Issuing notice to the ED on the plea filed by the Tamil Nadu government and Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih told Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the anti-money laundering probe agency, that "Your ED is crossing all the limits."
Last week, while releasing the 100-day agenda for telecom sector, Sibal had announced formulation of a new and comprehensive National Telecom Policy, 2011 that he said will be 'clear and transparent'.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider listing for urgent hearing the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
The Supreme Court of India has asked DMK leader V Senthil Balaji to choose between his ministerial post in Tamil Nadu and his freedom. The court expressed concern over Balaji's reinstatement as a minister despite being granted bail in a money laundering case related to the "cash-for-job" scam. The court fears that Balaji's presence as a minister could influence witnesses in the case. The court has given Balaji until April 28 to make a decision.
India cannot break off its dialogue process with Pakistan on the Sarabjit issue alone as it would serve no purpose, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday.
Union HRD minsiter Kapil Sibal now wants 'one nation, one test' format for admissions to all disciplines.
Inviting American businesses to invest in India, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has said the country now has the right incentives and the appropriate intellectual laws in place for technology to come.
The IIT faculty had been demanding withdrawal of 40 per cent cap on promotion of professors to senior grade. The teachers were also opposing the provision of contractual appointment at entry level.
Sibal said the government will have enough radio waves for all operators after it is released from the defence services as well as the cancellation of 122 2G new licences by the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
Accusing Narendra Modi of engaging in "politics of lies", Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday challenged BJP's prime ministerial candidate to a debate as he stated that political discourse should move from individuals to issues affecting the country.
Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal also made it clear that the 123 Agreement to operationalise the deal cannot be renegotiated.
Sibal, a member of the 'Group of 23' leaders who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul, has been demanding that the party be strengthened.
M M Pallam Raju, who has been allocated the human resources and development portfolio, on Sunday said he will carry forward the "good work" initiated by his predecessor Kapil Sibal, who set in motion several reforms during his tenure.
As professors of Indian Institutes of Technology resorted to the unprecedented step of day-long hunger strike on Thursday over the salary issue, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said he is open to having any kind of dialogue with them to discuss their demands, but ruled out world-class salaries due to lack of resources.
In reply to a query, Sibal denied that the service had deteriorated and said Indian Speed Post service occupied number two market slot in the country which itself was an indication that more people were relying on it.
Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday downplayed the registration of a CBI case against Maharashtra minister Rajendra Darda in coal block allocation case but said he himself would have resigned if any FIR was filed against him.
Government wants social-networking websites to pre-screen content.
Government wants social-networking websites to pre-screen content.
The comments of the Congress leader came after ICMR DG Balram Bhargava's letter to Bharat Biotech and principal investigators of medical colleges to complete the trial procedure of indigenous COVID-19 vaccine in a fast track method so that results of a clinical trial can be launched by August 15.
Having a single entrance exam will not put an end to the coaching-class culture, nor help reduce stress, but will only aggravate it further, say academicians. While Sibal's plan may not be foolproof, having independent exams is not the solution too. So, then, is there a middle way out? We deliberate the situation.
"If they have a hidden agenda, the people of this country must know," Sibal said in Kolkata on Saturday.
'Aakash', the world's cheapest tablet, will be fully indigenous soon and its improved version will be launched by the government at the same price.
A court in Sonipat on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till May 27 Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the head of Ashoka University's political science department who was arrested for his social media posts related to Operation Sindoor, his lawyer said.
"Children have enormous potential to know what they want for the future of their cities and government and civil societies should give them a chance to explore their creativity," Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal said.
After radioactive material was sold as scrap by the Delhi University, leading to the death of a labourer, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday directed the University Grant Commission to frame guidelines immediately on the procurement, use and disposal of hazardous substances by varsities. The Department of Atomic Energy has framed certain guidelines which are supposed to be followed by the universities for procurement and handling of such material.
The Aakash project was Sibal's brainchild when he was the HRD minister.
Apparently Human Resources and Development Minister Kapil Sibal -- the Harvard-educated, erstwhile Wall Street lawyer -- still occasionally pines for the United States, going by his waxing nostalgic for the opportunities America afforded him during the time he spent in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Big Apple.
Stressing on professionalism, hardwork and ethics as the key to success, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said the popular perception in some quarters that being cunning and manipulative pays in corporate world was wrong.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal has urged President Pratibha Patil to flag off a government-sponsored Yatra, christened as Sakshar Bharat Yatra from Delhi on February 18.
The minister was addressing a function after distributing prizes to winners of 'Future Cities India 2020' competition for high school students sponsored by the department of science and technology.
India's gross domestic product spending on research and development is below the global average and expenditure should be increased to create an economy of scale, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal has said.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the growth in the sector is essentially centered on adequate spectrum availability, assuring government will make all efforts to provide requisite airwaves to meet industry's demand.
Hints at taking support from Opposition if allies continue to show reservations
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday warned that the growth of the telecom industry would be hurt if companies did not align their profit-making motives with the national interest and such a scenario could lead to over-regulation of the sector.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged in the Supreme Court on Thursday that there was an attempt to cover up the rape and killing of a post-graduate medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital by the local police as the crime scene was altered by the time the federal agency took over the probe.
"Look at the policies of world around, we are far less protectionist than any other country in the world. There is no question of India becoming protectionist," Indian Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said here on Monday.
Slamming Team Anna for burning copies of the Lokpal Bill, government on Thursday said actions of the civil society members was an insult to Parliament and posed a danger to democracy.
Communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal said that 3G services have not been a success in the country so far.
he meeting is part of Sibal's efforts to achieve the 100-day plan for reforms in the telecoms sector in consultation with the industry.
Operators oppose levying of charges for additional spectrum with retrospective effect.
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