Senior IAS officer MF Farooqui is likely to be the next Telecom Secretary. Farooqui, who is currently Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industries, is tipped to replace Rentala Chandrashekhar who superannuates at the end of this month. The Cabinet Committee on Appointments (ACC) is believed to have cleared Farooqui's name and an announcement is likely to be made shortly. The Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch, Farooqui...
06:06 PM, Mar 29, 2013
In February last year, activity in the entire Kannada film industry had come to a grinding halt over the issue. ...
07:08 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Vodafone India has sought extension of its licence period for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles, which are coming up for renewal in November 2014. ...
04:08 PM, Dec 20, 2012
The value of telecom airwaves to be put on auction in this fiscal year ending March will be worth about Rs 20,000 crore at the current reserve price, telecoms department secretary R Chandrashekhar, said on Friday. Government is betting on the revenue from phone airwaves auctions and stake sales in state-run companies to plug its widening fiscal deficit. ...
04:10 PM, Dec 15, 2012
The value of telecom airwaves to be put on auction in India in this fiscal year ending March will be worth about 200 billion rupees at the current reserve price, R Chandrashekhar, telecoms department secretary, said on Friday. ...
03:18 AM, Dec 15, 2012
In yet another case that revives memories of last year's bitter custody battle between a Bengali couple and Norway's child care authorities, a couple from Hyderabad was arrested for allegedly scolding their child for wetting his pants. Chandrasekhar and his wife Anupama Vallabhaneni, who had got a clean chit by the child care agencies, are now in police remand. The Indian embassy in Oslo is in touch with the lawyer...
07:12 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar deposed before the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. Putting the blame back on the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Chandrasekhar said that he saw the note that said P Chidambaram could have stopped the 2G scam for the first time when he came to the JPC. Chandrasekhar hinted that the finance ministry was behind note that blamed Chidambaram....
02:40 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday chose to stay away from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam. Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar is expected to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. He is likely to be questioned about the contentious Finance Ministry note that had laid the 2G mess at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's door. Chandrashekhar is expected to...
12:37 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar is expected to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. He is likely to be questioned about the contentious Finance Ministry note that had laid the 2G mess at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's door. Chandrashekhar is expected to tell the JPC that the note was solely the prerogative of the ministry then headed by Pranab...
09:34 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Asserting that government has no plan to censor Internet, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar on Tuesday said a combination of self regulation and government intervention needs to be worked out. "There is neither an intent nor a desire in the government to censor the Internet. That be absolutely clear," Chandrashekhar said during a panel discussion organised by FICCI on freedom of online speech. He, however, added there should be...
09:28 PM, Sep 04, 2012
The preparations are on, for the 7th World Kannada Conference of Association of Kannada Kootas of America (AKKA) in Atlanta for the three days. The venue of the event is Nrupathunga Kannada Koota, Atlanta at Georgia International Conference Center. Nrupathunga Kannada Koota is the oldest association in the USA doing various programs. Nirupama Rao, ambassador of India to the United States will grace the event, which will feature the rich...
04:27 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: It seems that former Kerala chief minister and one of the founding members of the CPM VS Achuthanandan is likely to split the party. Achuthanandan on Saturday openly said that he did not believe that Party Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan had the last word. He also said that the CPM did not have a high command like the Congress and the Muslim League. A rift seemed to be brewing in...
03:32 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be a rift brewing in the Kerala CPM after the brutal killing of rebel leader TP Chandrashekharan. Though a police probe is still on, many allege that Chandrashekharan's killing was orchestrated by CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's group. Vijayan alleges that the killing is a conspiracy to tarnish the CPM and even reiterated an earlier comment that Chandrashekharan was a traitor. "A traitor is a...
09:42 AM, May 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two days since Left leader TP Chandrashekharan was killed in Kerala there is still no clue about those who were behind the assassination. Sources say some CPI(M) leaders are involved in the killing of Chandrashekharan, which is being seen as the most brutal political assassination that Kerala has seen. Moments after the assassination of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader Chandrashekharan, rumours began that some CPI(M) members had a hand in...
09:46 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will take the final call on auction of spectrum and telecom licence-related issues, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said. "(EGoM's) terms of reference has been extended to include spectrum allocation and licence related issues... V Narayanasamy (Minister of State in PMO) is also now part of this group," he told. The EGoM is looking into vacation of...
01:14 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government will not challenge the Supreme Court decision to cancel 122 telecoms licences, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar on Wednesday. "We are not looking at challenging the cancellation of the licences per se," he told on the sidelines of a FICCI event. He further added: "...By the end of this week, we expect to be able to take the key decisions... all the legal options that are on...
06:45 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday announced the new telecom policy (NTP) allowing operators to hold higher spectrum, pay uniform license fee across services besides permitting liberal merger and acquisition, with a view to provide quality services at affordable prices. Announcing a part of policy, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told a press conference that "the prescribed limit on spectrum assigned to a service provider will be 2x8 MHz (paired spectrum)...
08:40 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Hyderabad: The Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) would meet in Hyderabad on Saturday to finalise its future course of action about the resumption of separate statehood agitation. JAC leaders, including TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held a meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, decided to continue their talks on Saturday. The TRS president had earlier threatened to intensify the agitation from mid-January. During September and October last year, the...
08:38 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Friday said it is in the process of issuing notices to telecom companies pertaining to 35 licenses that failed to meet rollout obligation. "We are in the process of issuing notices to 35 licenses," R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, DoT, said on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry event. "That action would be completed by March." The telecom ministry had sought legal...
06:53 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrashekhar Rao and 14 other MLAs are likely to go on hunger strike from November 1 over the issue of separate statehood. The decision was taken at a meeting between KCR and TRS MLAs on Monday. The final decision, however, will be taken on the basis of the situation at that time. Meanwhile, freedom fighters from Telangana are also slated to go on hunger...
08:04 PM, Oct 24, 2011
