Come January 2010, consumers need to pay only Rs 19 and change their service provider, even as they retain the same mobile number. In a move that could intensify the stiff competition in the world's fastest-growing telecom market and push call charges ever lower, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said the porting charges for switching one's mobile operator 'cannot be more than Rs 19.'MNP was initially planned to be launched in the country by October.

The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said. New discoveries on the makeup of universe and its tiniest particles are unlikely before next year, but the Large Hadron Collider has been advancing faster than expected in its start-up phase that began Friday night, said Rolf Heuer, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research...

The film piracy industry in India is worth Rs.1,500 crore and its profits are being used to fund terrorism in the country, a top official of CD-DVD manufacturer Moser Baer said Tuesday. 'The piracy industry in India is Rs.1,500 crore and much of it goes to funding terror,' Moser Baer India chief executive Harish Dayani told...

Hyderabad, The accounting scam at Satyam Computer Services is to the tune of Rs.14,000 crore (Rs.140 billion/$2.8 billion)) and not Rs.7,800 crore (Rs.78 billion) as the company’s disgraced former chairman B. Ramalinga Raju stated earlier this year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said.

The Forbes’ Rich List has revealed that a buoyant stock market and a still-robust economy have almost doubled the number of billionaires in India. According to the rankings, with the stock market having gained more than 75 per cent this year and the economy growing at nearly 7 per cent, the number of billionaires jumped from 27 in 2008 to 52 this year...

Krishnudu popularly known as Vinayakudu is demanding Rs 25 lakh for his next project. This is the 2nd squeal for Vinayakudu movie. The recent movie of Krishnudu, Village lo Vinayakudu is big hit. The budget of this movie was just Rs 1.39 Crore. But the collections of this movie are exceeding the box-office estimations.

After Stupendous Successes of “Kick” Director Surender Reddy announced “Mr.Perfect.” with Mahesh babu under RR Movie Makers.Mahesh Babu says “I was thrilled when Surender Reddy narrated this script and I readily agreed to do this”. Although Surendar Reddy's first film with Mahesh Babu Atidhi flopped miserably at the box office.

The 'Incredible India' campaign, an initiative by the Indian government to promote tourism, has won the World Travel Award 2009 for being the best campaign of the year.The reigning Miss World, Ksenia Kukhinova of Russia, presented the award to India's Tourism Minister, Kumari Selja at a gala function held at the Grosvenor House here.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to complete 30,000 international runs when he scored his 35th run in the 2nd innings against Sri Lanka on Day 5 of the first Test.Sachin has 12812* in Tests, 17178 in One-Day Internationals and just 10 in Twenty20 Internationals.