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.

Bindu

Bindu born on January 17, 1951 is a Bollywood actress who gave popular performances during 1970's, 80's and 90's.

She first landed in Bollywood with a role in "Anpadh" starring Dharamendra and Mala Sinha directed by Raj Khosla. In the movie,she played a young graduate though in real life, she was only 11 years old.

She climed the ladders of success with the movie "Kati Patang" directed by Shakti Samanta where she appeared in the song "Mera Naam Shabnam" as a Cabaret Dancer. The song is still popular with the audiences. Bindu from then on, mostly took negative roles and became popular as a Vamp along with Helen and Aruna Irani.


Bindu had everything that a sex symbol in Bollywood should possess.She was beautiful,fair skinned and carried herself with good poise.However despite having everything she could not bag lead roles in the films.

After Kati Patang,came her roles in movies like Ittefaq in the year 1969 and Imtihaan in 1974 where she played a seductress.The movie Hawas(1974) where she played a nymphomaniac left the audience in awe of her. Bindu proved that an actress can have a tag of being a sex symbol despite her marital status.

But being sexy was not the only thing that she could do. Her roles in "Arjun Pandit" and "Abhimaan"(1973) showed the industry she can act too. In the movie "Chaitali",she was as convincing as the lead character of a crippled woman Chaitali.

Some of her Films include:

• Khamoshi(1969)
• Zanjeer(1973)
• Kati Patang
• Ittefaq
• Lawaaris(1981)
• Karma(1986)
• Biwi ho to Aisi(1988)
• Kishan Kanahiya(1990)
• Hum Aapke Hain Kaun(1994)
• Judwaa(1996)
• Hum Saath Saath Hain(1999)
• main Hoon Na(2004)
• Om Shanti Om(2007)

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.

Nadira

Nadira who was born on 5 December 1932 was a profound Bollywood actress who contributed a lot to the Indian cinema. Nadira is best remembered for her performance in the 1950s and 1960s flicks like Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972) and Julie (1975), which also won her Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.




Nadira acquired lot of fame with the 1952 film Aan with her role as a savage princess. Other than this Nadira played lead roles in a number of films like Dil Apna Prit Parayee, Hanste Zakhm, Amar Akbar Anthony and Pakeezah.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Nadira entered a new phase of her career, playing elderly women as a supporting actress in Bollywood films. The actress was last seen in the film Josh (2000). On 9 February 2006, this dynamic lady died at the age of 73 at the Bhatia Hospital in Tardeo, Mumbai following a prolonged illness.

Winner of the HP PhotoSmart Printer Giveaway

Well, folks - it wasn't that easy to choose a winner. There were 340 correct / qualifying entries to the contest. That was a bit too less than what I expected it to be, anyways - looks like the word didn't spread around much. So, how do you pick 1 winner from 340? There were many folks who had consistently answered on all 7 days - many correct, some wrong.

I just got an idea this morning to be completely neutral and use a Random Number Generator. And this was the lucky number which won it.


So, at position 112 we have.....

Anuradha from Namma Bengaluru

Congrats Anuradha on winning the contest - we've already dispatched a mail to you. The details on when the printer will reach you will be shared separately in a few moments.

Oh boy! that was pretty exciting. Thanks to the HP IPG team (especially Seema) and also folks from Burson-Marsteller (especially Soumya) for making this happen. Thanks again folks!!

Special thanks to all the participants and also for all those of you who helped spread the word about the contest.

Please await for a complete review from me on the HP PhotoSmart Premium 309G in a few days.

Cheers!!
Jason

Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma born on 1 May 1988 is a model and Bollywood actress. In 2008, the beautiful lady played the female lead role in the flick Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opposite Shahrukh Khan.




The film was directed by Aditya Chopra, who has also directed hit movies like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein. Anushka Sharma was born studied in Army School and got graduated in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.

Anushka Sharma wanted to acquire fame in modeling world and she also began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was called to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer 2007 Collection.

Presently the actress is busy filming for Yash Raj Film titled film Right Hand Man alongwith Shahid Kapur. The film will be directed by Parmeet Sethi and Anushka will begin shooting for Nikhil Advani's Patiala House, opposite Akshay Kumar. The movie is scheduled to start it's shooting in December.

All set to cover the HP Photosmart debut in India live tomorrow

The HP Photosmart Free Printer Giveaway contest will conclude tomorrow (Nov 19, 2009) at 11 am IST and thereafter the winner will be announced. So, to catch all this action live - I have been invited by HP to Delhi for the exclusive launch.

All you bloggers out there who are based out of Delhi can get an invite for the tomorrow event(check the invite above). If any of you are planning to attend do give me a buzz - we can catch up.

BTW, the mean Black machine has arrived a few minutes ago and you can be rest assured about a review soon.

Cheers!!
Jason

HP PhotoSmart Free Printer Giveaway contest - Day 6/7 of 7

We are less than 24 hrs away from the Free HP Photosmart Printer Giveaway results - and we have 2 more questions to go. So I'll go ahead and post both the Day 6 and Day 7 questions here - double bonanza you may call!! Two correct entries from you today - you get two chances more to winning the Black Beast!!

