BSNL, MTNL launch free night calling to win back consumers lost to mobile boom
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan appealed to people to boycott products from China and also directed officials of his ministry not to procure any Chinese products for day-to-day office use while his ministerial colleague Ramdas Athawale said all restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food in India should be closed down.
The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
People who are close to retirement and don't intend to go back to full-time work again should deploy a part of their VRS money in equities so that it keeps growing at a faster rate.
In return, BSNL should be allotted 1.2 MHz in the 1800-MHz band in each circle, subject to some conditions.
Rs 200-cr burden likely for TV rating agencies.
For 2100-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2500-MHz bands across circles; aim to offer these with 3G and 4G in February
For FY16, MTNL's standalone net loss was over Rs 2,000 crore.
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
At the moment, data and broadband is small for BSNL: it contributes 10 per cent of the company's revenue, though its share is on the rise.
India will have to deal with the question of whether broadband service providers are 'common carriers', like highways.
'With this amendment, permanent employees will cease to exist.' 'The government should give a human touch and human face to labour reforms.' 'Ideas like survival of the fittest, might is right, etc, are rules of the jungle.' 'They cannot give new terms like hire and fire to jungle law.'
'Make in India' could suffer the same fate as did privatisation and the command economy, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The man who led this journey is 50-year-old Kalanithi Maran, chairman and managing director of the Sun Group.
Vinod Kumar, Tata Communication CEO has amazing business strategies to enhance topline.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances