New Delhi: The UPA government listed ushering the process of digitisation of the cable sector as one of its leading achievements in its report card that was presented to the people on Wednesday. The government said it had implemented digitisation in the Phase I cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata along with 38 cities which come under the second phase.
It said that by choosing digital cable, the country would join the league of advanced countries which are already enjoying the benefits of digitisation. The government also tried to highlight that it had cleared the decks for expansion of FM radio with 839 new channels on the anvil. The government also brought forth that it had encouraged the community radio movement by granting nearly 400 permissions.
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01:04 AM, May 23, 2013
Guna: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday expressed doubt as to whether giving autonomy to CBI would serve the purpose. "There is a question mark on the issue," he told reporters in Guna. "Giving autonomy to CBI...may be like giving autonomy to a police inspector," Singh said. "Is the common man in favour of giving autonomy to an inspector?" he asked. The issue of CBI's autonomy has come to...
01:42 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has targetted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after CNN-IBN exposed how prime land in Bhopal was given to his relatives and party members. Digvijaya Singh claimed this is one of the many corruption charges against the Madhya Pradesh CM. "About 10 people in Chouhan's family were given membership and land. There is a provision that two members of a family cannot be given a...
09:40 AM, May 15, 2013
Jabalpur: The city-based Nagrik Upbhokta Margdarshak Manch, a local consumer organisation sent a legal notice to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday, terming his statement against the Supreme Court's "caged parrot" comment about the CBI, as "contempt of apex court". The consumer body has also demanded a public apology from him on the issue within a month. Manch patron PG Najpande who is known to take up public causes...
01:06 AM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Criticising Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's "unwarranted advice" to the judiciary, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the motivation behind his criticism was the "frustration of a loser". Jaitley said the "ill-advised" suggestion made to the judiciary by Digvijaya has come when corruption of UPA government is being investigated by CBI and monitored by the Supreme Court and did not come when the...
08:30 PM, May 14, 2013
San Francisco: Amazon.com Inc said it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung Electronics Co to help the world's largest Internet retailer develop new displays for mobile devices. Amazon also launched its own digital currency, Amazon Coins, on Monday, allowing people to buy apps and games in its app store and on its Kindle Fire tablet computers. The purchase price for Liquavista was not disclosed. Bloomberg News reported earlier this year...
09:37 AM, May 14, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh questioned as to based on what law can the Supreme Court supervise a CBI investigation. ...
03:36 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday took a dig at the judiciary for its observations on CBI, triggering immediate reaction from BJP, which advised him to "learn and understand" why there were a "series of scams" in the UPA government instead of "blaming the judiciary". "By calling CBI a parrot in cage, then a Central Administrative Bench in Bangalore calling the IB a chicken... Now I have a...
02:48 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: After losing his job, it seems that former railway minister Pawan Bansal is not happy with the media's role in the Railways bribery and cash-for-jobs scam. When some reporters asked Bansal about his family and the role played by his relatives in the Railways bribery and cash-for-jobs scam, the former minister was very livid. Bansal claimed that he had no business relations with his nephew Vijay Singla who...
11:40 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: A move that was aimed at bringing down flying costs has taken a turn for the worse. Starting May 13, you might have to pay more to fly. Air India ,for instance, has reduced free check-in baggage to 15 kilograms from the earlier 20 kilograms. Effective from May 13, each extra kilogram above the free allowance limit will cost Rs 250. Tickets with the lowest fare will be...
09:09 AM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Friday described as unfortunate the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay following an assault in India and called for mechanisms between the two countries to address the issue of prisoners. "Both Pakistan and India should ensure timely and effective implementation of established mechanisms between our two countries to address the issue of prisoners, which is a humanitarian one and should be...
02:49 AM, May 11, 2013
Chandigarh: Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who was seriously injured after a scuffle with a fellow inmate in a Jammu jail last week, died in Chandigarh on Thursday and his body was flown back to Pakistan by a special PIA plane. The body of 52-year-old Sanaullah was handed over to officials of the Pakistan Embassy after completion of the post-mortem by a Medical Board at the PGIMER hospital and various formalities...
11:14 PM, May 09, 2013
Jammu: Pakistani prisoners in high security Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu have gone on 'fast' protesting the death of Sanaullah Haq at a hospital in Chandigarh on Thursday. "Pakistani prisoners here (in the jail) have not taken food in afternoon...we are pursuing them," an officer of the state Prisons department told reporters. There are 22 Pakistani prisoners in Kot Bhalwal Jail. "They are upset over the death of Sanaullah and...
08:58 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday expressed grief over the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq in a Chandigarh hospital. Sanaullah dies on Thursday morning, a week after he was attacked in a Jammu jail by a fellow inmate. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said, "We tried to take all necessary measures to save Sanaullah. In touch with the Pakistan authorities. Will make all arrangements...
10:19 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The body of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq, who succumbed to injuries in a Chandigarh hospital on Thursday, will be handed over to Pakistan. "We will hand over the body to Pakistan," Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said. Shinde said the Ministry of External Affairs is coordinating with the Pakistani authorities to complete the formalities to send back his body home. "Once the formalities are done, we will hand...
09:59 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Following the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq in a Chandigarh hospital on Thursday morning, Pakistan High Commissioner Manzoor Ali Memon said he has requested the Government of India for an international probe into the matter. Sanaullah was attacked by his fellow Indian inmate in Jammu's Kot Bhalwal Jail on May 3. He was thereafter airlifted to PGIMER, Chandigarh, where was in a "deep coma" and on ventilator...
09:21 AM, May 09, 2013
Raipur: Attacking the BJP government in Chhattisgarh, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the time has come for people to vote out two-time Chief Minister Raman Singh accusing him of spending public money for his administration's publicity. "Under BJP rule, natural resources were being openly looted. Chhattisgarh government had also come under the scanner over coal and iron ore block allotments," he said. "Statewide corruption is being witnessed...
01:07 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP has been protesting against Railway Minister and Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal and demanding his resignation over the alleged Railway Board bribery and job-for-cash scam. BJP leaders and workers stopped trains in Kanpur during their protests against Bansal and also shouted slogans against him out the CBI office in Chandigarh. BJP leaders have made it clear that they won't let the UPA government pass any bill...
03:26 PM, May 07, 2013
Islamabad: The Indian High Commission here on Monday granted visas for visiting India to two relatives of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq, critically injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail. The visa applications of Sanaullah's brother-in-law and cousin were received at the Indian High Commission at 7.30 pm (local time), official sources told reporters. The applications would be processed and the visas would be issued expeditiously, sources...
10:30 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The condition of injured Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq has worsened, say his doctors. The medical bulletin issued by PGI hospital in Chandigarh on Monday said that Sanaullah appeared more critical than Sunday. Pakistani High Commissioner Salman Bashir visited Sanuallah at the hospital earlier on Monday. Sanaullah, who was beaten up in a Jammu jail last week, is in a deep coma. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah...
08:53 PM, May 06, 2013
