New Delhi, (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day and the Lok Sabha till 2 p.m. Tuesday as the opposition continued its protests for the fourth day on the government decision to allow FDI in retail. The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, which met at noon after question hour was disrupted, continued to [...]
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Many people in USA and North America may have never heard the name of Huawei. But Chinese company’s handset Ascend D2 has better specs than Apple iPhone 5 The phablet market is set to get more products in coming days. Huawei, a successful Chinese mobile maker, seems to be working to immediately launch its Ascend [...]
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Though losing the war in feature phone market to Samsung, Nokia has not given up the scuffle. The Finnish mobile maker has emerged with a pair of feature phones to add to its famous Asha lineup. Dubbed the Asha 205 and Asha 206, the handsets are set to dethrone the Asha 201, the cheapest model [...]
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People’s choice is no longer limited as there are so many great handsets available in the market. Nokia Lumia 920, iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3 are definitely among 5 best smart phones Smart phones are in the highest demand right now and shoppers had never had it so good before. Earlier the choice was very [...]
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Many had thought that with poll drubbing Republicans will wake up to the irrational behaviour of their party leaders by endorsing President Obama’s tax policies and start supporting his fiscal measures. But it seems that the despite huge loss of face with electoral debacle, the Republicans have not learnt a single lesson. They are as [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) An official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) deposed in a Delhi court Monday and identified the letters exchanged between former telecom minister A. Raja and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007 over the 2G spectrum allocation. Section Officer Pushpendra Kumar Sharma identified the letters written by Raja, the main accused in [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking to impose environment compensation charge of 25 percent of the sale value on new private diesel cars in the National Capital Region (NCR). Besides this, the plea by amicus curiae Harish Salve has sought the levying of environment [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath Monday met Visiting London Mayor Boris Johnson here to discuss ways of improving urban transport and infrastructure in India. “We discussed issues like urban public transport, heritage management and urban infrastructure. We have planned to move on the MoU on urban regeneration and development which both [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) In an ambitious policy initiative that could prove to be a game-changer for UPA-II, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday announced direct cash payout of subsidies to beneficiaries from Jan 1, 2013. The subsidy amount would be transferred to beneficiaries’ bank accounts linked to Aadhaar cards. The scheme is expected to cut down [...]
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Research in Motion’s BlackBerry 10 features have improved its share price. Analysts believe that its great features will improve its market prospects in the days to come. Things haven’t looked so rosy for Ontario, Canada based Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturers Of BlackBerry brand of smart-phone in a long, long time. RIM was thought to [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) India Monday signed a pact with China to enhance mutual technical cooperation between the the two Asian countries in the field of railways, an official statement said. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), both the countries will enhance mutual cooperation across various areas of rail technology including high speed rail, heavy haulage [...]
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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, (IANS) Goa puts on its best Spanish accent this year as it prepares to say a holy ‘ola’ to devotees of a legendary Basque saint who put the state on the world map back in the 1500s. The influential Roman Catholic church in Goa will, for the first time, honour the [...]
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In two months only, Samsung sold 5 million units of Galaxy Note 2. It was not possible without the power of its great specs Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note 2 phablet continues to create waves in world market. The hugely praised handset has been sold out in more than 5 million units in a matter of [...]
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By Rajat Ghai New Delhi, (IANS) He is the liberal face of Indian Islam and the Bohra community. Author and activist Asghar Ali Engineer, who has dedicated his life to studying communalism in India and South Asia, believes that his community (Bohras) will not vote for the BJP in the Gujarat assembly elections in December. [...]
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