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July 16, 2015 8:23 PM

DoT panel backs regulating Skype, Whatsapp, Viber calls

A panel of the Department of Telecommunications has recommended to regulate domestic calls made using Internet-based calling applications such as Skype, Whatsapp and Viber at par with phone call services offered by telecom operators. <br/><br/>It has however opposed projects like Faceboo...

July 16, 2015 8:08 PM

VP Hamid Ansari releases book on Raja Mahendra Pratap

Vice President Hamid Ansari today released a book entitled Swatantrata Senani Raja Mahendra Pratap edited by Raghuvir Singh Arvind at a function in New Delhi today. Addressing on the occasion, Mr Ansari said, Raja Mahendra Prarap was a true nationalist and his ideas were far ahead of their time. &lt...

July 16, 2015 8:07 PM

Union ministers discuss govt's floor strategy ahead of Monsoon Session

Senior Union Ministers today had a meeting to chalk out strategy for pushing the government's legislative business in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next week.<br/>During the meeting in New Delhi, it was found that reports of Standing Committees in respect of seven bills are ...

July 16, 2015 8:01 PM

Centre working sincerely towards solution to Naga political issue: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, Centre is working sincerely towards a solution to the decades-old Naga political issue. Speaking to a 18 member delegation of Nagaland MLAs led by Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang in New Delhi this evening, Mr Modi assured government's unflinching commitment to...

July 16, 2015 7:58 PM

FTII students to continue strike despite rustication warning

In Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, the agitating students, who have been warned of rustication, said they will continue their 35-day-old protest. The students, however, said they will not be deterred by the warning and will continue their strike which started on June 12, till th...

July 16, 2015 7:48 PM

CCI imposes Rs 671 crore fine on four state-run insurance firms

The Competition Commission of India, CCI, has imposed penalty of Rs 671 crore on four state-run insurance companies for cartelization and adopting anti competitive practices. These companies are National Insurance, New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance. In its order, the...

July 16, 2015 7:47 PM

CBI busts insurance racket in Kolkata, carries out searches

In Kolkata, busting a major insurance racket, the CBI today carried out searches at 37 places which mainly included premises of officials of New India Assurance Company Limited for allegedly passing fraudulent insurance claims. <br/><br/>After registering seven cases, the CBI sleuths swo...

July 16, 2015 7:47 PM

FTII students to continue strike despite rustication warning

In Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, the agitating students, who have been warned of rustication, said they will continue their 35-day-old protest. The students, however, said they will not be deterred by the warning and will continue their strike which started on June 12, till th...

July 16, 2015 6:51 PM

SC agrees to hear CBI plea on filing of chargsheets by SIT in Vyapam scam

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the 20th of this month the plea of CBI that Special Investigation Team(SIT) be allowed to file charge sheets in the Vyapam scam cases in which the investigation is over. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu fixed the plea of the probe agency f...

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