The minister also cautioned the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of repercussions under the IT Act in case of any data breach came to light.
The Finance Ministry is of the opinion that Vodafone might drag its tax dispute to court.
Moving from pricing control to a free market means stiff competition.
Delhi Police claims that the FIR reveals serious cognizable corruption & cheating offences, so matter is within its jurisdiction.
The government has made its initial moves, good and not-so-good, while the roll-out in some cases has been slow.
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
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The first phase would comprise universal access to banking facilities. Under this, basic bank accounts with zero balance, RuPay debit card and financial literacy, will have to be completed in the next one year, officials said.
An exchange which preaches others on governance must start practising it first, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Modi govt says its economic score on all coutns is very good.
'Let us also not expect that there will be a clean break with the past, much though the new government might like to think about it. In a functional democracy that is neither feasible nor desirable. But basic change it must be,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
FDI in brownfield investment has resulted in acquisition of domestic drug-manufacturing firms by multinational companies.
Monday's surprise meeting is an admission by the Bharatiya Janata Party that their purported strategy of hoping to ride the popular 'Modi wave' in a Tamil Nadu without Jaya and a bed-ridden Karunanidhi does not have much chance of success, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The markets gained nearly 7 per cent in the 4 trading sessions of March.
The Left unions want concrete action and not just 'assurances'.
Palaniswami and Paneerselvam joined to oust Dinakaran and EC cancelled R K Nagar by-election.
A Priority Foreign Country is a status reserved for those nations that are the most egregious violators of intellectual property rights and have the most negative impact on US competitiveness abroad.
Son of a Madurai farmer, Dr Vijayaragavan Vishwanathan has built a unique device for agriculture that can save water as well as electricity. Ironically, Vijay got support for his project from different international bodies but is still looking to get support from Indian government organisations when the product was specifically made for India.
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Hyderabad-based Pi Datacenters wants to be the first destination of choice for enterprises in data and cloud services.
'A foot-in-mouth disorder seems to grip the government, and is growing chronic by the day,' says Sunil Sethi.
The long-term growth perspective or potential for India is one of the highest in the Asia Pacific region.
Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
'People don't want to watch a screaming channel if given a decent alternative.'
As the mercury keeps moving up in the wake of rising temperature, poll fever is also soaring northward in Tamil Nadu which will witness a fierce fight for the 39 Lok Sabha seats between ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, even as a six-party BJP-led alliance is trying to play spoilsport.
A tussle between the Delhi government and the Lt Governor has left bureaucrats vulnerable to sudden transfers.
Gas pricing guidelines stipulate that a new gas price will apply to all producers except RIL.
As many as 75 million households that do not have access to banking services will be covered and at least one bank account opened for each household, against the earlier proposal of two.
In an online chat with readers, NNS Chandra offered advice on how to pursue an education abroad.
The capital markets watchdog has asked the government to empower it to carry out search and seizure operations, to attach properties and to ask for information and records for all relevant entities.
With Mukesh Ambani taking over Network 18, the space for disseminating a diverse range of views could shrink, feels Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
The real estate Bill will stamp out illegal practices prevalent in the industry.
Regulator's nod assumed more importance after the Maggi issue.
Nifty snaps 10-day winning streak
What is required from government is intellectual framework.
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FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 215 points at 27,011.
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
The six are English dailies the Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Telegraph; their sister publications The Hindustan and The Hindu Tamil; and Ananda Bazar Patrika.
