Vakrangee Softwares Ltd., a leading integrated document management and printing management solutions provider, has entered into an agreement with Mumbai-based Financial Information Network and Operations Ltd. (FINO), the Smart Card Solution Provider.

Under the arrangement, both partners will combine their complementary skills and expertise for execution of the Rashtriya Swathya Bima Yojana (RSBY) scheme announced by Government of India for the provision of Health Insurance cover to families below poverty line.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray will appear in Mumbai's Wikroli court on Thursday. The Maharastra Govt. has filed another petition against Raj, seeking cancellation of his bail plea in a different case.

"The State government is seeking the legal opinion on the execution of the non-bailable warrant issued by Jamshedpur magistrate's court against Raj Thackeray and Police will follow all necessary legal procedures in the matter," Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said.

The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Vikas Yadav seeking hearing of his appeal by any high court other than that of Delhi. Vikas, sentenced to life imprisonment in Nitish Katara murder case, is the son of UP politician D P Yadav.

A bench comprising of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice HS Bedi rejected his plea mentioning that it did not carry any merit.

Vikas Yadav along with his cousin Vishal were awarded life term sentence by a sessions court in New Delhi on May 30. They were accused of killing Nitish Katara near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh in 2002.

Reliance Communications and HTC Corporation entered into a strategic alliance to introduce the innovation-packed HTC Touch Diamond - CDMA (P3051) in the Indian market.

The recent declaration further strengthens the successful partnership between HTC and Reliance Communication to roll out superior and top-notch mobile handsets for India in the strong-growing CDMA market in India.

Under the alliance, the HTC Touch Diamond - CDMA (P3051) will be exclusively provided on Reliance Communications state-of-the-art wireless network spread across 15,000 towns and 4 lakh Indian villages.

Yuvraj Singh-is leading India Blue and S Badrinath is the captain of India Red.

India Blue is said to be the favourites to retain the trophy. It has presence of large number of star players including skipper Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthapa, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli. This has given them advantage over other two teams.

The other team in the tournament is India green lead by Mohd. Kaif.

Yuvi as the fans call him is eyeing for a double century in the first match. ''My form has not been that good in recent times.Therefore, I am aiming to score a double hundred and bounce back into form,'' he said after the net practice session.

Madrid - Spain was stepping up diplomatic activity Thursday in a push to be invited to an economic summit to take place in Washington in mid-November.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was scheduled to travel to the Asia-Europe meeting (ASEM) in Beijing, where he would meet European leaders and seek their backing for an invitation to the Washington summit, media reported.

Spain was carrying out "intense diplomatic activity on all levels," according to the daily El Pais.

The US has invited only members of the G-8 group - which Spain is not part of - plus developing countries with the largest economies to the summit, dealing with the challenges of the global economy in the aftermath of the financial crisis.