Times Internet Ltd ofIndiatimes.comFame, has launched a new Deals Site called “TimesDeal” which will offer deals across 6 different cities namely, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai. This site seems to be primarily a coupon site competing with the likes ofSnapDeal, Deals and You and Taggle.com and offers a highly discounted deal a day ranging from Guitar Lessons to Gym Memberships and Restaurant deals. You can subscribe to these deals via email or SMS and you can invite your friends through Facebook, Twitter and E-Mail....

The Times Group, a national media organisation in India, has announced an exclusive two-year agreement with sports content provider Perform. According to the terms, it will bring EPL highlights to football fans’ mobile devices across India,as reported by WAT blog. Content will be delivered through the group’s news websiteIndiatimes. Fans can watch EPL video highlights through the Indiatimes website and mobile portal and via Perform’s own content-playing software. While it isn’t as good as catching the action live, the opportunity to watch EPL matches at any time and in any place will certainly appeal to football fans in India....

Amid a monumental surge in COVID-19 cases, India’s going ahead withKumbh Mela,a cyclical pilgrimage of epic proportions that attracts Hindus to four religious sites across the country every 12 years. According to a report fromthe Indian Express, officials have built an AIto help spot people at the event who avoid wearing masks. The authorities said that 100 out of the 350 CCTV cameras deployed for festivals have special sensors that could zoom in on people’s faces and send an alert to the control room if they’re not wearing a mask....

With the e-commerce scene booming in India, thanks to startups such asSnapdeal, Flipkart and Infibeam, Indian handicraft workers have begun to adopt e-commerce in order to boost their sales, moving beyond the existing traditional channels. One of such sites is the New Delhi basedNethaat.comwhich launched earlier this year, to provide handicraft artisans a platform to sell their handicrafts. Rakesh Sonava, Co-Founder of Nethaat.com said, this website was inspired by his family’s experience who went through trials and tribulations to sell their goods....

India’s former telecommunications minister, along with two other officials were arrested on Wednesday in an investigation into one of India’s biggest corruption scandals that cost the government billions of dollars. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charged Andimuthu Raja, his secretary and a former ministry official for abusing their official positions to benefit some telecom companies. The scandal involves the 2008 sale of 2G cellular operating licenses of under a first-come, first-served basis, but was unrightfully given to ineligible participants that netted the government only 124 billion rupees ($2....