of Technology (RNSIT)
7. Sir M Visvewsvaraya Institute of Technology (MVIT)
8. JSS Academy of Technical Education (JSSATE)
9. BNM Institute of Technology (BNMIT)
10. Global Academy of Techology (GAT)
11. Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE)
12. Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology (AIT)
13. BMS Institute of Technology, Yelahanka (BMSIT)
14. Sapthagiri College of Engineering (SCE)
15. CMR Institute of Technology (CMRIT)
16. New Horizon College of Engineering (NHCE)
17. P.E.S. School of Engineering (PESSE)
18. Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT)
19. Atria Institute of Technology (AtIT)
20. MV Jayaram College of Engineering (MVJCE)
21. Vemana Institute of Technology (VIT)
22. Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
23. HKBK College of Engineering (HKBKCE)
24. East West Insitute of Technology (EWIT)

Check your COMEDK 2010 (UGET) results online : Complete list of websites to get COMEDK results when Announced

The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) in Karnataka was held recently. The results for the COMEDK UGET-2010 can be checked online from the following websites when they are announced. The COMEDK office is located at #37, first floor, Ramanashree chambers, Lady curzon road, Bangalore 560001, Karnataka.

COMEDK Fax number is 080-2598309 (or +91802598309)

COMEDK Email : uget@comedk.org

COMEDK Help desk number : 080-41132810 (4 lines)

COMEDK website www.comedk.org

Candidates who have appeared in COMEDK UGET-2010 can easily check their results from one of the following websites once it is announced online:

• www.comedk.org [Official Karnataka COMEDK website]

(more websites to be added soon)

Wishing all the students the very Best and also a very Bright and fruitful Engineering Life ahead!!!

Here are some important dates pertaining to COMEDK 2010:

Publishing of COMEDK answer keys: 09.05.2010

Last date for receiving objection pertaining to COMEDK answer keys: 14.05.2010

COMEDK UGET 2010 Results - Publishing of test scores: 26.05.2010

Last date for receiving objection pertaining to test scores: 29.05.2010

Publishing of COMEDK rank list: 07.06.2010

Last date for dispatch of COMEDK rank cards: 17.06.2010

Only centralized counseling for B.Arch

Start date for issue of online application form for B.Arch: 21.05.2010

Last date for receipt of completed application forms for B.Arch: 24.06.2010

Check your CET 2010 results online : Complete list of websites to get CET results when Announced

The Common Entrance Test (CET) in Karnataka is conducted by the CET Cell. The results for the Karnataka CET 2010 exams can be checked online from the following websites once they are announced. The Karnataka CET Cell office is situated at 18th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore.

Candidates who have appeared in CET 2010 can easily check their results from one of the following websites once it is announced online:

• http://kar.nic.in/cet [Official Karnataka CET website]
• http://cet.kar.nic.in [Official Karnataka CET website]
• www.oneindia.in
• www.Karnataka.com
• www.vishwabharati.org
• www.shimoga.net
• www.thatskannada.com
• www.educhoice.org
• www.bangaloreeducation.com

Wishing all the studenst the very Best and also a very Bright and fruitful Engineering Life ahead!!!

Also note that you can easily check your CET results via SMS by following the simple instructions here.

II PU (PUC) 2010 results announced : Website to get results Online

The long awaited Karnataka PU 2010 results dates for PUC is finally announced. The results once available online will be at the following list of websites:

http://pue.kar.nic.in - The only official website where the PU 2010 results will be available direct from the board. This website is also the official website of the PU board of Karnataka (Pre University Education Examination Board) which conducts and also announces the results of the PUC exams conducted in March - April 2010.

http://puc.kar.nic.in - This is the direct website given on the official link. But unfortunately the website is down saying "Bandwidth Exceeded" since the results are getting uploaded to the website servers. In the meantime, you can easily click on the direct url to access the 2010 PU results by clicking on this website link http://stg1.kar.nic.in/pucsup2010/

www.kar.nic.in - The Karnataka Government's official website in which all announcements related to the 2010 PU results are nowadays announced.

http://karresults.nic.in - Karnataka Government recently created an exclusive website for announcing results of exams like the PUC 2010 and SSLC 2010.

