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For years NDTV’s accusation that TAM’s audience ratings are rigged, had no takers. So, why is its lawsuit against TAM being taken so seriously now?   “NDTV bells the cat” on TAM ratings, says a Business Today report, quite correctly, about the “problem that has festered between...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 August 2012
According to the former secretary, the decision to divert gas from KG Basin to Ratnagiri is aimed at whitewashing the dishonesty implicit in the erstwhile Enron project at the expense of consumers from AP   EAS Sarma, former secretary of the Government of India (GoI), has alleged that...

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MDT/PTI 07 August 2012
Police registered a case against Durai and his partner Nagaraj on a complaint from a Village Administrative Officer of Melur taluk that a company named Olympus, in which Durai is a partner, had illegally quarried stones worth Rs5 crore   Madurai: A case has been registered against...

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MDT/PTI 07 August 2012
According to Prasar Bharti, the TAM data completely under-represents terrestrial and rural reach of Doordarshan where the major strength of the public broadcaster lies   New Delhi: The Prasar Bharati Board has given its nod in principle to exploring legal options against rating agency...

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MDT/PTI 06 August 2012
Of these, a highest of 14 such officials are working in the Department of Defense Production, 12 in SBI, 11 in BSNL, 10 in the Ministry of Railways and eight in CBEC among others   New Delhi: As many as 172 officials working with different central government departments have been...

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MDT/PTI 06 August 2012
Curiosity, the rover, is not equipped to search for living or fossil microorganisms but it will look for basic ingredients essential for life, including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur and oxygen   Pasadena: NASA's $2.5 billion Mars rover on Monday made a dramatic touchdown on...

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Economic liberalisation and expansion of government has led to a massive increase in the scope and size of corruption A deep sense of frustration and lack of direction has gripped India. As I write this column, television stations are beaming details of multiple low-intensity blasts at...

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MDT/PTI 06 August 2012
US Deputy National Security Advisor assured Ambassador Rao that these tragic killings at the Gurudwara would be fully investigated   Washington: The US has assured India that the tragic shooting incident at a Gurudwara in Wisconsin will be fully investigated, reports PTI quoting a top...

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MDT/PTI 03 August 2012
En route to his total score of 585, Kumar became the second shooter to break the previous Olympic record of 583 during the second stage of qualification   London: Marksman Vijay Kumar lifted the Indian shooting team's spirit by qualifying for the final of the men's 25m Rapid Fire...

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MDT/PTI 03 August 2012
The country, as a whole, has received 378.8 mm rainfall as against the normal of 471.4 mm—a deficiency of 20%   New Delhi: India’s crucial monsoon is expected to be 15% deficient this season—the weather office said today—the first indication of a drought in three years, reports...

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MDT/PTI 03 August 2012
Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of former Naval Chief SM Nanda, had mowed down six people, including three policemen, with his BMW in 1999   New Delhi: Sanjeev Nanda, convicted in the BMW hit-and-run case, on Friday got a reprieve from the Supreme Court which refused to enhance the quantum of...

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If the load despatch centres had isolated the states which overdrew power, from the grid, this mess would not have happened. It is amazing that this was not done   The terrible and torturous Tuesday that some 700 million people experienced, apart from the lakhs of crores of rupees that...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
The end to the fast also comes in the wake of the government's steadfast attitude in not engaging with Hazare and his team   New Delhi: Team Anna on Thursday blinked in the battle of attrition with the Government by announcing plans to end the indefinite fast tomorrow evening as it...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
The Sports Ministry has made it clear that it has not declared any sports as national game whereas the web portal of Government has posted an article glorifying field hockey under the heading 'National Game'     New Delhi: We may be assuming Hockey, the game which fetched six...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
The appeal from eminent jurist VR Krishna Iyer, former Chief Election Commissioner JM Lyngdoh, former chief of Army VK Singh and others came as the health of Arvind Kejriwal and two others deteriorated on the ninth day of their fast   New Delhi: About 22 eminent persons, including...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
According to CBI K Rajendra Prasad and others allegedly collected several crores of rupees towards plots developed by Emaar MGF in the controversial township project from buyers, after grossly undervaluing the market price   Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday granted bail...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
Anna Hazare, whose fast entered the fifth day, held discussions with Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai, the three fasting activists and Bedi in the morning   New Delhi: Concern mounted on Thursday over the health of three members from Team Anna, whose fast entered the ninth day,...

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Peter Maass  and   Megha Rajagopalan (ProPublica) 02 August 2012
As the US Senate considers a bill to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity, some questionable numbers keep creeping into the discussion Gen. Keith Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S. Cyber Command, which means he leads the government's effort to...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
The three chiefs are stressing on the need for having a Services' representative in the committee set up by the government to address pay-related issues   New Delhi: Taking a joint stand, the three Services Chiefs have raised the banner of opposition against the composition of a...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
Indian government is mulling setting up separate electricity transmission islands for essential services like Railways and Airports, besides major cities to insulate them power crisis   New Delhi: Jolted by the worst-ever blackout, the Indian government is mulling setting up separate...

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