Cell phones and children most parents would call it a dangerous combination but more and more cell phone companies and operators are wooing kids with new interactive games, cartoons, quiz and word wizard - all of it packed in a single gizmo.
'After the water receded, the house was full of mud.' 'The furniture, television, the workshop, car -- everything is destroyed.'
Parliament proceedings were adjourned for the day following disruptions by Opposition parties which raised slogans on the Pegasus snooping row and the farmers' issue by gathering in the Well of the House.
It was launched globally in October.
Saipov was charged with providing material support to the Islamic State group and violence and destruction of motor vehicles.
We have our own problems for sure and they are not trivial, but for now, our economy is in not too bad a shape, our politics is as personality-driven and authoritarian as that of most countries in the world. We must make the best of what we have and not be excessively unhappy looking at the grass on the other side of the septic tank which may not be greener after all!, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
Another day, another absurd reason for rise in rapes in the country. After the Karnataka legislature linked mobile phones to the rise in rapes in the country, on Tuesday, a Bihar minister on also held mobile phones and non-vegetarian food as reasons for surge in rape cases and favoured ban on cell phones among school students.
'It's sad that I'm here protesting the same thing that she did 50-plus years ago'
Here's a collection of 15 top images short-listed for the People's Choice Award (wildlife category).
'2.0 ends up looking like a downgraded version of a promising idea,' notes Sukanya Verma.
In a new twist to Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia episode, the Wadia group has filed a police complaint claiming they received threatening calls and a text message from an underworld don warning that their "business will be in trouble" if the actress was harassed.
Three special teams have been formed to nab the juvenile pickpocket who allegedly attacked and injured a senior DRDO official with a razor blade after he was caught for stealing a cell phone in the crowded Charminar area, police said on Monday.
The company planning to have a larger push to small car even as sales continue to remain subdued.
The culture of freebies burdens coming generations with the huge bill for the flagrant abuse of power by preceding governments, points out Virendra Kapoor.
China is willing to encourage Chinese companies to invest in Indian industrial parks to produce personal computers, Internet equipments, cell phones and televisions.
'It is sad that my aggression became the topic of discussion. I don't see myself as a very aggressive person.'
Two .32 pistols and four cell phones were seized from the duo.
Nermin Halilagic, 38, from Bosnia and Herzegovina has discovered that he has the unusual ability to attach items to his body using what he says is a special energy radiated from his body.
After nine years in power, the United Progressive Alliance faces the question of credibility, says Aditi Phadnis
The mobile phone users is expected to hit 7.3 billion by 2014.
Security officials in Gorakhpur on Thursday hailed the decision of the Central Government to ban Chinese mobile phones.
Also, as many as 74 per cent Indians have slept holding their smartphones while 41 per cent have used their devices in the washroom, a seven-country survey of over 7,000 people about cell phone habits has found.
18-year-old Harsha Maddula, Northwestern pre-med sophomore and straight-A student, disappeared on Saturday over the weekend after attending an off-campus party with friends.
Excessive texting doesn't just damage your fingers but also leaves its effects on your neck.
In a recent study, Google India revealed trends amongst women internet users in India.
Even though its heart is in the right place, too much melodrama brings Tamil film Ammavin Kaipesi down.
For a man revered for his probity, Defence Minister A K Antony was caught napping when bribes were paid over the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. With the UPA government staring at another scam, nothing it seems will change, writes Sheela Bhatt.
A Public Interest Litigation seeking a directive to the government to establish guidelines to safeguard the health of the public from radiation emitting out of cell phone towers will be heard by the Supreme Court on Thursday. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Fund managers may end up losing out on crucial information during market hours, leading to information asymmetry vis-a-vis other institutional investors such as alternative investment funds, insurance players, or foreign portfolio investors.
An Indian-origin law student has sued Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara and the US Justice Department claiming she was unlawfully questioned and her cell phone confiscated after she sent letters to the presiding judge during Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial.
At the heart of the Duster 1.3 Turbo X-Tronic is a turbocharged engine paired to a 7-speed CVT, the same engine that also powers the Mercedes A-Class, CLA and GLA-Class entry-level models! Now if only Renault had put some thought into the all-new Duster's interiors and driver comfort as they did in the engine... Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com test-drives the old beast with a new heart.
'Throughout the nearly 20-year US-led war, State sponsorship from Pakistan has been a constant.'
Call rates to be reduced by 35%, text charges by 80%.
If you find dead bodies being kicked around by cops or a minister advocating caning of school-going students, or Dalits being denied entry into Hindu temples, you can be rest assured that all this can happen only in India's most populous state -- Uttar Pradesh. Sharat Pradhan reports.
Telangana prison officials denied reports that the jailed operative had called his wife using a mobile phone.
Tackle your hair and skin problems with expert help from Dr Dinesh Jain.
Former United Nations undersecretary-general Shashi Tharoor during a book signing event of his latest book The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone at the Asia Society in New York on Monday.
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