As of now, tankers carry petroleum products from India to Nepal as part of an arrangement which is in place since 1973.
"Sath hai, vishwas hai, ho raha vikas hai," the PM said.
Investors with a 3-4 year time horizon should pick up telecom stocks.
The TDP expressed "serious displeasure" over the Union Budget as it "gave nothing" to the state.
India Inc's hiring activity picked up 1.5 per cent in March, led by IT-enabled services, insurance and auto sectors, a report by job portal naukri.com has said.
Minister of state for telecom Sachin Pilot said state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will deploy 10,000 mobile towers in rural areas by March 2010 and another 15,000 by March, 2011.
From upgraded portable ECG machines to digital X-ray units, the research lab does them all.
'What the northern Indian states lack is responsive politics based on the principles of development, social justice and equality.' 'A cut-and-paste job cannot make up for such lethal deficiency,' observes says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The GSM operators have asked the government to remove Permanent Account Number (PAN) as a requirement to acquire mobile connection to increase tele-density in the rural areas and also sought rationalisation of multiple taxes and duties in the sector.
Telemedicine sure helps private enterprise. If it also helps the cause of health care, then why not?
Since Pakistan has 'opted out' of the project, it is now being called South Asian satellite.
A whopping 14.38 million wireless subscribers were added by mobile operators in July this year, taking the total wireless user base to 441.66 million in the country.
Seeking to clear the air over his son Rahul's connections with terror suspect David Headley, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt on Friday said his family had decided to break to the police information about the contacts between the two.
Ahead of the second one-day international against Australia, India's combative off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has predicted a five-two score line in favour of his team, and added that India will top ODI rankings at the end of the seven match series.
English cricket plunged into deep crisis with coach Peter Moores also resigning.
Bharti Airtel on Friday said its subscriber base has crossed the 100 million mark, making it the world's third largest 'in-country' mobile operator.
The country needed to focus on applications for education, e-governance, health, food and developing local applications in future, he said in his keynote address through tele-conferencing at the CII organised `Comtel 2008' on the theme `Breaking Barriers, Bridging the Divide' in Bangalore on Wednesday.
TRAI has decided to fine defaulting tele-marketing firms upto Rs 20000 for non-complaince of directives.
In the broader market, the BSE Smallcap and BSE Midcap index gained 0.1% and 0.4%, respectively
It may be the season for corporate matchmaking but India Inc's record of managing partnerships is far from impressive, says Shailesh Dobhal.
After a hiatus of eight years he makes a comeback in his brother Abhimanyu Singh's Maruti Mera Dost. His brother's Contiloe Films has produced many television soaps and he has now forayed into feature film direction.
LTTE's political wing chief, V Nadesan, on Thursday said that the group was ready for a ceasefire now, while accusing the Sri Lankan government of 'abrogating' the six-year-long ceasefire, which came to an end early this year.
ADA Enterprise, which has been floated by Anil Ambani to manage companies under his fold, on Monday announced the appointment of Debabrata Chowdhury as vice president, technology development.
For now, the BJP's strategy for Khushbu seems to be one of denial -- denying the rival Congress in the state and also at the national-level a Muslim voice acceptable to Hindu audiences and TV news-watchers. This is much less than the induction of DMK veterans like Duraiswamy and Selvam, who still have a greater chances of winning assembly seats,, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Rapid changes are taking place in the two-wheeler world.
The Department of Tele-communications is close to allocating start-up spectrum in seven more circles, in addition to Tamil Nadu, where the process is set to begin next week. According to the telecom ministry's plan, the companies would get 4.4 MHz each and the allocation would be completed within a fortnight.
The Telecom Engineering Centre, the technical wing of the DoT, has submitted its much-awaited report on spectrum allocation to the Member (Technology) of the Telecom Commission. The report, which is the last hope for GSM-based players for additional spectrum allocation, is believed to have gone along with the TRAI's recommendation of increasing subscriber base for awarding additional radio waves.
Sixth additional sessions judge R Sadayandi restrained the channel from telecasting the serial, either in the name of Maveeran Veerappan or Santhanakadu, including its advertisement and trial version of the serial about Veerappan in any form.
In the wake of recent submarine cable cuts that disrupted Internet and telephony services across the world, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is looking at putting in place a mechanism to ensure immediate restoration of lines in case of such incidents in the future.
Tata Housing to take up around 13 projects for constructing homes for the old.
'What has gained prominence are 'human' skills like creativity, originality and initiative, critical thinking, persuasion, and negotiation, as well as attention to detail, resilience, flexibility and complex problem-solving.'
Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan will lead the singles challenge, while Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan will make the doubles pair for the grass court tie.
The total number of telephones (wireless and wired) in the country stood at 248.66 million, compared with 241.02 million in August this year.
Confirming the development, Chairman Venugopal Dhoot said, "We will use the CDMA technology for mobile services in the country."
TRAI has registered 28.16 crore telecom subscribers, with an addition of 87.4 lakh in Jan itself.
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The young are most vulnerable to self-harm and suicidal ideas at this time.
Sustaining a growth momentum in the telecom industry, India added 7.89 million new telephone connections in October, reaching the 250 million subscriber base ahead of target. The government had set a target of 250 million telephone users by the end of December 2007.
'As banks grapple with risk aversion and savers see an erosion in the value of money, the P2P platform can be a win-win for both borrowers and lenders,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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