A month after releasing the three-digit emergency number for women in Delhi, the government on Monday said it will make available the '181' women helpline number to all states of the country. "We will give single emergency number 181 to women across the country," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters. ...
03:20 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Delhi Government will make functional within a week a three-digit helpline number '181' for women in distress. The helpline will be set up at Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's office at Delhi Secretariat and will be functional before December 31. ...
01:20 AM, Dec 25, 2012
The number of rapes in India shot up from 1953 to 2011 by a staggering 873 per cent, the CPI-M's "People's Democracy" said in its latest edition released Thursday. "Sexual crimes against women have been rising alarmingly all across the country," the newspaper said in the wake of the brutal gang-rape of a young woman in a bus in Delhi. ...
05:22 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out by February next year, which will allow users to retain their numbers even if they move from one state to another. ...
10:29 AM, Dec 13, 2012
South Africa, who have not lost an away Test series since 2006, will host NZ for a two Tests next. ...
03:25 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Mumbai: United Breweries Ltd on Friday posted a net profit of Rs 34.2 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, as against Rs 19.5 crore in the year-ago period. The revenue of the company, part of Vijay Mallya-led UB Group, also rose to Rs 875 crore in the same period. The company had recorded revenue of Rs 750 crore in the second quarter of the previous fiscal. On quarter-on-quarter...
09:40 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Gurgaon: A lot has been read into numbers when it comes to India's growth story. While India Inc has usually welcomed high percentage growth numbers as the high-point of private-public partnership, downward revision of growth rate has invited brickbats from the industry and media alike. But numbers very often mask reality. Where as the question for a country like India should have been prosperity and redistributive equity, somehow the discourse...
01:32 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom operator, on Wednesday reported its 11th consecutive quarter of net profit dip as rising costs and competition squeezed margins, forcing the company to look at increase in tariff. Net profit in July-September dropped 29.7 per cent to Rs 721.2 crore from Rs 1,027 crore in the year ago period. The profit in the second quarter was 5 per cent lower than Rs 762.2...
01:16 PM, Nov 07, 2012
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani, in an indirect attack at India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal, has said laws like the Lokpal Bill cannot help in solving the problem of corruption in India. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Nilekani said, "I think it is not just laws, you need something by which land titling is improved, you need something by which land registration...
08:57 AM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Expressing disappointment over slow growth of the industrial production, India Inc on Friday asked the Reserve Bank to cut interest rate at which the central bank lends to banks to help boost investments. "The IIP figures are disappointing. What is of serious concern is the sharp drop in electricity production even as the manufacturing sector continues to stagnate due to faltering investments," CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said...
03:36 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Wednesday said it will levy financial disincentives on operators for contravention of mobile number portability (MNP) regulations ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. "In order to ensure compliance of MNP regulations by access providers, the authority has decided to amend the regulations to incorporate the provisions for levying financial disincentives where contravention is established in rejection of porting requests and...
11:46 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI has asked telecom companies to de-activate the international calling facility in pre-paid numbers and restore it only after a subscriber gives his explicit consent to avail this facility. "Inform all pre-paid subscribers having ISD facility, through SMS, within 10 days of the date of issue of this direction, that ISD facility of the subscribers shall be discontinued after sixty days," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
01:20 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Hyderabad: The transport department has decided to permit 20,000 new autorickshaws in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits and issued orders to this effect here on Wednesday. With this the number of autos in Hyderabd will go up to 97,357. Of the 20,000 new autorickshaws, 13,000 will be available for applicants under open category, 4,000 reserved for BCs, 2,000 for SC/ST categories and 1,000 for minorities. The process of...
04:27 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: Aruna Irani once sizzled on silver screen with item numbers such as 'Chadti Jawaani'. She says people's ideas about item numbers have not changed much despite all these years. "Item numbers were there in our time as well. At that time people used to say we are wearing less clothes... The same thing is happening now," Aruna told IANS. She feels people's mindset towards items songs have not...
05:57 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Kareena Kapoor, Randeep Hooda, Shahana Goswami and Arjun Rampal are in the star cast of Madhur Bhandarkar's highly talked about film Heroine. The film will hit the screens on September 21, 2012. Watch Kareena Kapoors Halkat Jawani item number here. ...
10:48 AM, Aug 17, 2012
At 0-1 down after two Tests, nothing but a win in the third Test against South Africa can save England's crown. ...
11:54 AM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has gained a place to fourth in the world badminton rankings. Saina swapped places with China's Shixian Wang in the latest rankings announced on Wednesday by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Saina currently has 76331.7444 points, 300 more than Shixian, who missed the Olympics as only three players from a nation are eligible to play. Parupalli Kashyap, who reached the quarter-finals in...
07:43 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Hyderabad: In view of the terrorist threats to the country, the Hyderabad traffic police are all set to launch a special drive on improper number plates in the twin cities from August 13. Heavy penalties will be imposed on motorists found driving with improper number plates and carrying no driving licence, registration certificates or other documents. Their vehicles will be released only after drivers, along with their parents, attend a...
02:37 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Delhiites would be able to bid for fancy and VIP numbers for their cars with the Delhi Cabinet on Monday clearing a proposal to auction such numbers at high prices to generate additional revenue. The auction will be held every fortnight and the amount collected would be transferred to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund for enhancing the sphere of grant during natural calamities and for needy persons facing...
07:45 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday put the UPA on notice with party chief Sharad Pawar and member Praful Patel staying away from their ministries, albeit stopping short of formally resigning from the Cabinet. In a damage control exercise, a worried Prime Minister called Pawar a "valued colleague". However, the three attempts made over the past 24 hours to reach out to the NCP chief have failed...
08:36 AM, Jul 21, 2012
