Firs of all Many many congratulations to you Ammuknn,
and you are bang on right on one thing ,,, and so here i go, let me share my good news too....
my wife did get a call around 3 pm of India time today (12th july), i think it is about the same time as of yours.... and the call was almost identical as you described, with discussion items such as, .... in ref to your medical expiring on 6 august,,,, can you travel before that.... i am issuing you a visa .... however there is one small thing pending which will be done in few hours today or by monday..... you will receive another call from our team to give you the details of how to and when to collect passport from new delhi office....
there are few things which were little catchy and good... the person on the phone from CIC said, we could send you the passport by speed post but just because of strike we are not able to do that process because of lack of man power and when my wife said plz dont make it too late so that i have only one day to prepare and leave india before medical expire date comes, the CIC guy said, why dont you pack your bags and come to delhi , pick up your passport and take a flight from here to new delhi... (all that last discussion was in a lighter sense from both the end, that was funny and some what supportive , i think)
so now waiting for a next call sometime in next week... and yes to everyone who may receive such call, please do say promptly and firmly reply two things , one is that you can travel ASAP before your medical expire, that you are ready, and second is you have absolutely no problem picking up your passport, , , my wife did say about speed post but they insisted that she should come personally and that it will be faster...
Hey.....v_sys congrattttttsssss to you also wish you all the best.. I hope I also get this miracle call frm NDVO for my hubby...