Month: January 2014

The Union Cabinet has approved the following rates of Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) for spectrum in 1800 MHz and 900 MHz bands: 1. The spectrum acquired in the current auction will be charged at 5% of the AGR. In cases of combination of existing spectrum in this band and spectrum acquired through the auction, the weighted average will apply to all the spectrum held by the operator in 900 MHz and 1800 MHz band. 2. The licensees who do not acquire spectrum in this auction shall continue to pay SUC according to the existing slab rate. 3.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has urged thinkers and experts to think of creative and meaningful projects to perpetuate the memory of India”s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressing a meeting of the National Committee for the commemoration of the 125th birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr.

President Pranab Mukherjee will launch the National Mission on Libraries (NML), an initiative of the Ministry of Culture, to modernise and digitally link public libraries across the country, at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 3. On the occasion, Mukherjee will formally inaugurate the NML’s guidelines, logo and website in the presence of Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch and senior ministry officials.

Vice Admiral A G Thapliyal,Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard, said Friday that the coast guard would focus on ‘Safer Lives, Safer Coast And Safer Seas’ in 2014. Addressing a press conference on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the founding of the force, Vice-Admiral Thapliyal said that since its inception, the service has grown into a multi-faceted, vibrant and credible force, maintaining round the clock vigil in the vast maritime zones of India. “In the last few years, the coastal security infrastructure has been made robust and strengthened.

The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged Delhi Police to invoke the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the murderers of Nido Taniam, a student from Arunachal Pradesh, who was murdered at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi on Wednesday. A fight erupted between students and local shopkeepers over some comments made about Taniam with respect to his hair style. Taniam was allegedly beaten with sticks and rods by a group of seven to eight men and the Delhi Police failed to protect him despite being present on the spot.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has observed some working constrains under the new Lokpal law and has written to the central government about it, CBI director Ranjit Sinha said here Friday.

He was speaking after delivering a keynote address during the valedictory ceremony at the CBI Academy here.

The director said, “Since the new law has been enforced and it is too early to comment on the ground realities, but whatever constrains we felt prima facie, we wrote to the government. We are awaiting the reply from the government.”

Reacting to the threats given by Discom to cut power in the capital for ten hours, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Friday said that the government will make sure that there are no power cuts in the capital and that they are not going to let the people of Delhi suffer at any cost. “This is not going to happen no matter what, they have to provide electricity to the people. We will not let the people of Delhi suffer at any cost,” said Singh.

Coast Guard chief A.G. Thapliyal Friday asserted that coastal security has improved significantly since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack but did not rule out the possibility of another attack from the sea route.

“Fair amount of work has been done (after Mumbai terror attack)… the efforts are ongoing but one cannot rule out the possibility (of terror attack)… as terrorist try out-of-the-box ways,” said Vice Admiral Thapliyal, director general Coast Guard.

He was addressing a press conference on the eve of the 37th anniversary of Indian Coast Guard Feb 1.