Union Railway Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee presented Rail Budget 2010 in Parliament on February 24, 2010.
Highlights of railway budget 2010-11
No hikes in passenger fares and freight tariff, 52 new train services to meet increasing demand of passengers, increase in frequency of 12 train services, extension of 21 trains and introduction of some special trains, Railways will not be privatized, but private sector participation welcomed through PPP route, A Special Task Force to clear proposals for investments within 100 days to be set up.

Qatar Airways, as part of its 2010 global expansion programme, launched scheduled flights to Bengaluru (Bangalore) to cater to the travelers in the southern city. Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, becomes the first of several new route launches being planned by Qatar Airways during 2010, said the airlines’ release. On the Doha–Bengaluru route, Qatar Airways is operating an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 12 seats in Business Class and 132 in Economy.
With the launch of daily flights to Bangalore, Qatar Airways’ Indian capacity is added up to 71 …

Volkswagen launched its much-awaited premium hatchback, the New Polo in Mumbai. polo will be available in two variants — petrol and diesel. Both the variants are equipped with 1.2L engine. The petrol variant of Volkswagen Polo is priced at Rs 4.34 lakhs (ex showroom New Delhi) while the 1.2L diesel variant comes at Rs 5.32 lakhs (ex-showroom New Delhi). Deliveries of the new 1.2L 75HP New Polo petrol variant will begin from March 2010 onwards across all Volkswagen dealerships, says a company release. The 1.2L diesel variant will be available from May 2010. Volkswagen Polo is set to rub shoulders with same segment products like Maruti Swift, Maruti Ritz, Fiat Punto, Hyundai i10 and Hyundai i20.

Transcend launched 1.5TB storage capacity bearing StoreJet 35T external hard disk drive in India wit a writing speed of 42 MB/s compared with the regular 33MB/s. This 3.5-inch external hard drive is Windows 7 Certified and has high-speed USB 2.0 and is priced at about Rs 14,000. StoreJet 35T is both eco and user-friendly, with its TurboHDD USB technology and its power-saving sleep mode.

My Name Is Khan may have smashed all records but it left me completely mentally challenged. The story line seems unbelievable, a person who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome is able to accomplice feats that are impossible by normal human beings – defying terrorists, dealing with prison, being friendly with almost everyone, helping people out, saving the world, journeying across America without any money and help…And meeting the President.

Pushkar and Ajmer- what a person really experiences once there. What do you expect when on a pilgrim, something more than you always imagined – peace, spirituality, the feeling of having touched a piece of heaven and maybe somewhere somehow impressed god that you exist to and need his attention.

Kingfisher Airlines is all set to launch its New Delhi – London flights from March 28, 2010. The New Delhi – London flights will be operational on a daily basis and going to fly non-stop from New Delhi to London Heathrow. The booking of airline tickets for the inaugural flight and subsequent flights are now available for sale.
Kingfisher Airlines’ flight IT 001 is scheduled to take off from New Delhi at 1.20 pm and reach London Heathrow’s Terminal 4 at 6.10 pm, local time. From London, flight IT 002 is …

Reliance Mobile launched two new CDMA Handsets named Huawei C3500 & Huawei C3200 to cater to the needs of CDMA users in India. The newly launched Huawei C3500 comes with an MP3 player along with FM Radio and FM Recorder.
Priced at Rs. 1799, the basic features of both C3500 and C3200 are similar except an additional 0.3 megapixel camera (VGA) with a 4x digital zoom available in the C3200 model. Both C3500 and C3200 CDMA phones comes with a colour display, a phonebook which can store upto 500 contacts, 32 …

Maruti Suzuki, the name which every second car on Indian roads bears, has launched the much-waited multi-utility vehicle (MUV), Eeco recently. Aimed to be a bigger and a complete family car, the main advantage of an MUV is the space that it provides. However, it is easy to make out that this model is nothing but a stripped-down version of the phased-out Versa. Eeco comes with two seating options – 5-seater and 7-seater. The 5-seater is further divided into two variants, standard (without A/C) and A/C. Though the 7-seater is available only in standard variant, this version is more likely to be a favourite of tourists and taxi services.

The much-feared Shiv Sena threat to stop the release of Karan Johar’s ‘My Name Is Khan’ (MNIK) starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role in Mumbai happened to be a damp squib as cinegoers have virtually defeated the Sena plans to scuttle the film release. Though the Sena terror loomed large over Mumbai cinemas just a day ahead of the release of MNIK, which is centred around the life of an Indian couple in the US post the 9/11 terror attack on the US, the fear waned by Friday …