LUCKNOW: Close to 2000 engineers will get a job under UP government's endeavour to distribute  laptops to students in the state. The government, which cleared the rules for procurement of laptops earlier this week, is expected to distribute some 25000 laptops in the first phas

Bhatkal – 24 Jan 2013: Karwar team defeated Team Bhatkal to win Media Cup Cricket Tournament which was held here at Mahaladevi Stadium in Karwar. The 2 day tournament saw people associated with different media groups coming together to represent their taluks. Batting first in the final, Karwa

Foggy conditions in the early hours on Thursday and the backlog of delayed flights from Wednesday resulted  in the cancellation of 20 flights at Dubai International Airport. With weather conditions returning to normal by 10am, no flights were diverted on Thursday, according to a statement issued

[caption id="attachment_23138" align="alignleft" width="380"] The ministers from India at Davos promise reform momentum will continue. PTI[/caption] Davos – Promising more reforms in the next couple of months, Indian ministers today presented the country as an attractive investment destination wi

[caption id="attachment_23102" align="alignleft" width="380"] IMF said the space for further policy easing has diminished. Reuters[/caption]   Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today pegged India’s economic growth rate in 2013 at 5.9 percent and projected a higher growth o

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, said it has raised voice call prices to account for rising costs, sending telecommunications shares higher in Mumbai as investors bet that rivals will follow the market leader. Media reports say that Bharti Airtel has doubled the call ra

(CNN) -- A total of 197 million people were without jobs in 2012, with youth being particularly hard hit, and those unemployment figures will increase again this year, according to an International Labor Organization report released Monday. The bulk of the 4 million newly unemployed in 2012 came fr

India allowed foreign carriers to buy stakes of up to 49 per cent in local carriers in September 2012, to boost the sector [caption id="attachment_22997" align="alignleft" width="310"] The Gulf carrier could pay up to $330 million for a 24 per cent stake in Jet, a senior govt source said earlier

We’ve seen plenty of reports over the past few weeks regarding the Sony Xperia Tablet Z. Now the company has officially announced the tablet that will go on sale in Japan in spring 2013. Details regarding pricing as well as availability for other markets are currently unknown. The Xperia Tabl

The wait is over. Nokia has launched Lumia 920, its flagship smartphone, in India today. Much rides on this handset. Nokia believes the device will help the company come back in the smartphone game and match competitors like Samsung and Apple. Nokia fans — and there are many in India — are hopin

Al Ain: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has granted Dh50 million to the UAE national football team for winning the 21st Gulf Cup in Manama, Bahrain on Friday. He received the the victorious team in Al Ain Saturday. After greeting the team members at Al Rawda Palace, Shai

AHMEDABAD: The Nanavati commission, which is probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots, on Wednesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the alleged destruction of documents. Heeding the demand by suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the commission ordered the setting up of a committee comprising home

Bhatkal – 18 Jan 2013: Jamiat Huffaz Bhatkal on Thursday 17th January 2013 organized a Hifz Competition here at Millia Jamia Masjid to shortlist 30 students for the final round of Hifz Competition which is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 31st January 2013 at Tanzeem Ground near Rabita Complex, Naw

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to head the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. This will make him the face of the BJP's election campaign as widely expected. This will also pitch him directly against the Congress' Rahul Gandhi who too h