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EGoM to decide spectrum price for auction: Telecom secy

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:12:18 GMT

A high-powered ministerial panel headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will decide on the minimum price to be fixed for auction of spectrum, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said on Saturday.

Hacker group Anonymous hits Indian govt, claims Twitter hit

Sat, 26 May 2012 08:46:17 GMT

Hacker group Anonymous today claimed to have hacked Twitter in India, "avenging" the Indian government for allegedly blocking its Twitter handle OpIndia_Revenge.

TMC to protest against price hike in Kolkata today

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:59:02 GMT

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will lead her party Trinamool Congress, the second largest ally of the UPA government at the Centre, in Kolkata today to protest against the steep hike in petrol price.

Rs 100-cr grant for institute blacklisted by HRD

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:34:06 GMT

MP writes to speaker, says facts were not placed in LS when bill was passed; youth affairs ministry denies charge.

Rape of even woman of easy virtues impermissible: SC

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:34 GMT

Even if a woman is of easy virtues, she cannot be subjected to rape, the Supreme Court has held, saying courts have a duty to determine whether the offence has been committed or not.

All's not well: Sushma to follow Advani, skip BJP rally

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:56:51 GMT

Differences in BJP seem to be far from over at its national executive meeting in Mumbai today with leaders LK Advani and Sushama Swaraj set to stay away from a rally scheduled for the evening.

Essar, Loop Promoters get bail, charges framed in 2G

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:44:49 GMT

Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom were today granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a case arising out of the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Reddy meets PM, sayspetrol price hike not discussed

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:08:04 GMT

Oil minister Jaipal Reddy today said that he didn't discuss fuel hike during his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is not going to meet Sonia Gandhi on the issue, according to reports.

Aarushi case trial: CBI yet to state motive clearly

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:47:47 GMT

The actual trial in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case will begin from June 4. Peeyush Khandelwal reports.

BJP defends Advani's rally absence, says he is just busy

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:47:13 GMT

BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman today said that senior BJP leader is not attending the party rally in Mumbai because of prior engagements and is not angry or upset, reports said.

Sulking Yeddyurappa to attend BJP national executive

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:53:44 GMT

Shedding his defiant posture after persuasion by party leaders, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will attend the concluding session of the BJP National Executive meeting in Mumbai today.

Modi and Gadkari to meet after Joshi's resignation

Fri, 25 May 2012 03:59:22 GMT

After the resignation of Sanjay Joshi, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will come face to face today at the party national executive.

CBI grills Jagan for 8 hours, will be quizzed again today

Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:18 GMT

A day after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected, the CBI questioned YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy for nearly eight hours on Friday in connection with the disproportionate assets case. Jagan was asked to report again today. HT reports. CBI grills Jagan

US cuts Pak aid for jailing doc who helped track Osama

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:42:33 GMT

US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted to cut aid to Islamabad by 33 million dollars -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.

IIT 2013: Centre likely to change exam pattern

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:09:09 GMT

Notwithstanding strong opposition from IIT senates, the government may go ahead with its plan to change the selection pattern for the premier institutes from 2013.

Petrol price hike fuels cabinet boycott, allies absent

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:54 GMT

A day after the steepest hike in petrol price, the Union cabinet meeting on Thursday was marked by the absence of most of the alliance party ministers. Saubhadra Chatterji and Chetan Chauhan report. Bollywood tweets

Deportation from US will be death for me: Kairi

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:38:59 GMT

It is a legal matter in the US and the government of India cannot interfere in it, say officials in ministry of external affairs. Chetan Chauhan reports. What next?

India can't afford to have any more of UPA's misrule: BJP

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:25:29 GMT

Another highlight of the BJP's Mumbai conclave was the NDA deciding to organise a day-long protest, including a country-wide bandh on May 31, against petrol price hike. BJP bigwigs in Mumbai | Modi and Joshi: Comrades who turned foes

No outsider could have been involved, says CBI

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:15:53 GMT

During recent arguments over the framing of charges at the Ghaziabad sessions court, the CBI had contended that no outsider was involved in the Aarushi-Hemraj murders, and only four people were present inside the flat on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008. Video

J&K interlocutors for review of central laws

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:53:04 GMT

The interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir have recommended upholding its ‘special status’ under Article 370 of the Constitution while reviewing all laws extended to the state and creating an atmosphere for talks both with the separatists and Pakistan.

IPL molestation row: RCB player apologises

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:40:35 GMT

US citizen Zohal Hamid, who had accused Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) Luke Pomersbach of molestation and beating up her fiancé, moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday, seeking quashing of the FIR against the cricketer. The three had arrived at an out-of-court settlement late last night. Video

BJP flays UPA on price hike, to hold bandh on May 31

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:07:04 GMT

“The Congress has created problems, and the BJP will provide solutions.” This was what Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari claimed before the party’s national executive delegates in his address on Thursday. India fumes over petrol price hike

Rupee trades at new record low of 56.38 against $

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:43:10 GMT

Continuing its slide against the US dollar for the seventh day in a row, the rupee hit new record low of 56.38 today amid firm demand for the American currency from importers and continued capital outflows in view of Greece's debt crisis.

Rape, murders of infants shock Goa and Agra

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:39:01 GMT

The sleepy village of Kukthala, around 25 km from Agra, is yet to recover from the shock of the rape and murder of a six-month-old girl.

No place for netas in govt’s attendance register

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:34:19 GMT

RTI report reveals unlike govt officials, ministers do not have to maintain a record of working days; on paper, they work 24-7.