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Barack Obama drops objection to letting Congress vote on Iran deal; Israel ...

Obama dropped his opposition on Tuesday to a bill giving Congress a voice on a nuclear deal with Iran, after members of his Democratic Party negotiated changes to the bill that had won strong support from both parties. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama, who had said he would veto the... read more »

JPC report on 2G ‘half-baked’: A Raja
2G scam: Raja misled former PM Manmohan ...

2G scam: Raja misled former PM Manmohan Singh, says CBI

New Delhi: In its final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told the Special Court that ex-telecom minister A Raja had misled then PM Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation. The CBI also said 2G spectrum... read more »

Pledging Support to Net Neutrality, Flip...

Pledging Support to Net Neutrality, Flipkart ‘Walks Away’ From ...

NEW DELHI: Amid a massive public campaign to support net neutrality in India, online retail giant Flipkart has announced that it will not be a part of the new Airtel platform that was attacked for allowing users to access partner apps without any charges for data. Called Airtel Zero, the platform... read more »

Ramalinga Raju-From riches to rags

Ramalinga Raju-From riches to rags

His take home was in lakhs excluding taxes. That was when he was at the peak of his career as chairman of Satyam Computers and the brand ambassador of IT revolution in India and AP. But as of  today, his salary has been reduced to peanuts. His daily wage has been fixed at just Rs. 50 per day for... read more »

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How the Telangana ‘mess’ may be a win-win situation f...

Hyderabad –  After the Union Cabinet approved the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill on forming India’s 29th state of Telangana, it is expected to go to the President and then to... read more »

Rahul Gandhi to tour, address rally in Narendra Mo...

Bardoli –  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will land in arch rival Narendra Modi’s home turf today to participate in Youth... read more »

1984 anti-Sikh riots : the silence of the police statio...

New Delhi –  With the debate on 1984 riots reignited, the focus is on how Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was acquitted in a major riots case where he was... read more »

Delhi Lieutenant Governor is ‘Congress agent,R...

Kejriwal turns down security cover

New Delhi –  Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party have burst into a new conflict with the union government, describing its... read more »

Varun Gandhi’s reported assessment of Narendra Mo...

New Delhi –  Narendra Modi’s rally in Kolkata this week occupied prime real estate in the news for the comments he made there to an audience that... read more »

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Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan reshuffles Cabinet after resignations

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan reshuffles Cabinet after resignat...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday after three Ministers resigned amid a corruption probe, Anadolu news agency reported. Mr. Erdogan named new Economy,... read more »

End of mass surveillance in 'alternative' Christmas message: Snowden

End of mass surveillance in ‘alternativeR...

London –  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly urged an end to mass surveillance in his two-minute Christmas message that was... read more »

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine, China protests

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine, China protests

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid his respects on Thursday at a shrine honouring Japan’s war dead in a move that drew a quick rebuke from China warning that the... read more »

Rocks, tear gas fly as Thai protests escalate

Rocks, tear gas fly as Thai protests escalate

 Protesters trying to halt preparations for elections fought running battles with police in the Thai capital on Thursday, as the country’s festering... read more »

17 Haitians die as boat capsizes in Caribbean

17 Haitians die as boat capsizes in Caribbean

Santo Domingo – At least 17 Haitians, believed to be undocumented immigrants, died Wednesday after their boat capsized off the coast of Turks and Caicos... read more »

My aim is to expose AAP: Vinod Kumar Binny

He was one of the first elected representatives to join the Aam Aadmi Party and also one of the first to be expelled by it. Former two-time Independent councillor from Laxmi Nagar, Vinod... read more »

BJP to take padyatra route to woo voters

With exactly a fortnight left for the Delhi Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election management committee on Friday made padyatras mandatory for each of its 70... read more »

Will ‘giant killer’ Rakhi strike again?

The Mangolpuri Assembly segment rose to fame during the last Assembly polls as a ‘giant killer’ emerged on the political horizon of the Capital. Aam Aadmi Party’s Rakhi Bidlan, one of... read more »

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced it has acquired 100 per cent stake in Wireless Business Services (WBSPL), a company founded by U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm. The company had acquired a 49 per cent stake in WBSPL in May 2012 for $165 million. At that price, the additional stake purchase would have cost Airtel an estimated $165 million, or Rs. 1,008.1 crore at Friday’s exchange rate. However, the company did not disclose the financial details of the deal. In a statement, Airtel said that it has “completed the acquisition of 100 per cent equity shares of Wireless Business Services Private Limited, which holds BWA Spectrum in the Indian telecom circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Kerala”. Airtel acquired a majority stake in WBSPL in July by increasing its stake to 51 per cent from 49 per cent. WBSPL has spectrum that can be used for high-speed 4G services in New Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Airtel has the similar spectrum in Punjab, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Karnataka. Airtel has already launched 4G services in Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. Shares of Airtel were trading at Rs. 353.80, up by 1.46 per cent, in the afternoon session at BSE.

Airtel services hit in Hyderabad

Cell phones of mobile telephony major, Airtel, in Hyderabad went silent since 6 a.m. on Saturday morning with what was termed a systemic failure of its network. Till around noon, the... read more »

AAP ‘B Team’ of BJP: Digvijay

Aam Aadmi Party is the ‘B Team’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress had “chosen a lesser evil” by supporting Arvind Kejriwal in forming the government in Delhi in 2013, Congress... read more »