The government yesterday refused to hand-over the audio recordings of the meetings of the drafting committee for the Lokpal bill when five of the ten members demanded it, the Civil Society leaders participating in the Lokpal bill drafting committee said. They also said that the Government ministers did not discuss any point, but “simply announced […]
The Civil Society leaders under Anna Hazare attacked the government’s latest position that the Prime Minister should not be included under the scope of the anti-corruption ombudsman, the Lokpal. “Under the Indian constitution, only the President of India enjoys an exemption from prosecution.. If you want to take him out, you will have to amend […]
Etisalat and LG have teamed up to deliver Internet and videos through LG’s new range of Internet-enabled TVs. The agreement is primarily targeted at the Middle East market, where Etisalat is a big player. The new LG TVs, also available in India, contain built in mini-computers inside them that allow the TV to be used […]
Ramco Systems, the Chennai-based cloud-provider and arguably the largest Indian stand-alone cloud brand, has expanded its portfolio to analytics. The player, one of the pioneers of the Cloud model in India and among the most affordable among such services, said it has around 3,000 users for its current offering — enterprise resource planning or ERP. […]
The Congress Party has asked for a CBI enquiry into the death of a 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur in UP. The girl, whose body was found hanging from a tree in a Police Station compound, has been confirmed as murdered by the second post-mortem analysis conducted earlier in the day. Mayawati Government has also ordered […]
Under attack from various quarters for rising Maoist violence and other reasons, the home minister P Chidambaram today brought out numbers to prove that the violence was actually falling. After a review meeting with the chief ministers of Orissa and Chhatisgarh, Chidambaram brought out numbers to point to a drop in violent incidents involving left […]
The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to submit its investigation file into the death of journalist J Dey after receiving two petitions on the matter. The move indicates that the Court may supervise the investigation or order a CBI inquiry into the matter. Two public interest petitions, both by journalists and two […]
In a move probably aimed at addressing the conspicuous lack of “new model” announcements in the recent days, Nokia has unveiled a new pink edition of its high-end smartphone N8. The “feminine powerhouse”, to be available from today onwards in 18 cities, is targeted at women, the firm said. Nokia is undergoing a massive shift […]
India will move to a system of graded certification of movies, instead of the current regime of cutting of scenes, Rajiv Takru, an official of the ministry of Information & Broadcasting said at a conference today. Speaking at Samvaad 2011 in Mumbai, Thakru also said that the government may change the name of the Central […]
The Uttar Pradesh CB-CID, the top investigating agency under the state government, has pointed its fingers to two cops for direct involvement in the murder of the 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a police station in Lakhimpur in UP. In an interim report submitted to the government, the CB-CID ruled out actual rape, […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has ruled out rape of the 14-year-old girl, for now. Subesh Singh, Inspector General of Lucknow said the internal and examination of the exhumed dead body today did not reveal any signs of rape. He, however, said that swab samples collected from her body, has been sent to two forensic laboratories. […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has offered the family of the murdered 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur to have a CBI investigation into the whole matter. “I would like to assure the family that if they want an investigation by the CBI or any other agency, my government will not be opposed to it,” she said. […]
Indian foreign minister SM Krishna has reassured Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi that the Indian government is tracking Chinese activity on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra on the other side of the border. He, however, assured the chief minister that the Chinese have claimed they are not damming the waters for diversion, but only for power generation. “We […]
The Posco Pratirodh Sangharsh Samiti (The Posco resistance committee) has called environment minister Jairam Ramesh’ bluff today by pointing to his complicity in the entire episode. The PPSS, in a statement, pointed out that Jairam Ramesh was responsible for giving an “illegal” clearance to the project and had no right to be the advocate of […]
Barely two weeks after the Russian operator MTS slashed STD charges to around 27 paise per minute (half paise per second,) Uninor has followed suit, though only in the Mumbai circle for now. However, unlike MTS customers, Uninor customers will have to pay an extra Rs 36 per month for availing of 30 paise per […]
Airtel digital TV, the DTH service by Bharti Airtel, has jumped onto the agri-information bandwagon, launching a new “interactive” service called iKisaan. The service will add to the five such services already launched — iLearn, iNews, iDarshan, iGoodlife and iAstro — priced at Rs 10 to Rs 15 each. The services are based on dissemination […]
Barely a month after taking charge as the chief minister, Mamata Bannerjee has issued an ordinance taking back 400 acres out the total 1000 acres given to Tata to build the Nano factory in Singur. The ordinance marks the carrying out of one of her biggest promises to the electorate in Bengal during the just […]
Arguably India’s most effective writer on the Mumbai underworld, journalist J Dey has been shot dead by suspected underworld operatives near his home in Powai, Mumbai. Jyotirmoy Dey, who spent most of his reporting career bringing out scintillating accounts of the goings on in the Mumbai underworld for the Indian Express in Mumbai, was working […]
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam, one of the core supporters of the UPA government at the Centre, has called for an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss latest political events. The call has come after DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, Kanimozhi, was denied bail by the Delhi High Court. Kanimozhi, close to Karunanidhi’s heart, will spend most of […]
Letsbuy.com, the online e-tailer with a reputation for bringing out the latest tech-toys to India, has launched the HTC’s first tablet — the Flyer — in India. The 7-inch Android 2.4 device has been priced at Rs 37,499 by the online retailer and has been launched in India within two weeks of its Singapore debut. […]
