The BJP has come out with an unusually strong response to what it calls reports of attempts of compromise on the issue of Kashmir in the ongoing foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan. BJP’s seniormost leader LK Advani said there were reports that India plans to compromise on its stand on Kashmir and […]
Gandhian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will meet with Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi tomorrow as part of his efforts to lobby support for tough anti-corruption organization. “We want all the parties to support us.. We will meet her and ask her, how can we make sure that corruption can be eliminated (through the bill,)” he […]
The Supreme Court has slammed the Central Government for failing to take effective steps against black money and appointed its own special investigation team headed by two retired judges. The team will be comprised of Justices Jeevan Reddy and MB Shah and will direct the investigation independently. The Supreme Court is has been hearing a […]
UP chief secretary Shashank Shekar has confirmed that Dr YS Sachan, who was found hanging in a jail hospital in Lucknow today morning, was tortured with sharp instruments before being killed. “According to the post mortem (autopsy), there were 9 injuries on his body. Eight of them were made with sharp weapons.. Injuries were found […]
Nokia has finally released the X7 smart phone — its latest device aimed at the large-screen multimedia market — in India, pricing it at just under Rs 23,000. The device, however, is likely to get substantially cheaper in the coming weeks and months as its specifications are not up to those of other phones in […]
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha has criticized the Army for shooting down a 13 year old boy. She rejected the Army’s contention that they mistook the boy for a possible terrorist, with the CM saying that the Army should have been able to distinguish between a boy and a terrorist. “”The Army jawan (soldier) […]
The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Government of India on taking out the Central Bureau of Investigation from the ambit of the Right to Information Act or RTI. The Cabinet had removed the CBI from within the scope of the RTI a week ago claiming that the RTI petitions seeking information on […]
Owners of high-end Nokia phones (N8, E7, C7 and C6-01) can upgrade their existing operating system to the next version of Symbian — the Anna — free of charge by the end of August, Nokia India said today. The Anna is likely to be the last big upgrade to the venerable Symbian operating system before […]
Despite keeping most of its opinion and suggestions private, the main opposition party, the BJP, seems to be on the side of popular anti-corruption campaigners on the only topic on which it has spoken so far. “It has kept the appointment process under its control.. It has kept the complete majority of the appointment panel,” […]
Motorola has just launched its flagship tablet — the Motorola Xoom in India for Rs 38,999. It is the first tablet to offer any real competition to the iPad2 and the first high-end, big screen Android tablet to hit India as well. However, if you are in the market for a great Android tablet that […]
It’s something we always knew, but just in case you wanted confirmation — mobile browser firm Opera has just delivered it — Facebook is the new Orkut for Indians. Orkut, which unexpectedly became a hit in India (and Brazil) has found its going tough of late, particularly as users are spending more and more time […]
Government of India has indicated a softer stand on the demands of the Civil Society activists on Lokpal. Home minister P Chidambaram, attended a press conference on Lokpal today, said he did not consider a fast by Anna Hazare after August 15 as an inevitability. “Why do you consider it as inevitable?.. We will present […]
The Motorola Xoom, the best challenger to Applie iPad2, has been launched in India for a price of Rs 39,000 (Rs 38,999) by Letsbuy.com. The Xoom is the only 10 inch tablet other than the iPad available in India and has features very similar to the iPad, though in some technical ways, Xoom is more […]
A study of 27 paints from India, Bangladesh and Nepal has shown dangerously high levels of lead, according to a report by Toxics Link, the NGO specializing in pollution abatement. The tests were conducted on all the major paint brands in India (and the other two countries). “Overall 63% of the paint samples studied were […]
Google, which has a track-record of coming out with innovative ways to promote itself, has launched an ad-campaign with a twist in India. The online web search engine, which dwarfs most of the brick-and-mortar companies of the World with its $35 billion revenue, has based its biggest TV campaign in India on real life stories. […]
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NDA leader and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has denied that the BJP-led opposition at the centre is playing dirty politics on the issue of the Lokpal bill. He denied the Congress’ accusation that the BJP led National Democratic Alliance is opposed to the strict anti-corruption law proposed by the campaigners led by Anna Hazare. […]
In a huge relief to ordinary mobile customers suffering from unwanted “value added services,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made a written request from the consumer mandatory for the starting of value added services. Value added services (VAS) are those which are in addition to the normal SMS and voice calling facility. […]
G’Five, the biggest Chinese brand of mobile phones, has emerged as the fastest growing top-10 mobile brand in India last year, followed by Blackberry maker Research In Motion or RIM. The numbers, released by the Voice & Data magazine, also points to local brand Micromax as having held on to its position as Number 3 […]
In a sign of increasing business confidence, Gartner Inc, the market research agency, has raised its growth forecast for 2011 for the third time due to a stronger-than-expected bounce-back in the IT market. It’s first guidance, made last year, was for a 3.5% increase in IT spending this year. It hiked the forecast to 5.1% […]
