Olivea Travels, India’s first and only ultra-luxury bus service, is offering 24-hour a half-price sale on its Bangalore-Chennai bus route in association with US deals website Groupon. The Rs 1,400 ticket will fetch you an experience including a multi-cuisine and beverages service, an on-board “luxury” toilet, a 10-inch TV with live DTH service, and WiFi […]
Days after finance minister P Chidambaram took to the internet to address live questions from the people about the budget, it is the turn of Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to face questions from the public. The event, to be held today at 5 pm, will also feature other top officials from the Planning […]
The telecom regulator has mooted the idea of having a single emergency number, like 911 in the USA, in India. In a new consultation paper, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested bringing different emergency services like the police, ambulance, fire brigade, civil defense and disaster management under the same access number. Currently, […]
When Micromax Canvas HD A116 hit preorder last month, it ensured such a frenzy among the mobile-crazy that the phone is still out-of-stock on nearly all online stores and major retail outlets in India. Perhaps it was to be expected — after all, for nearly a year, the only quad-core smartphone in India, the Samsung […]
It is mistakenly called LG’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy S3, but the new LG Optimus G is clearly a superior phone to the Samsung model though it is priced Rs 2,000 more. LG said it is launching the Jelly Bean 4.7-inch Optimus G two days after the phone actually started showing up on retail […]
The tussle between the Centre and the DMK over the Sri Lanka Tamils issue is fast turning nasty, if one reads between the lines of home minister P Chidambaram’s response to DMK’s move to withdraw support to the central government late yesterday. In a statement that contained as many hints as information, Chidambaram today said […]
The Kerala High Court has also directed oil distribution companies like Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to supply diesel to the Kerala State Transport Corporation at subsidized rates. The Madras High Court had, yesterday, asked the companies to supply subsidized diesel to the local transport corporation. KSRTC is currently getting […]
The Suryanelli case has taken yet another turn with the arrest of Dharmarajan, the only person who was convicted in the case and who accused Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien of involvement in the rape case. Dharmarajan had jumped bail soon after being convicted in 2001 for traficking the girl for prostitution and other […]
Giving into a long-time demand from users, Google News has now enabled users to totally filter out, or ‘ban’, news sources that they don’t like. The feature, introduced without any fanfare, works using a ‘slider’ system for signed-in users, and can be accessed by clicking on the ‘gear wheel’ icon on the top right of […]
The Suryanelli rape case took yet another turn on Monday morning with Dharmarajan, the key and only person in the scandal who was convicted in the case, saying that he had taken Congress leader PJ Kurien to the Kumili guest house where the girl was kept. Rajyasabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien was not named in […]
India’s consumer price index has jumped by 10.8% in January, on of the steepest rates of price increases. Price increases are calculated on the basis of surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) to find out what ordinary people consume the most, and how the prices have changed in the market. An increase […]
If you are planning to break up with your partner, better change the passwords of your Facebook, email and even banking accounts – according to the findings of a new survey by McAfee. The online survey, involving more than 1000 people in India, found that found that about 3 in 4 (74%) individuals regularly check […]
Hilton Worldwide, one of the world’s biggest hotel chains, has opened its seventh hotel in India’s national capital region of Delhi (NCR). The Garden Inn will be Hilton’s 12th hotel in India, and is located in Gurgaon, a satellite city of Delhi home to the biggest number of IT companies in North India. The 201-room […]
The government of Kerala again refused to order a new investigation into the role of Rajya Sabha chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli case after CP Ramaraja Prema Prasad, secretary in the law ministry, said the new revelations do not justify a new inquiry. “Factually or legally, there are no sufficient grounds to order further […]
TRAI Chairman JS Sarma denied CNBC TV18’s report that the regulator has just recommended cancellation of 69 2G licenses. He said the body has not taken any such action. “I don’t know what CNBC is trying to do,” he said when asked about the report. TRAI had, a day after the CAG report indicting A […]
India’s oil import bill continued to remain near record levels in January, and imports of non-oil items too gained pace, taking the trade deficit to the unhealthy $200 billion mark this year. India’s oil bill rose 7 percent in January to $15.6 billion. The increase was 12.3% in rupee terms, as the value of the […]
A vast majority of salaried class people employed in a host of trade and industry sectors want the Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram to raise the exemption limit of income tax to at least Rs 3 lakhs and increase deductions such as medical and educational allowances in the Union Budget so that they are left […]
Global payments company Visa Inc has tied up with India’s ICICI Bank to introduce a ready-made ‘mobile money’ solution targeting mobile operators, smaller banks etc.. The solution, which will enable smaller banks and operators compete with the likes of ‘Airtel Mobile Money’ and Oxicash, has got its anchor tenant in the form of Maxis-owned Aircel […]
India has been dragged into a tough diplomatic situation with the former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and 12 members of parliament from his party rushing to the Indian embassy in the island nation, seeking protection. Maldivian police forces are standing outside the Indian embassy, urging the politicians to get out of the embassy and […]
It has been a year since Indian and foreign media reported that India’s procurement of 12 VVIP helicopters from Italy’s Finmeccanica through Britain’s Agusta Westland was being probed for corruption by magistrates in Italy. Yet, the government did not order any inquiry despite the Italian investigation. It was in February 2012 that Italian media reported […]
