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 […]
Symantec was the biggest anti-virus vendor in 2010, according to the latest numbers from IT market research firm Gartner, even as small competitors nibbled away at bigger brands’ businesses during the year. Against a 12% increase in overall security software (anti-virus) market, Symantec was able to increase its revenues by just 5.8%. It was followed, […]
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 […]
The Congress Party has officially called Anna Hazare and his movement a proxy for the RSS, after tip-toeing around the allegation for several days. Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said that the Party did not think Anna Hazare was an “instrumentality of forces” two weeks ago, but is now convinced that he is. “..the forces in […]
Moser Baer Solar, the largest Indian photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer and part of the Moser Baer optical media group, has tied up Munro Distributing Co., one of the top solar equipment distribution firms in the US. Munro will offer Moser Baer’s solar modules and sue them in its designs of commercial turnkey solar PV systems, […]
