In addition to choosing a president, US voters on Tuesday will express their will on a slew of other electoral contests as well as state and local ballot issues ranging from hunting and fishing regulation to legalizing marijuana and same-sex marriage.

The government has received a net payment of Rs 1,706.92 crore from telecom companies which have won spectrum in the recently concluded auction, sources said.

An inter-ministerial group on Friday recommended lowering the base price for 1,800 mega hertz (Mhz) spectrum by 30 percent for four circles which were left unsold in the auction conducted last month. The four circles are Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

Adani Power on Monday said it has pledged more than seven crore additional shares, accounting for about 3.25 percent stake in the company. However, financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Union Minister CP Joshi was on Saturday given additional charge of Railway ministry, a day after the resignation of Mukul Roy and other Trinamool Congress ministers.

DMK on Monday gave notice for a discussion in Lok Sabha on the 2G spectrum issue, on which it had come under a lot of flak, in the wake of claims made by former CAG official R P Singh.

CBI on Thursday started questioning of its prosecution team members to understand whether the corruption slur on its prosecutor in the 2G case is an "aberration" or some more individuals have also been allegedly compromised.

Unearthing of VVIP Chopper Scam has added another discredit to the UPA government in continuity of series of corruption surfaced in the past three years of its second regime.

India's Idea Cellular will bid in an upcoming auction of second-generation airwaves, a company source said on Friday, as the country's third biggest mobile phone carrier by revenue strives to restore its nationwide footprint.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to declare final results of the just concluded auction of 2G mobile phone spectrum in next couple of days.