India and Russia have announced that they have decided to start negotiations to draw up a trade agreement between the two nations. The agreement has been termed as a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, which indicates that it won’t be as radical as a Free Trade Agreement, but slightly short of it. Such agreements bring down […]
The mother of the 14 year old girl alleged to be raped and killed by policemen in Lakhimpur in UP, has alleged that she was offered Rs 5 lakhs in return for his silence on the issue. She, however, did not clarify who offered the bribe. The woman, Fatima, refused to quieten down and reiterated […]
Days after Google announced it has started its effort to introduce 3-D ‘walk through’ maps for Indian cities, it’s biggest competitor in India – MapmyIndia.com – has opened up its fine-grained map to the public for free. The new maps, available on maps.mapmyindia.com, will show right up to the house number in its free version. […]
In what may prove to be a breakthrough in the investigations into the murder of journalist J Dey in Mumbai, the Mumbai police are learnt to have picked up three men. Two have been picked up from Dongri in South Mumbai and one from Pune. All three are alleged to be working for Chhota Shakeel, […]
NMDC, the country’s largest iron ore producer and Russian steel maker OJSC Severstal to float a 50:50 joint-venture company that would set up a five million tonne steel plant in Bellary, Karnataka, at a total cost of Rs 9,000 crore. Initially the plant will have a capacity of two million tonnes per year and will […]
Around 23% of the respondents have been victims of cyber attacks, according to the latest survey from Microsoft India. 19% per cent users reported email account hacking. Indians, one of the most prolific cell phone users, are also equally ‘addicted’ to the Internet. The survey found that around half of India’s Internet users spent close […]
Wholesale prices, based on monthly WPI, jumped 9.06% in May compared to the same month a year ago. The inflation rate was 8.66% in April. In just one month, prices increased by 1.47%, on the higher side. The inflation rate is higher than the expectation of the market — which was around 8.6%. Manufactured products […]
Tamil superstar Rajinikant has recovered totally, his son in law and another Tamil actor Dhanush said in a tweet. He is expected to come back to India in around 15 days. “Superstar discharged from hospital. He has recovered completely and taking rest. Soon national award celebrations 🙂 god bless,” Dhanush, who married the super star’s […]
The Defence Research and Development Organization, India’s biggest research organization under the government, has designed a hi-tech tent that almost the chill out of soldiering in high-altitude and glacial borders like Leh and Siachen. The shelter will not only maintain a comfortable temperature, but also maintain the levels of carbon dioxide and other gases inside […]
The Russia-based operator MTS, which created a flutter by halving its standard call rates to half a paisa per second recently, has now offered free data modems (data cards) for those who pay three months’ bill in advance. The scheme is available for those who choose either the Rs 699 per month scheme or Rs […]
Google’s Android platform will take a 12% market share and nearly 1 lakh tablets will ship this year in India, according to Cyber Media Research’s forecasts for the Indian market. The overall smartphone market will zoom from around 6 million (60 lakh) units last year to 10 million (1 crore) units this year, it added. […]
The war for tablets just got hotter, with Big Bazaar group’s futurebazaar.com starting to take orders for the Blacberry tablet ‘Playbook.’ The announcement has come three days after futurebazaar’s rival, Letsbuy.com had announced opening of pre-orders for Playbook’s rival, the Flyer from HTC. The Playbook, a seven-inch ‘professional’ counterpart to the iPad, was announced a […]
Jairam Ramesh, union minister for environment and forests, has rejected two projects in Kerala including a controversial proposal to install camouflaged turbines under Kerala’s biggest waterfalls known as Athirapilly. He also rejected permission to set up an international cricket stadium in Kochi. However, Jairam Ramesh approved seven projects, including the much-awaited Vizhinjam port project, infrastructure […]
Jayalalitha, leader of the AIADMK party and the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, has called rumors of her negotiating an entry into the UPA coalition as “premature.” “No one from the UPA has approached me,” she said, when asked about the possibility of her joining the UPA at the centre. Asked about her previous offer […]
Verizon, one of the largest corporate connectivity provider in the world to enterprises, and Tata Communications (formerly VSNL), the India-based connectivity provider have decided to let their video conferencing customers talk to each other. Verizon said this is just the first step towards a world where subscribers of different high-definition video conferencing providers can call […]
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has urged the Congress party to rein in its ministers and leaders from making baseless charges and instead take action to address the concerns of the people on corruption. RSS Spokesperson Ram Madhav was responding to statements, both by ministers such as Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram etc.. as well as […]
The BJP too has asked for the resignation of Home Minister Chidambaram, after media reports that jailed telecom minister A Raja claimed that he split the loot from the 2G scam with Chidambaram. “If two people have taken money and only one is the in jail, he will of course talk.. Why is Mr Chidambaram […]
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the organization behind standards such as WiFi, Wimax and hundreds of others, sees Solar energy as becoming the cheapest power source in ten years. The organization, which is increasing its focus on Solar this year through the setting up of a journal and experts groups, is one […]
The second post-mortem report on the 14-year-old girl from Lakhimpur has confirmed murder, but neither confirmed or denied rape, according to early reports. The result is likely to create even more pressure on the authorities to act fast to find the culprits — suspected to be among the Policemen in the Lakhimpur Police Station. The […]
Vodafone Essar, India’s second biggest GSM operator, seems to be shifting its focus to the enterprise segement — one which it has largely ignored so far. The firm today announced the starting of a “audio conferencing service” targeted purely at companies. Vodafone, due to its traditional focus on mobile services, has always been a consumer […]
