Monday, May 10, 2010

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Anyone in chappals or lungi can be a Mercedes owner

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Wealth generation in India is happening on a massive scale and anyone wearing plain clothes and chappals can be a Mercedes Benz owner, a top official of the luxury car maker said on Monday.

Wilfried Aulbur, the auto company’s managing director, said there was no way one could profile a person from his outward appearance as a prospective Mercedes Benz customer.

“In India, persons wearing plain white shirt and pant or lungi and chappals can buy the car (Mercedes Benz),” Aulbur told reporters, inaugurating a dealership near Panaji.

Aulbur also said that smaller cities like Aurangabad, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and Panaji were the next frontier for the luxury car makers.

“We are looking at a 25 per cent growth in these cities. There is a massive wealth generation happening in India,” he added.

Citing the example of Aurangabad, Aulbur said this Maharashtra city was an example of the changing and expansive lifestyle of smaller cities in India.

“There is an order for 125 Mercedes Benz cars in Aurangabad. This shows the importance of such cities to us.”

He said there were around 250 cars already on the roads in Goa, despite the fact that the state did not have a full-fledged dealership until now.

Courtesy:Hindustan times

Mac Mohan of Bombay to Goa no more

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:12 AM PDT

Mac Mohan, the lovable salt-and-pepper haired character actor best known for his role as Sambha in the super-hit Sholay, passed away Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer, a family member said.

“He had been suffering for long of a tumour in the right lung and breathed his last at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital this (Monday) evening,” his daughter Manjiri told IANS.

Mac Mohan was 71 and is survived by his wife Mini, another daughter Vinati and son Vikrant.

Mac Mohan was the maternal uncle of wellknown Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, who was present at his home when his body arrived from the hospital, Manjiri added.

During his career in Bollywood, Mac Mohan worked in about 200 films and mostly played negative roles. Some of his films are Zanjeer, Majboor, Rafoo Chakkar, Don, Shaan and Satte Pe Satta. His last film was Journey Bombay to Goa: Laughter Unlimited.

Courtesy:NDTV

Giving false information during census is punishable: Goa MP

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Ajay Maken told Mr Shantaram Naik in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, last week that as per Clause (d) of sub section (1) of Section 11 of the Census Act, 1948 any person who intentionally gives a false answer to, or refuses to answer to the best of his knowledge or belief, any question asked of him by a census-officer which he is legally bound by section 8 to answer,  shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.

He further told Mr Naik the First Phase of Census of India 2011 i.e. Houselisting and Housing Census has already commenced in 25 States/UTs.

Minister said that in respect of remaining 10 States/UTs, this is to commence between 7th May, 2010 to 15th June, 2010. He further informed that the Second Phase of Census, i.e., Population Enumeration is scheduled to be conducted between 9th February, 2011 to 28th February, 2011 with reference date as 00.00 hours of 1st March, 2011 in the entire country except the snow-bound areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The revisional round will be undertaken during 1-5 March, 2011.

The host of data on housing stock, amenities and assets available with each of the household are being collected in Houselisting Operations. During Second Phase-Population Enumeration data on various socio-economic and demographic parameters like age, sex, literacy, SC/ST status, religion, languages known, economic activity status, migration etc. will be collected in respect of each individual, minister said.

As regards Naik's sub-question regarding the information sought for the first time, Mr Maken one new question on availability of Computer/Laptop with internet or without internet is included.
The exact questions for the second phase of Census-Population Enumeration will be finalized by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) comprising of eminent Demographers, Social Scientists, Data Users and senior government officers, minister said.
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