Summary of all that transpired on and off the football field
FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan's request for Friday's election to be postponed because of an issue with the voting booths has been rejected by sport's highest tribunal.
In reply to a Rajya Sabha question, minister of state for information and broadcasting Anand Sharma stated that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had informed that a comparison of entry level package prices of a few DTH operators with CAS offerings reveals that DTH pricing in the country are not exorbitant.
After the Satyam scam, the role of chartered accountants has come into focus again. This time the Income Tax Department has found that CAs have given false certificates, enabling Non-Resident Indians and foreign nationals to evade taxes in India.
K G Premshankar,additional director general of police in Kerala was on Monday sentenced to six months' simple imprisonment by a court in Kochi in connection with a case of assault on the editor of a Malayalam eveninger from Kannur in 1988.
FIFA has urged the agitating I-League clubs to work closely with the national federation
While the concerned property may be confiscated, a person indulging in such a transaction is liable to pay a fine up to 25 per cent of fair market value of the property
Three persons were on Saturday arrested in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a young woman by a group of people on the busy Exhibition Road in Patna on Thursday that sparked nation-wide outrage. Police said the arrested persons were Ashok Kumar, owner of the hotel where the woman allegedly engaged in flesh trade stayed, and the hotel manager besides an alleged pimp.
Russian swimming chief Vladimir Salnikov said on Tuesday the atmosphere surrounding his team at the Olympics reminded him of the Cold War, and criticised American breaststroke champion Lilly King for attacking the integrity of her Russian rival.
The young party sees a stream of volunteers from outside Delhi. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com.
Come 2009, the broadcast and cable industry will once again be looking at the government for a slew of policy initiatives in sectors like FM radio, cable distribution platforms and mobile TV, which otherwise remained stuck this year due to several reasons.
The Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi has been seeing a steady flow of volunteers offering their services to the party free of cost.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Bangalore recorded its first swine flu death. Roopa, 36, died at the St Philomenas hospital.
Romania striker Adrian Mutu called the decision to uphold his order to pay Chelsea 17.17 million euros in damages "profoundly unjust" on Monday and confirmed he may take the case outside the sporting courts.
Serbia's Viktor Troicki's suspension for violating doping regulations has been cut from 18 months to 12 months after his appeal was heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), it was announced on Tuesday.
Kumar Sanu explains why he is upset with the current music scene.
'Physically I am alright, there is a little bit of pain, but nothing a massage can't cure, I'm taking it easy," Bolt said of his condition two days after finishing third despite clocking his season's best-equalling 9.95 seconds in the 100m final'
In order to take on the competition posed by the direct-to-home (DTH) operators, large cable distribution companies will soon bring in their own digital-quality cable television offerings in select cities at competitive fees and offer quality service support.
Students seek transparency! Want to know the real reason for the revision in the results of the final ICAI-conducted CA exam.
Sub Inspector Nerlon Albuquerque, who investitgated the death of 15-year-old Scarlette, was earlier suspended. Prima facie Albuquerque was found to be involved in sabotaging the investigation, a senior police officer said.
Guus Hiddink will definitely not be staying on as Chelsea manager next season and Jose Mourinho is not coming back, chairman Bruce Buck said on Monday.
The broadcast regulator, TRAI, on Friday announced an increase of about 7 per cent in cable rates, both conditional access system notified and non-CAS areas in the country.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a chargesheet against all seven accused in the Rizwanur Rehman death case.
According to the proposed legislation, the agencies would be at liberty to hold any citizen under arbitrary detention without framing any specified charges.
Atletico Madrid are unaware of a possible transfer embargo after Spanish media reported FIFA were set to bar the club and city rivals Real Madrid from the next two windows.
With the Central Government making it mandatory for consumers to switch to CAS in select parts of major metros, Onida is planning to launch LCD televisions that have an embedded technology to encrypt digital signals.
Esther Staubli is set to become the first female referee to officiate a match at the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2017.
The study, titled 'Fifty years of violent war deaths from Vietnam to Bosnia: analysis of data from the world health survey programme', published in the British Medical Journal said: 'War causes more deaths than previously estimated, and there is no evidence to support a recent decline in war deaths'.
After a 25-year stint at ICICI Bank, Mor suddenly quit as he wanted to add more value in the bigger areas of health care and financial inclusion.
The Olympic 100 metres champion's options includes appealing to the International Association of Athletics Federations, taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or filing a federal lawsuit.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The broadcasters will offer the same bouquets to the DTH operators as are being offered by them for non-CAS cable distribution. In addition, they are free to offer additional bouquets, Trai said in a statement. This is in consonance with the TDSAT's judgement dated in March, 2007, it said, adding all bouquet rates and the a-la-carte rates must satisfy the provisions of the aforesaid interconnection regulations.
John Buchanan, coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will conduct a two-day talent hunt camp in the city from September 4. The two-day search for new faces by the veteran Aussie may, however, be reduced to a courtesy trip with incessant rains threatening to play spoilsport.
In a decision that will affect the lawyers specialising in sales tax laws as well as former sales tax officers' who work as sales tax practitioners, Bombay High Court has held only Chartered Accountants (CAs) can audit and certify accounts for traders. Hitherto, traders had to hire only sales tax lawyers or former sales tax officers as advisors in tax matters. It allows lawyers & other sales tax practitioners to represent traders before tax authorities but not audit accounts.
Following the request of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
After the quality of service regulations for cable operators in CAS-notified areas, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended a slew of service obligations for Direct-To-Home operators.
The government, industry and civil society groups agree they have no data, which they admit are the building blocks for any action for inclusive growth.
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