Bangalore, (IANS) India’s premier private carrier Jet Airways will operate a daily flight from Jan 3, for six days in a week, from Mangalore in coastal Karnataka to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “A Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 170 economy seats will fly six times a week to Dubai and back with warm [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday reiterated the need for having a regional water body for the northeast involving high level participation of all the states there to build consensus on water-related issues at political, technical and administrative levels. Speaking at the 6th meeting of the National Water Resources Council, organized by [...]
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Srinagar, (IANS) The trial run of a train through the 11.2 km-long tunnel – India’s longest – across the Pir Panjal Mountain range in the Kashmir Valley was successfully completed Friday, officials said. Regular services could begin by March. The trial run started from the Qazigund railway station in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district where dozens [...]
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Mumbai, (IANS) There was no event to mark the occasion, no speeches and the icon himself was not even there at Bombay House to see the transition, as Ratan Naval Tata Friday retired as chairman of the $100-billion Tata Group, which he had joined 50 years ago. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, 44, who was unanimously named [...]
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Russia will spend 2.1 trillion rubles (about $70 billion) under a state programme for the development of the national space industry in 2013-2020, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. “The total volume of funding is quite significant — 2.1 trillion rubles, including extra-budgetary sources,” he said. The programme is designed to ensure the country retains [...]
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By Abdul Vahid V The New Year 2013 is around the corner. Global mobile phone market is to witness to a great change in 2013. The coming year will bring out lots of innovative handsets. Tech makers will unveil a flurry of products that have many special features and attributes. Here we are up to [...]
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Many Russians need not even interact with Indians while visiting Goa. They can eat, drink, stay in Russian hotel and ride in Russian taxi in Goa. But many local cabbies are agitating against Russian taxis By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji: A chartered flight from Moscow lands. A family of five ash-blonde Russians steps out, clears immigration [...]
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Singapore, (IANS) The Indian trainee physiotherapist, who was gang-raped in New Delhi, had suffered “significant brain injury” and continued to be in an “extremely critical condition” at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital here, a media report said Friday. Besides a prior cardiac arrest, she also had infection of her lungs and abdomen, “as well as significant [...]
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Scoreboard India 192/5 (20/20 ov) G Gambhir lbw b Umar Gul 21 AM Rahane c & b Umar Gul 28 V Kohli run out (Saeed Ajmal) 27 Yuvraj Singh c Shoaib Malik b Umar Gul 72 MS Dhoni*† b Umar Gul 33 SK Raina not [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Thursday sought a special economic package from the central government for people affected by the ban on the mining industry in the state. “The centre should sanction a special financial package for people whose livelihood is affected due to the mining ban,” Parrikar said at the meeting [...]
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5 Best Tablet of 2012 include Google Nexus 7, iPad 4, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity
December 28, 2012 No CommentAmong innumerable tabs launched in the market 5 best tablet of 2012 include Google Nexus 7, iPad 4, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ Apple iPad (4th generation) Apple’s fourth generation iPad made unprecedented sale of over 3 million devices during first weekend of its launched. [...]
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Chennai, (IANS) Union Minister M.K.Alagiri’s son Durai Dayanidhi was grilled by police in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai in connection with illegal mining of granite by a company in which he was a director. A prime accused in the case, Dayanidhi was on the run for several months till the Madras High Court this month quashed the [...]
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Abu Dhabi, (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Argentina have held talks to consolidate their trade and investment cooperation. The meet was held Thursday between Jassem Mohammed Al Qasimi, director of Economic Affairs and International Cooperation at the UAE’s foreign ministry and Argentinean ambassador to UAE Ruben Eduardo Caro.
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Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, S4 to help Samsung sell 350 million smartphones in 2013
December 28, 2012 No CommentKorean tech giant is the largest manufacturer of smart-phones and Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 and S4 will help Samsung sell 350 million smart phones in 2013 The South Korean tech maker Samsung expects to sell out more than 500 million phones in the coming year. Out of these, around 350 million are hoped to [...]
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