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Asia-Pac's 3G users to multiply

Asia-Pac's 3G users to multiply

Rediff.com5 Dec 2006

Asia-Pacific's 3G (third generation) market which has largely remained nascent up till 2005 is expected to exhibit strong growth on the heels of more advanced 3G markets

House panel to discuss note ban impact with Urjit Patel

House panel to discuss note ban impact with Urjit Patel

Rediff.com2 Dec 2016

PAC summons RBI Governor Urjit Patel, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.

AAP leaders bicker, Yogendra Yadav and Jaihind quit posts

AAP leaders bicker, Yogendra Yadav and Jaihind quit posts

Rediff.com31 May 2014

The Aam Aadmi Party received a jolt on Saturday after senior party leader Yogendra Yadav and Haryana convener Naveen Jaihind tendered their resignation from party's political affairs committee and national executive respectively over alleged bickering between the two.

Jaswant refuses to step down as PAC chairman

Jaswant refuses to step down as PAC chairman

Rediff.com1 Sep 2009

Jaswant refuses to step down as PAC chairman

Jaswant refuses to step down as PAC chairman

Jaswant refuses to step down as PAC chairman

Rediff.com1 Sep 2009

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh on Tuesday rejected the party's demand to step down as chairman of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, saying a decision on this could be taken only by the Lok Sabha speaker and not by the party.

CAG refuses to share Rafale audit details, cites breach of Parliament

CAG refuses to share Rafale audit details, cites breach of Parliament

Rediff.com15 Jan 2019

The audit is under progress and the report is yet to be finalised. The information cannot be given under Section 8(1)(C) of the RTI Act as the disclosure would cause breach of Parliament, the CAG said.

'To wait for justice for 28 years, and to see them walk away...'

'To wait for justice for 28 years, and to see them walk away...'

Rediff.com8 Apr 2015

It's difficult to say who suffered more these 28 years: The men who survived the PAC shooting and the assaults in jail; or the women who lost their men in these custodial killings.

Lalu convicted in 5th fodder scam case, sentencing on Feb 21

Lalu convicted in 5th fodder scam case, sentencing on Feb 21

Rediff.com16 Feb 2022

He had already been granted bail in the Chaibasa Treasury Scam case in October 2020, and in the Deoghar Treasury Scam case in February 2020.

PAC pulls up DoT over mobile tower radiation

PAC pulls up DoT over mobile tower radiation

Rediff.com17 Nov 2011

A draft report of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has expressed shock that Department of Telecommunication has no monitoring mechanism to verify authenticity of the self-certification of the operators, deprecating "such a mindless arrangement made by the DoT to check the radiation level."

Hashimpura killings: The trial to nowhere

Hashimpura killings: The trial to nowhere

Rediff.com10 Apr 2015

Right from the beginning, the State abdicated its responsibility in fixing the blame for the Hashimpura massacres or getting justice for the victims.

Cong has no divine right to head opposition: Prashant Kishor

Cong has no divine right to head opposition: Prashant Kishor

Rediff.com2 Dec 2021

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comment that there was no United Progressive Alliance anymore, Kishor, who has earlier been political advisor to various parties, also called for democratically electing the opposition leadership.

The many moods of Nirmala Sitharaman

The many moods of Nirmala Sitharaman

Rediff.com17 Dec 2018

In a scathing attack on the Congress, Defence Minister Niramala Sitharaman on Monday alleged that the opposition party was "knowingly" misleading people over the Rafale jets' pricing.

Crisis: Most A-Pac economies to be buffered

Crisis: Most A-Pac economies to be buffered

Rediff.com6 Nov 2008

Most of the Asia-Pacific economies would be cushioned by healthy foreign exchange reserves in the last quarter of the current calendar year, global ratings agency, Standard & Poor, said in a report.

Release of water by Nepal inundates 61 villages in UP

Release of water by Nepal inundates 61 villages in UP

Rediff.com2 Aug 2020

The release of water has affected over 1.50 lakh people and damaged 171 houses, he said, adding National Disaster Response Force personnel have been deployed in the area to rescue people.

