Chennai: Work on the proposed multi-crore Chennai Aero Park project could begin this year, with land being identified for the purpose, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) officials said here on Saturday. “We have come down to two options. Land has been identified near Chennai and Hosur. The project will come up in either of these…
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Mobile phones in India would soon have 11 digits.
Mobile phones in India would soon have 11 digits. Currently all mobile phone numbers in India have 10 digits. The reason for this change is because the approximate base limit of 10 digit numbers is 450 million subscribers, which is likely to get exhausted as soon as by early next year.
Digital passes in place of passports for Haj pilgrims
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed told one of India’s leading magazine that he met Saudi deputy Haj minister Hatem Qadi last weekend to resolve the problem for pilgrims without valid passports. Given security concerns, Indian authorities had requested the government of Saudi Arabia to accept digital or machine-readable pilgrim passes as an interim solution….
News: Saudi Arabia set to lift ban on films
After 30 years, Saudi Arabia set to lift ban on films. “A movie could possibly be acceptable if it serves good and is suitable under Islam,” Head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Ibrahim al-Gaith was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph. Shampoos no cure for dandruff: Scientists…
Tamil Nadu leads as India’s best e-governed state
In a recent survey, Tamil Nadu leads as India’s best e-governed state for 2008-09, followed by Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka, India’s IT hotspot, is down nine places at 16. Kerala, India’s topper in literacy, is at 18, falling 13 places. West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar are at the bottom. Some criteria…
NEWS TODAY
US TELLS NEW DELHI TO CONTROL HINDUTVA ELEMENTS A resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives on September 29 calling on the Indian government to take all necessary steps to restrict the reach and resources of Hindutva elements or what they called “radical religious elements” that cause violence periodically, including the incitement…
SUNDAY NEWS
Ex-Armymen held in Malegaon blast probe MUMBAI: After the arrest of a once-fiesty sadhvi with links to saffron groups, the Malegaon bomb blast case has taken another serious turn with the possible involvement of ex-Armymen, one a retired major. Mumbai’s anti-terrorism squad (ATS), which is investigating the blast that killed six people ahead of…
Involvement of right-wing Hindu groups in Malegaon blast
Mumbai: The Maharashtra police on Thursday said it was investigating the alleged involvement of a Hindu right-wing group in the blasts which occurred in Malegaon in Maharashtra and Modasa, Gujarat, on September 29. Nearly a month after motorcycle bomb blasts killed six in the textile town of Malegaon the state home department is in possession…
‘ISLAM MEANS PEACE TO HUMANITY’
Remember this: The world’s first International Islamic Peace Conference was opened in Mumbai on November 23, 2007. More than 20 renowned Islamic scholars from all over the world graced the occasion. The peace conference claimed to offer a solution to humanity by spreading the importance of peace. “When peace is destroyed – no matter which…
Home projects on IT corridor in worst-ever crisis
CHENNAI: They put their faith in the IT boom and planned large, luxury apartment projects on Chennai’s IT corridor. Today, though, builders are feeling the pinch as the residential sector on the IT corridor is undergoing one of its worst crises ever. Of the 40,000-odd residential apartments that are expected to come up in…