English

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Jobs | Sitemap

Auction

WBHIDCO to e-auction Rajarhat plots

The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corp (WBHIDCO) is mulling introducing e-auction t...

HC notice to Centre on freedom movement articles

The Lucknow bench gave two weeks time to the Centre`s counsel to seek instruction on the litigation ...

Mumbai businessman acquires Gandhi memorabilia

A prominent businessman from the city today announced that he has acquired 29 items of Mahatma Gandh...

World`s first stealth boat up for auction

The world`s first stealth boat that was also an inspiration in a James Bond movie, is up for auction...

JD-U slams govt for auction of Gandhiji`s memorabilia

Opposition JD-U Monday attacked the Government in Rajya Sabha over the auction of memorabilia associ...

‘Immerse Gandhi’s soil pinch in waters’

The blood-soaked pinch of soil from Mahatma Gandhi`s assassination was auctioned in London.

Grass with Gandhi`s blood sells for £10,000

The glasses of Mahatma Gandhi were sold for 34,000 pounds, the charkha or the spinning wheel realise...

ACB registers more cases in AP liquor scam

ACB has registered more cases in connection with the `massive irregularities` being unearthed during...

Auction: Gandhian upset over no response from PM

Noted Gandhian writer and Padmashree awardee Giriraj Kishore, who had written to PM seeking a stop ...

Grass with Gandhi`s blood to be auctioned in UK

Other items include a pair of Gandhi`s round-rimmed glasses, charkha, a disc of Gandhi spiritual m...

Menu from Titanic`s last lunch at British auction

The menu, kept by a prominent San Francisco banker, bears the date April 14, the day in 1912 when t...

Congress steers clear of coal block controversy

Congress on Thursday steered clear of the issue of reported loss of Rs 10.7 lakh crore to the excheq...

I am not aware about CAG report: Shinde

According to a report, CAG has said that allocation of 155 coal acreages between 2004 and 2009 resul...

`Govt has not received any final CAG report yet`

Parliament was rocked following the report of an alleged coal scam to the tune of Rs 10.67 lakh cror...

Coal blocks awarded in transparent manner: Jaiswal

Sriprakash Jaiswal said that the UPA-I started the practice of awarded coal blocks through advertise...

Coal blocks auction: Yechury demands JPC probe

Sitaram Yechury demanded JPC probe into CAG report on coal mining and also said that his party will ...

CAG’s coal bomb: BJP for SC monitored probe

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday served a notice in Parliament demanding suspension of the Que...

Mirchi`s bungalow auctioned for Rs 7.50 crore

A sprawling bungalow of fugitive druglord Iqbal Mirchi, overseeing picturesque Upper Lake here, fi...

Titanic items to be sold 100 years after sinking

Artifacts from Titanic ship are to be auctioned in April, close to the 100th anniversary of the disa...

JPC to question Fin Secy over 2G auction

Finance Secretary RS Gujaral will appear before Joint Parliamentary Committee over the controversial...

‘Will take steps to stop Prasad`s watch auction’

PM Manmohan Singh has assured Bihar CM that Centre will take all steps for stopping the auction of f...

“Auction of spectrum would have prevented 2G scam”

Renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati today said the use of "market-using" reforms would have preven...

Checklist from Apollo 13 sells for USD 388,375

A checklist used by Apollo 13 commander James Lovell to make calculations that helped guide the dama...

New 2G twist: Joshi `disfavoured` spectrum auction

Congress released a letter written by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi in Dec 2007 in which h...

Saddam`s bronze buttock up for auction in Britain

Auctioneer Charles Hanson called the bronze body part a "piece of modern history".

Rajendra Prasad`s wristwatch to go on auction

A historic wrist watch once owned by India`s first president Dr Rajendra Prasad will be put on auct...

New norms now for stray cattle auction: MCD to HC

City civic body MCD told the Delhi HC that it has framed a set of new norms to ensure that stray cat...

100 flats at CWG village to go under hammer

Delhi Development Authority will soon put to auction 100 flats at the Commonwealth Games village t...

Churchill`s painting auctioned off for over £313K

Churchill had gifted the painting to his chief military adviser during the Second World War.

Soviet space capsule sells for nearly USD 3 million

The spherical Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule went under the hammer yesterday at Sotheby`s for USD 2.88 m...

MCD may auction cars if used vehicle sellers encroach space

After carrying out several drives against second-hand car dealers who encroach on public space, th...

Parents put up for auction in Pakistan

Five siblings put up their old parents for auction as the family had nothing to eat.

Gandhi memorabilia auction worth over Rs 15 lakh

As many as 11 lots of Mahatma Gandhi memorabilia, including signed notes, letters and a khadi clot...

Sand auctioning in Karnataka to begin from April 1

Karnataka will introduce its new sand mining policy from this April 1 under which the construction...

Ahmadinejad`s car gets $1 mn bid

The 1977 white Peugeot sedan is being auctioned to fund housing projects for disabled.

Brazil police probe virginity auctions

Bidders in virginity auctions preferred girls between the ages of 10 and 16.

First Apple computer sells for £130K at auction

One of the first batch of Apple personal computers has fetched £130K at an auction in London.

Qianlong-dynasty Chinese vase found in UK, sold for $69 mn

The auctioneer said it was a mystery how the 16-inch high piece ended up in London.

Titanic survivor`s tale of disaster sold at British auction

An account of sinking of Titanic written by a survivor, an aristocrat`s secy has sold for 20k pounds...

London auction: Gandhi photos fetch 2,880 pounds

Rare photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, taken during the Quit India movement days, sold for 2,880 poun...

Hitler`s early paintings to go under the hammer

The early artworks were painted around 1908 when the Nazi dictator was a struggling artist.

Elvis’ Mercedes to be auctioned

It is one of the few cars that the King of Rock registered in his own name.

No legal provision to halt auction of Tagore paintings: Govt

Government did not make any effort to stop 12 rare paintings of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore...

Tipu Sultan throne finial to be auctioned

A gem-encrusted gold finial from the decorated throne of Tipu Sultan and an eyewitness account of th...

Items from Diana`s family homes sold for USD 32 mln

A collection of paintings, antiques and assorted household items owed by the aristocratic family of ...

Auctioned prop not under Consumer Protection Act

A buyer of an auctioned property cannot take the benefit of the Consumer Protection Act complainin...

Kher`s sculpture gets under a mn pounds at Sotheby`s

A life-sized elephant in a crouched position by UK-born Indian sculptor Bharti Kher fetched over £90...

Jackson`s belongings earn big at auction

An auction of pop legend Micheal Jackson`s belongings on his first death anniversary in Las Vegas in...

Picasso work top sale at British auction

A celebrated masterpiece by Pablo Picasso sold at Christie`s auction house in London for 34.8 millio...

Tagore paintings sold for 1.6 mn pounds

Twelve rare paintings by Tagore were auctioned at a whopping 1.6 million pounds on Tuesday.

Day in pics

left

right

Blogs

View all Blogs

Shahrukh and Mamata - IPL circus
It seemed as if India had won the World Cup.

KKR celebrations mock Bengali pride
The WB govt’s KKR celebration was ‘overboard’.

special

More Special

French Open 2012

World No Tobacco Day

Slildeshow | Interview | Fact File |