Work landlines all set to disappear soon
August 29th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Due to the growth of technology, research has said that the use of work landlines will soon be forgotten. This was reported by a very executive ... Read more...
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What Pranab Mukherjee will earn
July 22nd, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) As president, Pranab Mukherjee will draw a salary of Rs.1.5 lakh a month.He will get to stay in the imposing Rashtrapati Bhavan, and have ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Telecom links snapped in high-security Srinagar neighbourhood
March 30th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 30 (IANS) Landline and broadband connectivity to more than 1,200 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) subscribers in the high security Gupkar Road area of Srinagar was snapped Friday ... Read more...
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Did US spy war cost 9/11 warning?
March 28th, 2012 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 28 (IANS) The US may have missed opportunities to prevent 9/11 due to a turf war between the CIA and the FBI, a British parliamentarian has claimed.Tory ... Read more...
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Industrialist faces arrest for attack on journalist
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 3 (IANS) Police have issued an arrest warrant against an industrialist in Bihar's Araria district in connection with his alleged role in a murderous attack on a journalist.The ... Read more...
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(After 12) For life without a cellphone - dial in (Feature)
December 2nd, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Ankit Varma pores over his worn out, slightly yellowed diary, tracks his own smudged handwriting for a number and thumbs in the digits on his ... Read more...
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BSNL launches voice, video telephony services over internet
July 18th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), in association with information and communications technology firm Sai InfoSystem (India) Ltd, Monday launched its voice and video telephony ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Quarter of homes in the US now have only wireless phones, no landlines
April 25th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): A new study has revealed that more than a quarter of homes in the United States now have only a wireless phone, and no "landline."That percentage doubled in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
More Americans want a new president than Obama to be re-elected: Fox News poll
April 8th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.8 (ANI): A Fox News poll has revealed that forty eight percent of American voters think the country would be better off with a new president. Only 44 percent think ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gaddafi keener to stay in power than Obama to oust him says Fox News Poll
April 7th, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.7 (ANI): Nearly one in six Americans think Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is determined to stay in power.According to a Fox News poll, 57 percent of voters think Gaddafi is ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Over 6 in 10 Americans don’t want military sent to Libya: Poll
March 18th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 18 (ANI): Regardless of the belief that the United States should always promote democracy, over 6 in 10 Americans don't want the country's military to be sent to Libya, according ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Nearly 5 in 10 Americans think nuke power is safe energy source
March 18th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 18 (ANI): Nearly five in ten Americans think nuclear power is a safe source of energy, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.Though, most of the respondents expressed ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Fox News Poll: Voters give mixed reviews for Obama’s economy recovery efforts
February 11th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.11 (ANI): A Fox News poll released Thursday shows that while about half of the American voters think the "worst is over" (48 percent), the same number -- 48 percent -- ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Digvijaya Singh presents call records, demands apology
January 4th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh Tuesday released records of his Nov 26, 2008 phone call to Mumbai's slain anti-terror squad chief Hemant Karkare, and demanded an apology ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Men ‘more likely to rate technology as a necessity of life than women’
October 19th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Oct 19 (ANI): A new survey has found that men are more likely to consider technology as a necessity of life in comparison to women.The UMR Research survey indicated that men ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Kerala legislator gets death threats over graft issues
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 22 (IANS) Opposition legislator P.C. George Wednesday claimed he has received death threats for raising issues of corruption and said he has informed the Kerala police about it. ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
India will not compromise on security, firm on BlackBerry
September 1st, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) India will not compromise on its security and all telecommunication data-related companies will have to comply with its demands, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday.
Presenting his ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
More Americans have unfavourable views on Islam
August 25th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) The number of Americans viewing Islam favourably has declined since 2005, but there is little change in those saying that Islam is more likely than other religions to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Foreign couple survive 150m-cliff fall Down Under
August 5th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 5 (ANI): A German tourist and his Japanese wife have both miraculously survived after their car went over a cliff and plunged 150 metres down a ravine in Victoria's west.Steffen ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Rahul Threatened Suicide As Per Payal
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 2, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Just a day after Rahul Mahajan's wife Dimpy walked out of his house, and quickly walked back, ex girlfriend Payal Rohatgi says he's been intimidating ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Rohit Khurana Makes It To ‘Hate’ List
July 17th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Television! It can earn you extreme fanaticism as well as extreme criciticsm. The couch potato never shies from expressing the latter. Pooja Pihal of "Pavitra ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Cell phones in Srinagar go silent during PM’s visit
June 7th, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 7 (IANS) All mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar went dead as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on a two-day visit to the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Eight of ten Americans trust in big government near historic low
April 19th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 19 (ANI): Eight out of ten Americans say they can't trust Washington and they have little faith that the massive federal bureaucracy can solve the nation's ills.According to a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Netherlands: National 1-1-2 outage resolved
January 27th, 2010 - 2:48 am ICT by BNO News
TILBURG (BNO NEWS) -- An outage of the Dutch emergency telephone number 1-1-2 was restored after nearly two hours on Tuesday evening.The Dutch Ministry of the Interior said the outage began around ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Dutch emergency number down nationwide for cell phones
January 27th, 2010 - 2:10 am ICT by BNO News
TILBURG (BNO NEWS) -- The Dutch emergency telephone number 1-1-2 went down nationwide for cell phone users on Tuesday evening, officials said.The Dutch Ministry of the Interior said the outage began around ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Centre condemns Maoist attack on CISF in Chhattisgarh
October 26th, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.26 (ANI): The Centre has strongly condemned what it called an unprovoked and heinous attack by the CPI (Maoist) on the public sector Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel in ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Another hoax call has Delhi Police on its toes
September 12th, 2009 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11(IANS) Delhi Police received yet another hoax call Friday warning of a bomb blast in Connaught Place, the heart of the national capital, officials said.
"The call came ... Read more...
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Vodafone gets low call rates with Bonus Cards
August 6th, 2009 - 4:27 am ICT by IBNS
Bangalore, Aug 6 (IBNS)Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services providers, announced the launch of Bonus Card 37 and Bonus Card 77 for its customers across Karnataka.The two new Bonus Cardspriced ... Read more...
Posted in National |
State telecom firm’s revenues dip 21 percent
July 16th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has incurred a loss of nearly 21 percent in 2008-09, with revenues falling to Rs.11,505 crore last fiscal from ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Indian call centre employee faces action over sending amorous messages to Brit customer
January 10th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 10 (ANI): Listening to a beautiful voice does not mean that you could ask the person to keep on talking, as a BT call handler in India discovered.The call ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Banned Pak terror outfit Lashkar-e-Islam launches its website
January 4th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Jan. 4 (ANI): The banned terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) has launched its website to highlight the activities of the organization. (LeI) is led by Mangal Bagh in Khyber Agency, which ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Now, a gizmo to say no to unwelcome callers
October 23rd, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Want to get rid of those irritating cold calls that you have to attend? Well, then TrueCall might just prove to be your ultimate saviour.The TrueCall device ... Read more...
Posted in National |
BSNL’s landline for Rs.20 in rural Uttar Pradesh
July 21st, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 21 (IANS) The state-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will now provide basic phone connections in rural Uttar Pradesh at monthly instalments of Rs.20, a top company official ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Dial 1077 for emergency in Delhi
June 24th, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Now national capital Delhi has a 24-hour toll free emergency help line number - 1077. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday inaugurated a Disaster Management Emergency Operation ... Read more...
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Hello may soon be history for Brit phone users
June 13th, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 13 (ANI): It seems that the traditional Hello is losing its charm among Britons, when it comes to answering the phone.A new poll has found that the customary greeting ... Read more...
Posted in National |