INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL K'taka tourism info now available on toll-free call Bangalore: Tourist information on Karnataka is now available across the country over a toll-free telephone number. The information is currently available in Kannada, English and Hindi and will soon be available in other regional languages such as Telugu and Tamil.
Polaris chief Jain calls on Yashwant Sinha New Delhi: Polaris chief Arun Jain, freed by Indonesian authorities after a week-long detention in that country over alleged charges of deception and fraud, met External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha and thanked him for the efforts made by the government in securing his release.
ISRO planning to develop agriculture satellites Bangalore: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to develop a series of high bandwidth agriculture satellites for thematic applications as part of its mission to develop frontier space technologies with societal relevance, ISRO chairman Dr K Kasturirangan said on January 4.
SENSEX retreats on FIIs' selling, falls by 40 points Mumbai: After a smart rally in the previous week, the SENSEX beat a hasty retreat and shed by 1.19 per cent reflecting sharp losses in select heavyweights on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) during the week due largely to selling by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs).