Here is a list of other websites to get updated and current information :

Website for Karnataka 2nd PUC Results (Click Here)

Latest Update on PU 2010 : The PU 2010 results for the exams conducted in March - April 2010 has been announced by the government that it will be available on 6th May 2010 evening in the above websites. The PU 2010 results will also be published in all the PU colleges of Karnataka which were exam centers from 2 pm onwards on 7th May.

The PU 2010 results are the most awaited since atleast 6.51 lakh students have written the same.

www.kseeb.org website is down already

When everyone is waiting anxiously for the SSLC results we have one shocker - the website where the results are to be announced is down!! Yes, www.kseeb.org is down already and it has a familiar message saying

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

The authorities don't really understand the students anxiousness really, else why would the website be down.

But on the other hand, there is talks that since the results are being uploaded into the website hence it has been pulled down. But being a techie myself - it is clearly not the case. The web server has exhausted all the bandwidth allocated to it and hence the message.

Meanwhile, you can get the results from the other websites listed here:

• SSLC 2010 results announced : Website to get results Online

• Website for Karnataka SSLC Results :: Results Announced (Click Here)
• Karnataka SSLC Class 10 results announced :: SSLC Results Online (Click Here)
• • Karnataka SSLC 2010 results Online :: Website Announced
  • Karnataka SSLC Class 10 results announced :: SSLC Results Online
  • Website for Karnataka SSLC Results :: Results Announced (Click Here)
  • Karnataka SSLC Class 10 results announced :: SSLC Results Online (Click Here)

All the very best!!

Karnataka SSLC 2010 results Online :: Website Announced

The Karnatak SSLC results for Class 10 is available at the following list of websites:

www.kseeb.org - This is the official website of the SSLC board in Karnataka (Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board) which is instrumental in conducting the SSLC examinations. The website is currently down since the results are getting uploaded. At times the main website for the SSLC 2010 results might be slow, you can click on the direct url to access the results by clicking on http://karresults.nic.in/sslcresult2010.htm

www.kar.nic.in - This happens to be the Karnataka Government's official website where most of the results are announced nowadays.

http://karresults.nic.in - Another website from Karnataka Government exclusively for announcing results of exams like the SSLC 2010 and PUC 2010.

Here are a list of other websites to get more information :

• SSLC 2010 results announced : Website to get results Online

• Website for Karnataka SSLC Results :: Results Announced (Click Here)
• Karnataka SSLC Class 10 results announced :: SSLC Results Online (Click Here)
• • Karnataka SSLC 2010 results Online :: Website Announced
  • Karnataka SSLC Class 10 results announced :: SSLC Results Online
  • Website for Karnataka SSLC Results :: Results Announced (Click Here)
  • Karnataka SSLC Class 10 results announced :: SSLC Results Online (Click Here)

Update : The SSLC 2010 results for the exams conducted in March - April 2010 will be announced on 6th May 2010 Morning in the above websites. The SSLC 2010 results will also be availabe and announced in all the high schools in Karnataka from 2 pm onwards.

The SSLC 2010 results are the most awaited since atleast 8.35 lakh students have written the same.

Delay in Bangalore(RCB) - Mumbai(MI) IPL match today due to Explosion

For all those like me who are waiting for the start of the Bangalore Mumbai IPL match. There has been an unscheduled delay in the Royal Challengers (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) match held today due to two small explosions outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore where the match is being held.

There hasn't been much information coming forth from the authorities immediately on the incident but security has been beefed up and hence the delay in starting the match. Unconfirmed reports suggest that atleast 10 people including a security guard have been injured.

This is a very critical match for RCB who have only 14 points from the last 13 matches that they have played. Today's win for RCB can land it into Semi-Finals for sure, else they will dilly-dally on others losses to get into the semi's.

Anymore updates, I will keep you folks posted.

