Micromax has announced the launch of its Russia operations in partnership with VVP Group – one of the leading distribution companies in the country. The popular domestic handset maker has announced that it will be launching 14 Bolt and Canvas series smartphones in the initial phase. The company said it is also targeting to be […]
Microsoft Corp. reported revenue and earnings for its fiscal second quarter that topped Wall Street expectations, as the company sold 3.9 million Xbox One consoles to retailers and doubled revenue from its line of Surface tablets from a quarter earlier. Net income in the quarter through December climbed to $6.56 billion, or 78 cents per […]
Under an overcast sky on a bitterly cold morning, India’s 65th Republic Day parade Sunday showcased the country’s military might and rich cultural diversity, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – the chief guest – keenly observing the 90-minute proceedings. There were apprehensions that the uncertain weather might force the cancellation or curtailment of the […]
lastAt least five people were killed and nine others injured Sunday in a suicide bombing that hit an Afghan National Army bus here, sources said. “At around 7.00 a.m. Sunday, an air force bus of Afghan National Army carrying employees came under attack of a suicide attacker. The initial reports said three Afghan army personnel […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said democracy was a “sacred trust” for people in power and those who violate it commit sacrilege against the nation. In his address on the eve of Republic Day, the president said democracy “had become our most precious guide towards peace and regeneration from the swamp of poverty” created by centuries […]
poliThe President’s Police Medals were Saturday conferred on 27 officials of the CBI and 20 of Delhi Police on the eve of India’s 65th Republic Day. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint directors Nina Singh, Rajwinder Singh Bhatti and Anil Palta, Additional Superintendent of Police S.B. Sankar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Balbir Jain, Assistant Sub-Inspector […]
Two policemen from Maharashtra have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) this year, one of them posthumously. One policeman has also bagged the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), which will be awarded as part of Republic Day honours. Sukuji Devangan Pardeshi, a head constable, was awarded the PPMG posthumously, along with then […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that corruption was a cancer and noted that fault lines in democracy were handiwork of those who had made power a gateway to greed. In his address on the eve of Republic Day, the president said that democracy has never been betrayed by people. “Some cynics may scoff at our […]
In the wake of the gruesome gang rape of a tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Saturday admitted that the administration has failed to prevent such crimes. “The most important thing is to prevent them (rapes), but unfortunately we have not been able to,” Narayanan said, […]
An Indian-American physiotherapist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay over $10 million in restitution for allegedly participating in a Medicare fraud scheme that totalled almost $11 million. Chiradeep Gupta, 39, was sentenced by US District Judge Denise Page Hood in the Eastern District of Michigan Friday, according to the […]