ET launches online stock market game

EconomicTimes.com, India’s No.1 Business News and Markets website has launched an online virtual stock market game—Sharebaazi (www.sharebaazi.com) - where investors and traders can play the BSE listed companies without risking their money!And what’s more, one can also get a chance to win weekly and monthly prizes such as laptops, home theatres, portable MP3 players and many more for trading in the virtual stock exchange!

Each participant on Sharebaazi.com gets Rs 10 lakh of virtual money to play the game. The virtual game provides real-time trading environment, so that participants can easily understand the dynamics of the stock market and invest in it without any fear of losing their real money. The game is an initiative from economictimes.com to enable its readers to learn the ropes of the stock market without losing their shirt in the bargain.

A virtual stock-exchange not only helps the beginners to get over the apprehension of investing in shares, it also makes the entire process an exciting and fun-filled experience. It helps them understand market lingo and the nuances of building a winning portfolio of stocks in an interactive manner. For the experts, it’s perfect place to test their skills and show their investment wisdom to everyone by earning maximum profits and wining exciting prizes.

Says Indiatimes CEO,Rishi Khiani,”Stock markets have always been a place where informed choices have made people earn fortunes. In order to make it more democratic so that more people get a chance to invest in India growth story, we have launched a virtual game that makes people learn the nuances of the stock market in a thrilling manner. It also gives players of Sharebaazi a chance to encash their knowledge by winning maximum points and prizes.”

"The Indian Fantasy League is delighted to partner with ET on this stocks & shares game. This is a welcome (and slightly different) addition to our existing portfolio of games on cricket, football, tennis & golf and we hope our players will now enjoy a larger play canvas", says Tarun Chaudhry, marketing head of IFL.

So beginners, get over all fears of losing hard-earned money in stock market. And experts, flaunt your investment expertise to the world. Come and play at sharebaazi - a perfect platform to play virtual stock market game.

Plan a New Year party with Times City

The countdown to the New Year has begun. Are you ready for the party? How do you want to sign off 2009? Are you still planning which happening place to visit? Or are you among those who are confused with too many offers and are yet to zero in on your kind of place? If that's the case, relax.

Indiatimes is launching an online party guide for New Year's parties and events across the cities. The New Year Eve (NYE) Ticketing website makes your job easier in finding the right kind place for you by providing you access to tickets/passes to the most happening parties in the city.

The site not only gives you a comprehensive list of the best parties, it also provides you details about various types of cuisine, bars and exciting offers by various parties.

Says Indiatimes spokesperson: "We are delighted to announce the launch of a site which will help GenX rock to the beat of foot-tapping numbers and welcome New Year with open arms. In order to address the need of the youngsters for a one-place site for getting tickets/passes to the most happening New Year celebration of the city, we have launched New Year Eve (NYE) Ticketing website. We have always endeavoured to make life easy, simple and fun for youngsters.The launch of this site is an effort in that direction."

So, what are you waiting for? Just log on newyear.indiatimes.com and buy tickets/passes to the most happening parties in the city and start celebrating New Year
from today.

TOI unveils sleeker, faster website

The Times of India Online, the world's No. 1 English newspaper website in terms of page views (ComScore, May 2009 figures), has unveiled its new design, which is more youthful, vibrant and contemporary. A notable feature of new-look TOI website is that pages load much faster than before.


The guiding principle behind the new design has been usefulness for the reader. The new design gives better display to content that is of greater relevance and importance to readers.


To give the reader a quick overview of what is happening in India and around the world, the top block on the homepage now offers more headlines, photos and videos. For ease of reading, the text size for both headlines and stories has been increased.


Instead of a single picture, the top block on the homepage now has a slideshow, which can also have one or more videos. On the homepage itself, you can now get the top headlines from any of the 29 cities TOI covers extensively.

Navigation has been made easier by reducing the number of tabs in the top navigation bar and, in some cases, rearranging the categories so that readers can easily find what they are looking for.

In the new design, readers will be able to save the RSS feeds of a particular section by clicking the orange RSS button next to the "You are here" line below the navigation bar. The RSS link on top of the page takes you to the RSS page of timesofindia.com, where you can find all the RSS feeds TOI offers.

In the coming days, TOI Online will have some more pleasant surprises for readers.

Our advertisers have been asking for a standard ad banner size of 300 pixels x 250 pixels in line with the prevalent global practice.

They would be happy to learn that in our new design the 240 pixels x 400 pixels banner slots have been replaced with 300 pixels x 250 pixels slots.

Readers can email to toionlineeditor@indiatimes.co.in design mockups preferably in JPEG format, with "design mockup" written in the subject line of the email. Readers' suggestions may be incorporated in TOI's ever-evolving design.

