IBM, the world’s largest IT company, is fast catching up with the world’s biggest computer maker HP in the server market, according to the latest quarterly data from Gartner. Unlike HP, IBM also plays in the ‘Mainframe’ market — massive computers that were dominant till the 1970s and approached within striking distance of HP’s market […]
In one of the most daring and audacious moves in Indian telecom sector in the last two years, the Russian operator MTS has cut down all STD and local charges to half a paisa per second. The offer is around 20-50% cheaper than the lowest tariffs offered by competitors in the country. Most operators are […]
The Government of India is considering legal options to prevent Yoga guru Baba Ramdev from conducting his massive fast cum demonstration in Delhi’s Ramlila grounds, according to sources. The Government, which has already tried to reason with the Baba, feels that allowing him to hold a fast in full public glare will lead to instability. […]
Days after the successful conclusion of state-wide Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, a Congress workers has been beheaded in the Kishtwar area. According to security forces, the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a member of the al-Qaida terror network, is responsible for the slaughter. Abdul Ghani Rather was active on the part of the Congress party in the […]
The Britain-based Vodafone group has estimated that the Essar group may have to pay $1 billion (Rs 4,500 crore) out of the $5 billion it receives from Vodafone as tax to the Indian authorities, depending on the outcome of various cases in Indian courts. The British operator, which announced a 16.2% increase in year on […]
Nokia’s global mobile phone marketshare slipped by 5.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, IT market research firm Gartner Inc has reported. It fell from 30.6% a year ago to 25.1% during the three months ended March 2011. Apple, HTC and Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE were the only big brands that saw […]
DMK leader K Karunanidhi’s daughter and the MD of Kalaignar channel K Kanimozhi has been denied bail in the 2G spectrum scam case. The MP is now likely to be sent to the Tihar Jail, where the other accused are also lodged under trial. Sharad Kumar, MD of Kalaignar TV too has been denied bail […]
Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s Interior Minister has accused the terrorists who attacked the PNS Mehran of helping Pakistan’s enemy. “They have destroyed the same ships that would have helped Pakistan detect enemy ships.. By destroying them, they have helped our enemy,” Malik said. Malik asked Pakistani people to realize who are the enemies of the state. […]
Delhi Police have reported a small explosion, seemingly from a gas cylinder in a car, outside the Delhi High Court. “There was a loud explosion and the area has been cordoned off,” said a police official, dismissing the theory that it could have been a bomb. No one has been reported hurt. The explosion happened […]
Vodafone Essar, the Indian unit of the world’s biggest telecom company Vodafone, has moved from an operating loss to an operating profit during the year ended March. Announcing its global results in London today, the Group said that it made a profit of 15 million British Pounds (Rs 110 crore) after accounting for operating and […]
Google’s Android operating system became the World’s top smart-phone operating system during the first quarter of the year, overtaking Nokia’s Symbian, according to the latest numbers from Gartner. The confirmation from Gartner has come after a tight fight between the two OSes during the last quarter of 2010, when another agency, Canalys, said Android had […]
Kanimozhi’s lawyer Ram Jethmalani has said that she will appeal the judgement to deny bail in the High Court of Delhi. The details of the judgement has not been given out, with the judge OP Saini simply saying “bail plea has been dismissed,” after walking into the Court at 2:30 pm. Jethmalani said the appeal […]
Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s Interior Minister has urged people to not jump to conclusions about who was behind the attack on PNS Mehran , but described them as ‘fair and sharp-featured.’ He also seemed to hint at state-supported groups. Malik said none of the attackers were arrested alive, but the forces found three bodies. He also […]
India has gained the ignominious distinction for being the World’s biggest sender of phishing emails, according to this year’s IBM X-Force Report. Phishing mails try to trick the reader into parting with details such his phone number, bank passwords, credit card number etc by pretending to be an official mail from a bank, the government […]
Indicating that attempts to divide different portfolios have not been successful, Kerala UDF leader Oommen Chandy has decided to swear in only the heads of the six parties that make up the Congress led alliance in Kerala. After the ceremony today, Chandy and Congress Party head in Kerala, Ramesh Chennithala, will leave for Delhi for […]
Special CBI judge OP Saini said bail is being denied to Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK leader Karunanidhi, so as to prevent any chance of witnesses in the case being influenced. “Considering the magnitude of the crime, the nature of the allegations, …there is no doubt that the accused have not made a case for bail..,” […]
DMK leader Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi will spend another week in Tihar jail as the Delhi High Court has adjourned her bail plea to May 30. The development is mixed news for Kanimozhi as the order setting aside the application for May 30 has come just one day after similar pleas by 5 co-accused were rejected […]
India has taken its total aid commitment in Africa to $5.7 billion over the next three years, prime minister Manmohan Singh said in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Abbaba moments ago. India had last month taken the overall aid to Afghanistan to $2 billion. Singh, who was participating at the Indo-African summit in the East […]
The body carrying out the development of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) — an Indo-Japanese attempt to take on the manufacturing might of China — has finalized initial details of the project. According to the blue-print prepared by the DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC), there will be seven mega cities (called nodes) built over the […]
Actor Salim Kumar, who usually restricts himself to comedy roles, has won the National award for best actor. The award was given for his role in the Malayalam film ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’ [Abu, son of Adam.] The film also won the award for the best feature film as well as several others like that for […]
