How Maneka plans to tackle problem of runaway children

The Women and Child Development Ministry has found a new route to tackle the problem of runaway children, most of whom take trains to end up in big cities, and has sought Railways' support in this......

Pakistan foils plot to target Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Pakistani authorities claimed to have foiled a plot to target Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by busting a terror network planning to launch suicide attack on his residence in Raiwind on the outskirts......

Khalistani militants ditch technology, worry IB

In stark contrast to their technology-savvy counterparts in Pakistan, Khalistani militants in India have decided to take a step backwards and ban the use of mobile phones among their cadres. No use......

Five mobile phones busted a terror network

What proved to be crucial for the Gujarat police, which on Saturday claimed to have busted a pan-India network behind the serial blasts in Ahmedabad and other cities in the country, were five......

Telecom players offer free calling to users in Kashmir

Even as telecom services are being restored in Kashmir Valley, mobile operators are offering free calling facility in the region. Telecom operators including BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone and......

Innovating solutions for India's challenges

India first needs to innovate the solution itself, and then focus on the product, writes Arvind Singhal. Last week, Kapil Sibal unveiled the prototype of a Rs 1,500 tablet pc aimed at providing an......

Mamata promises better railway amenities

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday. Here are some highlights of her Railway Budget speech: Banerjee says an expert committee......

Low-cost computing finds its feet, finally

Chennai-based E P Gopinathan is a retired employee of BSNL. Six months ago, he sold his HP desktop and bought a Nova netPC. The reason for this shift, he says, was the netPC's promise of low......

When Anjali fell for 17-year-old Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar with Anjali at the launch of his autobiography, Playing It My Way,. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com It was at an airport where medical student Anjali Mehta saw the......