Bhopal: 3 students drown in Upper Lake - India News - IBNLive

Bhopal: 3 students drown in Upper Lake - India News - IBNLive:

 "Bhopal: Three students drowned in Bhopal's Upper Lake on Saturday. They had gone to the lake to bathe when one of the students started drowning. Seeing him sinking into the water, the other two students also jumped in the lake. But instead of saving him they drowned as well. "We were roaming around here. He came here to bathe. We tried to save him but couldn't," said Amardeep, the deceased's friend. Police say that none of the boys knew how to swim. The bodies have been recovered and sent for a post-mortem." 'via Blog this'

Aggrieved students want early decision - The Times of India

Aggrieved students want early decision - The Times of India:

 "NAGPUR: The Nagpur University's BCCA final year students are in a quandary and on the verge of losing future opportunities including postgraduate admission. Thanks to NU's lethargic administration which failed to arrive at any consensus, even after almost two months, regarding leaked paper of Business Law which was first exposed by TOI on April 22. Expectedly, nearly 3,000 students and their parents, are suffering as sword of re-exam hangs on their heads. The aggrieved students blamed NU for messing up the affair, and now want early declaration of results. In fact, few of them admitted that they saw photocopies of handwritten question paper, similar to those appeared in the media, with their friends at the exam centre on April 21. According to them, neither the NU top brass nor police seemed to be serious about cracking the case and deliberately delaying the decision. " 'via Blog this'

IDEASMARKIT: india internet statistics

IDEASMARKIT: india internet statistics:

  I have seen through number of self proclaimed hyped reports on number of internet users in India and  putting that number as high as 100 Million . This is quite far from reality.Here are some numbers.

1. According Census 2011 of India there are 15.54 Million households (6.3% of total population)  in India who have computer/laptops in their homes. 
2. However Only 7.6  Million households  (3.1% of total population) have laptops/ computers with internet.
3. Maharashtra is the biggest Indian Internet market with 18% of Total Internet households followed by Tamil Nadu with 10%, Karnataka 8.27% , U.P (Noida inclusive) 8.18%, Delhi 7.68% and Andhra Pradesh with 7.15%.
4. Delhi/NCR inclusive of Noida and Gurgaon would however have much higher numbers.

However this is just statistics for Home users there are definitely a large number of users accessing internet in India through offices and cyber cafes but then you should see the data points provide by the two largest players in Indian market.Facebook and Google.

1. Facebook allows you to target 45.82 Million users in India
2. Google's Adwords says that it has a reach of 14.5 Million users through Search in India
3. Number of Active users per month as per Google's Ad Planner is 30.7 Million
4. However as per IAMAI total internet users in India is 100 Million and as per Comscore it is close to 50 Million.

Number of Broadband connection in India are however 13.42 Million as of Jan 2012

Other  interesting data point according to Census of India 2011 is that

1. 63 % of Indians own a Telephone connection.
2. 47.2 % of Indians own a Television
3. 19.9 % of Indians own a Radio/Transistors

To Summarize here are

INDIA INTERNET STATISTICS 2012

1.  India has 7.6 Million Households having internet
2. 13.42 Million broadband connections (Home + Offices ) combined.
3. Maximum targettable audience using one site in  India is Facebook with 45.82 Million
4. Active user base per month in India is close to 30 Million mark which is still a pretty large market but not as big as portrayed by some consultants.

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29 dead as Shirdi-bound bus plunges into ditch at Solapur - Mumbai - DNA

29 dead as Shirdi-bound bus plunges into ditch at Solapur - Mumbai - DNA: "A weekend pilgrimage to the Sai Baba abode in Shirdi turned fatal for 29 passengers when the bus they were in ran off the road and plunged into a 50-foot deep ditch at Naldurga in Osmanabad district about 60km from Solapur, early Saturday. While an official cause for the accident has not been cited, sources say that the driver was unable to navigate the curve of the narrow Pune-Hyderabad highway (National Highway 9), which is five kilometres away from Naldurg." 'via Blog this'

Allahabad University students put up impressive show - The Times of India

Allahabad University students put up impressive show - The Times of India:

 "ALLAHABAD: The students of Allahabad University have once again come up with impressive performance in the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC). A total of 159 candidates have cleared JRF while 514 have cleared NET. Both the tests were held in December 2011." 'via Blog this'