
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed that a five-member expert committee be set up to recommend guidelines for verifying those applying for prepaid mobile connections. A bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice AK Ganguly and Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its judgment, said the committee would be headed by the secretary, department of telecommunications (DoT), and have two members each from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)...

04:30 AM, Apr 28, 2012

CHENNAI: Ask anyone what Gandhi and Chennai have in common and theyd probably reply roads. But the connection between the Mahatma and the Queen of the Coromandel is certainly placed in the annals of time. Sixty-four years after he was slain on his way to address a prayer meeting, we take a look back at the times and places that the Father of the Nation left his diminutive footprint on,...

09:01 AM, Jan 30, 2012

Shillong: Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Mukul M Sangma today inaugurated Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) at Ampati Sub Divisional Office (Civil) in Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Addressing the gathering Sangma said, "WiMAX is the latest technology being deployed for high speed data connection for long distances." WiMAX is basically a type of certification given to an equipment supplier by WiMAX forum, an official press release said. "The two driving...

08:47 AM, Nov 11, 2011

New Delhi: There are nearly four crore mobile phone connections in Delhi, which has a population of 1.68 crore, with the connections taken by city residents witnessing over 50 per cent increase in 2010-11. According to statistics released by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today, more than one crore mobile connections were taken by people in the city during 2010-11. The number of connections in 2009-2010 was 2.82 crore which has...

01:56 PM, Nov 04, 2011

The cast and crew of Aarakshan hit Kolkata recently and even there Amitabh Bachchan had a unique way of wooing the crowds. ...

10:14 AM, Jul 28, 2011

New Delhi: The WikiLeaks India cables have produced some more explosive details. The latest one is on the controversial voting on the 2008 Indo-US civil nuclear deal. WikiLeaks says five days before the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of Manmohan Singh faced a crucial vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha on the deal, Congress leader Satish Sharma's aide Nachiketa Kapur showed a US Embassy employee two chests containing...

07:59 AM, Mar 17, 2011

Consumers cry foul after Centre abolishes pre-paid SIMS. ...

01:38 PM, Nov 01, 2009

His new album
Connections was released on his birthday. ...

03:32 PM, Jan 07, 2009

Individual Internet connections are unlikely to face any problem. ...

01:33 AM, Dec 22, 2008

Alcohol addiction is a silent epidemic that is taking over urban India. ...

12:51 PM, Aug 01, 2008

Indian Oil Corporation is doing this to cut losses. ...

01:40 AM, Aug 01, 2008

Here's a sneak peek into a catchy number from
Kismat Konnection. ...

10:05 PM, Jun 28, 2008

Jaipur: Delhi Daredevils coach Eric Simons on Monday said the presence of Australian allrounder Shane Watson in Rajasthan Royals` playing XI will make a massive difference to their side. Rajasthan have lost three matches in a row, including Sunday night’s thriller in Delhi, and their job to qualify for the playoffs has become quite tough. Simons felt Watson, who is coming to IPL-5 after Australia’s series against West Indies, will...

01:10 PM, May 17, 2008