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Formula for defence spectrum band hammered out
25 Oct 2011
US health insurer Cigna to buy medicare firm HealthSpring for $3.8 bn
25 Oct 2011
Cigna is acquiring HealthSpring at a 37-per cent premium to gain a ready platform for selling Medicare plans for the elderly.
2G: No bail just yet for Kanimozhi, others
24 Oct 2011
Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi and several of her co-accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case will have to spend Diwali behind bars, as the special CBI court today reserved orders on their bail pleas till 3 November.
Amar Singh granted bail in cash-for-votes scam
24 Oct 2011
2G: Kanimozhi, others seen as likely to get bail today
24 Oct 2011
The CBI is now unlikely to oppose bail as charges have already been framed, and moreover it has not found much evidence against Kanimozhi
Yeddyurappa’s judicial custody extended till 3 November
22 Oct 2011
The Lokayukta Court today extended, till 3 November, the judicial custody of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in cases pertaining to alleged land scam.
2-G scam: Raja, Kanimozhi charged with criminal conspiracy
22 Oct 2011
With the court formally framing charges against them, the accused can now m ove an application for bail
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