The Universal Service Obligation fund was set up in April 2002 and a statutory status was given to it.
The NSE Nifty finally settled 57 points lower at 5,136.
Sheeroy Desai, CEO of PAC, was in India recently. In an interview to rediff.com, he made some interesting observations on the recent recession and its impending recovery.
Software giant Microsoft and Internet major Yahoo! on Wednesday signed a 10-year search deal that will see the two firms jointly challenging the dominance of Google in the search business.
The party sent the suspension notices to Uttar Pradesh leaders Rakesh Sinha and Vishal Sharma Lathe for openly coming out in support of Yadav and Bhushan.
PAC Asia is organising Application Express Week from April 28 - May 4, 2008 for the students interested for July/ September 2008 intakes.
The AAP on Sunday removed party's internal Lokpal Admiral L Ramdas and Prashant Bhushan as the chief of the National Disciplinary Committee
Dissident Aam Aadmi Party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan on Monday hit back at the party leadership, claiming that it indulged in "gross violation" of the constitution and accusing national disciplinary committee members Pankaj Gupta and Ashish Khetan of accepting donations from dubious companies and doing a 'paid news' story favouring a company.
The phrase, the more the merrier, seems to be a passe. At least, when it comes to cricket. The biggest malady afflicting the Gentleman's Game is the 'problem of plenty'.
The banking, financial services and insurance was the highest paid sector
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are not on talking terms with expelled leader Jaswant Singh after he refused to resign from the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament, Union minister Murli Deora claimed on Friday. The Petroleum and Natural Gas minister, who is heading a high-level delegation to London, said senior BJP leaders, including L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Murali Manohar Joshi, are not on talking terms with their former colleague.
Drone cameras will monitor the crowds in real time.
Protesters had vandalised a police station and torched vehicles in Mau. Internet services have been suspended in the district.
Employee dissatisfaction could spoil the recovery party that the world awaits.
'Game Over is a nifty piece of work that recognises the durability of meaningful entertainment,' says Sukanya Verma.
World Education Fair 2008 admissions open for Sep 08/ Feb 09 intakes.
Barely a month after carrying out successful tests of Interceptor missiles, India is in talks with a leading American aerospace firm to apparently seek collaboration to develop a robust ballistic missile defence (BMD) system.
Amandeep Singh, a general internist at Monroe Hospital in Indiana, recently received the death threat through a text message on his cell phone by the unknown individual who claimed to have murdered the number's previous owner, community leaders said.
The bodies of 5 more persons were fished out of the Ganga river while a search was on to trace the 7 others who had gone missing after a boat capsized in the river near Shooltankeshwar area.
Bernie Sanders alleged that Clinton is not qualified to be the president.
'If you are looking to fulfil imminent long-term commitments, the new online Ulips are the right product for you,' notes Santosh Agarwal/Policybazaar.com.
Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular on Monday made an open offer to the shareholders of Spice Communications for acquiring additional 20 per cent stake in the telecom services provider for about Rs 1,066.63 crore (Rs 10.66 billion).
The fans can watch the bout live on Indian television.
Motorola Inc on Monday announced the departure of Firdose Vandrevala, chairman, Motorola India and corporate vice president, Motorola Inc, effective July 1, 2007.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
India might have scored a thrilling victory against Sri Lanka in the second one-dayer on Wednesday, but it turned costly for pacer Munaf Patel who was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for arguing with the umpire.
In the third attempt in three days to sort out contentious issues between dissident leader Yogendra Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, members from both the camps on Wednesday held a marathon meeting in sought Delhi.
Earlier, army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said that full cooperation will be extended in investigation of the incident.
Gandhi said that some disgruntled members of the party were trying to portray him as anti-party and anti-Kejriwal.
Aligarh Muslim University on Monday closed sine die following student violence after the killing of an death of an engineering student.
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Several members of the Indian community gathered at the Times Square in New York to hold discussions about the upcoming Bihar elections and voice their expectations from a future government over improving the economic and employment scenario in the state.
The Indian IT market is expected to grow by 18 per cent in the year 2008 to reach $38 billion, clocking second highest growth after Chinese (20 per cent growth to touch $138 billion in size.
Two heavy duty 140-tonne cranes were pressed into service at the crack of the dawn to clear derailed coaches, from which the survivors were rescued and bodies pulled out till late Saturday night.
The trio said the top court had relied upon 'patently incorrect' claims made by the government in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover in the court.
Violence erupted in Agra after four persons were run over by a speeding vehicle, with angry protesters torching 20 trucks, prompting authorities to clamp curfew in Nai ki Mandi and Mantola areas.
The WIRE Group, a consortium of international real estate groups, has lined up $1 billion investment over a period of two years for development of commercial properties in India.
'Communal killings take place routinely in our country and yet we don't ever convict the offenders.' 'The riots of 1993 and 2002 would not have happened if justice was given to the 1984 Delhi riot victims.'
1 killed, 12 injured in communal clashes in UP
'Good politics is not just staying in power. You cannot sacrifice everything at the altar of trying to ensure the coalition remains in power.'
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