Hyderabad | 1 day ago
Google signs MoU to train engineering students in Andhra
Hyderabad, May 14 - Google India Private Limited Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding - with the Andhra Pradesh government to train engineering students of Jawahar Knowledge Centres - in latest technologies like mobile and cloud computing.Google will also train the trainers/mentors of AP Society for Knowledge Networks - and provide required software, services and training material free of ... read more

Washington | 3 days ago
Indians lobby hard for a slice of immigration pie
Washington, May 12 - From corporate America to Indian techies to Indian-Americans with family ties to their native land - all are lobbying hard to influence changes in the proposed immigration law that has started moving through the US legislative labyrinthine.Concerned that some aggressively protectionist provisions in the bipartisan legislation proposed by the so-called Senate gang of eight woul ... read more

Chennai | 3 days ago
Dhanush, Samantha win top honours at Vijay Awards
Chennai, May 12 - Tamil actors Dhanush, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and director Balaji Sakthivel won top honours at the 7th edition of the Vijay Awards.As many as 30 awards were given away in different categories at a gala ceremony Saturday, including Chevalier Sivaji award for excellence in Indian cinema to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.While Dhanush won the best actor male award for his performan ... read more

4 days ago
Katie Price to launch online channel
The 34-year-old looks impressed by the new technique and calls it a good business idea.Google are about to launch paid subscription channels YouTube. I'm not surprised, because it makes business sense. And I'm going to get in on the action, contactmusic.com quoted Price as saying.I've enjoyed doing reality TV over the years, but the beauty of YouTube is that you get in the editing suite, she added ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
Should be no political interference in university decisions: Tharoor
New Delhi, May 10 - There should be no political interference in the decisions of a university, says Minister of State for Human Resource Development - Shashi Tharoor after several MPs sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to stop the proposed four-year bachelors degree course in Delhi University.Politicians and bureaucrats should not interfere in the decisions of a university. It sh ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
Google violating mapping law: Tarun Vijay
New Delhi, May 8 - BJP MP Tarun Vijay Wednesday again accused Google of violating India's mapping laws by showing vital military installations with annotations and asked the government to take steps to access the data the company possessed.Vijay, who raised the issue in a special mention in the Rajya Sabha, called upon the central government to probe the issue.Vijay said the recce of any area was ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
Google Doodle honours Satyajit Ray on 92nd birth anniversary
New Delhi, May 2 - A black and white scene from Satyajit Ray's iconic 1955 film Pather Panchali featured as the Google doodle Thursday as a tribute to the master craftsman on his 92nd birth anniversary.Writer, poet, illustrator, director, lyricist and composer - Ray wore several hats, and won a lot of national and international acclaim. Pather Panchali was his first film, after which he went on to ... read more

Hyderabad | 19 days ago
Technology, consulting largest recruiters at ISB
Hyderabad, April 26 - Technology and consulting were the largest recruiters at the Indian School of Business -, which Friday announced that its 741 students of class of 2013 participated in the first integrated placements at Hyderabad and Mohali campuses.Out of 762 students of Post Graduate Programme in Management, 741 participated in the placements process this year. The remaining started their o ... read more

New Delhi | 20 days ago
How can minors have agreement with social media sites, asks court
New Delhi, April 25 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to apprise it how children below 18 years of age can have an agreement with any social network site including Facebook.A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru also issued notice to US-based Facebook Inc and Google Inc to file their responses on a plea seeking directions for social networking s ... read more

Mumbai | 21 days ago
Big B wraps up 'Satyagraha' shoot
Mumbai, April 24 - Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has finished shooting for upcoming political drama Satyagraha in which he plays an activist.It's a wrap on the film 'Satyagraha' today -. Film shooting over, releasing August 23, Big B posted on Twitter.Amitabh's character is said to be based on activist Anna Hazare. Directed by Prakash Jha, Satyagraha also features Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Manoj B ... read more