The Government has sent a huge police force to scatter would-be marchers from the Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement in Delhi. According to an appeal by Prashant Bhushan, one of the top leaders of the anti-corruption agitation, many protesters were turning up at the Pragati Maidan metro station in New Delhi for a mach. The Pragati […]
The main opposition, Bhartiya Janata Party, has mocked the government’s defence of cracking down on Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption protests. Senior leader and leader of the opposition Arun Jaitley mocked the argument that Hazare was arrested because he refused to limit his supporters to 5,000 in number. Jaitley said the Congress Party led government is crushing […]
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar has expressed his reservations about the Government’s political judgement and called its actions arrogant and out of touch. “It is unimaginable that a popular movement is being blocked like this,” Ravishankar, one of the founding members of the India Against Corruption alliance, said. “So many blunders are being committed. The […]
BJP president Nitin Gadkari, in a grand press conference attended by most senior leaders, has accused the Congress Party led government of slipping into an emergency mentality. BJP, which does not agree with several of the protesters demands as well, asked Congress to respect other people’s right to popularize their opinion, even if they are […]
Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare may not be able to continue his fast for much longer as he is reported to be refusing water as well. Hazare had warned that if there had been police crackdown on his agitation, he would stop taking water as well. While Hazare could go on for several days without taking […]
Thanks to an unprecedented outpouring of support and emotion from across the country, the government is learnt to have issued an order to release Anna Hazare. According to unconfirmed reports, the government has released a warrant for his release to the Director General of Prisons, Delhi. The order/recommendation has to be processed and agreed by […]
Retail prices increased by 6% in January, compared to the same month a year ago, according to data released by the government today. The increase in consumer prices was higher in rural areas (7%) compared to urban areas (4%), according to the data. As expected, the highest increase was in the prices of vegetables. Veggies […]
Google is the search king, but twitter is not far behind, going by the latest move by Firefox-maker Mozilla Foundation. A month after Twitter ended its search-agreement with Google, it has partnered with the Mozilla Foundation to bring the Twitter search feature to Mozilla Firefox browsers. Mozilla has even launched a special ‘Twitter edition’ of […]
As part of the government’s efforts to forge an alliance with opposition parties against the mass movement led by Gandhian Anna Hazare, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told members of the Parliament that the government was opposing Anna to save their rights. Talking before the actual introduction of the bill in Lok Sabha today, Mukherjee said […]
After much anticipation and suspense, Samsung has finally launched the most awaited Android tablet in India, its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 inch versions. As forecast by RTN, Samsung launched the two products at a glittering ceremony in the capital, graced by bollywood star Lara Dutta. The pricing of the bigger tablet has come […]
Mobile phone manufacturers and cellular service providers have opposed many of the key recommendations of the government of India’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on the harmful effects of mobile radiation on human health. The Committee started its work after an experts panel pointed to possible negative effects of cell-phone radiation on human health. Though microwave radiation, such […]
The BJP tried to shoot down the introduction of the Government’s version of the Lokpal bill in Lok Sabha today, on the issue of excluding the Prime Minister under the Bill. The BJP’s motion, however, was defeated by voice vote and permission was granted by the Speaker for the introduction of the bill in the […]
The much-awaited upgrade to RIM’s Blackberry phones has just hit India and Blackberry fans can finally look forward to some serious upgrade fun. The Blackberry Bold 9900, one of the three models that were globally unveiled a week ago by RIM as part of its new line-up, has been launched by web retailer Letsbuy.com for […]
Union Information & Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni today expressed “full confidence” in the non-violent nature of Anna’s movement. She, however, justified the crackdown. “I have full confidence in Anna’s movement.. I know they won’t resort to violence,” she said, asked about the arrest. She, however, pointed out that any march, even if non-violent, can be […]
Samsung will launch the new line-up of its Android tablets, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9, in India on the 10th (coming Wednesday). The company will launch the two models — acclaimed as the best Android tablets on the planet right now — at a glittering ceremony in Delhi, according to sources. […]
Not so long ago when a 21-inch bulky, traditional CRT (picture-tube) TV would cost Rs 10,000-12,000. Then came the attack of the panels, first plasma, then LCD and then LED-LCD. In the meanwhile, production of ‘normal’ tube TVs, which used to come for around Rs 7,000 to 11,000, has almost come to an end. Instead, […]
Home Minister P Chidambaram said Anna Hazare and hundreds of his followers have been detained under the “preventive arrest” sections of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC). Chidambaram said Anna and his group were arrested because when asked about today’s program, they said they intended to protest at the JP park. Late yesterday night, Chidambaram […]
Two months after leasing more spectrum on an additional satellite, Dish TV has doubled its total number of channels to 297, including 30 high definition ones. The firm had increased its total spectrum from 432 megahertz to 648 megahertz in December by buying additional space on a satellite adjacent to NSS 6, its original home. […]
More bad news for the government. According to the latest wholesale price index (WPI), prices of essential commodities in India are at a historic high, higher than they were even during the worst price rise phase at the beginning of this year and 2010 (see chart 1 below). While prices had hit a record level […]
Google’s Chrome browser is more popular among heavy Internet users while Firefox users tend to be online less often, according to a study by India-based online research firm Juxt. According to the study, Chrome users access the Internet most frequently, with nearly 2/3rd of them accessing Internet either throughout the day or over 5 times […]
