Hyderabad | 37 minutes ago
Cathay Pacific launches cargo service to Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 17 - Air cargo major Cathay Pacific Thursday announced its expansion in India with a new twice-weekly freighter service to Hyderabad.The service will operate on the Hong Kong-Delhi-Bangalore-Hyderabad-Hong Kong route every Thursday and on the Hong Kong-Chennai-Hyderabad-Hong Kong route on Sundays.The move makes Cathay Pacific the first airline to offer air cargo services linking Hyd ... read more

New Delhi | 1 hour ago
Indian IT experts devise technique to fight deadly bots
New Delhi, May 17 - Indian computer experts have devised a technique to smoke out bots and deter their malicious programmers from taking over your desk computer or laptop, stealing passwords or vital information in your hard drive even without your suspecting anything amiss, or deluging website with emails to crash them.Bots are emerging as one of the biggest threats to cyber safety and security w ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 hour ago
CBI allowed to attach Jagan's properties
Hyderabad, May 17 - Tightening the noose around YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the Andhra Pradesh government Thursday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation - to attach the properties of his three companies while a special court directed CBI to provide copy of the first chargesheet to the Enforcement Directorate -.The state government agreed to the CBI request f ... read more

Jammu | 2 hours ago
Home secretary reviews cross-LOC trade at Poonch
Jammu, May 17 - Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday visited Jammu and Kashmir's frontier Poonch district and discussed with local people issues concerning trade across the Line of Control - between Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.Meeting a delegation of traders in Poonch, 240 km northwest of Jammu, on the second day of his two-day visit to the state, Singh discussed the problems fac ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 8 hours ago
Chandy pats himself after one year, critics fume
Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 - After holding office for a year, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is patting himself on the back. But critics are not impressed.With the Congress-led United Democratic Front - government set to mark its first anniversary Friday, Chandy seems to be riding an uncertain horse -- because of the nature of his coalition.Chandy led the UDF to a narrow victory last year, ge ... read more

Abu Dhabi | 19 hours ago
Britain,UAE joint economic meet held
Abu Dhabi, May 16 - The second meeting of the UK-UAE Joint Economic Council has been held in London.The meet discussed proposals to set up joint working teams on energy, education, health, infrastructure, finance and business, small and medium size enterprises and defence. It was presided over by Nasser Bin Ahmed Al Suwaidi, head of the Economic Development Department in Abu Dhabi. --IANS/WAMsd ... read more

Kolkata | 22 hours ago
WBHIDCO to e-auction Rajarhat plots
Kolkata, May 16 - The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corp - is mulling introducing e-auction to sell plots at Rajarhat on the northeastern fringes of Kolkata, an official said Wednesday.In a step toward greater transparency, we are trying to introduce the e-auction system, WBHIDCO chairman and managing director Debashis Sen said here.Bids will be invited for setting up restaurants, ... read more

Washington | 1 day ago
India improves world ranking in trade logisitics
Washington, May 16 - By pursuing reforms and going in for public-private partnerships in infrastructure, India has improved its position in the world ranking of countries in trade logistics despite a global slowdown in the sector in the last two years, says the World Bank.India with a Logistics Performance Indicators - score of 3.08 was ranked 46th in the bank's latest survey of international fre ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
8,000 cyber attacks warded off during CWG: NSA
New Delhi, May 16 - A staggering 8,000 cyber attacks were warded off during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Wednesday, pointing to India's capabilities.'There were over 8,000 attacks during the Commonwealth Games on ticketing and other systems. This was pure malice. I can't see any advantage in targeting ticketing and other networks,' Menon said.He was ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 day ago
Industrialist behind bars in case against Jagan
Hyderabad, May 16 - High flying Andhra Pradesh industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad has been arrested for alleged benefits received during the rule of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in return for the massive investments he made in his son's businesses.Prasad, popularly known as Matrix Prasad in the industrial circles after his pharmaceutical firm Matrix laboratories, was arrested by the Ce ... read more