PM
steps in to chop onion prices
But retail prices will take
time to dip
New Delhi/Chandigarh, December
21
Even
as the realpolitik on the humble onion began today, wholesale prices of
the bulb began receding. Though the cascading effect on the retail price
is yet to be seen, the ban on onion exports, low consumer demand and
imports trickling in from Pakistan for the second day in a row, is
expected to bring some relief to the common man soon.
Pay
for excess spectrum, Sibal tells telecom firms
New Delhi, December 21
Telecommunications Minister Kapil
Sibal today informed the telecom operators that they would have to fork
out the cost for excess spectrum held by them and this cost may be
decided on the basis of the prevailing market rates.
CBI
grills Radia
New Delhi, December 21
Controversial corporate lobbyist
Niira Radia was questioned by the CBI today at her farmhouse in Delhi. A
team of CBI officials reached her residence at around 10 am and
questioned her on her role in the 2G scam.
Niira Radia
Adarsh Scam
A clear case of
manipulation: HC
‘Everybody who was supposed
to clear the file was gifted a flat’
Mumbai, December 21
Pulling up the Maharashatara
government, the Bombay High Court today observed that the controversial
Adarsh society smacked of "a clear-cut case of manipulation"
by its officers in which everybody who was supposed to clear the file
was "gifted" a flat.
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