Kolkata police seizes mobile phones, SIM cards from jail

October 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - IT hardware, mobile phones and electronics company Intex Technologies (India) is targeting Rs.800 crore turnover this fiscal, a top official said here Tuesday. "We have made many new launches this fiscal.

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.

July 3rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Inmates of jail along with prison authorities in Gujarat have set up a mobile van to sell traditional snacks. After the grand success of static Bhajjia house near the jail premises of Sabarmati Central jail, the administration has set up mobile snacks van with the aim of extending the jail industry products to the consumers.

June 29th, 2009 EU, phone makers agree on new single chargerBRUSSELS — EU officials say they have reached a deal with mobile phone makers to introduce a new single, more energy efficient charger that can be used for data-enabled handsets. EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen says selling a single, standard charger will cut costs to manufacturers and reduce the number of chargers thrown away when consumers buy new phones.

June 8th, 2009 POONCH - Two suspected militants with Pakistan SIM cards in their possession were arrested in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Police said the arrested militants belonged to militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

April 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Shyam Sistema Teleservices Ltd, a joint venture between the city-based Shyam Group and Russia's Sistema, Wednesday announced its plans to launch mobile services in Kolkata next month. The joint venture company, in which Sistema has 74 percent holding and Shyam has the remaining 26 percent, will introduce services in other eastern states after the Kolkata launch, said Alexander Chinyaev, Sistema's chief representative in India.

April 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Saturday suspended a central jail superintendent for allegedly providing mobile phone facilities to prisoners and inciting them to react violently when police searched the prison, officials said. Rajendra Gaikwad, superintendent of Ambikapur central jail, was suspended with immediate effect after a departmental probe report found he had let prisoners use mobile phones, drink beer and smoke ganja - against jail manuals.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a daring night time robbery on a moving bus, three armed men boarded a Blueline, looted over 35 passengers and decamped with Rs.5,000 in cash as well as mobile phones, police in the Indian capital said Thursday. Passengers, however, claimed there were as many as six robbers.

March 3rd, 2009 SHIMLA - Mobile phones will ring trouble both for the invigilators and the students in Himachal Pradesh during the board examinations that commence Tuesday, an official here said Monday. 'To avoid disturbance during board examinations, we have decided to impose a ban on the use of mobile phones in the examination centres,' Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education chairman C.L.

February 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Reliance Money, part of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), Tuesday introduced a new facility that enables investors to trade equities and commodities through mobile phones. The new facility is available across all mobile platforms.

February 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Police in Jharkhand are taking on gun-toting Maoists by equipping villagers with mobile phones - and the move is sure helping strengthen the information network against the rebels. Ever since they started distributing mobile phones free of cost in the West Singhbhum district last month, police say they have received valuable information from villagers about the whereabouts and movements of Maoists.

January 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - The superintendent of the Alipore Central Jail here was issued a showcause notice after the police seized mobile phones, SIM cards and liquor from some prisoners, an official said Wednesday. It was Superintendent Kumaresh Roy's 'duty to keep a strict watch on the inmates.

January 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Eleven people - allegedly part of a gang of thief and robbers - were arrested in Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh Friday, the police said. Three other men who are part of the gang are absconding, the police said.

January 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 20-year-old student has been arrested on the charge of using credit cards of other people for online shopping, a police officer said here Friday. The student of hotel management, Sahil Sharma, is the son of a senior Haryana government official.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Department of Telecom's (Dot) decision to ban mobile phones that do not have the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) - a unique 15-digit identity code for handsets - has been deferred for 'some time', an official said. 'The order is still pending with the (telecom) ministry.