Close X
Saturday, November 30, 2024
ADVT 
Interesting

Indian Businessman Buys Dubai Licence Plate For Rs 59.9 Crore For His Rolls Royce

Darpan News Desk IANS, 12 Oct, 2016 01:10 PM
    Balwinder Sahni reportedly paid 33 million dirhams ($9 million, or Rs59.9 crore) at an auction to buy a Dubai licence plate for one his own Rolls Royce on October 8. Owner of a property management company, Sahani, also purchased another Dubai plate for 1 million dirham ($280,000).
     
     
     
    This was not a first for Sahani either, who had purchased the licence plate number O9 last year as well for 25 million dirhams ($7 million), according to local media reports.
     
    According to a Bloomberg report, in Dubai, licence plates with shorter numbers are auctioned as they are considered to be status symbol by the rich and wealthy. The record-breaking amount for a number plate in the country was paid by a businessman Saeed Al Khouri who bid over $140 million (52.2 million dirhams) back in 2008. It was for the licence plate number 1.

    MORE Interesting ARTICLES

    Love Happens At Fourth Sight, Not First

    Love Happens At Fourth Sight, Not First
    Love at first sight is a myth - and lovers need to meet at least four times before Cupid's arrow strikes their hearts, said a study.

    Love Happens At Fourth Sight, Not First

    Chinese Parents Are Taking Kids as Young as Three to 'CEO Training Courses'

    Chinese Parents Are Taking Kids as Young as Three to 'CEO Training Courses'
    In a bid to give their children a head start in life, wealthy Chinese parents are enrolling them in all kinds of early education programs, including CEO training courses.

    Chinese Parents Are Taking Kids as Young as Three to 'CEO Training Courses'

    Meet This Self-Proclaimed Vampire Who Drinks Blood and Sleeps in a Coffin

    Meet This Self-Proclaimed Vampire Who Drinks Blood and Sleeps in a Coffin
    Darkness Vlad Tepes, a young Englishman who has been living as a vampire for the last 13 years, says he is regularly bullied for his different lifestyle and just wants to be treated as a normal person.

    Meet This Self-Proclaimed Vampire Who Drinks Blood and Sleeps in a Coffin

    This Zero-star Swiss Hotel is Just a Bed on a Mountain

    This Zero-star Swiss Hotel is Just a Bed on a Mountain
    Located 6,463 feet above sea level in the middle of the Swiss Alps, the Null Stern concept hotel takes the minimalist approach to the extreme, removing the walls, roof, basic amenities like toilets and leaving guests with just a king-size bed and a stunning 360-degree view to admire.

    This Zero-star Swiss Hotel is Just a Bed on a Mountain

    Meet The $99 Doll That Parents Are Desperate To Buy

    Meet The $99 Doll That Parents Are Desperate To Buy
    One of these sold-out toys actually went for as much as 350 dollars on eBay, while thousands of parents are on a waiting list

    Meet The $99 Doll That Parents Are Desperate To Buy

    Watch: Indian Girl Who Sneezes 8,000 Times a Day Leaves Doctors Baffled

    Watch: Indian Girl Who Sneezes 8,000 Times a Day Leaves Doctors Baffled
    Her mother is desperate to help, but doctors aren't even sure what is causing the unusual sneezing bouts.

    Watch: Indian Girl Who Sneezes 8,000 Times a Day Leaves Doctors Baffled