Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Telemarketers could be fined Rs 2.5 lakhs per call or SMS

Telemarketers could be fined Rs 2.5 lakhs per call or SMS

Telemarketers could be fined Rs 2.5 lakhs per call or SMS

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Those endless calls and sms-es from telemarketers will soon come with serious punishment for offenders.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has gone public with its recommendations.


WikiLeaks: Pakistan's army is 'the problem' says India

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Conveying India's view on its neighbourhood to the US, a top Indian official had told US' Af-Pak envoy in 2009 that most of the problems in Pakistan can be traced to its military's intentions and informed him that post 26/11 India had consciously not attempted to take any measures that would destabilise the civilian government there.


2G Scam: Supreme Court questions Raja's decision to ignore PM's reservations

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The perfect storm of the 2G scam continues to rage. The Supreme Court has questioned the decision by A Raja to ignore the objections raised by the Prime Minister and others on the allocation of 2G spectrum.


Kamala Harris is California attorney general

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Four weeks after election day, Democrat Kamala Harris, daughter of an African American father and Indian Tamil mother, finally sealed a narrow but historic win making her the first woman attorney general of California.


India's leadership unknown to much of world: Survey

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As New Delhi seeks to cement its place as a world leader with its bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, a survey released today said that the Indian leadership is not much known in the world.


At 80, Tintin speaks in Hindi

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Iconic Belgium comic cub-reporter Tintin's famous catchphrase "Great Snakes" becomes "Baal ki khaal" and his best friend Captain Archibald Haddock would say "Karod kasmasate kaale kacchuve" for his trademark "billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles," as their adventures across the world gets translated into Hindi.


Govt to give Radia tapes to Supreme Court

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The government has agreed to hand over the Niira Radia tapes to the Supreme Court. The hard drives, CDs and tapes will be submitted in a sealed cover.


Thomas will not supervise 2G inquiry by CBI

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The government has told the Supreme Court that PJ Thomas will not supervise the CBI's inquiry into India's biggest scam. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court questioned how Thomas, as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), would objectively be able to supervise the inquiry into the 2G Scam, which centres on 2G spectrum being undervalued by the Telecom Ministry in 2008. The court stressed that while he was Telecom Secretary, Thomas had justified many of the decisions now under investigation by both the court and the CBI.


WikiLeaks: US analysed India's military contingency plans

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American embassy cables leaked by whistleblower website WikiLeaks reveal that the US conducted its own secret analysis of India's military contingency plans codenamed 'Cold Start', the Guardian reported.


How India's cities are splitting at the seams

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Mahitosh Sarkar came here from his distant village in West Bengal 12 years ago looking for a better life, and he found it. He abandoned the penniless existence of a subsistence fisherman to become a big-city vegetable seller. His wife found work as a maid.


No government aid for children with AIDS

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Even as World AIDS Day is being observed today with slogans reiterating commitment to mitigate the impact of HIV-AIDS, a question mark hangs over the future of thousands of affected and infected children.


Uncle in, Jagan Mohan Reddy supporters out of Cabinet

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Thirty-nine ministers took oath today as Kiran Kumar Reddy's Andhra Pradesh Cabinet was sworn at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. 16 of these 40 ministers (including Chief Minister Kiran Reddy) are from Telangana, 15 from coastal Andhra while nine are from Rayalaseema region.


Manipur's top rebel leader Meghen arrested

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For the first time, the Indian government has made public the arrest of RK Meghen alias Sanayaima, Chairman of the banned UNLF, a prominent militant group from Manipur. It is probably the biggest arrest in recent times.


Gear up for mid-term elections, says Naidu

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Hoping to return to power, Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party is banking on a revival of its fortunes and possible mid-term Assembly poll in the wake of the churning in state's ruling Congress following the resignation of rebel MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy.


Right-wing activists attack Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz in Delhi

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The Youth Wing of the BJP attacked Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car on Tuesday when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's club in New Delhi to attend a seminar.


Nitish’s new law to ensure work done in time

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In a bold move to weed out corruption, the Bihar government will soon enact a law, making it mandatory for state agencies to extend services to people within a stipulated time frame, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said.


Teargas at BJP protest in Kolkata

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Hundreds of BJP workers on Tuesday allegedly broke barricades and tried to march into the state secretariat in Kolkata during a protest march against price hike among other issues, prompting the police to lob teargas shells to disperse the protestors and arrest a party leader.


Not ordered inquiry on Radia tapes: Chidambaram

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Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is inquiring into alleged leak of tapes of telephone conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and politicians, journalists and industrialists.


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