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 […]
DMK Patriarch M Karunanidhi has been caught in a catch-22 situation after the arrest of his daughter Kanimozhi. Most senior leaders have reached the party headquarters and gone into a huddle to determine their next step. While, on an emotional level, both the leader and most of DMK’s rank and file want to ‘take revenge’ […]
A day after environment minister and IITian Jairam Ramesh rued the quality of research and faculty at India’s premier technology and management educational institutions, he got support from human resources minister Kapil Sibal. Sibal, talking to the media, pointed out that Indian IITs and IIMs — on which many Indians feel proud — are not […]
The Delhi High Court explosion was caused by an unidentified package left near the Ford Figo car, and not inside the car as suspected earlier. Dharmendra Kumar, Commissioner for Law and Order in Delhi said the suspected package was left near the car and may have contained explosive substance. “The Forensics team are on their […]
The environment ministry’s expert body, which was initially in favor of letting Lavasa complete 257 buildings under construction, has now deferred any decision on the project. It noted that Lavasa has changed its plans for this ‘under construction’ area through its ‘Special Planning Authority’ status and that the Bombay High Court has asked for a […]
Dabangg, the Salman Khan starring entertainer directed by newcomer and brother of director Anurag Kashyap, Abhinav Kashyap has won the award for the most popular film of 2010 in the National Film Awards being announced in a few minutes, according to sources. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz’s elder brother, Salman Khan and […]
The Congress has said that the arrest of Kanimozhi will not affect its alliance with DMK and that it will not comment on the matter. “I don’t think it is necessary for a political party to comment upon the merits of an ongoing judicial proceeding… This being a matter between accused persons and investigating agences, […]
Just on the heels of the killing of the 35 highway workers in the Patkia province last week ten more workers became victims of the blast in the Kandhar province, southern Afghanistan. RTN sources say that when the labourers were going for their daily work in the rural Panjwayi district of Kandahar province blast took […]
G’FIVE, one of the new mobile brands to make its presence felt in India, has announced that it will soon launch Android tablets priced at Rs 10,000 or less. Currently, branded tablets cost Rs 15,000 or more in India, including the iPad, which costs around Rs 30,000 and the Samsung Galaxy tab which costs upwards […]
