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No default right for telemarketing: Trai

May 11: With National Do Not Call Registry failing to stop the harassment of consumers by telemarketers, telecom regulator Trai has now proposed a new system — National Do Call Registry.

Trai: Sell 2G at 3G bid price

May 11: Investing in spectrum is a much better option than stocks, gold or even real estate, going by telecom regulator Trai’s latest recommendations. In a few short years, the price of 2G spectrum will be incre-asing by over 750 per cent.

After shock and awe, questions

May 11: The euphoria over the $1 trillion bailout package for Greece and other struggling economies fizzled out on Tuesday on profit booking and fears that Greece would not be able to cut her fiscal deficit to the extent demanded by the bail-out package. The Sensex closed down 189.02 points at 17,141.53 while the Nifty was down 57.45 points at 5136.15.

Infrastructure chokes India gas supply

May 11: The past few months have seen an unprecedented situation in India’s natural gas market.
Reliance Industries, which has started producing gas from the KG-basin is operating at less than capacity. Two thousand kilometers away, in Gujarat, there is a similar situation.

BA unions chalk out strikes in May, June

May 11: British Airways cabin crew have decided to go on a series of 5-day strikes, totalling 20 days, in May and June over the airline’s cost-cutting plan.
The crew will go on strike from May 18 to 22, May 24 to 28, May 30 to June 3, and June 5 to 9, according to Unite, the union which is representing the British Airways crew.

Sheila stretched Manu parole

May 11: Overlooking the suggestion of Delhi home secretary for a 15-day parole to Jessica Lal murder case convict Manu Sharma, chief minister Sheila Dikshit had extended it to one month. Manu Sharma had allegedly violated his parole norms during the period last year.

Girls slashed with blade, robbed in Chanakyapuri

May 11: Two teenaged girls were attacked by an unidentified assailant in the Chanakyapuri area on Tuesday morning when they had gone out of their school to get some papers photocopied.

Man steals Rs 70 lakhs in diamonds

May 11: A jeweller escaped with diamonds believed to be worth Rs 70 lakhs belonging to another jeweller in Karol Bagh area on Tuesday evening.

Eveteasers stab youth to death

May 11: An argument with six youth who were allegedly teasing a girl in Katwaria Sarai on Monday evening resulted in the death of a 19-year-old hotel management student.

Sale of forms to begin May 28

May 11: Clearing the air on the introduction of semester system in the Delhi University with the teaching community strongly resisting the move, the vice-chancellor Deepak Pental said on Tuesday that it is not mandatory for all colleges to implement the system this year.

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