Hitherto unknown militant outfits have asked women in Kashmir to observe 'purdah' and not to use mobile phones in public.

"People should ensure that girls observe purdah in public places. If we spot

Nearly half of the country's population don't have a bathroom at home and defecate in open, but more people own a mobile phone.

According to the Census 2011 data on houses, household amenities and a

Finland's Nokia, struggling to hold onto its place as the world's number one mobile phone maker, slumped on Thursday to only its second quarterly loss since 1998 as sales continued to fall.

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Washington: Sure, we have heard of solar powered heaters and calculators, even plans for a Japanese space station to get its energy from solar power. Now prepare yourself for an entirely new ‘solar-po

New Delhi: India's mobile phone market added 18.98 million new subscribers to its network in October, taking the total number of connections to 706.69 million, official data has showed.

According to

Muzaffarnagar: A village panchayat here has banned the use of mobile phones by unmarried girls, a move they feel would prevent them from eloping with their lovers.

The all caste and community pancha

New Delhi: There are 700 million cellphone connections in the country but only half this number of Indians have access to private toilets.

The UN figures show the poor focus this country has on the

Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, said on Friday some of its flagship N8 smartphones were sold with a power fault that meant they switched themselves off.

The success of the N8 - Nokia's first

London: If multi-function phones leave you dazed, here's the answer - a mobile phone that just makes calls and does nothing else has been developed. No MP3, no apps and no, not even texts can be opera

The US has said it is not mediating between the Blackberry maker RIM and India, which has asked the smartphone vendor to provide access to some of mobile messaging services or face ban in that country