Boy stoned to death for mobile phone

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after the Delhi Police's crime branch reportedly traced murdered teen Aarushi Talwar's mobile phone, her parents on Tuesday said its recovery provides a ray of hope for bringing the murderers to justice. Talking to reporters, Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar said, "The recovery of the mobile phone is a ray of hope for us that the culprits will be caught.

September 10th, 2009 Sprint Nextel lowers mobile-to-mobile pricingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sprint is offering unlimited minutes for calls made between mobile phones as competition in wireless pricing continues to intensify.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A subway passenger in China blamed another man for theft on the basis of his looks. When Zhou couldn't find his mobile phone, he caught Chen, and took him to police station in Shaoguan, Guangdong province, claiming he was the thief.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next time you realise your mobile phone has run out of battery charge and you are commuting by the Delhi Metro, don't fret - just connect your phone to the charging points that will soon be available at stations for free. For the convenience of its commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will install 134 multiple mobile charging machines at stations by July this year in a phased manner.

June 11th, 2009 Dog doesn't just say no and gets 'stoned' at parkSEATTLE — A dog that ran off from its owner in Seattle's Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and got high. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell told KING-TV the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was "just stoned" May 12 after they returned home from the park.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Text messages, listening to music and surfing the Internet are the most popular activities of the Indian mobile user, while work-related tasks such as checking emails and managing meetings take a backseat, according to a report by a leading IT publication group. "SMS was one of the most popular mobile application with an overwhelming 92 percent respondents using it," said the report by specialist IT media house Cybermedia.

May 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Two boys charged with stealing a mobile phone were stripped and beaten by a group of about 12 children who were allegedly instigated by news photographers in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said Saturday. Golu, 8, and Litra, 9, were caught stealing a mobile phone during a wedding at the house of Jawahar Ram in Avvaal locality of Chatra, about 190 km from here, Friday night.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Department of Telecom (DoT) has directed all mobile phone service users to disconnect the usage of unbranded Chinese mobiles that do not have IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) numbers and pose a serious security risk to the country. The mobile phone companies have undertaken to acquire the necessary equipment to track these phones by April 15 and discontinue their services thereafter - a process that is expected to take another 15 days, that is, by April 30.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Citibank today announced the launch of Citi Mobile, its mobile banking solution that combines the consumer need for convenient, on-the-go banking with advanced mobile technology that is compatible with popular mobile devices across most GSM operators. Through Citi Mobile, customers can check account balances, send money, issue drafts, pay bills, make credit card payments, register for services like e-Statements, request for a cheque book, stop payments and much more.

February 26th, 2009 BREGENZ - A skier trapped under collapsed snow in far western Austria was saved when he was able to call for help on his mobile phone. The 44-year-old Austrian man defied warnings of unstable snow Wednesday and went skiing at Golm near Tschagguns.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rural population is the key growth driver of India's telecom industry though 'affordability still remains a key issue', said a study released here Thursday. According to the study by LIRNEasia, and information and communication technology policy organisation, 27 percent of the total mobile owners at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), or the poorest socio-economic group, were added last year, whereas the urban areas added only 19 percent.

January 30th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two people died while they were trying to recover a cell phone from a well in Orissa's Kandhamal district, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Suryakoti village of Kandhamal district, nearly 250 km from here, Friday but came to light Saturday, a police officer said.

January 26th, 2009 PATNA - A leopard was killed by villagers in Bihar Tuesday, a police officer said. The leopard was first stoned by the villagers and later beaten to death with bamboo sticks and iron rods.

January 12th, 2009 TEHRAN - Two men were stoned to death in the north-eastern Iranian city of Mashad, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday. The Fars news agency quoted Ali-Reza Jamshidi as saying that two men were stoned to death last month in Mashad for having committed murder and adultery.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two people were arrested here for stabbing a domestic help to death last month, when he resisted their attempt to snatch a mobile phone from his employer, the police said Sunday. Shekhar, 34, and Sanjay, 24, were arrested Saturday from Rajouri Garden area for stabbing Raju in his neck outside his employer Shyam Kumar's Tagore Garden house last month, the police said.