Aruna Kesavan will be the Health Ministry's brand ambassador for its 'Women Empowerment' and 'Save The Girl Child' campaigns.
There are 17 post graduates, 29 graduates among 70 newly-elected MLAs.
The company announced that users of advantage packs, which are based on per minute billing, will have to pay 60 paise per minute for local and STD calls to mobile phones and 90 paise for local and STD calls to landlines.
Supreme Court judge Justice A R Dave on Saturday said that Indians should revert to their ancient traditions, and texts such as Mahabharata and Bhagwad Gita should be introduced to children at an early age.
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Long-distance tariffs will crash from Tuesday with TRAI reducing the access deficit charge given to telecom operators Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd by up to 62 per cent.
Telecom major Vodafone Essar on Monday launched its new bonus card, which will help subscribers send 100 local and national SMS or make local/STD calls for 8 minutes, at a price tag of Rs 4.
Kishor Vaigyanic Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) announces fellowships for students interested in research careers in Basis Sciences/ Engineering/ Medicine.
Curfew was clamped on Mysore after communal clashes broke out on Wednesday night.The curfew will be till there April 4 after there was no sign of the violence coming down. The trouble began following a verbal duel between an STD booth owner and a customer at Ghousianagar.
MTNL on Tuesday launched its long distance services between Delhi and Mumbai, opting Tata-owned VSNL as its preferred carrier for STD calls -- a move that could bring down call rates.
Will be valid only for the first two months of a customer's joining
There were four instances of two Indian sailors qualifying for the Olympics earlier but they took part in the same event. This time in Tokyo, India will be taking part in more than one event in sailing.
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Eleven-year-old Roshan Lama, who was battling for life after his head was pierced by a javelin in his school playground a fortnight ago, succumbed to his injuries at AIIMS trauma centre in New Delhi on Monday.
A court in Rampur granted bail to the Std XII student who was arrested for allegedly posting on Facebook 'objectionable' comment against senior Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Monday expressed willingness to lower the 'carriage' charge, a move which will lead to lower STD call rates between Delhi and Mumbai to start with.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Tuesday that its customers would continue to avail of the 47 per cent domestic long distance rate cut on fixed-to-fixed line call beyond 500 km, for another month, till May.
The proposed reduction in license fee for long distance services (STD and ISD) providers would impact the current levels of government revenues directly by about Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) in a full fiscal.
In a bid to boost sales amid tough economic conditions, Mahindra 2 Wheelers has come up with a cut price version of its Rodeo automatic scooter.
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Joining the price war with Reliance and AirTel in the pre-paid segment, Hutch on Thursday introduced lowest local call rates of 99 paise to any other mobile but slapped a fixed charge of Rs 25 per month.
Airtel on Friday launched new offers for its customers in Uttar Pradesh (West) and Uttaranchal in which local calls will be charged at 30 paise per minute.
Eighty per cent women surveyed were happy they refused casual sex.
The Central Bureau of Investigation special court in Ghaziabad on Monday pronounced dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case.
Close on the heels of mobile operators slashing their STD rates, State- owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam is giving final touches to its mobile and fixed phone STD rates that is expected to match private cellular companies.
As his father takes on the Naxals in Chhattisgarh, Sopan Khosla has scored his own victory.
In line with other cellular operators, BPL Mobile has also lowered STD rates to Rs 1.99 from the pre-IUC (inter-connect usage charges) of Rs 2.99 per 60-second pulse rate to landline and wireless in local loop phones.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has unveiled a new plan, 'Plan 140', for its mobile post-paid customers, even as the service provider has extended its special scheme for CellOne connections up to October 31, 2003.
Local and national SMS tariff has also been reduced by 75%
Taking head-on the private cellular operators, state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd on Friday announced up to 60 per cent reduction in tariffs for cell-to-cell long distance calls.\n\n\n\n
AirTel on Thursday announced a tariff plan for new subscribers in which the user has to pay a net monthly charge of Rs 299 and rupee one per minute for cell-to-cell local calls.
To compete with limited mobility telephony operators, Hutchison on Wednesday lowered STD tariff at Rs 1.99 per minute anywhere in India on any other cellular phone.
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Vodafone India on Thursday launched tariff plans wherein customers can get calls, SMSes and 3G data bundled with an iPhone starting at Rs 2,099 per month.
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