Update (16:40hrs): RCB Win the toss and elect to field. The explosion was caused by a fault generator - 3 policemen are injured. Security agencies have sanitized the area.

Fire at Carlton Center, Bangalore claims 9 lives : Updated Video

This evening there was a major fire that broke out at the Carlton Center(popular for TGIF) near the Old HAL Airport Road, close to the Domlur Flyover.

Reports being flased on television suggest that 9 folks have lost their lives and 70+ are injured. The blame is on a electric short-circuit. Also, the poor fire management equipment present in the building.

This incident has led to 2 km+ traffic jams in most places around Domlur. My condolences to the family(s) of those who have lost their lives today.

Here's a video grab of the incident.

Hard Rock Cafe Opens in Hyderabad

Hard Rock Cafe is all set to open India's fifth Hard Rock Cafe at Hyderabad, which perfectly augements the flagship Mumbai cafe(September 2006) and also locations in Bengaluru(December 2007), Pune(January 2009) and New Delhi(June 2009). The new Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad is as expected going to be situated near luxury hotels and shopping areas that offer a convenient destination for both local fans and also international travelers.

The new Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad will be located at GVK 1, Road No. 1 which anchors the GVK Mall development at the heart of city. The 8,000-square foot cafe features a 200-seat restaurant, live concert venue and Rock Shop complete with Hard Rock's limited-edition merchandise. The new cafe and retail outlet will offer guests great American fare in a rock 'n' roll atmosphere.

Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad like the other destinations will be adorned with pieces from Hard Rock's world-famous memorabilia collection which includes items representing both contemporary stars as well as rock legends, such as Elvis Presley, Elton John, Kylie Minogue and many more. Key memorabilia items on display at Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad will include a pair of Alain Mikli glasses with gold-colored plastic frames worn by Elton John, a black satin top hat worn by The Beatles' George Harrison during the recording of "Crackerbox Palace," and a leather suede tunic jacket worn by The Who's Roger Daltry in the 70's. Now that's something to watch out for!!

Also, for the first time, Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad will offer limited-edition and city-specific merchandise. The Rock Shop will have limited line of authentic rock-inspired Hard Rock Cafe items, including famous Classic and City t-shirts, as well as highly collectible accessories and pins. In addition, the Hyderabad cafe will offer Hard Rock's charity-driven Signature Series T-shirt line, featuring artists such as U2's Bono, Shakira, and Green Day.

SMS based location search in Bangalore - Get directions for free

A new SMS based location search service is available in Bangalore now. It's on 9008890088. This new service allows you to find services, directions to places of interest and also provides directions to people from point A to point B in Bangalore.

The cool things about this services is that it is completely based out of the SMS network and so it works absolutely fine for people with or without Smart phones. Till date we have had location based search confined to only smart phones having mapping facility like GPS but this new service brings in a lot of hope to look out for in Bangalore.

The 9008890088 SMS service is available free of charge - the only charge you will incur is the standard SMS rate for local messages as per your mobile plan. This service requires NO registration or NO subscription.

I used this service over the weekend and was very much impressed with it - I found the service to be pretty reliable and also involves very little waiting time - maybe because very few people have started to use this service. But even on a weekend and the fast response it was really good. The reply back time varied for me from around 5 seconds to a max of about 1 minute but again it looks like the reply time varied due to the mobile operator’s message traffic congestion and also the availability of signals since I was constantly on the move.

Here's how you can make use of this very simple and effective service. All you need to do is simply send SMS to 9008890088.

Here's how you can use the service - simply SMS any of these messages below to 9008890088:

• Example 1: FROM Silk Board TO Lalbagh Road
• Example 2: Pizza NEAR Forum Mall
• Example 3: HDFC ATM NEAR M G Road

You will get an instant reply SMS with the exact location and also you will get the shortest directions to reach the place from a prominent landmark. Another added benefit is that you also get to know the total distance in Kilometers and also an approximate Auto fare to the destination which really helps when you need to bargain for a fixed fee from places like MG Road or Forum.

