In yet another shocking incident of road rage in Delhi, a bus driver was beaten to death by 3-4 people in Mundka area of the national capital.   According to the police, the driver had entered into an altercation with a group of men. A fight ensued in which the driver was mercilessly beaten. He was admitted …

      A consortium of health experts and doctors has written to the Union government seeking price controls on over 180 new drugs, including nine cancer drugs, amid concerns that many patients die prematurely unable to afford chemotherapy.   The consortium, whose members include doctors from the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and other medical institutions, wants these drugs added …

      Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was on Monday acquitted by the Karnataka High Court in the disproportionate assets case that came as a huge relief to the AIADMK chief that will enable her stage a political comeback and return to the Chief Minister’s post. Pronouncing the verdict in a jam-packed court, Justice C R Kumaraswamy also …

    Total gross revenue of telecom service providers increased by 9.54 percent to Rs. 63,955 crores in October-December, 2014, a report by telecom regulator Trai said. The combined gross revenue of operators was at Rs. 58,385 crores in the same period of 2013, according to the Trai’s performance indicator report. The adjusted gross revenue (AGR), on which telecom operators …

    Bringing the retail sector under its scanner, the Competition Commission is now analysing whether price discount arrangements between manufacturers and distributors are anti-competitive in nature. The move assumes significance against the backdrop of the regulator recently rejecting allegations of unfair business practices against leading online retailers. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has come across instances of resale …

    Sometimes I lie awake on long, sleepless nights thinking about what life would’ve been like had I been born into different circumstances. What if I hadn’t been born human at all? What if I’d been born a bumblebee, or a rhinoceros? What if I’d been born one of the inhabitants of the Federation planet Xaldorfigan-III? At no point …

    Reliance Jio Infocomm got undue advantage of Rs. 3,367.29 crores after the Department of Telecom (DoT) allowed it to provide voice calling facility under the new licensing regime, official auditor CAG said on Friday. Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd in 2010 acquired Infotel Broadband which had won pan-India wireless access spectrum in auctions. The Broadband Wireless Access …

    Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in the default installation of WordPress, leaving sites that use content management system open to attack – specifically a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows anonymous users to compromise the site. David Dede from Sucuri security research company has claimed that any WordPresstheme or plugin that runs a genericons package is at risk. …

    Yahoo on Thursday pushed out a major update to its Flickr apps on mobile and desktop platforms, as well as the Web service, completely overhauling the UI. The updated apps for Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows are now available. The design changes help users better organise their photos along with easy locating and sharing of images and videos. …

      E-commerce solutions provider for fashion and lifestyle products Myntra on Thursday said it has acquired Bengaluru-based mobile app development platform company Native5. The acquisition will strengthen and expand Myntra’s mobile technology team which is focused on driving transformational change in the online shopping space, the company today said in a release that did not share any financial …