FusionX,
Like you, I pre-registered for both .co.in & .in and got most of the .co.in
and some .in
http://www.apnaguide.com/seekin.htm.
I think DirectI used the first come first served policy.
I was a day late in pre-registering as DirectI had some bug in their pre-registration process and the help desk ticket had turnaround time of 24 hrs. Plus the time difference.
I manually checked the ones I lost out and DirectI did register and most of them seems to be legitimate. I am talking about the premium ones, I lost.
Example.
City Names are registered by Stop N Shop Travels Pvt Ltd
Financial Names - Sri Securities and Investment
Shop, Mall etc - Jaipan Teleshoppe Pvt Ltd
Ads and Classifieds - Dharmesh Shah
Moreover, during pre-registration there was more demand for .in than .co.in .
Hence, the Germans took over the premium .in .
I heard someone in the forum was able to register by hand stock.co.in .
I do not regret not getting the premium .in , but I am little disappointed in not getting
Business.co.in , India.co.in , Bollywood.co.in