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New Delhi: Pakistan has rejected India's request for consular access to death row prisoner KulbhushanJadhav at the ICJ, arguing that New Delhi wants to get the information gathered by its "spy".

In its counter-memorial submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Pakistan said the provision of such an access under the Vienna Convention is only for legitimate visitors and not for spies.

Pakistan said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities.

New Delhi: A special Delhi court on Wednesday convicted former Jharkhand chief minister MadhuKoda and ex-coal secretary H C Gupta in a coal scam case. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also convicted ex-Jharkhand chief secretary A K Basu and private company Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd (VISUL) in the case.

They have been found guilty of varying offences including criminal conspiracy in the case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Rajhara North coal block in Jharkhand to the Kolkata-based VISUL. The Special Court however, acquitted four other accused including VISUL's Director of all charges.

New Delhi: Telecom Minister ManojSinha has exuded confidence that modern satellite technologies are likely to make broadband services more affordable. 

The government has therefore made a provision for using satellite services for providing broadband connections under the second phase of the Bharat Net project, he added.

"New satellite innovations...are likely to make broadband more affordable, available and accessible to public agencies, industries and individuals," Sinha said at an event organised by the Broadband India Forum.

New Delhi: The nation on Wednesday paid homage to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives while defending Parliament House from the terror attack on this day in 2001.

Vice President and Chairman RajyaSabhaM Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister NarendraModi, LokSabha Speaker SumitraMahajan, former Prime Minister DrManmohan Singh, Union Ministers, Members of Parliament and Leaders of different political parties paid floral tributes to the martyrs at the plaque in Parliament House.

On this day, two persons from the Parliament Security Service of the RajyaSabha, five Delhi Police Personnel and a woman constable of the Central Reserve Police Force, laid down their lives while preventing entry of terrorists inside the Parliament House Building. A gardener of CPWD had also lost his life in the attack.