India: News

10 Aug 2017

Doordarshan

Do you know who created the classic Doordarshan logo?

Many '80s and '90s kids will remember watching Doordarshan's logo montage with the channel's signature tune playing in the background on the TV.

10 Aug 2017

BCCI

BCCI's stance on Olympics participation unlikely to change

In the recently concluded meeting between Committee of Administrators (CoA) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials, several important issues were discussed including India's stand on including cricket as an Olympic sport.

10 Aug 2017

Muslims

Sense of insecurity, unease creeping in among Muslims: Hamid Ansari

A day before the end of his term, Vice President Hamid Ansari emphasized that Muslims in the country are experiencing "a feeling of unease".

10 Aug 2017

Narendra Modi

PM Modi urges collectors to move beyond files, visit fields

PM Narendra Modi had some advice for India's district collectors: "Move beyond files and go to the field to understand ground realities."

10 Aug 2017

Section 375

Govt defends forced sex with wife aged 15-17

Reiterating its controversial stand on marital rape, the Centre defended in the SC an IPC provision that allows a man to force his wife aged 15-17 for sex without consequences.

10 Aug 2017

Facebook

Google to soon launch Facebook-like personalized Feed in India!

Google is doubling its efforts to reach local language-speaking Indian users by focusing on regional content.

10 Aug 2017

Indian Army

Defense ministry seeks Rs. 20,000cr for modernization amid Doklam standoff

The Indian defense ministry has requested the Centre to allocate it an "urgent" additional Rs. 20,000 crore for military modernization and day-to-day operating costs.

09 Aug 2017

Domino's

Your Domino's Pizza will now have more toppings and cheese

Important things first, Domino's will now make pizza using a softer crust, add more toppings and cheese.

09 Aug 2017

OnePlus

You can now buy OnePlus 5 in gold variant!

In a good news for gadget freaks, OnePlus has now launched the new OnePlus 5 in a limited-edition Soft Gold variant in India.

09 Aug 2017

Narendra Modi

On Quit India anniversary, PM Modi calls for "New India"

On the 75th anniversary of the Quit India movement, PM Narendra Modi urged citizens to create a "new India" by 2022 by repealing problems like "poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism".

09 Aug 2017

Smartphones

Indian mobile shipments rise to 350mn in 2017: Study

The Indian handset market witnessed a rise in shipments from 280 million in 2016 to 350 million in 2017 found an ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study.

09 Aug 2017

Gujarat

Gujarat RS elections: Congress' Ahmed Patel wins fifth term

In a dramatic election, violation of rules by two rebel Congress MLAs helped the opposition party save face in Gujarat.

09 Aug 2017

Paris

Countries submitting dodgy greenhouse gas data threaten Paris accord

The Paris climate change agreement potentially faces a bigger threat than President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from it.

08 Aug 2017

iOS

TRAI calls Apple 'anti-consumer' for not allowing DND on iOS

Anyone with a cell phone knows how annoying it is to get unwanted calls/SMSes from telemarketers, spammers, and scammers!

09 Aug 2017

Tamil Nadu

50 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka

About 50 Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly intruding into the country's territorial waters.

08 Aug 2017

Ravi Shankar Prasad

'Biggest scam of this century': Two sizes of Rs.500 notes?

The "biggest scam of this century" rocked the Parliament today as the opposition alleged that the new Rs. 500 notes were being printed in two sizes, "one for the ruling party and one for the others".

08 Aug 2017

Paytm

Paytm's two new features and how to use them

India's most widely used digital payments platform Paytm has added two nifty features in its Paytm store and wallet app.

TRAI to allow set-top box portability soon!

The DTH (Direct-to-home) service providers and cable operators have launched a price war to attract customers.

08 Aug 2017

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: 21-year-old engineering student dies after abortion

A 21-year-old engineering student, K Harika died on Monday after doctors attempted to terminate her pregnancy which was more than 20 weeks old.

08 Aug 2017

Bank Strike

Bank unions to go on strike on Aug 22

Banks will remain shut on August 22 as 10L employees go on strike against privatization of public sector banks.

08 Aug 2017

Amit Shah

Amit Shah to help fortify BJP's place in Rajya Sabha

Amit Shah is set to make his grand entry into the Rajya Sabha after the current round of polls.

08 Aug 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai: Man returns from US to find his mother's skeleton

Forty-three-year-old Rituraj Sahani stays in the US with his wife. Two days ago, he reached Mumbai to meet his mother.

08 Aug 2017

Diwali

Amazon India may enter online food retailing business during Diwali

Amazon, after receiving the go ahead from the government, will make its Indian debut into online food retailing during the Diwali season.

08 Aug 2017

Flipkart

Flipkart's Big Freedom Sale: Watch out for these deals!

India's 70th Independence Day is around the corner, and so is Flipkart's 'Big Freedom Sale' (August 9-11).

Bidders okay e-auction but BCCI wary of fall in revenue!

While the bidders have shown keen interest in having an e-auction for the media rights (TV, mobile, internet) for the Indian Premier League, the BCCI is favoring the traditional sealed tender process.

07 Aug 2017

Paytm

Independence Day: Government to give higher cashbacks to BHIM users

Get ready to have cashbacks as rewards this Independence Day as the government is all set to offer some if you opt for digital transactions using the BHIM App.

07 Aug 2017

Indian Startups

CEOs: Deciphering the enigma and busting the boardroom's myths

It's a thinking-out-loud kind of a situation. What makes a CEO tick?

06 Aug 2017

Karnataka

Bengaluru to have heli taxi service in 3 months

Bengaluru became India's first city to have helicopter shuttle service after Ministry of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha announced its launch between the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and Electronic City.

06 Aug 2017

Pakistan News

How India-Pakistan partition separated four best friends, 70 years ago

As the world celebrates Friendship Day, let's tell you an extraordinary story of friendship that transcends the borders of India and Pakistan.

06 Aug 2017

Sikkim

Is China gearing up for a war in Doklam?

Raising alarm bells for India, an article in the Chinese state-run daily Global Times has indicated that China may be planning a "small-scale military operation, to expel Indian troops lingering on its territory".

06 Aug 2017

Uttar Pradesh

Coolpad Note 5 Lite C now available in India!

Chinese telecommunications equipment company Coolpad has launched its new budget smartphone, the Note 5 Lite C, at Rs. 7,777 in India.

06 Aug 2017

Iran

India hopes to open Chabahar port in Iran by 2018

Keeping hopes up for India's plans to develop the Chabahar port in Iran, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari conveyed that it would be operational by 2018.

05 Aug 2017

Aadhaar Card

Not always a hindrance, now Aadhaar will help missing children

Aadhaar will now come to the rescue of missing children in India.

India maintains diplomatic silence as China continues belligerent rhetoric

While China continues its belligerent rhetoric over the Sikkim Standoff, India continues to hold its tongue.

04 Aug 2017

Facebook

Manforce launches 'Achaari Masti', its pickle-flavoured condoms

For all those who swear by achaar, Manforce has just the thing for you.

05 Aug 2017

Mumbai

India slams Pakistan amid Saeed plans to make political debut

Reports suggest that 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafeez Saeed is attempting to get his organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) registered as a political party ahead of Pakistan's general elections in 2018.

05 Aug 2017

Mumbai

Amid rising onion prices, MP has lost onions worth Rs.20cr

Amid a rise in onion prices across India, the Madhya Pradesh government seems to have lost about 25,000 metric tonnes of onions worth Rs. 20cr.