New Delhi: In what comes as another shock for the telecom industry, the government is set to recommend that older players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea be charged for excess spectrum that they hold. CNN-IBN has accessed a draft Cabinet note that is set to recommend the same. Sources say that the draft is expected to be finalised within a week and a decision on this is likely in...
06:24 PM, Feb 08, 2012
The Supreme Court said that Subramanian Swamy had the locus to seek sanction from the PMO for prosecution in the 2G case. ...
11:25 AM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has hit out at the UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's Food security Bill. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Pawar said there are not enough funds to implement Food Security Bill in its present form. This is the first time he is speaking out against the bill after it was cleared by the Cabinet. "The total provision for entire agriculture ministry is 20,000 crore. And...
01:11 PM, Jan 29, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN on Saturday, NCP chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that if the Congress does not do well in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, then Rahul Gandhi will be blamed. When asked if he thought Rahul Gandhi would be projected as the next prime ministerial candidate after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Pawar said, "I don't know whether the Congress will project him immediately even...
06:01 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: NCP Chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is all set to hang his political boots. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, the former Maharashtra chief minister said that he will not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. Pawar further said that in 45 years of his political career he has not lost a single election, but it's time to make way for the younger lot to take over....
03:15 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Nandan Nilekani said there the data collected by UIDAI is secure as this system only gives one number per person. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee is meeting on Friday to discuss the Unique ID project row. Sources have indicated that a compromise has been reached. Both the Nandan Nilekani-led Unique ID Authority of India and the Registrar General of India will be carrying out parallel exercises to collect biometric data, they say. While the UIDAI will do it in 13 states, the Registrar General of India will collect data in...
09:22 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The row between Nandan Nilekani and Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Unique ID project has intensified. With both the Planning Commission, which is backing Nilekani, and the Home Ministry staking claim to carry out the multi-crore project, the matter has now reached the PMO. At stake is several thousand crores of the tax payers money. Who should enrol citizens for an identity card? Both the Planning Commission...
09:15 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The row between UIDAI Chairperson Nandan Nilekani and Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Unique Identification (UID) project has intensified. The Home Ministry has written to the Cabinet Secretary, seeking a clear cut direction on who will do the enrollment. CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of the note. In the note, the Home Secretary has stated that the UID data is not reliable as anyone can get themselves...
09:14 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: For a force that prides itself in being apolitical the Army Chiefs age row is now a full-fledged political battle. The BJP on Tuesday attacked the government for its 'failure' in handling the age matter of Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who has dragged the government to the Supreme Court on the issue. "It's unfortunate the case has gone to SC. Its government failure. If the government had...
09:15 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday said that its decision to cover the elephant symbols and Mayawati statues across Uttar Pradesh was not politically motivated. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, election commissioners H S Brahma and Sampath Kumar termed it unfortunate that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had called the decision of the Election Commission anti-Dalit. They further said that the Election Commission would issue a formal denial...
04:42 PM, Jan 16, 2012
BJD MP Jai Panda has helped group other Parliamentarians into what he calls a citizens' alliance against malnutrition. ...
01:31 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Narendra Dubey, then a BSF officer and now in the NIA, was shot at 8 times as he fought the man who planned Parliament attack. ...
07:51 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: It's been 10 years since the attack on Parliament, which was the biggest attack on the Indian democracy. The attack left a trail of evidence behind, that pointed to Pakistan. A number stuck on the back of all the phones the terrorists used led to Afzal Guru who is a prime accused in the attack and now on death row. Twelve people died in the attack and the...
06:13 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: The UPA government's Unique ID (UID) project has run into trouble after the Home Ministry raised questions about the security of data collected. A Parliamentary Standing Committee has also proposed a new bill in its place. Sources say that this is a last ditch attempt at saving the UPA's favourite project. CNN-IBN has accessed the planning commission's draft cabinet note pushing for the project. This despite a thumbs...
07:13 AM, Dec 10, 2011
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