How Indira govt tried to control media during Emergency

'Skirmishes with officials in the Press Information Bureau were an everyday affair as the newspapers sought clearances from the media censors for publishing the next day's editions' IMAGE: Former......

Rain fury wreaks havoc in Northeast; lakhs hit, toll at 36

The flood situation in the Northeast remained critical on Monday as the toll due to deluge and landslides triggered by heavy rain over the past few days rose to 36, while over 5.5 lakh remained......

AIR to broadcast Baloch language programmes to augment India's Balochistan policy

Taking forward India's concern for the Baloch people, the union cabinet has decided to broadcast a news bulletin in the Baloch language, particularly for the people living in Balochistan province......

AIR gets 100 to 400 'save Jadhav' messages from Pak listeners

The government-run All India Radio has received messages from its listeners in Pakistan against the move to execute Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, an official with the broadcaster’s......

Silicon Valley start-up Uber may find India ride bumpy

Since Silicon Valley's transportation tech start-up Uber Technologies launched its Uber Black service in India last October, its travel across the country's cluttered metroscape has been smooth so......

L&T bags hush-hush defence communication contract

Given the military's requirement for watertight cyber and communications security, L&T will establish a Security Operations Centre which will deal with security threats.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE:......

RCom slashes GSM call rates by 30%

After four years, Reliance Communications, India's largest mobile service provider offering Code Division Multiple Access technology, is set to start another price war in the Indian telecom space......

Upgrade tech, Nokia to Reliance Infocomm

Finnish telecom equipment major Nokia is talking to operators in India, including Reliance, for migrating them to the WCDMA technology.Wideband Code Division Multiple Access is a variant of the GSM......