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| Posted: 24 Jan 2008 04:35 AM CST The Bank of Ceylon is safeguarding its customers with advanced identity protection services from VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world. This solution enables the Bank of Ceylon to deploy a powerful weapon in its continuing fight against identity thieves and fraudsters, |
| Amitabh buys land for 'Aishwarya' girls' school Posted: 24 Jan 2008 03:30 AM CST Film actor Amitabh Bachchan's urge to acquire farmland in this district could surely give script writers some ideas for a Bollywood movie. |
| Shah Rukh, Mukesh Ambani among IPL bid winners Posted: 24 Jan 2008 05:31 AM CST Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya were among the winners of the bids for the eight franchises for the Indian cricket board's upcoming Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL). |
| Indian equities open strong on sentiments Posted: 23 Jan 2008 11:31 PM CST Indian equities opened strong for the second successive day Thursday as sentiments turned positive on account of US interest rate cuts and pep talk by authorities on the strong fundamentals of the Indian economy. |
| Reliance puts in highest IPL bid, wins race for Mumbai Posted: 24 Jan 2008 05:30 AM CST Mukesh Ambani's Reliance put in the highest figure of $111.9 million for the Mumbai team in the bidding process for the eight teams on offer for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL). |
| Battle for clean walls up against political mindsets Posted: 24 Jan 2008 12:32 AM CST Politicians of all hues - including, ironically, the urban development minister - are unhappy over the Delhi government's proposal to levy fines of up to Rs.50,000 on those defacing walls in the capital with posters and graffiti. |
| Boeing appoints engineering head in India Posted: 24 Jan 2008 11:32 AM CST The Boeing Company Thursday announced that Naveed Hussain will serve in India as its vice-president of engineering and technology. |
| The day Indian cricket got auctioned Posted: 24 Jan 2008 09:33 AM CST Indian cricket was auctioned for a whopping $718 million Thursday. That alone is a figure that may have been unimaginable till a few years ago, but when $1.02 billion, which flowed into the coffers following the sale of the TV rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL), is added to it, it becomes mind-boggling at $1.72 billion. |
| It's minus 30, at world's second coldest inhabited place Posted: 24 Jan 2008 01:30 AM CST The minimum temperature recorded at Drass town in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir was minus 30 degrees Celsius early Thursday, the weather office said here. Drass is known to be the second coldest inhabited place in the world after Siberia. |
| Aseem Dhru appointed as MD & CEO of HDFC Securities Posted: 24 Jan 2008 06:52 AM CST HDFC Securities, a subsidiary company of HDFC Bank has announced the appointment of Mr Aseem Dhru as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. |
| Models to walk ramp in organic cotton clothes Posted: 24 Jan 2008 03:02 AM CST In a first of its kind, a fashion show introducing organic clothes will be held Sunday at Aurangabad, the hub of the cotton textile industry of Maharashtra. |
| India's FlockPod stretches social networking horizon Posted: 24 Jan 2008 12:31 AM CST If you thought social networking sites like MySpace, Orkut and Facebook were the ultimate places to interact with people, think again. An Indian company has gone a step further with FlockPod, an innovative social networking application. |
| Andhra district shuts down against TRS attack on minister Posted: 24 Jan 2008 01:30 AM CST Andhra Pradesh's Medak district shut down Thursday on a call from the ruling Congress party to protest the attack on a state minister by activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), who are agitating for a separate state. |
| French group Accor to open hotel in India Posted: 24 Jan 2008 09:03 AM CST French hotel group Accor Hospitality Thursday said its first budget hotel in India will open in April this year. |
| An eco-friendly toilet that does not smell either Posted: 23 Jan 2008 11:30 PM CST Tired of smelly public toilets? Check out a prototype Japanese bio-toilet that emits no foul smell and helps the environment at the same time. |
| List of low-budget hotels drawn for Commonwealth Games Posted: 24 Jan 2008 11:32 AM CST The union tourism ministry is preparing a list of lodges and small hotels in the national capital region (NCR) for low-budget travellers coming here for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. |
| Corus drives up Tata Steel's income five-fold Posted: 24 Jan 2008 11:32 AM CST India's leading private steel manufacturer Tata Steel posted a net profit of Rs.54.83 billion ($1.37 billion) in the first half of the current fiscal, showing a 70 percent rise on the previous year, the company said Thursday. |
| Employees' strike spells three days' banking shutdown Posted: 24 Jan 2008 08:31 AM CST Banking activities in India will grind to a halt Friday, when over a million bank employees strike work. This effectively means three days of no banking operations as Saturday is national holiday for Republic Day celebrations and Sunday is a statutory weekly off. |
| BHEL to build its first power unit in Tamil Nadu Posted: 24 Jan 2008 04:01 AM CST For the first time, state-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will set up a Rs.24.75-billion ($627 million), 600-MW thermal power unit in Tamil Nadu, the company said. |
| Bird flu in West Bengal was waiting to happen: PeTA Posted: 24 Jan 2008 05:32 AM CST The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) Thursday said the bird flu outbreak in West Bengal was a disaster waiting to happen as wrong methods of poultry farming are being practised in the state. |
| Relief to Fardeen Khan in cocaine case Posted: 24 Jan 2008 08:02 AM CST In major relief for Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, a Mumbai court Thursday allowed his plea that he be charged for possessing only one gram of cocaine, for which the maximum jail term is six months. |
| Bird flu awareness campaign to be launched on radio, TV Posted: 24 Jan 2008 09:33 AM CST With the deadly bird flu virus spreading to more areas in West Bengal, a worried central government Thursday said awareness campaigns about the disease would be run in the electronic and print media. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern over the spread of the disease. |
| F-Secure and Sony Ericsson partner to deliver Mobile Security for UIQ Posted: 23 Jan 2008 10:26 PM CST The F-Secure Mobile Security 3.3 for UIQ combines an integrated antivirus and firewall. |
| Indian equities down after strong opening Posted: 24 Jan 2008 03:02 AM CST Indian equities lost ground Thursday after opening on a strong note for the second successive day as investors sought to book profits on the gains made a day earlier following an impressive rally. |
| Uttar Pradesh renews demand for SPG cover for Mayawati Posted: 24 Jan 2008 11:32 AM CST The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday wrote a letter to the centrdal government renewing demand for a Special Protection Group (SPG) security cover for Chief Minister Mayawati. |
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