Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday said the roaming charges of private cellular operators are "very high" and the industry must look into it to bring them down.
He, however, ruled out any reconsideration of the 12 per cent excise duty on computers, saying the industry had wanted it to boost local manufacturing.
The National Textile Corporation (NTC) has earned Rs 4,034 crore through sale of assets as a part of its Modified Revival Scheme (MRS), which mainly includes land of closed mills, according to Union Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran.
In a blow to private operators, Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Thursday that private cell operators would have to continue to pay Access Deficit Charge to Bharat Sanchar Nigam for the next two years.
Union minister Dayanidhi Maran today apprised Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh of the gravity of the fire tragedy at a private school in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam district in which 90 students were burnt alive
Even as Tatas owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam has challenged Telecom Regulatory Authority's order on reduction in international bandwidth prices, the government on Friday said there was further scope to bring the price down.
The government on Tuesday indicated that forthcoming Foreign Trade Policy may grant some sops for the ailing textile sector especially exporters, who were disappointed over the Budget proposals.
Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four companies, were on Friday chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis deal case arising out of the investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran has come under the scanner in the 2G scam probe, with the Central Bureau of Investigation telling the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he had misused his office and forced C Sivasankran, the promoter of Chennai-based Aircel, to sell his firm to Malaysia-based Maxis Communications in 2006.
A Delhi court Friday dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran for their alleged role in the 2G case.
Rich and powerful, but secretive -- T E Narasimhan shines a light on the world of Kalanithi and Dayanidhi Maran.
Ahead of his scheduled meeting with Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin, who is bidding for Hutch-Essar, Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said the government wanted good companies to enter the country.
The two parties are deadlocked over on a deal over sharing of seats following DMK's decision on Saturday to pull out its ministers from the UPA government over Congress attitude.
A Delhi court on Wednesday refused to entertain a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran for their alleged role in the 2G scam.
A well-known amateur radio operator, Dayanidhi Maran, has joined a growing list of top politicians and corporate honchos to be felled by the 2G spectrum scam in which DMK was further dealt a body blow with its two leaders already behind bars.
The government on Wednesday said the technical textiles segment, which is engaged in production of the specialised variant of the commodity used by industries, may become a Rs 66,441 crore (Rs 664.41 billion) industry employing an additional three lakh workers by 2012.
In a major setback to over 2,200 technocrats from the telecom cadre services, government on Thursday closed all negotiations on the issue of their absorption into telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, saying that the deadline has expired.
Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday set a target of 200 million phones by 2007 and said India would need telecom equipment worth Rs 1,000-1,250 billion to meet this target.
Was it the sheer rise of Maran -- remember, the 41-year-old became a powerful Union minister in the very first opportunity he got -- that has caused the envy within the DMK and resulted in him being sidelined?
The government on Friday welcomed the verdict of telecom tribunal TDSAT dismissing a petition by Reliance challenging a penalty of Rs 150 crore.
So, how does it feel when a fellow Parliamentarian doubles up as your commercial aircraft pilot?
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Dayanidhi Maran has not so far been given a clean chit in 2G scam case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday told the Supreme Court and objected to the allegation that its investigation in this case is "less than honest".
A three-judge bench headed sought CCBI's response on Maran's plea and questioned its decision to arrest him.
Calls for inquiry into attempts by 'vested interests'.
At least clear zones where firms have own land, says minister.
The government on Wednesday said foreign direct investment in IT and telecom sector is expected to go up by more than 100 per cent in 2006.
The government on Tuesday faced fresh attack from the Opposition on corruption when the Bharatiya Janata Party asked Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran to answer charges that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.
Maran's penchant for taking risks was visible last year again when he acquired Indian Premier League's Hyderabad cricket franchisee and named it Sun Risers.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has got evidence against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran in 2G spectrum scam and will file an FIR against him within a couple of days for various offences including showing "undue favour" shown to Aircel.
A day after Central Bureau of Investigation arrested his close aide and 2 others in illegal telephone exchange case, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday charged the agency with trying "to fix" him to please an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader from Tamil Nadu.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini took cognisance of the CBI's charge sheet filed against eight accused including four companies and summoned them on March 2, 2015.
The agency, sources said, has issued the notices under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and they have summoned the accused to examine them and record their statements.
Former Union Communication Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham leader Dayanidhi Maran, who stepped down from his post in the wake of allegations of a scam in 2011, is leaving no stone unturned to retain the Chennai Central parliamentary seat which he won twice consecutively.
"I have repeatedly said I have done no wrong. A case related to this had come up before the Supreme Court last year and was heard by a bench headed by CJI T S Thakur, who had remarked that this case was made out because of political reasons," Maran, who was telecom minister between 2004 and 2007, said.
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