Bull taming sport 'Jallikattu' to begin on January 15 in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu is preparing for the traditional bull taming sport 'Jallikattu', which is celebrated as part of Pongal celebrations. The event w...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
9 killed in Tamil Nadu train fire mishap; officials blame cylinder "illegally" taken inside for blazeTamil Nadu Commercial Taxes minister P Moorthy, deputed by Chief Minister M K Stalin to oversee relief efforts, said five men and 4 women p...
26 Aug, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
Congress appoints Alexio Sequeira as Goa unit working president, Girish Chodankar to remain state chiefGoa goes to polls early next year to elect its 40-member assembly and the Congress seeks to wrest control of the state from the BJP.
30 Aug, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Deal-hungry consumers feast on festive salesThe ecommerce surge hasn’t dented sales at the brick-and-mortar chains in the first two days of festive sales, which also coincided with th...
04 Dec, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Falling online discounts boost mobile sales at retail stores“Online sales were contributing more than 90% to our overall sales, but online market in India is still only 30 % of the overall smartphone...
25 Aug, 2017, 02.07 AM IST
Xiaomi launches 'offline only' Redmi 3S+ in India for Rs 9,499It will also be available across key large format retailers like Poorvika, Sangeetha, BIG C, and LOT Mobiles via its distributors -- Reding...
01 Oct, 2016, 11.16 PM IST
10 per cent sales in India coming from offline channels: Xiaomi"Within a year, offline is contributing to 10 per cent of our sales. We have also expanded our partnerships, which is doing well for us," X...
03 Aug, 2016, 08.19 PM IST
Windows 10 smartphones: Microsoft launches Lumia 950, 950 XL in India"We see our phones as driver of our strategy and an integral part of growing the Windows ecosystem," Microsoft India Chairman Bhaskar Prama...
01 Dec, 2015, 02.52 AM IST
iPhone a hit online, but may not find space on retailers’ shelvesApple decided in April to free up distribution and not control trade margins and the final consumer price of iPhones in any retail channel.
24 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Datawind unveils free data bundled 3G handsets PocketSurfer 2G4 and 3G4The 5-inch PocketSurfer 3G5 smartphone, priced at Rs 5,499, has been upgraded to include a year of free web browsing.
17 Mar, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
E-commerce takes its toll; cellphone retail chain Univercell planning to exit businessThree leading cellphone retailers in south India, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika Mobiles and BigC Mobiles, have also decided to combine resour...
19 Feb, 2015, 04.55 AM IST
Peeved with Google's selling policy, big retailers like Croma, Future Group and others refuse to sell Android One smartphonesAndroid One is Google's pet project to increase adoption of smartphones in emerging markets with India being the first country where it is ...
20 Nov, 2014, 06.36 AM IST
Apple to start midnight sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in India for first timeOnly 29% of more than 900 million mobile phone subscribers in India have smartphones, while in China the user base is around 500 million.
10 Oct, 2014, 03.40 AM IST
Magisterial probe ordered into Bhilai steel plant gas leakageInitially, as many as 34 people were taken to Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre in Sector-9, Bhilai, after they fell ill upon i...
13 Jun, 2014, 12.46 PM IST
Raymond appoints StrawberryFrog as its new creative agencyA senior official at Raymond said that it is looking at a fresh brand architecture, in an attempt to reposition itself as a more mass, yout...
28 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Google pays tribute to M S Subbulakshmi by dedicating doodle on her 97th birthdayGoogle on Monday paid tribute to the doyen of Carnatic music M S Subbulakshmi by dedicating a colourful doodle on her 97th birthday.
16 Sep, 2013, 02.17 PM IST
- Indian teachers claim Malaysian employers mistreated them
Two music and dance teachers from India have accused their Malaysian employers of physically abusing them since the day they were hired thr...
06 Jan, 2008, 12.32 PM IST