India

Indian pop idol Ishmeet Singh drowned in the swimming pool of the Chaaya Island Dhonveli resort, Maldives on July 29. Ishmeet went to Maldives to perform in the “Star Voice of Maldives” contest which was to be held on July 31, 2008.

Indian customers can now book their 3G iPhone as Vodafone and Airtel have introduced pre-registration for the iPhone 3G on their respective web sites. However, both companies have said nothing about when the iPhone will be launched. All they've managed to reveal is that it would be coming later this year. Yet, speculation is rife that India can expect the iPhone 3G sometime in September this year.

Singapore-based Mobile and Wireless Group (MWg) today announced their entrance into the Indian wireless market with the launch of their latest Windows Mobile handsets - the MWg Atom V and MWg Zinc II.

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries will start selling natural gas in the country at $25.20 per barrel equivalent of oil - an 80 percent discount to global prices of over $135 - helping the country reduce imports at record prices.

The stock market lost further ground tracking negative global cues and as investors were unwilling to buy shares given the uncertainty on the economic front in India. Technology and banking shares were hit hardest in the slide.

At 1:30 pm, the Sensex was down 291 points or 1.93 percent at 14,774.62. The index touched a low of 14,743.08 after briefly scaling 15,088.03.

Spice Telecom, Punjab's premier telecom service provider, has launched a Handset Combo Offer - a mobile phone with lifetime prepaid/postpaid connection - called 'Sabka Spice', available at Rs. 599.

The company provides mobile phone that comes with a three years warranty and a choice of Spice prepaid and postpaid connection.

In tri-nation limited-overs international, India posted their biggest one-day win over Pakistan with a 140-run victory at Dhaka's Shere-Bangla Stadium.

India dismissed Pakistan for 190 to end their 12-match winning streak after scoring 330 for eight. India's previous highest victory over Pakistan was their 87-run win three years ago.

A special court in Ghaziabad today rejected the bail application of Rajesh Talwar, the main suspect in Aarushi and Hemraj murder case.

Minutes after this, his counsel Satish Tamta moved the District and Sessions court in Ghaziabad for the same, which posted the matter for hearing on June 26.

The multi-media mobile phones hit Indian market, allowing people to enjoy all the multimedia features such as music, navigation, photography and calling; especially youth and technology enthusiasts love to use such mobile phones. Targeting these groups of people, Nokia has announced to launch N78 mobile phone in the Indian market.

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will not attend the prestigious International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards gala starting on Friday.

"He had been approached and invited. Unfortunately the period he spent with the Indian Premier League matches disrupted his entire schedule," said Sabbas Joseph, director Wizcraft.