PAC report has to be accepted by Speaker: Joshi

PAC report has to be accepted by Speaker: Joshi

Rediff.com4 May 2011

Unfazed by the "rejection" of the draft Public Accounts Committee report by a "majority", Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday said that the Lok Sabha Speaker has no option but to accept the report on the 2G scam presented by him.

PAC ruckus a black day in Indian democracy: Gadkari

PAC ruckus a black day in Indian democracy: Gadkari

Rediff.com29 Apr 2011

Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday night the ruckus at the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee on the 2G spectrum scam represented a "black day" for the country's democracy and alleged that whatever happened there was done at the "direction" of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

11 MPs reject report; PAC meeting ends in chaos

11 MPs reject report; PAC meeting ends in chaos

Rediff.com28 Apr 2011

Eleven members of Parliament, including one each from Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, on Thursday demanded rejection of the draft Public Accounts Committee report on the 2G scam, which has indicted former Telecom minister A Raja and made critical observations about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance minister P Chidambaram.

2G scam: What Anil Ambani told the PAC

2G scam: What Anil Ambani told the PAC

Rediff.com6 Apr 2011

Anil Ambani, chairman of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, was made to wait for over an hour by the Murli Manohar Joshi-led Public Accounts Committee before he was called in for intensive questioning on the 2G spectrum issue. He pleaded that since the name of his company and some key officials figure in the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation on the massive scam, he would not like to say anything.

PAC refuses to probe Kargil arms deals

PAC refuses to probe Kargil arms deals

Rediff.com7 Aug 2003

Defence Minister George Fernandes is once again in the eye of a storm and could become a subject of censure by the privileges committee.

PAC has every authority to call PM: MM Joshi

PAC has every authority to call PM: MM Joshi

Rediff.com24 Feb 2011

On a day when the Joint Parliamentary Committee into the 2G scam was set up, the Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi said his panel has every authority to ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appear before it.

2020 US Presidential election to be most expensive in history

2020 US Presidential election to be most expensive in history

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

The Center for Responsive Politics said that an 'extraordinary influx' of political donations in the final months -- driven by a Supreme Court battle and closely watched races for the White House and Senate -- pushed total spending in the election past the previously estimated 11 billion dollars figure.

AAP rift widens: Mayank Gandhi slams public sacking of Yadav, Bhushan

AAP rift widens: Mayank Gandhi slams public sacking of Yadav, Bhushan

Rediff.com5 Mar 2015

The senior leader expressed shock and attacked the "manner of and intention" in removing Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from the PAC

Sena slams Mamata's 'no UPA' remark, bats for Oppn with Cong

Sena slams Mamata's 'no UPA' remark, bats for Oppn with Cong

Rediff.com4 Dec 2021

The Sena's remarks come in the wake of Mamata Banerjee's recent visit to Mumbai, in which she made a cryptic statement that 'there is no UPA now'.

'Prashant Kishor is a good salesman'

'Prashant Kishor is a good salesman'

Rediff.com28 Apr 2022

'He is a key fulcrum point in the pan-Indian creation of an effective Opposition to the BJP.'

AAP's RS nominees: A billionaire, veteran CA and party loyalist

AAP's RS nominees: A billionaire, veteran CA and party loyalist

Rediff.com3 Jan 2018

Sanjay Singh, Sushil Gupta and Narain Dass Gupta were selected as AAP's Rajya Sabha nominees.

AAP pacifies Kumar Vishwas, suspends MLA Amanatullah from party

AAP pacifies Kumar Vishwas, suspends MLA Amanatullah from party

Rediff.com3 May 2017

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the PAC, has entrusted Vishwas with the responsibility of Rajasthan which goes to polls by the end of 2018.

H S Phoolka quits AAP amid speculations of tie-up with Cong

H S Phoolka quits AAP amid speculations of tie-up with Cong

Rediff.com3 Jan 2019

The move comes amid speculation over possibility of an alliance between the Congress and the AAP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

India, China to make A-Pac largest aviation market

India, China to make A-Pac largest aviation market

Rediff.com10 Sep 2009

As more than 40 per cent of the world's airline traffic will begin, end, or take place within the region, 8,960 new commercial jets valued at approximately $1.1 trillion would be required over the next 20 years, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president, marketing, Randy Tinseth, said.

