The Suryanelli rape case has again burst into the headlines in Kerala with a private news channel running video footage of a conversation with one of the judges in the High Court panel that let off all but one of the dozens of accused in the case. Basant is shown as asking a reporter of […]
The Kerala Government will not order a re-investigation into the 1996 Suryanelli Rape case, home minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan told the state assembly. The statement was unexpected as the government was expected to seek legal opinion on whether or not the case, that involves Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien, can be reopened. “No person can […]
Weeks after popular outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a student in Delhi, the government has increased the punishment and widened the scope of anti-harassment legislation in several laws. Insertions include new definitions of what constitutes sexual harassment, specifying punishment for throwing acid, use of hidden camera to record women’s private acts, stalking, […]
Google India has launched its free video-conferencing tool, Google Hangouts, to users of Gmail in India. Earlier all videoconferencing in Gmail, google’s free email service, used to happen on a “peer to peer” basis. In other words, the video call would go straight from one user to another, like a phone call. With Hangouts, the […]
Ever wondered what happened to ‘advanced search’ on Facebook? Ever wanted to find all those from your home town in your current city, or a list of everyone on Facebook who is working in your company? You are in luck because the new ‘graph search’ from the social networking leader lets you do just that, […]
With one month to go before the end of the current year, the government of India has projected a GDP growth rate of 5% this year, down from 6.2% last year, according to its latest numbers. Presenting India’s budget for 2012-13, former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had said that India’s GDP will grow by 7.6 […]
The Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar has scalded the Finance Ministry’s decision to withdraw the Income tax concession given to Special Economic Zones (SEZ.) Khullar said the move is akin to changing the policy “midstream” and will affect the sentiments towards investing in India. “It is one issue to hurt people who have already taken the […]
The Congress led government of Kerala seemed to be softening its stand on re-investigating Rajyasabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien’s culpability in the infamous Suryanelli rape case even as pressure mounts. Asked why the government was stonewalling requests for a new investigation into Kurien’s alleged role in the rape-saga, chief minister Oommen Chandy said: “Who has […]
Telecom companies in India continued to purge inactive subscribers in December, with Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications losing 16 million, or about 12% of its mobile subscribers, during the month. The trend has been continuing since June this year, when India’s total mobile subscriber base hit a record of close to 935 million, or about 77% […]
Want a quad-core 3G-sim enabled 10-inch tablet in India, but don’t want to spend Rs 37,000 to buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 10? You had no options for a long time, but you’ve got lucky now – and you’ve got the new iBerry Auxus CoreX4 3G to thank for it. Almost out of nowhere, iBerry […]
The starting price for a quad-core smartphone has just fallen from about Rs 30,000 to Rs 11,000 – thanks to the new Karbonn Smart Titanium 1. Karbonn Mobiles has become the first Indian vendor to offer a phone with a quad-core processor – something that was restricted to the likes of Samsung (with its Galaxy […]
Even as companies are still introducing dual-core tablets, quad-core tablets priced at about Rs 19,000 and based on Google’s Android Jelly Bean operating system have hit the market in India. Among the first quad-core tablets to hit the market are the Ramos W30HD, the Onda V972, the Ainol Novo 9 Firewire and the Sanei N10. […]
Perhaps it is a sign that Indian industry is starting to get out of the cautious mood, perhaps it is just a blip, but the Naukri hiring index is showing a 7% rise in activity in December 2012. The rise is in contrast to the traditional dip that accompanies the October-December festival season in India. […]
Aircel has become the second operator in India to offer a “free roaming” plan, after BSNL, but what is not clear is: Is it really as good as it sounds? Going by the example of BSNL, which announced such a plan several months ago, for most users, it may be cheaper to stick to existing […]
State-owned BSNL has about 32% more subscribers on its GSM service than its capacity, according to numbers given by the ministry of communications and information technology to the Parliament. Asked whether a capacity crunch in BSNL has impacted its growth, junior telecom and IT minister Milind Deora said BSNL’s total GSM subscriber capacity was 7.55 […]
Indian railways has slightly relaxed its new rule that all reserved passengers must carry original IDs. Under the new, relaxed rule, they can now carry an attested copy of their ration card (if it contains their photo), or an attested copy of their passbook at a government-owned Bank, such as the State Bank of India. […]
It had to happen sooner or later – the MBA education bubble – fueled by tales of multi-crore fresher salary packages – is bursting. According to the latest numbers from a study by business association Assocham, about 340 business schools are in the process of either winding down or have already shut shop since 2012. […]
In a high stakes political fight between the opposing fronts in Kerala, it is a BSNL employee who seems to be the one getting the stick. According to a statement by the government in Parliament, BSNL will punish a Junior Account Officer for leaking call data details of a police officer to the media. “BSNL […]
Crisil Research expects average wholesale price inflation to fall slightly to 7% in the coming financial year from the 7.7% estimated for the current year, and sees the RBI cutting interest rates by a quarter of a percent in its monetary policy review on January 29. The agency, part of the ratings group CRISIL, made […]
At any given time, around 25,000 to 40,000 phones in the country are being tapped by the government, according to numbers given by the home ministry today. Replying to a question on phone-tapping, junior home minister Gurudas Kamat said 7,500 to 9,000 orders for starting of new phone-tapping are issued every month. The maximum duration […]