Well, well - sorry that I couldn't do a detailed review of the HP PhotoSmart Premium C309G printer since the review unit seems to have just vapourised into thin air. The courier agency seems to claim that it has delivered the unit but I am here still waiting to get it :( - so it may take somemore time untill the logistics get sorted off and I get to do an in-depth review of the unit.

Here are thre words to describe the HP PhotoSmart Premium C309G - Simple, Natural and Compelling and here's the reason why?

Simple: Breakthrough ease of use through direct manipulation
See it. touch it, print it

Natural: Directly manipulate objects and pages, naturally
Push it. pull it, flick it

Compelling: Warm colors, photo realistic graphics, and quality sound deliver a premium, engaging experience
Hear it, see it, love it

TheQuick Form is one hell of an innovation I can call.

Touch the Quick Form icon. Then you have several quick forms to choose - eg. Calendar . You can choose between monthly and weekly calendar monthly - select year you want to see - OK - then select the month - touch the arrows to move - May 2010 OK - printing. You're done - You now have a lovely customised calendar printer right at te comfort of your desk!! You can also get it priter in studio quality online at HP Snapfish all this even without connecting to a PC.

Another example for fun: games choice - Sudoku, mazes, dots, tic-tac-to Let's go for Sudoku - touch Sudoku then you can even select the 4 different levels of the Sudoku - from "very easy" to "difficult". Let's go for the difficult one - touch done then you are asked for the number of printouts.

Easily drag and drop photos to a desktop icon from virtually anywhere – folders, applications, e-mail and websites – for printing with the HP Photo Print Gadget.

Easily print web pages with HP Smart Web Printing and save both ink and paper by combining multiple web pages onto one printed page.

So here's Day 6 question below :

The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One allows users to view, edit and print lab-quality photos without connecting to a PC from your online album at?

Click here to give your answer to the above question and also enter the contest. Rules of the contest are available at the following link.

P.S: Answer Day 6 and Day 7 questions individually on the contest entry page.

And.... here's the easy of the lot question for Day 7.

Why do you love the new HP PhotoSmart Premium 309G? In case of a tie, the best answer to this question wins!!

Click here to give your answer to the above question and also enter the contest. Rules of the contest are available at the following link.

P.S: Answer Day 6 and Day 7 questions individually on the contest form.

AMRITA ARORA

Amrita Arora was born in a traditional Maharashtrian family at Mumbai (Bombay). She is the younger sister of Malaika Arora, the well known model and actress. Amrita Arora followed footsteps of her elder sister. She started her career as Model and gradually moved into being a Video jockey. Amrita hosted shows such as "MTV House Full" and "MTV Chill Out".




Amrita Arora also featured in many advertisements such as Ponds, Elle 18 and Sunsilk Fruitamins. Amrita Arora made her debut in Bollywood with the film "Kitne Door Kitne Pass" opposite Fardeen Khan. Her first film was unsuccessful at the Box Office. Amrita's first successful movie was "Awara Paagal Deewana" directed by Vikram Bhatt. After that, a series of flop film followed including the controversial film "Girlfriend" with Isha Koppikar (a film about lesbian relationship). She was romantically linked to Kevin Otter, Upen Patel and Ashmit Patel. Currently she is said to be dating Usman Afzaal.

Her date of birth is 31st January , 1981. her nickname is Ammu. Address of her home is Plot No198, Poojakunj Apartments, Sher-e-Punjab Colony, Andheri East, Mumbai-400 093. Her height is 5’5(1.65m). She is a graduate in psychology , Sophia college( Mumbai).

She made her debut opposite Fardeen Khan with the film Kitne Door Kitne Paas which was not successful at the box office. Her first successful movie was Awara Paagal Deewana.

A series of flop followed, among them the controversial move Girlfriend (2004) opposite Isha Koppikar, about a lesbian relationship. Her latest release was Kambakth Ishq produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. She appeared on the show Koffee with Karan, hosted by Karan Johar with her sister. She made an appearance in Farah Khan's latest film Om Shanti Om in a song named 'Deewangi' along with her sister and brother-in-law.

Filmography


Amrita Arora Famous Movies: Deewana, Kayanaat, Raakh, Speed, Heyy Babyy Red - the dark side, Jeet , Fight Club, Rakht, Girlfriend , Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, Kitne Door Kitne Paas , Awara Paagal Deewana, Ab Ke Baras.

Her best friend in the film industry is kareena kapoor.

Her father died of cancer.

One of memorable experience of Amrita is winning MTV VJ hunt.

Born on the same date as the actress Preity Zinta.

Amrita arora married shakeel ladak on 7march, 2009.

Amrita Arora is an Indian film actress, worked in good films and shown her acting skills in mostly comedy cinema. She is the younger sister of Malaika Arora Khan and best friend of Kareena Kapoor.