Thiruvananthapuram: It seems that former Kerala chief minister and one of the founding members of the CPM VS Achuthanandan is likely to split the party. Achuthanandan on Saturday openly said that he did not believe that Party Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan had the last word. He also said that the CPM did not have a high command like the Congress and the Muslim League. A rift seemed to be brewing in...
03:32 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be a rift brewing in the Kerala CPM after the brutal killing of rebel leader TP Chandrashekharan. Though a police probe is still on, many allege that Chandrashekharan's killing was orchestrated by CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's group. Vijayan alleges that the killing is a conspiracy to tarnish the CPM and even reiterated an earlier comment that Chandrashekharan was a traitor. "A traitor is a...
09:42 AM, May 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two days since Left leader TP Chandrashekharan was killed in Kerala there is still no clue about those who were behind the assassination. Sources say some CPI(M) leaders are involved in the killing of Chandrashekharan, which is being seen as the most brutal political assassination that Kerala has seen. Moments after the assassination of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader Chandrashekharan, rumours began that some CPI(M) members had a hand in...
09:46 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will take the final call on auction of spectrum and telecom licence-related issues, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said. "(EGoM's) terms of reference has been extended to include spectrum allocation and licence related issues... V Narayanasamy (Minister of State in PMO) is also now part of this group," he told. The EGoM is looking into vacation of...
01:14 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government will not challenge the Supreme Court decision to cancel 122 telecoms licences, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar on Wednesday. "We are not looking at challenging the cancellation of the licences per se," he told on the sidelines of a FICCI event. He further added: "...By the end of this week, we expect to be able to take the key decisions... all the legal options that are on...
06:45 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday announced the new telecom policy (NTP) allowing operators to hold higher spectrum, pay uniform license fee across services besides permitting liberal merger and acquisition, with a view to provide quality services at affordable prices. Announcing a part of policy, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told a press conference that "the prescribed limit on spectrum assigned to a service provider will be 2x8 MHz (paired spectrum)...
08:40 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Hyderabad: The Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) would meet in Hyderabad on Saturday to finalise its future course of action about the resumption of separate statehood agitation. JAC leaders, including TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held a meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, decided to continue their talks on Saturday. The TRS president had earlier threatened to intensify the agitation from mid-January. During September and October last year, the...
08:38 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Friday said it is in the process of issuing notices to telecom companies pertaining to 35 licenses that failed to meet rollout obligation. "We are in the process of issuing notices to 35 licenses," R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, DoT, said on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry event. "That action would be completed by March." The telecom ministry had sought legal...
06:53 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrashekhar Rao and 14 other MLAs are likely to go on hunger strike from November 1 over the issue of separate statehood. The decision was taken at a meeting between KCR and TRS MLAs on Monday. The final decision, however, will be taken on the basis of the situation at that time. Meanwhile, freedom fighters from Telangana are also slated to go on hunger...
08:04 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Telecom Department will start allocation of 2G spectrum to operators soon after its decision on pricing of radio waves and priority list, which it expects to finalise in next 2-3 months. "We will like certainly do it (spectrum allocation) as quickly as possible but there are two things that are required for all spectrum to be allocated to any of the company," Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar told....
05:53 PM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: Pro-Telangana groups have called for a bandh on Monday after the state government clamped down on the agitation. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao was arrested on Saturday and released on bail on Sunday. TRS MP Vijayashanti was also granted bail on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh state government also warned private schools of 'de-recognition' if they failed to function normally from Monday. Rao...
08:00 AM, Oct 16, 2011
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao, his daughter and several other pro-Telangana activists were taken into preventive custody on Saturday ahead of the three-day rail roko campaign across the state. Some protesters have also been detained for trying to block the tracks at Hyderabad's Sitafal Mandi station. On Friday, the police vowed to take tough action against protestors who resorted to violence. Over 250...
08:24 AM, Oct 15, 2011
New Delhi: Telangana Congress MPs on Tuesday stepped up the pressure on Centre for the separate state demand by asking Lok Sabha Speaker to accept their resignations. Congress MPs on Tuesday met in the national capital demanding the Speaker accept their resignations. This even as the Congress Core commitee meets on Tuesday to finalise its official position on the question of separate statehood. TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao and Congress...
12:20 PM, Oct 11, 2011
Hyderabad: Asserting that Hyderabad must remain an integral part of Telangana, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday demanded that the separate state be created as it existed before the formation of Andhra Pradesh. "We want Telangana that existed as on October 31, 1956," he told a meeting in Adilabad district where TDP MLA Jogu Ramanna joined TRS. On November 1, 1956, States Reorganisation Act formed Andhra Pradesh by merging...
11:01 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday failed to break the deadlock over the Telangana issue. The efforts by the Congress to buy time also suffered a jolt as activists and Telangana Rashtra Samithi said that they would intensify the stir. TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao rejected the Prime Minister's appeal to call off the agitation. Expressing dissatisfaction over his meeting with the Prime Minister, the TRS chief hinted...
07:51 AM, Oct 04, 2011
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