The fact that the likes of Sajid Mir are roaming free in Pakistan is worrying. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Alarmed by the recent terror attacks on Shia processions by Taliban, Pakistan on Friday shut down the mobile phone network in Karachi, Quetta and some other cities as a part of security measures for this weekend, which is the climax of the holy month of Muharram.
Congratulating Barack Obama on his re-election as United States President, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said India and the United States share excellent relations and will continue to move forward. Khurshid noted that both the countries had achieved "significant" accomplishments in the past one-decade and would like to move forward.
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) have sent separate letters to the department of telecommunications (DoT), asking the government to bear the entire burden of nearly Rs 11,000 crore they need to fork out as one-time payment for additional spectrum.
The United Nations estimates about one third of the world's 1.2 billion poorest people live in India
The Natio0nal Investigation Agency has approached the Department of Telcom requesting for installation of Central Monitoring System, a mechanism which provides for interception of telephone calls and monitoring of social networking sites without any involvement of telecom service providers.
Undeterred by the recent anti-US protests in the Arab world which has resulted in the killing of the American ambassador to Libya, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ruled out its retreat from the Arab World.
India prepares itself for world class rail stations.
The TDSAT bench, headed by its chairman Justice S B Sinha, asked Bharti Airtel to file a short reply by Tuesday over Asergis's allegations.
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared changes in the Act. Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal earlier this week said the Bill would be tabled in Parliament soon.
The local intelligence wing had suggested not to carry out large anti-Naxal operations in south Bastar forests, where the ultras recently killed 14 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, citing geographical complications and strong Maoist 'Jantana Sarkar' network, a senior police official said.
The 'CarSpeak' system developed by researchers, including an Indian scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lets vehicles 'see' out of the robotic eyes of other cars on the road.
Most customers still don't understand this concept and are unable to benefit from it.
The auctions were supposed to be held in the October-December quarter but the industry is yet to get a confirmation on the date
Comprehending the gravity of the situation, Facebook's stern warning to its users comes in the wake of the Indian government bringing to its notice the posting of contents, including inflammatory matters and doctored pictures and videos to create social unrest in the country
Pakistan has rejected as "unfounded" India's assertion that elements in Pakistan were using social media networking sites to whip up communal sentiments and create a scare among people from northeast, and asked New Delhi to provide evidence in this regard.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said he had asked India to provide evidence that elements in Pakistan are using social media networking sites to whip up communal sentiments and create a scare among people of northeastern India
'Civil matters like loan recovery are being connected with criminal allegations, without any basis.'
Led by Bharti Airtel, telecom operators added 4.73 million new mobile phone users in the month of June 2012, taking the telephone subscriber base in the country to 965.52 million, telecom regulator Trai on Friday said.
The statement, reported in the New York Times, came a day after Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman said Pakistan has provided to American and NATO commanders in Afghanistan on 52 different occasions in the last eight the locations from which the militants were attacking but the information exchange has been to no avail.
Air India has been in the red since the merger of then Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007.
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A suspected SIMI operative and an aide of Indian Mujahideen media in-charge have been arrested from Secunderabad, with police saying that they were allegedly planning to go to Afghanistan to get training from Al Qaeda for carrying out terror activities in India.
The virus had broken out in the lead-up to the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang last Friday and led to some 1,200 security staff being quarantined. Organisers had to call in military personnel to replace them.
The police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a module of Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant outfit by arresting seven ultras and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from Sopore area of Baramulla district in Kashmir.
The total mobile subscriber base in the country grew marginally to 952.91 million in April from 951.34 million in March with net addition of 1.85 million users, according to data released by sectoral regulator Trai on Wednesday.
"We have removed the leader of an organisation that has continued to plot against and unleash attacks on American and coalition forces, to wage war against the Afghan people, and align itself with extremist groups like Al-Qaeda," the US president said in a statement.
Facing criticism over delays in military acquisitions, Government on Friday cleared proposals worth over Rs 20,000 crore for the procurement of air defence missile systems for the army and other equipment.
Peeved over reports that quoted his remarks out of context, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the media not to 'misquote' his tweets.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee debuted on Facebook on Saturday renewing her call for A P J Kalam as president, and saying that whatever else she had to say on the subject would be updated on the internet social network site.
United States should place conditions on release of about $3.5 billion aid to Pakistan based on "what we expect them to do", Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has told the Congress.
With the goal of inspiring and preparing every eligible citizen to vote, the American state of California has for the first time ever provided a new voter page that carried ballot information in Hindi for the June 5 primary election.
Diplomatic and Congressional sources tell Rediff.com that for all intents and purposes, the F-16 sale is dead.
The unanimous vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee on the amendment moved by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is reflective of the changing mode in the US and growing frustration among US lawmakers on Pakistan.
'The algorithms you will use to unlock the mysteries of the universe are going to be very different from the ones my generation sought to master,' Nirupama Rao, India's Ambassador to the United States of America, tells students at Pondicherry University, May 19.
Uninor added 8.53 lakh subscribers to take its base to 4.01 crore during the reported period.
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