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EGoM to decide spectrum price for auction: Telecom secy

A high-powered ministerial panel headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will decide on the minimum price to be fixed for auction of spectrum, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said on Saturday.

Hacker group Anonymous hits Indian govt, claims Twitter hit

Hacker group Anonymous today claimed to have hacked Twitter in India, "avenging" the Indian government for allegedly blocking its Twitter handle OpIndia_Revenge.

TMC to protest against price hike in Kolkata today

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will lead her party Trinamool Congress, the second largest ally of the UPA government at the Centre, in Kolkata today to protest against the steep hike in petrol price.
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Cross border smuggling on rise in Indo-China border

For second time in past 13 months police has detected cross border smuggling on “porous” border with China in remote Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. This has once again raised serious questions about the security along the border Gaurav Bisht reports.
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EGoM to decide spectrum price for auction: Telecom secy

A high-powered ministerial panel headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will decide on the minimum price to be fixed for auction of spectrum, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said on Saturday.

Nitin Gadkari meets Bal Thackeray

BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra.

Villager killed in alleged firing after jawan tries to molest girl

SSB personnel clashed with villagers protesting the alleged molestation of a girl by a jawan of the force at Nandawa village in Bihar, leading to the death of one person.

Yeddyurappa pitches for Modi as PM candidate

Showering encomiums on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for good governance, Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Friday said the ongoing party national executive at Mumbai should deliberate on promoting him as Prime Ministerial candidate, among other issues.

Sonia tells Assam militants to join peace initiative

Highlighting the Congress government's peace and development agenda in Assam, United Progressive Alliance chairperson and party president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday appealed to militant outfits to join the central government's peace initiative.
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Hindu doctors gunned down in Pakistan

Four Hindu doctors have been gunned down in Pakistan's southern Sindh province sparking fears and panic among the minority community. The doctors were gunned down on Monday at their clinic in Chak town.

Overall situation in Syria remains extremely serious: UN chief

Voicing alarm over the high level of violence and bombings in Syria, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that "established terrorist groups" are suspected in many deadly attacks in the country, where the overall situation remains "extremely serious".

Syria opposition urges UN action after 'massacre'

The opposition Syrian National Council has urged the UN Security Council to act urgently after claiming that regime forces "massacred" scores of civilians, including many children, in the town of Houla.

US cuts Pak aid for jailing doc who helped track Osama

US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted to cut aid to Islamabad by 33 million dollars -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.

Seven killed, 40 injured in Algeria gas blast

A gas blast at a university canteen in Algeria killed seven students and left 28 others injured, the APS news agency reported.
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US: Sikhs hail passage of Anand Marriage Act

Sikhs in the United States have welcomed the passage of Anand Marriage Act by the Parliament and termed it as a historic day for their community in the country.
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