News4u-News Desk-A railway subsidiary has bagged a contract to sell Commonwealth Games tickets online and sports lovers will get the option of choosing the row and seat at different venues.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has got the contract of Rs 12 crore to become the official ticketing agency for the Games, to be hosted by Delhi in October this year.

IRCTC, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, will develop a dedicated website for issuing tickets of the Games.

“We are developing the website with the latest software for the sale of Commonwealth Games tickets, including for the inaugural and closing ceremonies,” said a senior IRCTC official adding, “We will be also responsible for commissioning and maintenance of the portal.”

According to the Organising Committee, there will be a total of 22 lakh tickets of different denominations to be sold for various events during the Games.

One can choose his or her seat in a particular row and the sold-out seats will be also shown in the website, said the official.

The sale of tickets is estimated to generate about Rs 120 crore as revenue, said another senior Organising Committee official, adding the prices of tickets will be ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 1000.

However, the ticket rates for the inaugural and closing ceremonies at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium have not yet been decided as these are expected to be much higher.

Besides the online process, tickets will also be sold through call centres, retail outlets and at the venues.

IRCTC, which does catering service in trains, is also currently engaged in issuing rail tickets online.

Once the ticketing website is launched, one does not have to stand in a queue for a ticket during the Games as it will be available with just a push of the button.

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News4u – News Desk : An untitled oil-on-canvas work with four horses and a woman rider by Maqbool Fida Husain has sold for Rs 2.01 crore, the highest at the spring sale of online auctioneer Saffronart.

The auction saw 75 per cent of the lots selling for a total of Rs 20.82 crore.

A majority of the lots saw competitive bidding with 60 per cent of the sold lots exceeding their high estimates.

Several lots were sold well past their high estimates, including Akbar Padamsee’s 1953 portrait, “Prophet”, with a winning bid of Rs 1.25 crore, more than triple its higher estimate of Rs 36 lakh.

Husain’s 1970s work had a pre-sale estimate of Rs 90 lakh-Rs 1.2 crore.

“The strong results of our Spring Online Auction 2010 are an affirmation of the renewed confidence of the growing collector base for Indian art.

Maqbool Fida Husain

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News4u-News Desk-The annual book Indian 2010 or Bharat 2010 was released by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni in New Delhi on Friday.

Talking to media after the release she said that the latest data in the book will help research institutions, Universities and scholars across the country and world over.

Concerned over poor demand of the India year book 2009, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Friday directed the Publication Division to ensure that the sales of “India 2010″ touches the one lakh copies mark.

While releasing “India 2010″ (this year’s edition), Soni was told by her officials that the previous edition of the annual book (India 2009) sold only 45,000 copies.

To this, she said, “I would like to see that this book is treated differently from other government publications as it not only contains important policies of the government but also carries information of all parts of the country”.

The minister said considering the importance of the book, which is presently available in English and Hindi, it should sell more and also be translated in all regional languages.

“The India year book is released annually. However, I want to see that it just does not remain a ceremonial affair and the book reaches as many people as it can,” she said.

“If I had been at the helm of affairs last year, I would have ensured that its sales should have touched the one lakh margin. It is a good book and I have gone through all its chapters. I hope that its sales this year would be doubled. It should touch at least one lakh copies,” Soni said.

She advised officials of the Publication Division and Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity and other related departments to visit universities and other institutions to

promote and popularise the book.

“Just don’t depend on state governments for selling the book. Officials should visit educational institutions to popularise it. The book carries information about government’s policies and therefore it should reach the masses in large numbers,” Soni said.

“Also, it should be translated in other regional languages and there should be no translation errors in it,” the minister added.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni

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News4u-Entertainment Desk- A portrait of ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson by legendary artist Andy Warhol has sold for USD 812,000 at an auction in Los Angeles.

The pop icon’s picture was bought by an anonymous bidder at Christie’s auction house on Tuesday for more than the expected price of USD 700,000, Contactmusic reported.

