3G roaming: High court dismisses DoT plea (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday dismiised a plea seeking a stay on a tribunal order that restrained by the Department of Telecom (DoT) from imposing ... Read more...
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JPC probing 2G scam gets time till May 2012
September 6th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum scam and India's telecom pricing policy from 1998 to 2009 was Tuesday given an extension till ... Read more...
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2G JPC may not meet monsoon session deadline
July 11th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum scam and India's telecom pricing policy from 1998 to 2009 has examined only one witness in ... Read more...
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Maran quits; opposition says too little, too late (Intro Roundup)
July 8th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, July 7 (IANS) Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned Thursday following allegations of involvement in the 2G spectrum scam, becoming the second DMK minister after A. Raja ... Read more...
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2G claims another minister: Maran quits (Roundup)
July 7th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, July 7 (IANS) Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned Thursday following allegations of involvement in the 2G spectrum scam, becoming the second DMK minister after A. Raja ... Read more...
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‘Maran rejected key telecom pricing proposal’
July 7th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Dayanidhi Maran, who quit the union cabinet Thursday, in 2006 rejected a key proposal from ministry of finance when he was communication minister that ... Read more...
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2G claims another minister: Maran quits, DMK crisis deepens (Evening Lead)
July 7th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Thursday resigned from the union cabinet, the second DMK minister after A. Raja to do so following allegations of involvement ... Read more...
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Good that Maran resigned, now arrest him: AIADMK
July 7th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The AIADMK Thursday welcomed that Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran handed over his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanded filing of a charge ... Read more...
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Maran quits as minister after 2G scam involvement (Second Lead)
July 7th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Thursday resigned from the union cabinet, ending the speculation on his fate following his alleged involvement in a telecom scam ... Read more...
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Maran resigns from cabinet (Lead)
July 7th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, informed sources said Thursday, a day after the CBI alleged that ... Read more...
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Telecom policy sound, scam if any will be dealt with: PM (Roundup)
February 24th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) In a very significant speech, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asserted that there was nothing wrong with the current telecom policy that has paid rich dividend ... Read more...
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Mobile phones to warn fishermen straying into Sri Lankan waters
February 18th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) In the backdrop of the diplomatic row over Indian fishermen being killed and arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy, the government is discussing with mobile phone service ... Read more...
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India’s home secretary to meet telecom operators on BlackBerry security
August 10th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India's Home Secretary G.K. Pillai will chair a meeting Thursday with officials of telecom companies offering BlackBerry services on security concerns over possible misuse of encrypted data ... Read more...
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Home ministry to meet telecom operators on BlackBerry security
August 9th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India's home ministry has decided to convene a meeting with all telecom operators offering BlackBerry services of Canada's Research in Motion to address security concerns over possible ... Read more...
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US to provide free health tips to new moms on mobile phones
February 5th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Pregnant women and new mothers in the US will be able to get health information delivered regularly to their mobile phones by free text messages under an ... Read more...
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Samsung bets on CDMA handset business with new models
December 29th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Consumer durables company Samsung India Electronics is hoping to sell around two million mobile phone sets compatible with the code division multiple access (CDMA) platform through its open ... Read more...
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Two militants nabbed with Pakistan SIM cards in Poonch
June 8th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Poonch, (J-K) June 8 (ANI): Two suspected militants with Pakistan SIM cards in their possession were arrested in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.Police said the arrested militants belonged ... Read more...
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CBSE 2009 class 10 results online
May 26th, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by John Le Fevre
India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will today announce the results of the class 10 2009 standard exams for Ajmer, Chennai and Panchkula regions, ending an almost two month long ... Read more...
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CBSE 2009 class 12 results online
May 22nd, 2009 - 4:14 am ICT by John Le Fevre
India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will today announce the results of the class 12 2009 standard exams for Delhi, Guwahati and Allahabad regions, ending a months-long wait by over ... Read more...
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Key milestones in India’s telecom industry in 2008 (To go with Yearender 14)
December 27th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Following are key milestones and timeline of developments in India's telecom sector in 2008, when the country's network emerged as the second largest in the world after China's, displacing that of the ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu terror plot discovered on Bangalore blasts day
July 30th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
By T.S.V. Hari
Chennai, July 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu police were on to the plot to trigger explosions in the state and elsewhere in India on Independence Day within hours of the blasts ... Read more...
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Pakistan erects mobile towers near LoC, worries India
May 4th, 2008 - 10:41 am ICT by admin
By Sahil Makkar
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) In what Indian security officials find alarming, Pakistani mobile phone service providers are believed to have erected nine mobile towers in their territory along the ... Read more...
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The Coming Wireless Wholesale Wave
November 27th, 2007 - 11:27 pm ICT by admin
Executives at TerreStar spent their long Thanksgiving weekend sizing up more than just second helpings of turkey. The tiny mobile network operator is considering a run for assets that would help it ... Read more...
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