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Car Loan hypothecation cancellation/removal in Bangalore, India

Submitted my car RC book for cancellation or removal of hypothecation at Indira Nagar RTO in Bangalore. (I had completed my car loan repayment in July).   1. Received NOC from financier, and 2 copies of Form 35. 2. Went to Room 13 with a copy of current car insurance and the NOC, the 2 Form 35 copies, the original RC book and a self-addressed envelope (with a Rs 12 stamp).  3. One officer (counter 9) verified the documents and sent it to another counter for data entry.  4. After data entry, I was asked to go to the Cash counter (Room 1) to pay Rs 300 as fees (Rs 100 for cancellation of hypothecation and Rs 200 for converting my paper RC to smart card). 5. Went back to counter 9 in room 13, the same officer verified everything and sent me to counter 6.  6. At counter 6 (Inward & Despatch), another officer verified everything, filed everything and gave me an acknowledgement that they have collected my original RC for cancellation of hypothecation and convert to smart card.  7.

India Passport Tatkaal renewal in Bangalore

Tatkaal Passport Reissue Experience Astonishingly simple passport reissue process in Bangalore. My passport was due for renewal mid-2012. But wanted to get it renewed by the Tatkaal mode early. Multiple changes in my passport details - Chennai->Bangalore, Single->Married, ECR->ECNR.  Phase 1: Online 1. Register at  www.passportindia.gov.in 2. Fill the online form & Submit it.  3. Upload 4 relevant support documents (pdfs).  4. Apply for an appointment at the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) through the same website. Appointments can be booked only 1.5 days in advance. For eg., appointments for a Thursday open up only on Tuesday evening at 6PM.  5. Print the Passport Application Receipt. 6. Carry the original and one photocopy of all support documents.  In my case, the support documents were: a. Address Proof:  SBI Bank Passbook (with more than 1 year of entries).  HR Letter mentioning that I am an employee and have been staying at the given address. b. ID Proof: IB

Google Video as a video sharing site is out

Google Video has stopped allowing users to upload videos and soon, it will stop letting play uploaded content. I was expecting this a long time back (almost since Google bought over YouTube). Anyway, there is no easy way to migrate videos from Google Video to YouTube. Download them one by one and upload them onto YouTube one by one. I have just uploaded some 3-4 videos, and not too difficult to migrate them. However, I am worried about the Rhythmica videos!! So many of them on Google Video!! I have to let the right people know!! Update (2012-01-16): I now use Google Docs extensively for all my document storage and sharing!