Hope you too find the service very useful - save it to your mobile now!! Never know when you need this service which is just an SMS away!!

My Almost New Asus P320 is up for Sale!!

This is an Asus P320 - I received this as a gift a week back, but didn't find much use of a Windows Mobile device. Hence, didn't use it even a single day!! Max use must have been about 3-4hrs.

Even the back camera cover is not removed and there is not even a single scratch on the entire phone.

The phone comes in it's original box (packed Aug 2009 - important coz there are many old stuff floating in ebay). MRP as listed on the box is Rs. 12900. The phone comes with the following :

• Asus P320 handset (BLACK)
• Stereo Handsfree headset (with volume control)
• Data Cable
  
• Charger
• Extra Stylus (so you'll have 2 stylus - one on phone and one extra)
• Soft Pouch (Black Asus)
• P320 Manual
• 2 original Asus Software CDs
• 1 external GPS antenna connector
• Asus VIP card (I found this inside the box)

This is loaded with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional by Asus. I have installed the following Resco products (More info at http://www.resco.net/products/ ) Almost USD 75 worth of software for free!!!

• Resco Contact Manager - Manages your contacts, calls & SMS (Also has a cool Facebook Integration feature)
• Resco File Explorer - File Manager with powered functionality (FTP, Network,...)
• Resco Keyboard Pro - Extended keyboard, Calculator, macro definer
• Resco Backup - The most comprehensive backup solution for your PDA.

The Asus P320 Features

• 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• Size 99 x 55 x 13 mm
• Weight 105 g
  
• Display TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
  
• Screen Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
  
• Sound Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, Midi ringtones
• Speakerphone Yes
  
• Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
  
• Call records Practically unlimited
• Internal 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM
• Card slot microSD (TransFlash), microSDHC
• Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
  
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
  
• Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
• USB Yes, v2.0
  
• Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus
  
• Video Yes
• Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
  
• CPU TI OMAP 850 200 MHz processor
  
• Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push E-Mail,
  
• MSN Browser HTTP / WAP 2.0
  
• Games Yes
  
• GPS Yes
  
• Java Yes -
  
• MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
• WMV/MP4 player
• Organizer
• World Clock
• Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
• File Manager
  
• Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh

You can contact me on my e-mail for further doubts / clarifications.

The asking price is Rs. 9800 + 350 (shipping). Shipping is waived off if inside Bangalore. P.S: I can only ship this phone inside India currently. Do let me know your BEST OFFER!!

Get your CIBIL - Credit Report in India online easily

CIBIL which stands for Credit Bureau of India Limited is India's first and foremost credit information bureau. It serves as a repository of information which contains among others the credit history of borrowers both commercial and consumers. CIBIL also provides this information to Banks, lending agencies which are its Members in the form of credit information reports for a specific borrower.

Till now, one could not get access to their own credit information since there was no provision for the same. I too have had a very bad experience with ING Vysya bank and a home loan that I have with them. Till date it has been almost 2.5 years and 5 lakhs of regular payment with Post dated Cheques (PDC) but now when I contact them they say that my loan has not yet started all because the EMI I was paying regulary was incorrect due to some software error - now it looks like they have sent my information to CIBIL. So, when I found this news that any individual can access their own credit report - it was a very good news for me.

All you need to do is

• Send an e-mail to myreport@cibil.com
• The Email need to have a copy of the CIR Request Form duly filled by you.
• Also, after sending the mail do Mail self attested hard copies of your latest Identity Proof (PAN Card / Passport / Voters ID) and Address Proof (Bank Statement / Telephone Bill / Electricity Bill) documents and Fees (Demand Draft (DD) of Rs 142 in favour of Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited payable at Mumbai ) to P.O.BOX 17, Millennium Business Park, Navi Mumbai- 400710
• Once CIBIL receives the above documents and also the Fees, your request will be processed and copy of your CIR report will be dispatched to you.
  

That sounds like a very good news. You can read more about this here.

Modding your car the right way!!

