It is mistakenly called LG’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy S3, but the new LG Optimus G is clearly a superior phone to the Samsung model though it is priced Rs 2,000 more. LG said it is launching the Jelly Bean 4.7-inch Optimus G two days after the phone actually started showing up on retail […]
The tussle between the Centre and the DMK over the Sri Lanka Tamils issue is fast turning nasty, if one reads between the lines of home minister P Chidambaram’s response to DMK’s move to withdraw support to the central government late yesterday. In a statement that contained as many hints as information, Chidambaram today said […]
The Kerala High Court has also directed oil distribution companies like Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to supply diesel to the Kerala State Transport Corporation at subsidized rates. The Madras High Court had, yesterday, asked the companies to supply subsidized diesel to the local transport corporation. KSRTC is currently getting […]
GDP growth is unlikely to meet Government’s expectations for a 6.1-6.7% growth next financial year, Angel Broking has said, pegging the number at a more realistic 5.7%. The toned down expectation may be the result of previous experience. For example, last year’s Economic Survey had predicted a GDP growth of 7.6% this year, but the […]
An estimated 25 lakh foreign workers, including lakhs from India, will be forced to return to their home countries after Saudi Arabia decided to stop the practice of issuing ‘free visas’. “Free visas” allow subjects of Saudi Arabia to bring (or sponsor) workers from abroad under more relaxed rules, and often send them off to […]
The government has given more details of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor or DMIC, and the first phase will be complete by 2018, it said. The DMIC is India’s attempt to catch up with China in industrial development, especially manufacturing. The seven built-from-scratch are being developed with the co-operation and investment of global giants like […]
The international version of Samsung Galaxy S4, the first phone to feature the ‘Big.Little’ eight-core architecture from ARM, is likely to launch in India on May 1 and carry a price tag of Rs 45,000, according to indications from retailers taking pre-orders for the super phone. “Expected date of launch in India is 1st May […]
The Suryanelli rape case took yet another turn on Monday morning with Dharmarajan, the key and only person in the scandal who was convicted in the case, saying that he had taken Congress leader PJ Kurien to the Kumili guest house where the girl was kept. Rajyasabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien was not named in […]
India’s consumer price index has jumped by 10.8% in January, on of the steepest rates of price increases. Price increases are calculated on the basis of surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) to find out what ordinary people consume the most, and how the prices have changed in the market. An increase […]
If you are planning to break up with your partner, better change the passwords of your Facebook, email and even banking accounts – according to the findings of a new survey by McAfee. The online survey, involving more than 1000 people in India, found that found that about 3 in 4 (74%) individuals regularly check […]
Hilton Worldwide, one of the world’s biggest hotel chains, has opened its seventh hotel in India’s national capital region of Delhi (NCR). The Garden Inn will be Hilton’s 12th hotel in India, and is located in Gurgaon, a satellite city of Delhi home to the biggest number of IT companies in North India. The 201-room […]
The government of Kerala again refused to order a new investigation into the role of Rajya Sabha chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli case after CP Ramaraja Prema Prasad, secretary in the law ministry, said the new revelations do not justify a new inquiry. “Factually or legally, there are no sufficient grounds to order further […]
TRAI Chairman JS Sarma denied CNBC TV18’s report that the regulator has just recommended cancellation of 69 2G licenses. He said the body has not taken any such action. “I don’t know what CNBC is trying to do,” he said when asked about the report. TRAI had, a day after the CAG report indicting A […]
India’s oil import bill continued to remain near record levels in January, and imports of non-oil items too gained pace, taking the trade deficit to the unhealthy $200 billion mark this year. India’s oil bill rose 7 percent in January to $15.6 billion. The increase was 12.3% in rupee terms, as the value of the […]
A vast majority of salaried class people employed in a host of trade and industry sectors want the Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram to raise the exemption limit of income tax to at least Rs 3 lakhs and increase deductions such as medical and educational allowances in the Union Budget so that they are left […]
Global payments company Visa Inc has tied up with India’s ICICI Bank to introduce a ready-made ‘mobile money’ solution targeting mobile operators, smaller banks etc.. The solution, which will enable smaller banks and operators compete with the likes of ‘Airtel Mobile Money’ and Oxicash, has got its anchor tenant in the form of Maxis-owned Aircel […]
India has been dragged into a tough diplomatic situation with the former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and 12 members of parliament from his party rushing to the Indian embassy in the island nation, seeking protection. Maldivian police forces are standing outside the Indian embassy, urging the politicians to get out of the embassy and […]
It has been a year since Indian and foreign media reported that India’s procurement of 12 VVIP helicopters from Italy’s Finmeccanica through Britain’s Agusta Westland was being probed for corruption by magistrates in Italy. Yet, the government did not order any inquiry despite the Italian investigation. It was in February 2012 that Italian media reported […]
Cheap and Samsung never go together, at least in the Indian market. The Korean company enjoys the perks of being a premium brand, next only to Apple, in the Indian mobile and tablet market. While that has ensured that the Indian market remains profitable for Samsung, it has also opened up a large gap in […]
The Suryanelli case has taken yet another turn with the arrest of Dharmarajan, the only person who was convicted in the case and who accused Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien of involvement in the rape case. Dharmarajan had jumped bail soon after being convicted in 2001 for traficking the girl for prostitution and other […]
