India’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to revoke 122 telecommunications licenses awarded in 2008 to mobile phone companies that are at the center of one of the country’s largest corruption scandals. Thursday’s court ruling is expected to disrupt about 5 percent of the nation’s mobile phone users, as customers of the affected companies are […]
Indian Supreme Court Cancels 122 Controversial Telecom Licenses
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Indian Supreme Court Cancels 122 Controversial Telecom Licenses
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to revoke 122 telecommunications licenses awarded in 2008 to mobile phone companies that are at the center of one of the country’s largest corruption scandals. Thursday’s court ruling is expected to disrupt about 5 percent of the nation’s mobile phone users, as customers of the affected companies are […]
Indian Supreme Court Cancels Controversial Telecom Licenses
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to cancel 122 telecommunications licenses awarded in 2008 that are at the center of one of the country’s largest corruption scandals. Thursday’s court ruling is expected to somewhat disrupt the nation’s cell phone market as customers of the affected companies are forced to switch to licensed services. Experts […]
Indian Police Arrest Man Responsible for Distribution of Tainted Alcohol
Posted February 1st, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Police in India’s West Bengal state have arrested a key figure responsible for distributing poisonous homemade liquor, which kills hundreds of people every year throughout the country. In early January, at least 15 people died and 24 others were hospitalized after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers in eastern Andhra Pradesh state. In December, 155 people […]
Fire in New Delhi Slum Destroys 500 Dwellings
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Police in the Indian capital, New Delhi, said Tuesday a massive fire in the densely populated Ghazipur area destroyed nearly 500 dwellings. Fire officials said the fire broke out early morning and quickly spread. They said it took 20 fire trucks and several water tanks to contain the blaze. No fatalities have been reported and […]
India’s Supreme Court Adjourns Mumbai Gunman Appeal
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has adjourned an appeal hearing against the death sentence for the lone surviving gunman in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. News reports said Tuesday that the hearing in Ajmal Kasab’s appeal was postponed after one of the two Supreme Court judges due to hear the case was unavailable. The court did […]
France Lands Indian Fighter Jet Deal
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from French firm Dassault in a $11 billion deal that is one of the world’s largest arms contracts. Indian government officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told reporters Tuesday that Dassault was the lowest bidder and beat out the Eurofighter consortium to clinch the contract. […]
Media Group Targeted in India
Posted January 30th, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned an attack on an Indian media group’s offices by right wing Hindu nationalists protesting a local newspaper’s coverage of their internal politics. The New York-based group Monday cited news reports saying supporters of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist party, attacked the Times of India building in Mumbai […]
India Holds Mid-Term Elections in 2 Northern States
Posted January 30th, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
Millions of Indians went to the polls Monday in northern Punjab and Uttarakhand states, where the country’s ruling Congress party hopes to wrest back power following a series of corruption scandals and sluggish economy. The elections in two northern states are part of five mid-term state vote tests for the ruling party led by Italian-born […]
Tibetan Exile Leaders: China’s Violence Against Protesters ‘Unsustainable’
Posted January 30th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Chinese state-run media have accused Tibetan exiles and unnamed Western governments of pursuing an “anti-Chinese agenda” when describing recent violence in Tibetan areas under Beijing’s control. Elected leaders of Tibet’s exile community say Chinese security forces fired into a crowd of peaceful protesters last Thursday in southwestern Sichuan province, killing at least six people and […]