No fresh violence in Kasganj; ops intensified to nab 2 other accused

No fresh violence in Kasganj; ops intensified to nab 2 other accused

Rediff.com1 Feb 2018

Kasganj appeared to be under siege with the deployment of state police, PAC and RAF.

PAC meeting on 2G deferred after Opposition, govt disagree

PAC meeting on 2G deferred after Opposition, govt disagree

Rediff.com31 Oct 2011

The 2G controversy rocked Parliament's Public Accounts Committee meeting in New Delhi on Monday with opposition parties demanding that former director general (Audit) R P Singh be summoned and asked why he differs with the Comptroller and Auditor General on the quantum of loss. With differences persisting, the meeting was adjourned. The meeting scheduled for Tuesday has also been postponed reportedly as Chhath festival falls on that day.

Priyanka released, joins Rahul to go to Lakhimpur Kheri

Priyanka released, joins Rahul to go to Lakhimpur Kheri

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra left for Lakhimpur Kheri Wednesday evening from a PAC guest house in Sitapur where she was kept in detention since Monday morning.

UP Police on alert; social media being monitored: DGP

UP Police on alert; social media being monitored: DGP

Rediff.com12 Nov 2019

The top cop of the state said despite the verdict coming out last week every district is on a "high state of preparedness" and no untoward incident has been reported so far.

What did M M Joshi mean? BJP leaders clueless

What did M M Joshi mean? BJP leaders clueless

Rediff.com28 Dec 2010

The statement by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Dr Murali Manohar Joshi -- about the offer of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appear before the PAC to clarify his position in the 2G spectrum scam -- has shocked senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

2G report on PAC meet's agenda amid political war

2G report on PAC meet's agenda amid political war

Rediff.com28 Apr 2011

The Public Accounts Committee met in New Delhi on Thursday with its chairman Murli Manohar Joshi saying the report on the 2G spectrum scam was on agenda and will be discussed on merit.

2G:Attorney general, law secy to appear before PAC

2G:Attorney general, law secy to appear before PAC

Rediff.com7 Apr 2011

Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and Law Secretary D R Meena have been called by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to give evidence in its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.The committee, which has also called Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, Principal Secretary in Prime Minister's Office T K A Nair and Central Bureau of Investigation Director A P Singh, have asked all of them to depose before it on April 15-16.

PM offers to appear before PAC on 2G scam

PM offers to appear before PAC on 2G scam

Rediff.com20 Dec 2010

Was the prime minister's offer to appear before the Public Accounts Committee 'precedent' an afterthought? Looks like it, if one were to go carefully through the press handout being distributed at the media centre at the Congress plenary in New Delhi.

Rahul, Priyanka meet families of farmers killed in Lakhimpur

Rahul, Priyanka meet families of farmers killed in Lakhimpur

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday met the family members of farmers killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri and promised them all assistance.

AAP battle far from over: Kejriwal wants Yadav, Bhushan out

AAP battle far from over: Kejriwal wants Yadav, Bhushan out

Rediff.com26 Mar 2015

Reconciliation talks between the two warring factions in Aam Aadmi Party appeared to have been collapsed with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal insisting on Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan quitting the national executive, ahead of the crucial National Council meeting on March 28.

Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan to be axed from AAP decision-making body?

Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan to be axed from AAP decision-making body?

Rediff.com2 Mar 2015

Differences in the Aam Aadmi Party were wide open on Monday with the leadership said to be preparing for a crackdown on dissidents like Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav at the national executive meeting on Wednesday when they could be removed from the party's apex decision-making body political affairs committee.

Crowd swells at Ghazipur border; over 3,000 security personnel deployed

Crowd swells at Ghazipur border; over 3,000 security personnel deployed

Rediff.com29 Jan 2021

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) supporters stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Friday as the crowd swelled there, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration's ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site where security force in large numbers was re-deployed.