Mumbai users of popular community based art website deviantART are planning to have a deviantART Mumbai meet on the 24th of January. It is an open to all event for all art enthusiasts.

Today’s Google India homepage sports a new Google Doodle which celebrates Makar Sankranti, the festival of kites in India. The new Doodle is brilliantly done and features kites in it.

Boomi.in is a Indian startup and vertical search engine for Real estate properties in India. You can search for Indian properties listed on several Indian real estate websites from a single interface at Boomi.

2009′s Aamir Khan starrer blockbuster – 3 Idiots makes it to IMDb Top 250 and becomes the first Indian movie to reach there. Also, it will be first movie to be officially released on YouTube.

IRCTC has rolled out a new beta design which is much more user friendly and has some nice graphics used. In addition to that, they have also revamped the site to focus on the core features of the site, rather than filling it up with unwanted things.

Gul Panag, the popular Bollywood actress is also a car and bike freak. This is one of the reasons Gul Panag will be judging the Car and Bike Awards 2010 held by NDTV Profit in Gul Panag personally owns owns a Royal Enfield, a BMW F650 Funduro, BMW 520 and a custom designed 4X4 Scorpio.

MeriCar.com, a Indian startup, which is the first portal to provide online booking for Car servicing has launched a new feature where users will be alerted about their car servicing through SMS alerts and reminders.

The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has renewed their contract with Yatra.com. This would mean that users can continue to book their train tickets using Yatra.com.

The second phase of CAT 2009 will be conducted on January 30 and 31, 2010 as conveyed by Satish Deodhar the conveyor of CAT 2009. CAT 2009, was held from November 28th 2009 to December 8th 2009, however, the important entrance tests were marred by system glitches, which was shameful, considering that CAT is one of the most important exams in India.

Shah Rukh Khan apparently joined twitter following on the insistence of his friend Karan Johar (@kjohar25). There have been a few tweets from his account, and he already has around 3,700 followers for his account. You can too follow Shah Rukh Khan on twitter

Internships are a good way to start learning about the work you will eventually do at a latter stage in your career. 10 Internships is a new Indian startup which focuses on aggregating internship jobs across India, and producing it in a neat and non obtrusive interface.

Let me talk about Proto, an event which showcases Indian startups, but does not care about people who promote them. It is definitely not the first time I have been going after them, but honestly, I don’t even feel like dealing with them, leave aside writing about them.