Rajiv Gandhi was 'middleman' for Swedish jet deal: US cable
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi has been named as an
"entrepreneur" for Swedish firm Saab-Scania, when it was trying to
sell its Viggen fighter aircraft to India in the 1970s by the US diplomatic
cables obtained by WikiLeaks, the Hindu reported on Monday.
Although the cable mentions Rajiv Gandhi as an
“entrepreneur”, but it also states that the US officials have “no additional
information to either refute or confirm the above information.
Later, Saab-Scania lost out on the deal and was forced to
withdraw from the “fighter sweepstakes” by the US as the deal was eventually
secured the British SEPECAT Jaguar.
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi later became embroiled in
scandal relating to another Swedish arms manufacturer in the Bofors howtizer
gun deal.
88% of IIT-B students say professors inept
88% Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) students
claim that they do not study as their professors do not manage to generate
interest in their courses.
While a few teachers are enthusiastic about teaching, others are not, reveals the second part of a survey conducted by the student's magazine Insight.
Fed up with criticism about their "poor performance" compared to previous batches, a group of IITians from the current batch had conducted a survey on the campus.
The first part of the survey focusing on why students don't study at IIT-B, published in the January issue, had revealed that if not put on a deadline for an assignment, 75% students do not spend any time on academics. While more than 75% IITians seem to be more interested in pursuing hobbies, many are hooked on to social networking and micro-blogging sites.
While a few teachers are enthusiastic about teaching, others are not, reveals the second part of a survey conducted by the student's magazine Insight.
Fed up with criticism about their "poor performance" compared to previous batches, a group of IITians from the current batch had conducted a survey on the campus.
The first part of the survey focusing on why students don't study at IIT-B, published in the January issue, had revealed that if not put on a deadline for an assignment, 75% students do not spend any time on academics. While more than 75% IITians seem to be more interested in pursuing hobbies, many are hooked on to social networking and micro-blogging sites.
Media can report open court proceedings
Media has the right to report proceedings in open courts,
the Kerala high court said on Monday.
A committee consisting of all the judges of the high court
had earlier decided that reporting of open court proceedings need not be
allowed. Justice Sankaran said media can report proceedings in open court and
there is no ban on it.
The clarification by a division bench comprising of Justice
K T Sankaran and Justice M L Joseph Francis was along with ending proceedings
related to contempt of court action against Times of India for a report based
on open court proceedings.
5 telcos get show-cause notices for understating revenues
Government has sent show-cause notices to 5 telecom firms
including Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices for alleged
understatement of revenues of over Rs 10,000 crore for financial years 2006-07
and 2007-08, Parliament was informed.
However, the issue has been stayed by the Kerala High Court, Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal ( TDSAT) and Chennai High Court, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
"Special audit of five major private telecom group companies including the Vodafone group has been conducted for the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08," Deora added.
The government has sent show cause notices to Reliance for revenue under stated of Rs 3,402.92 crore, Tata Teleservices (Rs 3,156.46 crore), Bharti Airtel (Rs 1,927.50 crore), Vodafone (Rs 1,490.94 crore) and Idea (Rs 848.87 crore), according to the reply.
The total amount of revenue under stated is Rs 10,826.69 crore and the total licence fee demand raised, which also includes interest is Rs 1,841.67 crore from these telecom companies, it added.
However, the issue has been stayed by the Kerala High Court, Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal ( TDSAT) and Chennai High Court, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
"Special audit of five major private telecom group companies including the Vodafone group has been conducted for the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08," Deora added.
The government has sent show cause notices to Reliance for revenue under stated of Rs 3,402.92 crore, Tata Teleservices (Rs 3,156.46 crore), Bharti Airtel (Rs 1,927.50 crore), Vodafone (Rs 1,490.94 crore) and Idea (Rs 848.87 crore), according to the reply.
The total amount of revenue under stated is Rs 10,826.69 crore and the total licence fee demand raised, which also includes interest is Rs 1,841.67 crore from these telecom companies, it added.
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