New Delhi: Jolla has unveiled its first Sailfish smartphone. The highlight of Jolla's homonymous phone is 'The Other Half'. Though Jolla has not revealed in detail what the Other Half is and does, it hints towards choice of a wide array of backpanels, possibly customisable, for the device. Each backpanel gives the phone and the also its UI a different colour and design. Colours, fonts, tones, profiles, functionalities all can...
07:21 PM, May 20, 2013
London: Britain's 2008 Olympic sailing champion Andrew Simpson was killed when his yacht capsized during a training session in the United States, his team said Friday. "The entire Artemis Racing team is devastated by what happened," CEO Paul Cayard said. Simpson, who won an Olympic gold in the Star class at the games in Beijing and silver in London last year, was one of the 11-man crew aboard Artemis Racing's...
02:19 PM, May 10, 2013
Siliguri: Sailen Nath Roy, who had made his way to the Guinness Book of World records for his stunts, died in Siliguri on Sunday while performing a rope stunt over Teesta river at Sevoke. Roy (45) was crossing the turbulent river by hanging from a pulley tied to his ponytail this afternoon. The tragedy took place when the pulley got stuck and he could not move it despite attempts. The...
08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Country's largest steel maker SAIL has said it expects the domestic demand for the metal to grow by 7-8 per cent in 2013, although prices may hover at the current level. "If you see the demand for the first four months of the current calendar year, year-on-year basis globally, even in China, even in India, it is better than the corresponding period of 2012, Steel Authority of India...
02:05 PM, Apr 28, 2013
As the Asian Tour celebrates its 10th anniversary, a new wave of exciting and talented youngsters are taking their place on the centrestage. ...
05:28 PM, Mar 26, 2013
India aided its bid to avoid a credit downgrade by raising $279 million from selling shares in state-run Steel Authority of India Ltd, but needed help from state investors to do so. The share sale on Friday is part of the government's divestment drive to help restrict the fiscal deficit to 5.2 per cent in the year ending March 31, to avoid becoming the first of the BRIC economies to...
07:31 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The government will sell 240.4 million shares, or a 5.82 per cent stake, in state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd through an auction on March 22, the steel ministry said on Wednesday. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Undeterred by adverse political developments, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said there will be no let up in the government's efforts to continue with the economic reforms and he will go ahead with his meetings with foreign investors to persuade them to invest in India. ...
02:50 PM, Mar 20, 2013
An inter-ministerial panel on Wednesday cleared a 10.82 per cent stake sale in steel major SAIL and decided that the issue will hit the markets on Friday, a top Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday. ...
12:10 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The talks between Congress leaders and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday evening on the Sri Lankan issue failed to achieve a breakthrough. ...
10:35 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Thirteen of the 28 Indian seafarers, rescued from Somali pirates after their vessels were hijacked in 2012, reached India on Monday. Meanwhile, Puroshottam Tiwari, father of Dheeraj Tiwari who is still Hostage on MV Iceberg 1, spoke to CNN-IBN about his plight. ...
10:13 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Eight Indian sailors of the Asphalt Venture and the Al Bedo are still waiting for a solution. ...
10:05 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation has initiated investigations in two cases relating to alleged irregularities in steel major SAIL's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, Parliament was informed on Monday. "The CBI has since initiated investigation in two cases relating to irregularities in CSR activities of SAIL," Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 18, 2013
With the emergence of promising youngsters like Rashid Khan and Khalin Joshi, Lahiri and Kapur believe the future of Indian golf is in safe hands. ...
01:32 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Lahiri successfully defended his title at the SAIL-SBI Open following a thrilling play-off victory over compatriot Rashid Khan. ...
05:26 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Twenty eight Indian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates have been released. The sailors were on board two ships Merchant Tanker Royal Grace and Merchant Tanker Smyrni and 17 were on board the MT Royal Grace and 11 were on board the MT Smyrni. ...
03:12 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Siddikur put himself in prime position to win a second Asian Tour title after firing five birdies against a lone bogey. ...
05:39 PM, Mar 08, 2013
At 9-under, Joshi and Chan Kim were one shot ahead of Rashid Khan (72-64) and Bangladeshi Siddikur (68-68). ...
07:39 PM, Mar 07, 2013
