Breather for ex-MCI chief after court drops all charges against him

A court dropped criminal proceedings against Ketan Desai after the CBI failed to obtain the mandatory permission from the government to prosecute him. Sharat Pradhan reports. Former chairman of......

SC raps MCI for not accommodating students

The Supreme Court has rapped the Medical Council of India and the Uttar Pradesh Directorate General of Medical Educationfor not being able to accommodate 32 aspiring doctors despite its orders to......

MCI boss, 3 others in CBI net on bribery charges

Medical Council of India (MCI) president Ketan Desai and three others were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 crore to grant recognition to a......

Consumer forum rejects ex-CJI's kin plea for Rs 10 cr damages for death

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has dismissed a complaint filed by the family of former Chief Justice Of India J S Verma alleging he died because of medical negligence......

vCustomer to buy MCI's call centres

Business process outsourcing company vCustomer Corporation will acquire all the eight call centres of global telecom giant MCI, sources said on Friday. The acquisition will bring to vCustomer the......

DoT may penalise 4 foreign telcos

The government is contemplating slapping penalty on four foreign telcos, including AT&T, MCI and BT, for allegedly circumventing licence norms that may have caused revenue loss to the government.......

Why RBI must give priority to India's financial condition index

Equity markets are not the sole measure of wealth but their influence, however weak, suggests that variations in wealth impact on demand cannot be ignored going forward. Last month, the Reserve......

FLAG comes under fire

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has joined international carriers AT&T, Sprint and MCI WorldCom in blaming FLAG for reneging on its commitments in bandwidth allocation. In separate letters to FLAG, the......

Tyson ponders what to do next

From street punk in the projects to world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson's life has revolved around violence.That is why it was bizarre to see Tyson's boxing career come to an end so peacefully,......