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December 15, 2010 5:57 PM

MoS finance meets Kuwait’s minister of commerce and Industry

Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena met Kuwait's Minister of Commerce & Industry Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun in Kuwait City on Wednesday. According to a press release of Indian Embassy in Kuwait, the discussions focused on strengthening bilateral economic cooperation, including in the ins...

December 15, 2010 5:55 PM

Supreme Court stays Madras HC order on advocate Chandramohan

Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court order directing suspension of advocate R K Chandramohan from chairmanship of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for allegedly attempting to influence a judge by taking former Telecom Minister A Raja's name. A bench comprising jus...

December 15, 2010 5:54 PM

CBI raids make JPC more relevant: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday described the CBI raids in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam as too little, too late. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javdekar claimed that his Party's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the issue was even more relevant n...

December 15, 2010 2:03 PM

2G: CBI raids residences of Niira Radia, former TRAI chairman

The CBI today carried out searches at the residences of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Pradip Baijal and Mahesh Jain a private person in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. Raids have been carried out in over 30 places in Delhi and T...

December 15, 2010 1:57 PM

Guilty will not be spared in Adarsh scam, says Antony

Defence Minister A K Antony today said the government and the armed forces will not spare any person found guilty of wrongdoing in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai. Mr. Antony was talking to reporters in on the sidelines of an aerospace seminar in New Delhi today. He was asked about the all...

December 15, 2010 1:51 PM

PM asks Public Sector to ensure high standards of corporate accountability

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today asked the Public Sector to ensure high standards of corporate accountability. Addressing a gathering of heads of top PSUs Dr. Manmohan Singh asserted that the government is working on a policy enabling the PSUs to step up search for key raw material assets...

December 15, 2010 12:24 PM

SC restrains Delhi govt from demolishing night shelters

The Supreme Court today restrained the Delhi Government from demolishing any night shelter, temporary or permanent, in the capital. The apex court took suo motu cognisance of reports that night shelters have been razed in the city in the midst of winter.A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepa...

December 15, 2010 10:31 AM

Chinese PM Wen Jiabao arrives today on three-day visit

The Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is arriving in New Delhi today on a three day visit to India. Apart from a number of senior ministers, a 400 member strong business delegation will be accompanying Mr Jiabao. Economic ties including trade imbalance India's concern over stapled visas to residents...

December 15, 2010 8:37 AM

Phone tapping powers needed but to be exercised with utmost care: PM

The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar to look into the corporate phone tapping case and submit his report in one month's time. Inaugurating the Corporate Week 2010 in New Delhi on Tuesday morning, Dr. Manmohan Singh said that he is aware of the nervousness in the...

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