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November 20, 2010 2:09 PM

2G: Maran shrugs off charges

Seeking to clear his name from the Spectrum Scam, Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran today said there was no wrong doing in the 2G spectrum allocation when he was holding the Telecom portfolio in UPA.Speaking to newsmen in Chennai today, he said his letter to the Prime Minister on 2G pricing in...

November 20, 2010 2:05 PM

Yeddy in the middle: No decision yet

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa met the BJP central leadership in New Delhi late on Friday along with State Party President and some other state BJP leaders over his resignation on the controversial land allotment issue.The meeting was held at BJP President Nitin Gadkari's residence. L...

November 20, 2010 1:51 PM

2G: Maran shrugs off charges

Seeking to clear his name from the Spectrum Scam, Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran today said there was no wrong doing in the 2G spectrum allocation when he was holding the Telecom portfolio in UPA.Speaking to newsmen in Chennai today, he said his letter to the Prime Minister on 2G pricing in...

November 20, 2010 1:39 PM

More scope for civil servants’ participation: Meira

Speaker Meira Kumar today asserted that civil servants have to play a vital role as catalysts for social transformation. Speaking at the SAARC countries Public Service Commission members conference in New Delhi today, Kumar said that civil servants had increased responsibility in execution of develo...

November 20, 2010 1:35 PM

Prez on 9-day visit to West Asia

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will be on a nine-day State visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Syrian Arab Republic from tomorrow.Secretary (East) in the ministry of external affairs Vijaya Latha Reddy said in New Delhi that in the first leg of her visit, the President will go to Abu Dhabi i...

November 20, 2010 12:04 PM

Let’s make peace in House: Centre to Opposition

With the Opposition continuing to stall Parliament, the Government has appealed to all parties to help end the stalemate. It maintained that Government's opposition to setting up of JPC to probe 2G spectrum allocation did not mean the matter will not be investigated.Leader of the Lok Sabha and ...

November 20, 2010 10:31 AM

Tehran’s Kashmir remark disappoints India

India has issued a demarche to Iran after its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a controversial statement on Kashmir. Official sources said New Delhi has conveyed its deep disappointment and regret over the statement to Tehran saying it has chosen to disregard India's sensitivities bes...

November 20, 2010 10:30 AM

Tehran’s Kashmir remark disappoints India

India has issued a demarche to Iran after its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a controversial statement on Kashmir. Official sources said New Delhi has conveyed its deep disappointment and regret over the statement to Tehran saying it has chosen to disregard India's sensitivities bes...

November 20, 2010 9:23 AM

India promises Rs 1,619-cr agri help to Nepal

India has pledged to provide a grant assistance of Rs 1,619 crore to Nepal for construction of 350 tube-wells in the southern region of the country.According to an Indian Embassy pressrelease in Kathmandu, an MoU was signed for providing the grant assistance under India-Nepal Economic Cooperation Pr...

November 20, 2010 9:18 AM

Mecca Masjib blast: CBI nabs Asimanand

The CBI has arrested preacher Swami Asimanand in connection with Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad in May 2007. The accused was arrested from Haridwar where he was staying with fake identity documents.He was produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Delhi who granted transit rema...

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