India

  • India smartphone sales surge almost 3-fold to 44 million in 2013
    New Delhi: Smartphone sales in the country grew almost three-fold to over 44 million in 2013, buoyed by a strong uptake of affordable devices made by local firms such as Micromax and Karbonn, research firm IDC
  • Bajaj to launch four-wheel vehicle but it's not a car
    Bajaj's four-wheeled RE60 is pictured in New Delhi in this January 3, 2012 photo. (REUTERS Photo/File) MUMBAI: It's got four wheels and seatbelts, but Bajaj Auto(BAJA.NS: Quote, Profile, Research), the cre
  • Super summer sale: SpiceJet slashes fares by 75%
    MUMBAI: In yet another bonanza to air travellers at the onset of the summer season, budget carrier SpiceJet on Monday reduced its fares by up to a whopping 75 percent under a special offer.This is the third tim
  • Why Facebook is buying WhatsApp for a whopping $19bn
    SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is betting huge on mobile with an eye-popping cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19 billion for Internet Age smartphone messaging service WhatsApp.The surprise, mega-deal announced on Wedn
  • Google asks Internet-connected eyewear fans not to be “Glassholes”
    San Francisco, February 19: Google gave early adopters of its Internet-connected eyewear a bit of advice: don’t be “Glassholes.” It was the final suggestion in a recommended code of conduct po
  • SBI may slow hiring in next few years
    Hyderabad, February 19: State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, may go slow on recruitments during the next 2-3 years. According to Managing Director A Krishna Kumar, the PSU bank will try to m
  • India reclaims 31 coal blocks from private firms
    New Delhi/ Bhubaneshwar, February 19: The coal ministry is taking back 31 coal blocks allocated to private firms including the Tata group and Jindal Steel and Power over delays in developing them, jeopardising
  • Mahindra Reva slashes e2o price
    NEW DELHI: Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles, a part of the Mahindra Group, today slashed the price of its electric car e2o by up to Rs 1.7 lakh by introducing a scheme under which a consumer pays a rental fee fo
  • Telangana celebrates as CM prepares to resign
    Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party president K. Chandrashekar Rao shows a thumbs up sign to supporters after the Indian parliament’s lower house passed the bill for the creation of new state called 
  • LS live telecast disrupted during Telangana debate
    New Delhi, February 18 (IANS): Live telecast of the Lok Sabha proceedings was Tuesday disrupted soon after the house started discussing the bill to create a separate Telangana state. An official said the disrup
  • Rajagopal, pepper spray MP quits politics
    NEW Delhi, February 18 (PTI): Seemandhra MP L Rajagopal, who had created a storm by splashing pepper spray in Lok Sabha, on Tuesday resigned from Parliament and announced quitting politics, saying he was “
  • Cool move to beat poll heat: ACs, fridges to get cheaper
    NEW DELHI: There may be good news for those of you planning to buy airconditioners and refrigerators this summer as the finance minister proposed a 2% cut in excise duty for a range of consumer durable products
  • 10-point agenda to make India 3rd largest economy
    New Delhi, February 17 (IANS): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday unveiled a 10-point agenda that would help make India the third largest economy by 2043 only behind the US and China.While presenting the in
  • Consolidated budget highlights
    The following are the consolidated highlights of the interim budget for 2014-15 presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister P. Chiddambaram on Monday:*     No change in income tax rates*  
  • Tarun Tejpal case: Goa police seeks trial on day-to-day basis
    Panaji, February 17 (IANS): Capping a two-and-half-month-long investigation, the Goa crime branch Monday formally charged Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal with raping a junior colleague. Tejpal was also cha
  • Defence allocated Rs 2,24,000 crore, 10% more than last time
    NEW DELHI, February 17 (PTI): Amid its modernization drive, the defence ministry was on Monday allocated Rs 2,24,000 crore in the interim budget, marking a 10 per cent increase over the last budget.The allocati
  • Prez imposes PR in Delhi
    New Delhi, February 17 (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee has imposed President’s rule in Delhi and accepted the Arvind Kejriwal government’s resignation, authorities said Monday. “The Preside
  • AAP against crony capitalism: Kejriwal
    New Delhi, February 17 (IANS): Perceived as anti-industry, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said his Aam Aadmi Party is actually against crony capitalism. “We are not against capitalism,
  • Jagan slams Sonia for Telangana decision
    NEW DELHI, February 17 (PTI): Launching a fresh protest against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday accused Sonia Gandhi of dividing the state for political gains.Sitt
  • Spare a day for anti-graft, welfare bills: Rahul Gandhi
    New Delhi, February 17 (IANS): Assuring activists that the government will try its best to get anti-graft and social welfare bills passed during the current session of parliament, Congress vice president Rahul
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