PAN Card Number Explanation

PAN is a 10 digit alpha numeric number, where the first 5 characters are letters, the next 4 numbers and the last one a letter again. These 10 characters can be divided in five parts as can be seen below. The meaning of each number has been explained further.
1. First three characters are alphabetic series running from AAA to ZZZ.
2. Fourth character of PAN represents the status of the PAN holder.
• C — Company
• P — Person
• H — HUF(Hindu Undivided Family)
• F — Firm
• A — Association of Persons (AOP)
• T — AOP (Trust)
• B — Body of Individuals (BOI)
• L — Local Authority
• J — Artificial Juridical Person
• G — Government
3. Fifth character represents first character of the PAN holder’s last name/surname.
4. Next four characters are sequential number running from 0001 to 9999.
5. Last character in the PAN is an alphabetic check digit.

Nowadays, the DOI (Date of Issue) of PAN card is mentioned at the right (vertical) hand side of the photo on the PAN card.

Karnataka Minister V.S. Acharya collapses, then dies

Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Higher Education Minister V S Acharya collapsed while attending a function and died here on Tuesday.
Acharya, 72, who was not keeping well for some time, collapsed during a function and was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead

More than 70 dead in Egypt's worst soccer disaster

Seventy-four people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday when Egyptian soccer fans staged a pitch invasion in the city of Port Said, in what a deputy minister called the biggest disaster in the nation's soccer history.

Rajinikanth meets Jayalalitha and Donates 10 Lakhs

Super Star Rajinikanth once again proved that he can do anything for people, especially people of Tamil Nadu. The superstar met the Chief Minister – Jayalalithaa on Friday, Jan 27 and gave Rs 10 lakh as donation to help the sufferers of Cyclone which recently hit the state.

Afghan girl's torture shocks world

For refusing to get into prostitution, Gul's in-laws subject her to torture no 15-year-old deserves.

15-year-old Sahar Gul, is carried into hospital in Baghlan north of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to officials in northeastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers _ all in an attempt to force her into prostitution. Police freed her last week after her uncle called authorities. Horrific images of Sahar, bruised and bloodied, captured on video, transfixed Afghanistan and set off a storm of condemnation. President Hamid Karzai set up a commission to investigate, and his health minister visited her bedside at a Kabul hospital. The in-laws have been arrested _ they deny abusing her _ and a warrant has been issued for her husband, who serves in the Afghan army.

Cyclone Thane: Jayalalithaa allots Rs 150 cr for immediate relief

Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Friday alloted Rs 150 crore for immediate relief measures and directed four ministers to visit the districts which bore the brunt of cyclonic storm 'Thane'.

After chairing a meeting with senior department officials, Jayalalithaa said she had asked her cabinet colleagues B V Ramana, T K M Chinnaiah, K A Jeyapaul and M C Sampath to visit Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Nagapattinam and Cuddalore districts, the worst hit by the storm which crossed the state coast this morning.

She said the sum of Rs 150 crore would be used for immediate relief measures and for restoring basic infrastructure facilities.

Besides, Jayalalithaa also directed the district collectors, deputy collectors and department secretaries to assess the extent of the damage caused by "Thane" and submit a report.

She said hundreds of trees had been uprooted, hampering the flow of traffic. Moreover, hundreds of electric posts have also fallen due to the cyclone, she said, directing officials to remove them by this evening.

She said as a precautionery measure, around 6,000 people living in low lying areas were moved to safer places and power supply had been suspended in Cuddalore, Villupuram and Nagapattinam districts since last night. Four teams from National Disaster Management were also sent to Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Chennai and Tiruvallur districts, she said in a statement here.

Eggs and chicken can boost memory

Including eggs and chicken in one's diet may help boost memory, a new study has found.

This is because the essential nutrient 'choline' found in eggs may sharpen aging brains.

India inches closer to crisis

India may face its worst financial crisis in decades if it fails to stem a slide in the rupee.
The Indian economy is one of the most vulnerable to liquidity shocks in the region, not helped the least by deficits in its key balances

Tata Pixel, a cool city car concept

The Tata Pixel, with ‘Zero Turn’ drive and an innovative diamond-shaped door system, is a city car concept for Europe from Tata Motors

How about this????????

How Kerala temple treasure is being recorded

Thiruvananthapuram: The process of scientific documentation of the treasure at Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple will begin on November 9. This was decided today at a meeting of the expert panel appointed by the Supreme Court. The documentation will involve digital archiving of temple antiques, preparing a computerised data base and recording 3-D images of the treasure, reportedly worth 100,000 crores.

While Kerala State Electronic Corporation will implement the documentation process, ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre will provide the technical expertise.

The state government will bear the cost of the documentation process. The Supreme Court had ordered a detailed scientific documentation of the temple treasure after a local activist in Thiruvananthapuram accused the trust which governs the temple of mismanagement. The temple trust controlled by the erstwhile Travancore royal family.

"We have decided to start the documentation process on November 9. The preparedness for this will be assessed at another meeting on November 4. We are hopeful that documentation will start on November 9 itself," said CV Anandabose, the chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed expert panel.

Five of the six underground vaults at the 16th-century temple have so far been explored. They have delivered unimaginable treasure, much of it allegedly donated by devotees led by the royal family of Travancore.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the ornaments, cash and gold discovered at the temple need to be digitally archived before the last secret chamber is forced open. Vault B has not been touched so far. Local superstition warns of bad luck if it is entered. The Supreme Court has said that while it will be mindful of tradition and the sentiments of devotees, it will decide when the vault should be opened at its own discretion and not in consultation with priests.

Source :NDTV

Mayawati inaugurates Rs. 685-Cr Noida memorial park

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Friday inaugurated her dream park in Noida.

Mayawati's pet project has been built at a cost of Rs 685 crore.

The Congress slammed the project calling it a complete waste of money.

A helicopter, a convoy of big cars, a red carpet and several officials were gathered to greet the chief minister as she arrived at the Rashtriya Dalit Smarak in Noida to inaugurate her dream 33-acre park this evening.

The Ambedkar Park features grand lawns, several statues and hundreds of trees and fountains.

Meanwhile, the Congress party has called the project a 'waste' and said that chief minister is wasting the public money.

Difference between two newspapers -The Hindu & Times of India

Difference between two newspapers -The Hindu & Times of India

Both of them have same source of news i.e PTI, but one of them i.e The Hindu showed responsible journalism by taking an impartial and transparent view, but the other i.e TOI , a puppet of Congress try to mislead the viewers against Anna Hazare.

Having a good Jan Lokpal Bill is not sufficient to eradicate Corruption. We need good newspapers too who can actually help democracy triumphs over corruption.


P.S: People who think its fake.... PLz visit the following webpages

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anna-Hazare-above-Parliament-can-pressurise-it-Arvind-Kejriwal/articleshow/10287110.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/news/article2523027.ece

World powers pre-occupied; India must stand on own feet: Manmohan

Manmohan Singh told top commanders of the armed forces that international strategic and political environment has deteriorated and it must be factored in the policies that India adopts internally or externally.

Karunanidhi backs Maran brothers

He said Maran brothers "are like my sons and my support to them to face the situation arising out of the raids legally will always be there."