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Reports on loss in S-band spectrum allocation baseless: PMO

Reports on loss in S-band spectrum allocation baseless: PMO

Reacting to reports in this regard, clarified that no decision has been taken by the Government to allocate space segment using S Band Spectrum to ANTRIX Corporation or Devas Multimedia. It further asserted that in the absence of any spectrum allocation there is no question of revenue loss and reports to the contrary are without [...]

February 8th, 2011 | Posted in Business,Politics Nation | Read More »

Sonia on three-day Rae Bareli visit from Monday

Sonia on three-day Rae Bareli visit from Monday

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will undertake a three-day tour of her parliamentary constituency of Rae Bareli from 29TH November. “On the first day of her visit, the Congress President will tour her constituency and is likely to visit some villages,” chief of Congress media department Akhilesh Pratap Singh said in Lucknow. He said on the [...]

November 27th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

Nitish Kumar to be sworn-in as CM today

Nitish Kumar to be sworn-in as CM today

Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi were on Thursday unanimously elected leaders of JD(U) and BJP legislature parties in Bihar, a day after NDA notched up a landslide victory. Kumar will be sworn-in as the chief minister with Modi as his deputy at the Gandhi Maidan at 2.30 p.m. on Friday. Governor Devanand Konwar would [...]

November 26th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

Kiran Reddy to be sworn in as Andhra CM today

Kiran Reddy to be sworn in as Andhra CM today

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy will be sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of the State on Thursday, senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee said after a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Hyderabad. “Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi has selected Kiran Kumar Reddy as the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party. [...]

November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

Cong not surprised, RJD baffled, Left disappointed

Cong not surprised, RJD baffled, Left disappointed

Describing its poor showing in Bihar as not surprising, Congress has said it will have to start from the scratch in the state while the RJD said it was baffled by the poll results. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the landslide victory of the JD(U)-BJP combine, candidly admitted [...]

November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

PM is 100 percent above board, says Sonia Gandhi

PM is 100 percent above board, says Sonia Gandhi

Launching a strong attack on Opposition, Congress President Sonia Gandhi accused them of targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G scam and described him as a man of integrity and a person “100 per cent above board”. She also attacked BJP for retaining B S Yeddyurappa as Karnataka Chief Minister and compared this decision [...]

November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

Centre asks Orissa, AP, C’garh to solve Polavaram dam issue

Centre asks Orissa, AP, C’garh to solve Polavaram dam issue

The govt has said it would like Orissa, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh to find a mutually agreeable solution to the proposed Pollavaram dam issue which is being heard in the Supreme Court. “Orissa and Chattisgarh governments have objected to the construction of the Pollavaram project (proposed in Andhra Pradesh) as some areas in both the [...]

November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Business,Politics Nation | Read More »

NAC to give final shape to food security bill

NAC to give final shape to food security bill

The National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi, will give final shape to a draft food security law incorporating its suggestion of differential legal entitlement of foodgrains to nearly 800 million people through a reformed PDS network. Some members of the NAC were keen to on drafting the food security bill themselves and we will [...]

November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Business,Politics Nation | Read More »

Govt says Winter session of Parl will continue as per schedule

Govt says Winter session of Parl will continue as per schedule

The Govt has said the Winter session of Parliament will go on as schedule till 13th Dec, denying any move to truncate it in view of the stalemate which has prevented functioning of the House for nine successive working days. “There is no move to adjourn the session sine die. It will continue as per [...]

November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

JD(U)-BJP heads for clear victory in Bihar; Rabri Devi trails

JD(U)-BJP heads for clear victory in Bihar; Rabri Devi trails

The JD(U)-BJP alliance has been surging ahead towards a substantive win to retain power in the Assembly elections in Bihar by leading in 158 of the 215 seats for which trends were available. The RJD-LJP alliance was far behind as it led in 40 of the total 243 seats. Tags: Investigative Stories, delhi news, Local [...]

November 24th, 2010 | Posted in Politics Nation | Read More »

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