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Capital Buzz: Poor Pramod

Question: What cost Pramod Mahajan his job?Answer:loyalty to Dhirubhai Ambani. The post and telegraph department, which fellunder Mahajan's purview,issued a stamp last month to honour the late......

Jaitley's phone was not tapped, says govt

The government on Friday rejected allegation of phone tapping of the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley and promised to get the full details of the "unauthorised" obtaining of call details......

Why Parliament passed IT Act without debate

'The new Information Technology Act with the requisite power to allow the Indian State to deal with Information Age challenges was passed by Parliament, without debate, within a month of the Taj......

Restrictions in Kashmir fearing anti-US protests

Authorities on Friday imposed strict restricts on the movement of people in old Srinagar city and Anantnag town in south Kashmir, fearing law and order problems over the anti-Islam video made in......

IAF Sukhoi-30 jets have a design flaw: Browne

Air Chief NAK Browne on Saturday said the IAF has identified a "design flaw" with the Russian-made supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30 though nothing is wrong with its "airworthiness". "We have......

Telcos face CBI heat over international call norms

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case in a Delhi court against Bharti Airtel, Tata Communications and Singapore Telecommunications for allegedly causing a loss of about Rs 48......

'Fiscal cliff' fracas: From smiles to distrust to rancour

It began so optimistically.On November 16, after their first "fiscal cliff" session with President Barack Obama, the four leaders of Congress had stood in the driveway of the White House......

REVELATIONS on HSBC - Tip of the iceberg?

What were the Indian authorities doing all these years, especially when it was well known universally that all was not well within HSBC? Either our politicians are too honest or the fact remains......

REVELATIONS on HSBC - Tip of iceberg?

UK defends multi-million pound aid to India

Britain defended its multi-million pound aid to India, amid demands by ruling Conservative party MPs and others to end it, saying "now is not the time to quit".International aid is among few areas......

Remembering Ravi: 'Why do you want to spoil old songs?'

The legendary composer Ravi passed into the ages on Wednesday, March 7, aged 86. We salute Ravi's brilliant musical scores, with this interview he granted Rediff.com's Patcy N in 2006. Whether......

Cleaning up an oil spill, James Cameron-style

The world's biggest filmmaker, James Cameron, has offered his fleet of private submarines to BP (formerly British Petroleum), to assist the company in stopping the massive oil flow threatening the......

What's wrong with Bollywood this year?

I spent a good part of the last seven days either travelling, or preoccupied with a few domestic issues-- hence, not much time to spare for watching movies, following links, responding to your......

'Instead of a remix, create new music'

Whether they know it or not, most married folk in India have heard the music of Ravi Sharma. It's unavoidable, really, considering he is the man behind the classic Aaj meri yaar ki shaadi hai from......

First Look: Boy George to pick up the trash

Karma certainly can change colors, declared a London tabloid headline. The story is about how the singer Boy George, 45, who had declared a few years ago that he had kicked off his drug habits......

English media apologetic over debasing 'great' Ponting

The English media has hailed Ricky Ponting and also apologised for disparaging him throughout his playing career. Former English off-spinner Vic Marks lauded Ponting in London's The Guardian,......

Aus swimmer unsure over Delhi CWG participation

Australia's world record champion swimmer Christian Sprenger is having second thoughts about travelling to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games in the wake of an adverse risk assessment......

Aus players' families skeptical about safe WC

Terror threats notwithstanding, Hockey Australia on Thursday said it remains committed to sending its team for the World Cup in India even as jittery family members of the players demanded that the......

'Hauritz can replace Warne, MacGill,' says Ponting

Ricky Ponting thinks Australia's long-ending search for a quality spin bowler is finally over and feels Nathan Hauritz has got all the qualities to fill in the void left by Shane Warne and Stuart......

England Lions in Duleep Trophy

England Lions will be the sixth team to play in India's domestic tournament -- the Duleep Trophy -- this year, before heading off for a tour of New Zealand from February."England Lions have been......

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QNA

Q. What is special about today ?
: A. 642 Battle of Maserfield Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.910 The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-special-about-today-//answers/20419623

Q. the first telegraph line introduced in 1853 ran between which places ?
Jaya: A. The postal and telecom sectors had a slow and uneasy start in India. In 1850, the first experimental electric telegraph Line was started between...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-first-telegraph-line-introduced-in-1853-ran-between-whic/20419607/answers/18441163

Q. when was Radio Ceylon started ?
Raju: A. Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/when-was-radio-ceylon-started-/18441143/answers/16920615

Q. TELECOM REVOLUTION IN INDIA
Sudesh : A. The `telecom revolution', which arrived in India in the 19th century, continues with great momentum in the 21st century. IF the three-year-old...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/telecom-revolution-in-india/16902759/answers/15615163

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Kerala police denies telephone tapping; govt swiftly orders probe

Kerala News: With NSS general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair alleging that his phone was being tapped by the police intelligence wing, the government... ...

http://www.keralanext.com/news/2013/05/24/article121.asp

Tagore's teaching ideals to cross seas to Argentina

Santiniketan, May 23: An Argentinian foundation has approached Visva-Bharati with a proposal to spread Tagore's ideals and the varsity's style of... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130524/jsp/bengal/story_16932524.jsp

Hurdles in govt plan to return land

Calcutta, May 23: Senior officials of the finance and land reforms departments are in a fix on how to implement the government's decision of... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130524/jsp/bengal/story_16932525.jsp

Bid for alternative booth list sputters

Calcutta, May 23: The governments purported aim to reduce the apparent number of security personnel needed for the panchayat polls by coming up... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130524/jsp/bengal/story_16932521.jsp

People usually leave behind their most expensive belongings in hotels!

According to an old proverb, Man is forgetful; he could also forget his own head, if it wasnt fixed. The same can be applied in this case. A U.K.... ...

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/TRA-shocking-people-usually-leave-behind-their-most-expensive-belongings-in-hotels-4272200-NOR.html

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