Continuing with the theme of car modifications, there are a lot of contrasting types of alterations you'll be able to do to your car including alloy wheels, internal mods, body kits, tinted windows, and more fashionable stuff. My personal feeling is that you make your car suit your own personal flair with barely a few refined mods and small-scale fine-tunes here and there, you don't need to go and acquire large spoilers and monolithic body kits to get noticed. The very first thing I'd get along when beginning to mod a car hopefully to see what kind of products and dainties are out there for your car and then because you've come across what is useable you can piece a characterization in your brain of what you'd wish your car to finish up looking like. Another important thing to think of when picking alterations is what you'll be employing the vehicle for.

For instance if you've a job design body kit that demands to be utilized daily driving to and from work over assorted road conditions occasionally with cloggy heaps you would not prefer to bring down the car a bit much since the excess burden would impact how the car manages in addition to the drive being compromised. All these matters require to be thought of ahead you do anything to your car for what could appear like a beneficial thought one second will burn you in the a@#$ a a couple of months down the line. Exorbitant modification could besides cause troubles when it relates to selling the vehicle. Thus whenever possible make the mods impalpable or even keep the previous pieces you replace and merely switch them back when you're ready to sell.

The exclusive technique to tell if car alteration is for you is to attempt it out perhaps when you've barely got your 1st car and you prefer to alter it up a little or maybe you've just got a car you've been longing after for some time and prefer to change it up a little, my advice would be to begin lowly. Alloys wheels actually alter the tone of the car bringing about it a a great deal more aggressive look and spirit they'll also assist you remain held fast the road with a more extended contact area since your rubber. If you look about you will be able to bump some great deals out there so it will not lame your bank account. Once you've the wheels upon your ride you might decide that's it.

If you're considering a peculiar car to be your first car alteration experience you ought log-in to some forums, there are loads out there rambling from small tuning up mods to entire on totally modified custom rides.

Why having a Toddler Travel Bed is a Must!!

Well, the idea of going on a vacation is always to catch up on a time of peace and relax your body and soul. But if you happen to be traveling along with a toddler it most of the times happens to be dead opposite. You are always in a worry of whether the toddler is not subject to any kind of stress and also whether the child has a good sleep for the night. If you tend to have forgotten to reserve a crib for the toddler at the hotel, well then you need to make some sort of a temporary sleeping arrangement for the infant in the form of a infant travel bed. But usually a Toddler's travel bed will be most effective and can also relieve it of any added stress.

Nowadays, we find that the Toddler travel beds are increasingly becoming a popular child sleep aid for parents who travel a lot with kids. So also the kids get a little extra comfort in a very new and unfamiliar environment. Travel beds for toddlers tend to serve as a very safe alternative to an unknown and large sleeping area that the toddler might come across while your staying in a resort or hotel room during a vacation. The versatility of using a infant travel bed not only extends outside of the home, but also when you are at your home - it safely allows the toddler to sleep safely while at home.

To keep toddlers safe and secure there is an inflatable travel bed that offers a little extra in its comfort and also design. It is surrounded by a zipper pocket and also the mattress is covered by a down folding unique design that pops up and twists into a comfortable bed for the toddler. When the bed is placed in its compact position it makes it very easy to transport and also to clean. The bed itself is washable and also the entire unit can be used for both indoor and outdoor adventures.

Contrary to popular beliefs the toddler travel bed is not very expensive. Many of them are reasonably priced. Toddler travel beds are designed to be safe, lightweight, portable and also very convenient. Most of them even come with their own traveling cases. When your toddler is happy - You are happy. So, everyone also gets a good night of sleep.

Some very hillarious Swine Flu (H1N1) Masks available

Looks like people derive fashion sense in almost everything, even a Pandemic like Swine Flu (H1N1) drives the fashion business ahead. Check out the cool Swine Flu masks that are being made available. Looks like the fashion industry derives happiness even in death!! (sad but true).

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Related : H1N1 (Swine Flu) Complete Hospital List - Hospitals that treat H1N1 Flu in Bangalore