NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister A Raja on Thursday alleged that attorney general GE Vahanvati, CBI witness in the 2G scam case, was deposing falsely and "shifting his responsibility to others" over changes made in the press note.

HYDERABAD: A week after the twin bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar, Andhra Pradesh director general of police V Dinesh Reddy on Thursday said sketches of suspects were being prepared, and he was hoping for a breakthrough.

New Delhi: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will set up missile test ranges in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Andhra Pradesh and the process has been initiated to acquire land, the government said on Wednesday.

Patna: A senior officer of World Bank on Wednesday praised the high growth rate achieved by Bihar which indicates that an "encouraging" environment of progress has been created for faster economic development of the hitherto laggard state. Bihar clocked highest growth rate of 16.71 per cent during 2011-12, as per Economic Survey presented in Parliament on Wednesday. Bihar's growth rate was followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra during the period, according to the report.

Barcelona: Vodafone, which has not applied for taking part in spectrum auction in March, on Tuesday said the reserve price set is too high and the company cannot afford to pay in India where there is uncertainty about airwaves and revenues are low. "The problem is that in India there is a misperception of what is the value of spectrum. The reserve prices are set too high. India has very low prices and very low revenues so we cannot afford to pay high price for spectrum," Vodafone Group's Chief Executive Officer Vittorio Colao said.

New Delhi: Terrorism is a scourge which India and Russia have to address together, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said on Tuesday while welcoming a Russian Parliamentary delegation. Observing that relationship between India and Russia is "unique and warm based on rock-solid foundations," Meira said that the two countries have commonality of views on most of the global issues.

Ghaziabad: Controversy has risen over the Delhi Metro extension from Delhi's Dilshad Garden to New Bus Stand with the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation unwilling to fund the project but the municipal commissioner seeking the Uttar Pradesh government's permission to overrule it, said a councilor.

Shimla: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth on Monday moved the Himachal Pradesh High Court over the state government's action to take back possession of a chunk of prime land allotted to it in 2010 by the then BJP government.

New Delhi: In the latest development in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation case, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) witness has identified the signature of Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani on some documents.

Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday asked its mayor in Patiala to resign after he was named in a murder case. "Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has directed Mayor of Patiala Municipal Corporation Jaspal Singh Pradhan to immediately tender his resignation from the post of mayor in view of the case registered against him," said party secretary Daljit Singh Cheema.