Satyam Computers Chairman Ramalinga Raju resigns
Shares of Satyam Computer Wednesday crashed by over 72 percent to Rs.50 from a opening of Rs.179.10 on the bourses around 1 p.m., following the resignation of its founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju after he admitted to a Rs.40 billion (Rs.4,000 crore or $823 million) fraud - the largest in India [...]

Visa cardholders can now reload their Smart Tags automatically
Delhi/Gurgaon, Jan.7 (ANI): Visa and Delhi Gurgaon SuperConnectivity Ltd. (DGSCL) have introduced a Standing Instruction (SI) facility that enables motorists to reload their Smart Tags automatically using their Visa credit cards.
This will be convenient for motorists as the Smart Tags can be programmed to automatically reload when [...]

Pak wants to play Australians at home, keeps neutral venue option open
Lahore, Jan 7 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has reiterated that Pakistan’s priority is to host Australia’s tour in their home country, but admitted that a neutral venue for the series remains a possibility.
Ijaz also said that he and chief operating [...]

NASA telescope unveils a dozen new pulsars
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): NASA’’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others.
“We know of 1,800 pulsars, but until Fermi we saw only little wisps of energy from all but a handful of them,” said Roger Romani of Stanford [...]

Sheikh Hasina takes oath as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Jan.6 (ANI): Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina Wajed on Tuesday sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh after her party-led grand alliance swept the general elections a week ago.
Bangaldesh President Iajuddin Ahmed administered her the oath of office and secrecy at Bangabhaban [...]

Govt: Pakistan needs to accept Kasab’s nationality
New Delhi, Jan 6 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Tuesday said Pakistan should acknowledge that the arrested terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab in the Mumbai terror attack, is its national and show Pak’s actual intention to cooperate with India.
Anand Sharma, while speaking to mediaperson [...]

Chief Ministers’ conference to discuss internal security
New Delhi, Jan 6 (ANI): A conference of Chief Ministers will begin here today to discuss internal security.
The conference will be chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh where issues like terrorism, strengthening of intelligence network, security of coastline and key establishments, including atomic sites, will be discussed.
The meeting [...]

Children’s Science Congress inaugurated at NEHU
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): The Children’’s Science Congress opened today at the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), providing an opportunity to hundreds of students to have a glimpse of the Science and Technology scenario in the country.
Held on the occasion of the 96th Indian Science Congress, it was inaugurated [...]