January 31, 2014
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: A second round of fare war was unleashed by SpiceJet on Friday, with Jet Airways and no-frill carriers IndiGo, GoAir and JetKonnect jumping into the race to offer limited period, low-priced air tickets to customers.
Domestic Airlines Fare Ware
January 31, 2014
NEW DELHI: Targeting Rahul Gandhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused him of being corrupt and said the party will field candidates against him, UPA ministers and leaders of other parties.
Have prepared a list of the corrupt: Arvind Kejriwal
January 31, 2014
WASHINGTON: Apple, Ford and Wal-Mart will Friday lead 300 US companies ready to sign up to President Barack Obama's pledge not to discriminate against long-term unemployed job seekers.
Obama said he will meet representatives of the firms at the White House on Friday to agree on a series of best practices designed to halt discrimination against those who have been out of work for months or even years in the wake of the financial crisis.
January 30, 2014
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh legislature on Thursday rejected the Telangana bill by voice vote, capping days of acrimonious drama and embarrassing Congress, but posing no real hurdle in the way of creation of the new state.
In an embarrassment to Congress, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Reddy rejected the Telangana Bill.
January 30, 2014
WASHINGTON: Nasa is planning to launch robotic missions to make water on the Moon in 2018 and oxygen on Mars in 2020.
NASA to launch robotic missions to make water on Mars and oxygen.
The Moon mission will be the US space agency's first attempt to demonstrate in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) beyond Earth.
January 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC: The Justice Department is investigating the hacking of consumer data from Target Corp., U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday.
A Target store in Alhambra, California. U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder says the Feds are probing the hacking of customer data from the retail chain.
January 30, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is selling Motorola Mobility's Smartphone business to Lenovo group for $2.9 billion.
Google Inc. bought the patents and phone business for $12.4 billion in May 2012.
January 29, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 232 and 35 for 1 trail Sri Lanka 730 for 6 dec (Jayawardene 203*, Mathews 86, Vithanage 103*) by 463 runs
Mahela Jayawardene surpassed Allan Border's tally of 11,174 Test runs.
January 29, 2014
ATLANTA: Icy chaos gripped the US south on Wednesday after a rare winter storm that killed at least six people, stranded children in their schools overnight and paralyzed travel in several states, including hundreds of flight cancellations at the world's busiest airport.
January 29, 2014
NEW DELHI: With more and more people accessing the web through mobile phones, the internet user base in the country is projected to touch 243 million by June 2014, a year-on-year growth of 28%.
India's internet user base is projected to touch 243 million by June 2014
