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There is never a dull moment on Indiatimes Shopping. What is creating the buzz this time is its new promotion ‘Assured Gift offers ka Baap’ which offers not one but TWO assured Gift Certificates of Rs. 250 and Rs.500 on the purchase of any product and any value. And this is not all, if sum of the digits of your order number equal to 7 you can be the lucky winner of a surprise gift. These Gift Certificates can be redeemed on special catalogues with great offers. And what is even more compelling is that the Gift Certificates can be used any number of times to get the best prices online. These Gift certificates can be redeemed to send Gifts anywhere in India, along with a personal message. One can also order exquisite jewellery pieces in Gold, Pearls and diamonds and be completely assured of the quality since every piece is accompanied with a quality certificate.

Moreover, there is instant gratification as the gift certificates will be sent as soon as the order is placed and they will be valid even if one chooses to cancel the order at a later stage.

This promotion is valid till the 30^th of November so Hurry! Start shopping and get your special gift certificates now!!

As the world’s largest democracy goes to the polls, get ready for Election Day with the Indiatimes 58888 advantage. The mobile subscription service is offering a first-of-its-kind election pack which will give the subscriber precise, updated election news via SMS so you’ll know who’s sweeping and who’s weeping before anyone else. And that too, sitting anywhere in the country. Get daily updates on election trends, party news, poll trivia, neta natter—in essence everything to do with our preternatural dance of democracy. 

The 58888 Election Packs

The election pack will serve as a real-time newspaper on the mobile in the coming Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections, providing national and state-wise election updates. The service will through two daily packs, worth Rs 99 or Rs 30 a month. There will be 5 alerts daily on the Rs 99 Pack (on result days 7-8 SMS alerts) and 3 alerts daily on the Rs 30 pack (on result days 5-6 SMS alerts).

The Rs 99 Pack will have election result updates, election news, trivia and election schedules, whereas the Rs 30 pack will have election result updates and election news.

Activation will be a simple procedure. For the Rs 30 price point pack just SMS SUB ELET to 58888. For the Rs 99 price point, send SUB ELECT to 58888 for activation. A welcome message generated for the subscriber will confirm his/her subscription. Activation and election alerts will start immediately.

Poll Toll

The Indiatimes 58888 election pack will be all-encompassing. As poll season starts, subscribers will get election schedules, daily updates from the particular state, candidate information, constituency- and seat-wise updates plus the happening news on the day. Other than this, there will be lots of poll trivia everyday. On results day, party and seat-wise results, national and state results will all come to you. 

 Internet Bug bites Bollywood Beauties… Chat Live with Bobby And Nikita 

There’s never any shortage of excitement or entertainment at Indiatimes, India’s No. 1 web portal. And as part of our ‘celebrity exchange’ programme, we have got Miss India-Universe for 2003 and model/actress Nikita Anand chatting live on Thursday, 20th November, at 2-3 PM.

 As the adage goes, beauty and Bollywood go hand in hand. And beauty pageant winners especially have sure-shot tickets in tinsel town. Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Celina Jaitley, Tanushree Dutta, the list is endless. Delhi girl Nikita Anand is yet another stunner in the list, seen in the Prakash Jha production ‘Dil Dosti Etc’ earlier. She starred as an about town It-Girl in it, paired opposite the ‘Iqbal’ guy Shreyas Talpade and thespian Naseeruddin Shah’s son Imaad Shah. She will be seen in another Bollywood flick ‘Monopoly’ soon. Chat Live to know more.

Indiatimes works up the laughs with Bollywood transsexual icon actor Bobby Darling, who as everyone knows, has worn many hats throughout his life. The actor tag being only the latest. He’s been on Big Boss, had his own TV show, and is a fixture in movies ranging from those of Subhash Ghai to Madhur Bhandarkar. You want gay, Bobby is the man to go to. Originally Pankaj Sharma, Darling dresses like a girl and is working towards that sex-change operation that will see him close to what he really is, a “person with a woman’s soul”. Catch him bare that soul and a lot more on live chat, Thursday at 2 PM. Only on Indiatimes.

 Chat.indiatimes.com having a chat session with Actor Bobby Darling  today ,Thursday at 2 PM  to 2:30 PM  &  with Miss India- Actress Niketa Anand on Thursday 20th November at 2 PM till 3 PM

. Indiatimes Chat

indiatimes Chat rooms are a cool online place to meet new people and catch up on friends. One can connect to the chat rooms from any web browser and can start chatting without download anything. The user can interact with multiple users at the same time. Users can choose from (12) default rooms based on various fun and interesting themes. At any given time, a particular room is flocked by an average of 40 users. The user can also create private chat rooms for themselves which are password protected. Users can swap photos and share files (up to 7MB) in the private chat rooms. Users can also play various online games which are there in every chat room. Create one of the most interesting places to hang out and chat on the ‘net.

NEW DELHI, India,  - The festive season has just extended to the virtual world. It’s getting bigger and better. Indiatimes shopping, India’s leading online shopping destination, has partnered with, TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel community, to reward people who have caught the travel bug and write about their travel experiences on www.tripadvisor.in. Anybody who writes a review, or uploads a photo or a video from their trips gets a free shopping voucher worth Rs.250/- from Indiatimes Shopping. The voucher can be used to buy anything from the large selection of products available on Indiatimes Shopping at www.shopping.indiatimes.com.

Sharing travel experiences just became so much more rewarding!

Indiatimes Shoppi ng

Indiatimes Shopping, a leading online shopping portal, has been a pioneer in launching online shopping in India.  IT Shopping offers its customers a comprehensive bouquet of domestic global brands and range of items. Of course, we carry an impeccable record of quality and delivery.

 IT Travel one of the fastest growing travel portals offers its customers a comprehensive bouquet of domestic and international air tickets, hotels in India and abroad, holiday packages and corporate and group travel packages. The site boasts of over 10, 00,000 consumers across India who have used IT Travel services and this number is growing every day!

Times Internet Limited (Indiatimes)

Times Internet Limited, (TIL), is the Internet venture of India’s largest media house – the Times Group. TIL made its foray into the Internet with a mission to create world-class Web products and services. In a short span of time, the company has emerged as India’s foremost Web entity, with diverse portals and niche websites. Over the years TIL has established its presence as India’s most comprehensive Web entity seamlessly integrating content, community and commerce. It is one of the fastest growing web based networks in the world. TIL operates many premier web properties on the Internet, Indiatimes.com is the flagship brand of TIL.

Indiatimes.com is the largest internet portal in India with interests in telecom, e-commerce, online advertisement solutions, events and guru-seminars. Crowned as the youngest ever “Business Superbrand”, it is a preferred on-line destination for millions of Indians, who want rich and self-directed online experience. Of all the web properties, Indiatimes is a leading multi-faceted portal and has more than 1 billion page views in a month.