A total of 28 rounds of bidding were completed by the end of Day 4 Thursday of the second generation (2G) spectrum or airwaves auction that began Feb 3, an official statement said here. The government received cumulative bids worth Rs.52,689 crore at the end of the fourth day, Telecom Secretary M.F. Farooqui said. “The […]
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government Thursday asked its anti-corruption bureau to investigate the alleged irregularities in installing streetlights during the 2010 Commonwealth Games organised under then chief minister Sheila Dikshit. Acting swiftly, the anti-corruption bureau filed a fresh first information report (FIR) slapping cases under section 420 (cheating) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) against unknown […]
Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare won the decisive doubles to give India a 2-1 win over New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group D here Thursday. Thombare defeated Dianne Hollands 6-1, 6-4 in the first singles. New Zealand levelled the tie when Marina Erakovic beat Ankita Raina 6-1, 6-2. Thombare then teamed up with the experienced […]
Three parliamentarians from Andhra Pradesh Friday served no-confidence notices in the Lok Sabha against the Manmohan Singh government for its decision to carve out Telangana from the state. Harsha Kumar of the Congress, M. Venugopal Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party and M. Rajamohan Reddy of the YSR-Congress served separate notice to test government’s strength […]
Your obsolete car does not just stop at the scrap yard. It continues its journey till it enters your kitchen! Puzzled? The answer lies in recycling and Finnish people would tell you how there is no end to the road for your junked car, literally. In Finland, up to 95 percent of an obsolete car […]
A special court in Pakistan constituted to try former president Pervez Musharraf for high treason resumed its hearing Friday but Musharraf again failed to appear before it. On Feb 4, sources close to Musharraf said the former president would appear before the court Feb 7 in the high treason trial for imposing Emergency and subverting […]
What does love have to do with sex? A lot, reveals a study. According to the study, nearly all men whose most recent sexual event occurred with a relationship partner indicated being in love with the partner at the time they had sex. “We found it particularly interesting that the vast majority of men reported […]
India were struggling to save the first Test here as they trailed New Zealand by massive 373 runs in the first innings with only six wickets in hand after second day’s play at the Eden Park here Friday. New Zealand were in complete control of the match after a record 224 from skipper Brendon McCullum […]
As parliament continued to be disrupted over the Telangana issue, the government Friday asked all political parties to settle the matter as it was something which had already been promised. “Let us see. This (Telangana) is something, which is already promised,” Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told media outside parliament when asked whether the union cabinet […]
Citing immigrants’ absolute faith in the American dream, Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has given a call to “end extreme poverty in our lifetime.” “This is now achievable, but only if all of us-from science, business, government, and faith-come together for the poor,” he said delivering the […]