In a move that would hurt mobile operators providing 3G services, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked these operators to terminate their roaming agreements, which were in violation of licence norms. Backed by similar observations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Law Ministry, Communications
Delhi Airport Metro Express Limited (DAMEL) will run trains for 24 hours this Saturday on Christmas Eve, when many people will travel to Connaught Place to celebrate and visit Sacred Heart Cathedral to attend midnight mass. The Sacred Heart Cathedral, which is close to the Shivaji Stadium station on the
With the emergence of shows like MTV Coke Studio and MTV unplugged; we, the audience were only getting used to the Indian underground genre of the music here, that another show much more ambitious and vast in all sense came roaring to the forefront. At Star world, The Dewarists-part musical
With Metro rail services coming up across the country, Delhi Metro has shown the need for engineers specially qualified in this technology and has even written to Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry to launch such courses in the IITs. E Sreedharan, managing director of Delhi Metro, said the post-graduate courses
Anna Hazare, a leading social activist and a prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, will go on a day-long fast for a strong Lokpal Bill. Ahead of his fast, Anna commenced a spiteful attack on the government. Anna told the reporters, “So many martyrs lost their lives
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the government has no intention of “interfering” with the social media, nor does its plan to evolve guidelines amount to restriction or regulation. After he got a strong reaction from bloggers, social world and tweeters he had to say this. Recently tweeters did a campaign
The names of Indians holding Swiss bank accounts may be revealed by WikiLeaks sometime next year, its founder Julian Assange said on Saturday. Assange, who is under house arrest in the UK, said this through videoconferencing during a conference held in Delhi , that whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, who passed CDs
The time-honoured grounds of Purana Qila recently witnessed the great musical extravaganza South Asian Band Festival, 2011, presented by the ICCR in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and Seher, which was founded in 1990 by Sanjeev Bhargava, SEHER literally means ‘breaking of the dawn’. Since its inception, Seher has been
Why-u? Why-u? Why-u has everyone in the whole wide world been “kolavering”? Termed as the “flop song” or the “love failure” song, this song has had tonnes of fans in the past few days! I won’t be surprised if Facebook was renamed “Kolaveri-book” or something! Google shows “Kolaveri” as soon
Despite all odds, the INDIAN GRAND PRIX is all set to launch its first edition for all the F1 fanatics across the globe. Finally, the dream for many will be true in just a few days. The thought that India will be hosting a Grand Prix is ecstatic. This is
Child labor has been prevalent in India since the time of inception of industries. Most of the child labor is employed in hazardous industries like fireworks, match-box, stone quarry, gems cutting and polishing, bangle making and glass industry, brick kilns, etc. In Sivakasi, the biggest cracker industry in India, forced
Revolution 2020 is the IITian writer Chetan Bhagat’s fifth novel after the best seller “ 2 states : the story of my marriage”.This time he takes the story to the holy city of Varanasi. The story revolves around three childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti, all belonging to different family
He had a voice of silk, sang words straight from heart and made us think while listening to his songs. Jagjit Singh was mesmerising. Apne hothon par sajana chahta hoon, aa tujhe main gungunana chahta hoon. I sing it for him today, he would stay in our hearts and so
On 10th of October came the shocking news of the demise of Indian ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh, at the age of 70. The singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur, was in a critical condition after he underwent a surgery for brain hemorrhage in Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai. He also had
Petrol prices has been a hot topic since the latest price hike which puts a litre of petrol at Rs70 in India. But after this people have started blaming the government (read as: congress) for all the hike and above all they have totally neglected the international crude oil price
Mumbai Indians finally claimed their first tournament victory after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in what can be called a mediocre display of cricket (especially in context of T20 format). Celebrations begin in Mumbai dug outs not only because they have been rewarded by huge prize money but also because this
Stand up comedy is an art form in which a comedian addresses a live audience. Comedy is a very tough business and stand up comedy is even more difficult. This form of comedy can have a comic act, one liners, short jokes or fast paced successions of humorous stories. Stand
One of the iconic figures in India’s struggle for independence has been that of Mahatma Gandhi. A believer of truth and non-violence, Gandhi had been successful in uprooting the British Raj from India with his peaceful satyagrahs. A man of simple living and high thinking, Gandhi has spent all his
The much-awaited $35 (~Rs1500) computing-cum-access device made for students right from primary schools to universities, will be launched on October 5. “The computer/tablet PC will be launched next month,” HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said at a function. “This is not just a dream, it is a reality,” he added. The device
The International Cricket Council has rejected the master blaster’s master proposal of revamping the current 50 over format. The ICC chief executive, Mr. Haroon Lorgat feels this is not the right time for making any change to the current format. On the contrary the little master wanted ICC to make
Finally breaking out the silence over the petrol hike issue, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed government’s inability to control them at a time when global crude prices are high. He said “Those who are criticising us, they should also remember that it is during their time all the petroleum products
You call yourself a junkie and people look at you with their judgmental eyes. No I don’t do drugs. Or maybe yes. But then its not the topic of this article. Is it??? I am a junkie. Adrenalin junkie. I need blood pumping in my veins (sometimes out too). The
Narendra Modia has finally responded back to media and to the world. Narendra modi even wrote an open letter telling the world what he went through and that he always was innocent. Doing this at this stage of time when BJP seeks a new leader, we try to our imagination to work
It appeared that there could be something for the Indian Tennis fans to cheer about in this edition of the US open with Rohan Bopanna reaching the semi finals of the men’s doubles along with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. But the duo crashed out with a 2-6, 6-7(4) loss
In this renowned world of cricket, there are a few names who didn’t get what they deserved. Rahul Dravid is one of them, nicknamed “THE WALL” and “MR DEPENDABLE”, Dravid has been serving the Indian cricket for more than 15 years. He has been the unsung hero for the Indian