Gionee has been lying low over the past couple of quarters, consolidating on the success of its larger battery phones and dominance in certain pocket burroughs. Now, the company has decided to launch a new phone cashing in on the unending craze for selfies. Gionee S6s I don’t know what is the deal with calling phones S this or S Read More

Ringing Bells has marked its first anniversary by announcing a Loyalty Programme with Silver, Gold and Platinum cards. The interesting bit, however, is that Ringing Bells is giving away units of the Freedom 251 free with these loyalty cards. But the value of the cheapest loyalty card, the Rs 500 silver one, is double the cost of the Freedom 251 Read More

As Rafael Nadal stood near the net at the US Open after winning his first Grand Slam match in three months Monday, he unraveled the thick wrap of white tape protecting his all-important left wrist and then clutched at that arm with his right hand. Sure, there were matches that provided more drama or surprises on Day 1 at Flushing Read More

Heeding to the industry’s demand for starting spectrum auction from an auspicious date, government has deferred the mega sale of mobile frequencies by two days to October 1. “For start of the auction 29th September READ start of the auction 1st October,” the revised Notice Inviting Application for spectrum auction released by the Department of Telecom (DoT) said. As per the earlier schedule, bids for airwaves was scheduled Read More

The dollar held firm on Tuesday, just below the previous day’s high as investors focused on the next set of US data to see whether it supports expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon. Despite hawkish comments last week from both Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, markets still price in less than 50 Read More

Sure, Monica Puig would have loved another week between the Olympics and the US Open to “come down from the high” of becoming Puerto Rico’s first gold medalist. Then again, that’s not how the tennis calendar works. Puig realizes that if she wants to climb back to those heights, she’ll need to figure out this sort of turnaround. For now, Read More

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil teaser landed on Tuesday morning and the Karan Johar directorial was met by positive response. The 80-second teaser showcases Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma dealing with love in all its glory and pain. The film also stars Fawad Khan in an important role but we caught but a glimpse of the Pakistani actor Read More

Renewing his attack on BJP, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday said an inquiry has “exposed” their claims of “migration of Hindus from Kairana”. He said the BJP was raising such “baseless” matters to “vitiate” the atmosphere in the poll-bound state —- the attack coming a day after senior BJP leader and Union minister MVenkaiah Naidu said “Kairana migration” will not Read More

BEHIND the posh Model Town block in Jalandhar, stands the crowded neighbourhood of Abadpura, where a huge section of the Ravidassia community lives. Here, in the serpentine lanes, nestles a small 150 sq-yard house, home to a young voice of freedom and equality. At a time when the flogging of Dalit youths in Una has triggered protests, Ginni Mahi, 17 Read More

It has been 12 years in the coming, but it has finally seen the light of the day. The military logistics agreement, called the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), was signed between India and the US on Monday in Washington, in the presence of visiting defence minister, Manohar Parrikar and US secretary of defence, Ashton Carter. The name of Read More