New Delhi, Aug. 13: The Supreme Court has allowed the US firm, Venture Global Engineering, to place before the Hyderabad civil court all the facts in its possession about the Satyam Computers fraud.
The US company has been involved in a legal dispute with Satyam over diversion of funds from a joint venture much before [...]
Hyderabad, Aug. 13: The Saifabad police on Friday registered cases against 16 Seema-Andhra ministers on the directions of the Nampally Criminal Courts for their reported comment that the demand for separate Telangana was ‘anti-national’. It was in their representation to the Sri Krishna Commission that the ministers said that asking for a separate state [...]
Read More... Chennai, Aug. 13: After BlackBerry, the Centre has reportedly blacklisted other instant messaging services such as those of Google and Skype over security concerns.
The Centre had on Thursday served an ultimatum to Canada’s Research in Motion to enable access to encrypted BlackBerry communications in a readable format by Indian security agencies by August [...]
The Cabinet Secretary, Mr K.M. Chandrasekhar, has been asked to oversee the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
According to sources, Mr Suresh Kalmadi will stay on as chairman of the Organising Committee. The Centre is reluctant to take action against Mr Kalmadi until the charges against him are proved.
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In a fresh warning, the US has said it has “credible evidence” that terrorists may be planning terror attacks at places frequented by its citizens in India, Pakistan and Middle East and asked them to be alert and take precautionary measures.
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Aug. 12: An interim report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed out financial irregularities in the carrying out of deals by the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games, led by Mr Suresh Kalmadi. The report points towards a potential loss of more than Rs 31 crore, besides lack of financial [...]
Read More... India’s showdown with BlackBerry could reportedly widen to encompass Google and Skype after the government threatened to cut off core features of the popular smartphone on security grounds.
Research In Motion, the BlackBerry’s Canadian maker, gave no immediate indication that it would accede to the latest pressure from an emerging economy to open up its [...]
Aug. 12: Expressing unhappiness over the states’ “apathy” towards improving the public distribution system despite repeated orders while food stocks were rotting at several places, the Supreme Court on Thursday set the states a tight deadline of one week to respond on the supply of rations to Below Poverty Line and Antyodaya Anna Yojana [...]
Read More... Aug. 12: The telecom regulator on Thursday said mobile number portability (MNP) will be implemented nationwide from October 31, ruling out any further delay. The MNP is a service that allows a mobile user to change his operator while retaining the number.
“There will be no further delay in the implementation of MNP,” the chairman [...]