The artwork, which was completed in 1984, was sold by a New York-based collector, who bought it from the Andy Warhol Foundation in the 1990s.

It depicts a smiling Jackson in a jacket with squiggles of red and yellow in his hair.

A portrait of 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson

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News4u-News Desk- Hong Kong: It’s a price tag that would make even New Yorkers and Londoners gasp _ nearly $57 million for an outsized luxury apartment in one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest neighborhoods.

A five-bedroom duplex suite with as much as 6,158 square feet was sold Wednesday to an unidentified buyer from mainland China, said the developer, Henderson Land Development, a major Hong Kong property company. It claims the apartment is the most expensive in Asia by square foot.

Aside from an aroma spa center, fitness room, outdoor yoga gym and grand harbor views, the new homeowner will enjoy an exclusive address in the hills of Hong Kong’s main island _ “a majestic realm for the city who’s who,” according to a statement from the developer.

The deal comes at time when Hong Kong real estate, benefiting from mainland China’s booming market and easy money sloshing through the world financial system, is surging and inspiring talk of a bubble.

The city has long had one of the world’s most expensive property markets, with prices that many local residents are hard pressed to afford. About 47 percent of Hong Kong lives in publicly subsidized housing, according to government data.

The most expensive flat is located in this building in Hong Kong

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News4u-News Desk-Farmers on Wednesday held a protest in Dadri in Ghaziabad district seeking more money for their land acquired by Reliance Power for setting up a power project.

About 250 farmers staged a “peaceful protest” demanding additional compensation for their land acquired during the time of the previous Samajwadi Party government, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) A K Jain told a news agency.

A spokesperson for Reliance ADA Group could not be reached for comments.

Congress leader Ajeya Singh, son of former Prime Minister V P Singh, addressed the farmers supporting their demands, Jain said.

ADA Group proposes to set up an 8,000 MW gas-based power plant, for which it last week began the process for international competitive bidding to award Engineering and Procurement Contracts.

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News4u-News Desk-London, Apr 3(PTI) A gem-encrusted gold finial from the octagonal golden throne of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore,eighteenth century item was bought by an unidentified private collector. There were only two bidders for what was billed as one of the most important Tipu items ever to appear for sale.

The finial lay in an English castle for at least 100 years and then in a bank vault, unknown to Tipu enthusiasts and scholars. It was discovered by Bonhams Islamic Department on a routine valuation.

The gem-set object is one of three surviving tiger head finials that adorned Tipus elaborate throne. It lay at the Featherstone Castle, Northumberland, where it was listed in an 1843 inventory of the late Baron Wallace of Knarsdale (1768-1844), who oversaw the East India Company, and afterwards was hidden away in a bank.

Although some of the most important items were reserved for the British royal family, the famous golden throne was broken up so that the elements could be shared, much to the disapproval of the Governor-General, Lord Wellesley.

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News4u-News Desk-Noida, Apr 1- Election agents of all political parties were alleged to have been bringing Haryana liquor to woo Noida voters as liquor in Haryana is over 40 per cent cheaper than in Noida.

Liquor mafia now beside bringing van load liquor has been pumping in foreign liquor through private cars and even two wheelers in small quantities too to evade detection. Two such liquor smugglers arrested today with 50 bottles of foreign liquor.

Recently Noida Police arrested 11 liquor smugglers and recovered the Haryana liquor being smuggled into Noida. On interrogation they had revealed that supply was meant for sale to election agents, said A K Tripathi, SP.(City).

Liquor rates in Haryana are 40 to 50 percent cheaper than Noida. Country liquor is over 150 percent costlier in Noida. Due to high rate difference liquor smugglers tries to pump in Haryana liquor into Noida.

During elections they expect huge sale of liquor. However, to check liquor smuggling into Noida additional force has been deployed and regular raids were being conducted, said J Upadhayay, District Excise Officer, adding “In March alone 54 liquor smugglers have been arrested and smuggled liquor worth lakhs of rupee seized. Majority of the supplies were from Haryana.”

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