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Al-Qaida vows to continue attacks against India
Kashmiri militant Ilyas Kashmiri has warned the International community against sending their sportspersons to India to participate in the events like – Indian Premier League (IPL) and Commonwealth Games.
The top guerrilla commander, whose 313 Brigade is an operational arm of Al-Qaida, has declared to continue its attacks across India while threatening international sportspersons to face [...]
Pune blast: Pak group ‘owns up’
An unknown group calling itself the Lashkar-e-Toiba Al Alami claimed that it was behind the Saturday’s bomb attack in Pune that killed 10 people.
A person identified himself as Abu Jindal, described himself as the spokesman of the LeT Al Alami, and claimed the group had carried out the attack because of what he said was [...]
Govt plans 2G spectrum to stand-alone winners at Rs 1,658 cr
The government is mulling whether the 2G spectrum can be offered to stand-alone winners of 3G bidders at the price of Rs 1,658 crore for pan India operations.
However, the Department of Telecom (DoT) will issue a clarification in relation to the price of 2G spectrum for stand-alone winners and also their priority through over 300 [...]
Govt assures dependable coal supply to cement industry
Currently getting only 50% of its requirement through domestic source, the government assured the cement industry of a more stable supply of coal to the sector.
However, it is said that industry consumes close to 29 million tonne of coal out of which only 14.6 million tonne is available from coal linkages while there is a [...]
Government permits retail sale of oseltamivir
The government is said to allow retail sale of anti-viral drug ”oseltamivir”, given for the treatment of swine flu from Tuesday. However, the medicine will now be available in specified chemist shops while earlier it was available only through government hospitals. But, the medicine will be sold only after confirming prescriptions. Moreover, there are around [...]
Electricity production up 10% in August
Since improved fuel availability offset a decline in hydro power generation caused by a weak monsoon, India produced 9.8% more electricity in August than a year earlier. However, India produced nearly 65.6 billion kilowatt-hours in August, up from 59.7 billion kilowatt-hours a year earlier while in spite of the raise, India’’s peak power shortage in [...]
