Mallaya Sr meets Sharad Pawar to back Lalit Modi in IPL issue

According to reliable sources, the Royal Challengers owner wanted Mr Pawar to back Mr Lalit Modi and allow him to have his say in the controversy.

After Indian Premier League (IPL) Chairman Lalit Modi met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi, it was the turn of liquor baron and owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore Vijay Mallya.

Mr. Mallya met Mr. Pawar at his residence here on Saturday to discuss supporting Mr. Modi, and the allegations of match-fixing that dog the event.

BSNL introduces VDSL tech in India

Public sector telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has won the race becoming the first internet service provider to offer the fastest broadband speed in the country by servicing customers broadband connection speed up to 24 Mbps.

BSNL will now initiate with offering this high speed broadband service through the high speed digital subscriber loop (VDSL) technology.

YouTube's movie rental Llibrary grows quietly

It looks like YouTube is expanding its quiet and low-profile movie rental service. In addition to the movies from the Sundance Festival that were added back in January of the current year, the website is now also offering selections from over 500 other content partners. And what is interesting is that not all of them are flicks which can be termed "obscure".

A glance through the YouTube "store" reveals that popular movies like Reservoir Dogs, Precious, Pi and The Cove are listed and can be rented.

ISP launches solution which classifies WebSites for Age category

Reports have revealed that Tibboh, a new Internet Service Provider, or ISP, has joined hands with the British Board of Film Classification with the aim to classify about 3 billion websites by placing on them age restrictions akin to those found in movies. The aim of the complete exercise is to protect youngsters and kids from being exposed to inappropriate content on the internet.

The idea to provide movie-style ratings to websites was first put forward by Professor Tanya Byron in a study report commissioned by the Government on the ways to ensure that the internet and its content is safer for young children.

Bell labs demonstrates Internet speed of 300MbpS

While the National Broadband Networks have been struggling to deliver a speed of just about 100 Mbps over a fiber network which is worth $43 billion, Alcatel - Lucent reportedly has come up with news that their research arm, which is called Bell Labs, has already made a breakthrough by demonstrating speeds of 300 Mbps.

The network that is used seems to be a copper wire and it seems to be quite similar to the network of Telstra who have connected to a lot of business and homes which are situated in Australia.

Credit card data uncovered by a Social networking site

Blippy, Google, and a Midwest bank have been reported for uncovering credit card numbers of four people within Google search results, for over two months.

Blippy, a young start-up that helps people to make social networks around sharing data on purchased goods and services experienced the worst Friday in history.

It was found by VentureBeat that credit card numbers exposed by four Blippy users, could see in Google's search guide.

Jupiter Honda, dealer of Honda motors Ecofriendly appraoch

Jupiter Honda, dealers of Honda Motorcycles, have a launched a new initiative as part of its social responsibility.
Novel approach

It's distributing saplings to every customer who purchases bikes.

“In order to reduce the pollution caused by the carbon dioxide emissions by the two wheelers, we have started distribution of a plant to each customer as per the Honda philosophy of a clean environment,” said Y. Raghu Ram, managing partner of Jupiter Honda.

Uninor's GPRS plan unveiled

Uninor the Youngest GSM Mobile service operator today reportedly unveil its Mobile Internet Services on GPRS for its prepaid subscribers across UP East, UP West, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh where its GSM Mobile Service is offered today.

The Uninor has offered two data services pack-Data 9 worth Rs 9 valid for 3 days, offering free browsing up to 60 MB and Data 90 priced for a price of Rs 90 valid for 30 days with 3GB of free browsing.

Minor muslim girl sold as a 'Slave Wife' rescued by Women's group in WB

A 16-year-old Muslim girl from West Bengal, who was allegedly sold to live as a “slave wife” with a Dalit man, has been rescued from Ponchhada village in Karauli district of Rajasthan. Women’s groups here say the girl was a victim of a big trafficking network in eastern part of the State where there is a high gender imbalance.

Memi Khatoon, belonging to Nijgaon village in Malda district of West Bengal, was brought to Ponchhada from Delhi about a year ago after allegedly being purchased for Rs.26,000. She was forced to live as a wife with 40-year-old Paramsukh Lal Bairwa and was tortured and confined to his house for doing household chores.

Intex's Dual SIM phone IN2020 to cost Rs.2200

Intex showcased its new Dual SIM mobile phone called IN 2020 in the Indian market. The phone will support two GSM SIM cards catering to customers who use more than one phone connection.

The phone supports expandable memory of upto 2GB and offers GPRS, WAP, QWERTY, chatting, texting and torch light features. The screen of the phone measures 1.8 inches and offers Black List feature.

Air India to operate more flights to help stranded passengers in airports of UK

Air India has planned several additional flights between India, UK and USA with a view to clearing the backlog of passengers stranded at various airports, as a consequence of closure of European Air Space for nearly a week from 15th April 2010.

On Sunday, 25th April 2010, the airline will operate a Mumbai-London-Delhi with a 342 seater Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft. On Monday, 26th April, there will be an additional flight on Delhi-London-Mumbai sector, again with a Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft.

Army's suspected firing kills - sparks violence

An alleged timber smuggler was today killed and another injured in firing by security personnel who suspected them to be militants, sparking violent protests in Shopian district.

Army today said it has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident which occurred in this south Kashmir district, 65 kms from here. Angry residents torched two army vehicles after the killing, prompting the security personnel to open fire which left four persons injured.