Rakhi – Celebrate the Eternal Bond of Love

Once again Indiatimes Shopping, one of the largest online shopping brands, is ready to delight its customers with its great Rakhi offers. Not only is there an outstanding range of Rakhis and Gifting options but also the promise of an Assured Gift with every purchase- a dazzling Pearl Pendant! Coupled with 50% cash back scheme running across the site , customers will be delighted shopping for Rakhi. Indiatimes Rakhi collection offers its customers widest range of Rakhi options to choose from with unbelievable offers

There are classic Rakhi ideas like Rakhi thali’s Mithai hampers, dry fruits and Rakhi Packs. Then there are designer Rakhi’s like Pearl Rakhi’s, Zardozi Rakhi’s, Gold Rakhi’s, Silver Rakhi’s. Not to forget the cute range of cartoon Rakhi’s for kids. All these Hampers with Rakhi can be delivered within India as well as abroad. There are separate categories for “Send Rakhis to USA” & “ Send Rakhi’s Worldwide”.Rakhis start at a very attractive prices of Rs 65 and prices of Hampers for instance Mithai hampers start at Rs.99/-, dry fruits at Rs.101, Designer Rakhi’s start at just Rs.89/-

And if you are interested in giving gifts then Indiatimes Shopping won’t let you down. There is a huge variety of Gifts to choose from across categories - electronics, apparels and accessories, jewellery and lots more.

There is an amazing collection of electronic products ranging from MP3 players / ipods, mobile phones, Branded digital camera’s, camcorders, home décor, assortment of home appliances, LCD’s, laptops etc all offering upto 75% discount.

Talking about apparels and accessories, there is an extensive line of apparels/clothes, lingerie and apparel accessories that includes men's apparel, ladies apparel, shirts, t-shirts, trousers, bottoms, skirts, traditional Indian clothes, sarees, salwar Kameez/ Salwar suits, Indian ethnic wear and many more. On branded apparel discount is up to 60% off.

In Jewellery there is a wide collection ranging from Pearls, diamond, semi-precious stones, sterling silver and gold starting from Rs. 149/- onwards. There is also an extensive range of Bracelets starting @ Rs.100 and Chains starting @ Rs.99, Earrings, rings , pendants and many more

Dishtv and Indiatimes 58888 enter Strategic tie up to offer VAS services Launch Mobile VAS to set new grounds, redefines the mobile internet experienc

, Indiatimes.com, the internet venture of India’s largest media house – the Times Group and Dishtv – India’s No. 1 direct-to-home company and part of the largest media conglomerate – Zee Group, have entered into a strategic tie up to offer the customers a host of Mobile Value added services on TV.

Dishtv has partnered with Indiatimes.com to offer mobile interactive services “Mobile Active”. Viewers can now preview the mobile services on TV and download their favorite mobile content onto their mobile handsets. The content spans across ringtones, wallpapers, text alerts and contests.

Evolution of cellular technologies and increasing number of mobile subscribers in India has driven telecommunication industry to become one of the fastest growing industries in India today. Mobile Active service is aimed to meet this demand. Salil Kapoor, COO, Dishtv said, “Mobile Active is our latest initiative to drive convergence in the entertainment and communication space. In our endeavor to take TV beyond entertainment, we have recently launched internet powered interactive Life services, wherein Dishtv customers can search for jobs, seek their life partner and plan their dream vacation by a click on TV remote. Through our latest offering Mobile Active, our main focus is on empowering our young customers and giving them an easy user interface to download mobile VAS products. Gone are the days when TV was called an idiot box, we are in the process of creating a whole new user experience of TV viewing by offering a plethora of services including information, connectivity with internet services along with entertainment. We are pleased to join hands with Indiatimes.com, India’s leading portal to bring yet another novel service “Mobile Active” to our 5.7 million subscribers.” Salil Kapoor added.

Speaking about the tie-up, Times Internet Limited CEO Rishi Khiani said: “Our mobile VAS division has witnessed rapid expansion since past one year with the launch of new services like 58888 IVR portal, Active Deals, etc. With this tie up we at Indiatimes 58888, will be able to enhance our customer touch points and maximize revenue opportunities. As a news and media conglomerate, our primary asset and USP is quality content and with this strategic tie-up, our content would become more accessible via DTH platforms enabling 360-degree convergent delivery, and ensuring wider reach. Our partners, Dishtv too, would be able to offer its subscribers this value-add as part of an enhanced bouquet of services.”

About Dishtv India

Dishtv is India’s No. 1 direct-to-home company and part of the biggest media conglomerate – Zee group. Dishtv has on its platform 240 channels & services including 21 audio channels with over 5.7 million subscribers, which is growing. Dishtv has a vast distribution network of about 700 distributors & 48,000 dealers that spans around 6600 towns across the country. Dishtv has 24* 7 call centre with 1600 seats in 11 different languages to take care of subscriber requirements at any point of time. For more information on Dishtv, visit www.dishtv.in