DMK leader A. Raja was arrested here Wednesday for his alleged role in the controversial allocation of airwaves for second generation (2G) telecom services, three months after he was forced to resign as communications minister. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested him and two of his aides on primarily two counts — misuse of [...]
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Raja arrested in alleged 2G scam
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Court pulls up government in Amar Singh tapping case
February 2nd, 2011 |
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The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the central government and other contenders in the Amar Singh wire tapping case for filing a “very casual and vague” affidavit and asked them to file a fresh one. The apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly said casual and vague affidavits have been filed by [...]
Return to Delhi, Chidambaram tells Sushma,Jaitley
January 25th, 2011 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley to respect the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir government and call off their planned flag-hoisting in Srinagar by giving up the “path of confrontation”. “I would request the two leaders of the opposition and their colleagues to [...]
CBI raids Kalmadi’s Delhi, Pune residences, Games office
December 24th, 2010 |
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CBI Friday raided the Delhi and Pune homes of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi as well as the Games office here, two months after the mega event ended amid allegations of major financial irregularities. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said teams of officers searched Kalmadi’s residences and that of an aide also in [...]
BJP targets Sibal over 2G probe panel
December 10th, 2010 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for announcing a judicial probe into 2G spectrum allocation from 2001 at a time when Parliament is in session. “The general practice is not to make any policy announcement outside the House when Parliament is in session,” Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi [...]
2G scam: BJP sticks to JPC demand
November 30th, 2010 |
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The parliamentary party of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met here today and decided to stick to its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G scam. Meanwhile, the functioning of Parliament continued to be hit for the 13th working day over the opposition demand for a JPC probe. Both house were [...]
Prithviraj Chavan to take oath as Maharashtra CM
November 11th, 2010 |
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Former Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan will be sworn-in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, while Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar will take oath as Deputy Chief Minister. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan will administer oath of office and secrecy to them at 4.30 p.m. at the [...]
BJP core group to discuss Karnataka situation today
October 12th, 2010 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) core group will hold a meeting here on Tuesday to take stock of the developments in Karnataka. The core group will meet under the chairmanship of party president Nitin Gadkari at 11 a.m. at senior leader LK Advani”s residence. The core gorup will take stock of the developments in Karnataka [...]
Quota for MPs in central schools restored
May 7th, 2010 |
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New Delhi, May 7 : The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has decided to restore the MPs’ quota for admission of students in Kendriya Vidyalayas, the Rajya Sabha was told Friday.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathana Thursday.
“We have decided to restore two nominations to [...]
BJP, Congress seek transparency in IPL functioning
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Expressing concern over the controversy surrounding the cricket Indian Premier League (IPL), the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded transparency and accountability in its functioning.
Initiating a debate in the Rajya Sabha on the working of the ministry of youth affairs and sports, Congress member Jayanti Natarjan termed the IPL as an “example of [...]
No impact of Chinese dam on Brahmaputra: Krishna
April 22nd, 2010 |
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China has assured India that a hydroelectric dam it is constructing on Tsangpo river in Tibet will not impact the downstream flow to Brahmaputra, parliament was informed Thursday.
“It is a fact that when we met in Beijing, the question of the power station did come up. The Chinese foreign minister assured me that there would [...]
N-liability bill has nothing to do with India-US deal: government
April 22nd, 2010 |
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The government Thursday refuted charges that the civil nuclear liability bill was being introduced in parliament under international pressure and said the legislation had been under consideration since 1998 and had nothing to do with the India-US nuclear deal signed in 2008.
The bill was in line with international best practices and would ensure “immediate compensation” [...]
Over 500,000 Overseas Indian Cards issued: Ravi
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Over 500,000 Overseas Indian Cards (OICs) have so far been issued while 9,000 applications are pending, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said Thursday.
“We have so far issued 576,000 OIC cards. Nine thousand applications are pending because the forms are incomplete. We have asked the applicants to correct these and we will then issue [...]
Chinese dam will not impact Brahmaputra: Krishna
April 22nd, 2010 |
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China has assured India that a dam it is constructing on the Tsang Po river in Tibet for generating power will not impact downstream flow to the Brahmaputra, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Thursday.
“It is a fact that when we met in Beijing, the question of the power station did come up. The Chinese [...]
3G auction could raise Rs.45,000 crore: Raja
April 22nd, 2010 |
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The ongoing auction of the 3G spectrum could raise Rs.45,000 crore, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday.
“We anticipated that the auction would raise Rs.35,000 crore. It may go up to Rs.45.000 crore,” Telecom Minister A. Raja said during question hour in the upper house.
Raja was responding to a question on India’s national spectrum policy.
PM promises all possible help to disabled
April 20th, 2010 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday assured a delegation of representatives of the disabled, which raised several demands including a separate ministry for disability affairs, of all “possible steps” to help them.
A 10-member delegation of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, led by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member and Rajya Sabha [...]
Biotechnology should not harm bio-diversity: Ramesh
April 19th, 2010 |
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Biotechnology is an “important tool” for ensuring food security but it should be ensured that it does not adversely impact human and animal health and the bio-diversity, parliament was informed Monday.
“There is general agreement within the concerned ministries that biotechnology is an important tool for raising agricultural productivity and ensuring food security,” Minister of State [...]
Separate rules for e-waste disposal by May 15: Ramesh
April 19th, 2010 |
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The government will specify by May 15 a separate set of regulations for disposal of e-waste, parliament was informed Monday.
“Disposal of e-waste is becoming an increasingly important challenge for the government. Therefore, there is a need to take more precautionary measures. We will have a separate set of rules for this by May 15,” Minister [...]