7-inch tablet 'Attitude Daksha' for Rs 5,399

Thiruvananthapuram: Giving competition to the government's Aakash tablet, Telmoco Development Labs Pvt Ltd has come out with a Tablet PC - Attitude Daksha - a 7-inch tablet variant for Rs 5,399 inclusive of all taxes. Attitude Daksha, touted as the most powerful 7-inch tablet computer for students...

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Doctors fight to save life of six-legged baby

A baby born in Pakistan's Sindh province has six legs, with a doctor assessing that the removal of the parasitic limbs could be a "serious and time-consuming medical exercise". Birth defects like the Mermaid syndrome, a deformity where the legs are fused together, Craniopagus, a phenomenon where twins...

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Time's 100 most Influential People in the World

The Time Magazine has released the list of 100 most influential people in the world, which includes people such as artists, reformers, researchers, head of states and captains of industry. From India, the list includes two names, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and eminent lawyer Anjali...

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Mumbai Senior Cop Suspended for Raping Colleague

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Wednesday said tainted police officer Anil Mahabole has been suspended for allegedly raping a woman police inspector. Patil's statement came during the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly session. Mahabole, an assistant commissioner of police, was on Tuesday...

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Issue Summons to Facebook Through Email: Court

New Delhi: A Delhi court hearing a civil case against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content on Wednesday ordered that summons be served to US-based social networking site, Facebook through email.  Meanwhile petitioner's counsel Santosh Pandey moved an...

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Mumbai: Student Beaten to Death, 8 Teens Arrested

Mumbai: Eight teenagers were on Wednesday arrested for allegedly beating to death a 17-year-old college student, police said.  The victim, Ansh Agrawal, a college student, was allegedly beaten up by students from his college because he objected to an SMS that the main accused sent to his girlfriend.  Around...

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IPL 5: Gayle, de Villiers end Bangalore drought with win versus Pune

Bangalore: AB de Villiers and Saurabh Tiwary took the required 21 runs off the last over bowled by Ashish Nehra to take Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling six-wicket win against Pune Warriors India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing 183 to win, Bangalore got off to a poor start,...

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Audi Q3 specs revealed

Audi's much awaited baby SUV, the Q3 is finally here in India with bookings to start from April end and deliveries in May. The Q3 promises to bring in Q5/Q7 quality at a relatively affordable package. The Q3 will initially be launched with a 2.0-litre TDI engine producing 176PS of power mated to a...

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Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Review: This MUV will appeal to a Vast Demographic

Out of the 15 million cars sold in India, Maruti Suzuki sells 10 million of them. That's the level of market share this manufacturer has in the Indian market. But in the MUV segment, Maruti dosen't have a strong vehicle. And this segment accounts for 14 per cent of the industry. More and more customers...

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Maruti-Suzuki to invest Rs 2,000 cr in Gurgaon facility

Indore: Car major Maruti Suzuki on Saturday said it plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore in diesel engine manufacturing facility at its Gurgaon plant to meet the demand for Swift and Desire models. The company would manufacture 1.5 lakh diesel engines for Swift and Desire in the current year to meet the...

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Two item songs in 'Zanjeer' remake, Mahie gets one

Mumbai: Item songs have almost become a staple in Bollywood films, and Amit Mehra who is producing the remake of 1973 film 'Zanjeer' too plans to cash in on the trend by including two item numbers, of which one will be featured on actress Mahie Gill. "We will definitely have item numbers in the film....

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Nitish in Mumbai, invites India Inc to Bihar

Mumbai: Visiting Mumbai after settling of a controversy stoked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday invited India Inc to invest in his state, touting the industrial policy announced by his government last year. "The state offers tremendous...

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Delhi Votes to Elect New Civic Bodies

New Delhi: Moderate polling was witnessed in the Delhi municipal elections, the first for the trifurcated civic body, on Sunday with 55-58 per cent of the 1.15 crore electorate exercising its franchise till late afternoon.  The counting of votes will take place on Tuesday. There were no reports...

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Sony Xperia S scores on design

New Delhi: Before everything else - what is great about this phone and how it manages to stand apart in the smartphone crowd - what is interesting is that the Xperia S is the first smartphone under the Sony's Sony Mobile Communications brand. Sony had acquired Ericsson's 50 per cent stake in the...

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ICS update roll-out for 2011 Sony Xperia line begins

New Delhi: Sony Mobile has announced to roll out the Sony software upgrade including the uplift to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for their 2011 Xperia smartphones. According to Sony's blog post, "The software will initially be made available for Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray for consumers...

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