Has the Modi government been more at odds with institutions than other governments? There is no doubt that there have been more run-ins. While the RBI and CBI cases have drawn attention, there have been others, less publicised, Subhomoy Bhattacharjee points out.
'Some cases do not get a single hearing for 6 to 8 months, while some have been pending for as long as 8 years.'
Though India is a low-bandwidth geography with relatively low Internet penetration, it has a very large number of sophisticated surfers and skilled computer users
The members could include National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, the secretary, Department of Telecommunications, and the secretary, Ministry of Defence.
Accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of "heaping hardships on people," Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flayed its "knee-jerk" reaction of increasing Foreign Direct Investment cap in different sectors and warned that its "insensitivity" towards people will take its toll soon.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
Indian football received a shot in the arm on Friday with Bharti Enterprises announcing that it would spend Rs.1 billion to improve the sport at the grassroots level. The plan includes opening a world-class academy.
That may have reduced clutter, but it would also have reduced choice.
While business, humanities and engineering programmes at the undergraduate level start at 10,000 (annually), candidates should make provision of 8,000-12,000 (approx Rs 6 lakh to 10 lakh) towards living expenses annually, says Sushil Sukhwani.
Managing director of Ashok Leyland R Seshasayee was elected CII president while Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Telecom became the vice president on Wednesday.
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying he is appalled and dismayed at the recommendations of Trai.
The advertisement with the PM's face has not amused social media. In fact, it wondered if the usage of the image was even legal.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will deliver the valedictory address on February 9
In a bid to augment its revenue, the postal department would soon commence life insurance business, Union Minister for IT and Telecom A Raja has said.
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.
Sun TV had approached the Home Ministry for security clearance.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India came down heavily on telemarketers on Tuesday by imposing a fine of Rs 500 on them for each unsolicited commercial call or message -- a move that would give relief to telephone users.
The government on Wednesday rejected the Congress demand for resignation of Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani over 'Lalitgate' and 'fake degree' controversies, saying "our ministers do not do all that their (the United Progress Alliance) ministers used to do".
But the 30-share Sensex rose by 141.52 points, or 0.41 per cent, to close at 34,297.47. The broader NSE Nifty gained 44.60- points, or 0.42 per cent, to end at 10,545.50 after touching a high of 10,618.10.
Initial fears of Internet access charges rising by 6-12 per cent following the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations to impose an annual licence fee for Internet Service Providers appear to be unfounded.
Nearly 60 lakh mobile subscribers have enrolled with the National-Do-Not-Call registry within just 10 days of its launch to avoid getting unsolicited sales calls from telemarketers.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
They can carry huge amounts of data, have a lot of bandwidth, but operate at short ranges, between 200 metres and 2-3 km reports Surajeet Das Gupta
Indian Telecom giant Bharti Airtel is looking to establish itself as a major player in the Island nation's mobile telephony space as it prepares to launch its $200 million operation in Colombo early next year. Mobile penetration in Sri Lanka is pegged at around 30 per cent, with approximately 2 million mobile users being added each year.
According to documents accessed by Business Standard, RIL increased its direct stake in Jio to 98.9 per cent as on March this year by pumping more capital into the company.
About 200 industrial and investor delegates from the United States and India will participate in a national seminar on Bridging Economy Between India and US in New Delhi on January 7.\n\n\n\n
The National Security Agency lost its authority to collect the phone records of millions of Americans, thanks to a new reform measure Congress passed on Tuesday
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
BSE Bankex and Telecom indices led the fall.
Anything can happen, says a young Congress leader.
Jaitley said the verdict held that nobody was guilty in the case and investigation agencies would take an appropriate decision, taking facts and history into account.
The National Council of Applied Economic Research, which had forecast the country's economy to grow by 8.5 per cent in 2007-08, has raised projection to 8.9 per cent on improved performance of agriculture and services sectors.In case of industry, although the investment climate continues to be strong, the slower growth of exports may be a dampening factor, but retained the growth in industrial sector unchanged at 9%.
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Of the 11 licence holders, only eight remain in the fray as concerns about profitability and rising competition are making them think twice before jumping in.
Mark Zuckerberg said the company believes in Net neutrality "very strongly".
Former Trai chief lashes out on CBI, ministers in 2G scam
Vodafone's focus is to increase consumer data adoption along with Micromax's product expertise, it said in a statement.
Concerned over the flight of talent from public sector undertakings to private sector, officers of profit making public sector units have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from December 22 seeking higher salaries.
Lenders can now review a borrower account within 30 days of default. Earlier, the banks had to start resolution within one day of default.
Prime Minister Modi told President Xi that he has made efforts to improve ties with Islamabad but these efforts have been "derailed".
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