Gopinath Munde, the rebel Maharashtrian leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party has said he does not intend to leave the Bhartiya Janata Party. He has been in talks with Congress and NCP leaders, allegedly to explore the option of joining them, but seems to have found nothing worthwhile to take up in those parties. “I […]
Anna Hazare has rebutted government’s arguments against including all government servants under the upcoming anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal. He also reaffirmed that the second round of agitations will begin on August 16. He pointed out that unless all the officials of the Government are brought under the watchful gaze of the Lokpal, India cannot get rid […]
The Mumbai police have arrested one suspect in the investigation of the journalist J Dey, charging him with trying to cheat the reporter by posing as a Government officer. Nihal Tanna has been sent to police custody for three days, during which time he will be interrogated for getting any leads about the murder. He […]
An improvised explosive device, a sort of a crude bomb, has been found in the Kanchenjunga Express at the Guwahati railway station in Assam. Police described the device as “powerful” programmable timer device, planted inside a tiffin carrier. The police have disabled the bomb. The bomb was found at the peak hour on the station. […]
If the Congress is in a mood to share some of the flak for ‘blocking’ a strong Lokpal through an All Party meet, the opposition seems to be in no mood to share the burden of resisting an increasingly focused anti-corruption movement. The Congress, after a brainstorming session of the top leaders at the PM […]
Finally, the grand-daddy of mobiles phones for Indians, Nokia, has come out with a phone that will have even the staunchest Galaxy or iPhone fan skip a heart-beat. The N9 is undoubtedly Nokia’s best phone to-date and suddenly catapults it into the league of big-screen phone makers like Samsung, HTC and Apple that ‘have it.’ […]
Former Water Resources minister and Congress leader Saifuddin Soz has urged the Government of India to push for a joint committee to the activities on the Chinese section of the Brahmaputra. Soz said that he has noted the assurance of the foreign minister SM Krishna on the matter, but would still prefer to have a […]
Santosh Hegde, Karnataka Lokayukta and one of five people representing the people’s movement against corruption on the Lokpal panel, has again reiterated his stand that the issue of the Prime Minister’s inclusion under the Lokpal may be a diversion tactic. He pointed out that the way the Congress and the Government have suddenly highlighted the […]
Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone brand that enjoys tremendous brand value in India, may finally be getting its act together in the mid-range. The company today remains unassailable only in the low-range, and has seen its share of the market relentlessly chopped away in both the mid-range and the high-end of India’s mobile phone market. […]
India Against Corruption, the umbrella body led by Anna Hazare fighting for the creation of a strong Lokpal, has called the current controversy over the inclusion of the Prime Minister under Lokpal authority a diversionary tactic and a trap. The organization, on its facebook page, called it a red herring — a diversionary tactic used […]
Some Asian countries seem to have left the Western countries in terms of smartphone adoption, according to the latest numbers from Canalys — a digital market research agency. The numbers revealed that a whopping 61% of all phone sold in Singapore last year were ‘smartphones’. And just in case you were wondering if these were […]
In an attempt to buy time, the Government of India has decided to delay the Monsoon session of Parliament by two weeks. The move will help the Government thrash out all the formalities of framing the Lokpal bill. It was earlier scheduled to convene the Parliament by mid July and present the draft Lokpal bill. […]
The Delhi police, which had been given a time of two weeks by the Supreme Court to explain its midnight action against supporters of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, has claimed that it was not a lathi-charge. The Delhi Police, which reports directly to the Union Home Ministry under P Chidambaram, will submit its response to […]
A US diplomatic cable written two years ago has revealed how the Left parties, which opposed the Indo-US civil nuclear deal tooth and nail, were the most aggressive when it came to enjoying the fruits of that agreement. The alliance between the Congress party and the Left parties (which were supporting the UPA at that […]
The Enforcement Directorate — in charge of hunting down tax evaders and money launderers — has filed a case against former Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli. The Case has been filed under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Lalli was put under the lens after the Prime Minister’s office issued an order to the effect in February […]
Government raids have exposed the continuing sale of banned drugs such as Rosiglitazone, Gatifloxacin and Tegaserod in hospitals and stores in Delhi. In a statement, the Office of Drugs Controller General of India said the raids were conducted in 130 hospitals and medical stores — without specifying the names of the Hospitals. Alarmingly, in more […]
The Supreme Court has finished hearing the arguments on Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi’s bail plea in the 2G scam case. It reserved the order for 12:30 pm. Kanimozhi’s main argument in the case has been that she is a woman and the primary care-giver to a 10-year-old child. On Legal grounds, she has argued that since […]
Most of us know HP as a computer company. Still fewer of us know it as an enterprise services company. But now, the world’s largest PC maker seems to be trying out the consumer Internet market as well. In a surprising move, HP has launched a video-watching tool that can be downloaded and installed on […]
BJP general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad has hit back at Congress for questioning the qualification of Nitin Gadkari to occupy the seat of the BJP President. The Congress had questioned Gadkari’s qualification to talk about election and democracy pointing out that he was just a normal worker affiliated to the RSS before being elevated to […]
Taking a leaf from competitors such as Asianet Cable, Bharti Airtel, one of India’s biggest private sector Internet providers, has upgraded all its volume-based broadband customers to 2 Mbps in the big cities and to 1 Mbps in others. Customers, such as those who have been using 256 Kbps connections, need not pay anything to […]
