New Delhi: Amendments to licence agreements of existing operators of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have been approved by the Telecom Ministry to harmonise them with spectrum auction rules of November 2012, sources said.
"Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has approved amendments to the licences of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular on June 6," a DoT source said. "NIA (Notice Inviting Application) provides for amendment to the existing licence agreement of the successful bidders. Accordingly licence agreement of the existing licencees (Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular) who have won spectrum in 2012 auction need to be amended to incorporate terms and conditions," the source said.
The condition for using spectrum won in November auction are viewed as more liberal compared to spectrum allocated to telecom operators under previous permits. As per current norms, the spectrum won by telecom operators can be shared with other telecom operator holding permit to provide services in the same area. ...
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11:10 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) looking into the revival strategy for state- owned telecom firms BSNL and MTNL has been deferred by a day to June 12. "It has been deferred to June 12," an official source told reporters. The GoM, headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, was scheduled to meet on June 11. The high level inter-ministerial panel has not met since the time...
08:45 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: One should not underestimate the power of pen. The latest to demonstrate the power of pen is Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal, who has come up with a song on spot-fixing. Daler Mehndi has given his voice to the song. Here is the song: Jeet hamaari jhoothi hogi iska pata na tha, khel ki duniya maili hogi, iska pata na tha, cricket ka yeh khel tha samjhe, yeh...
04:56 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after he alleged that the UPA was doing nothing for national security with Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal accusing Modi of promoting terrorism. "Modi's administration has the ability to generate fake encounters. He must be knowing a lot about terror. The next time we wish to enact a law on terror, we must call Mr Modi,...
02:32 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again attacked the Centre over internal security and slammed the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), saying the big brother attitude of the government is not good. "You are attacking the federal structure just by the idea of NCTC. The big brother attitude is not good," Modi said addressing the media after the internal security meet in the national capital. "The multi-agency centre...
01:51 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday launched a Rs 422 crore road corridor project in Mukarba Chowk area of North-West Delhi. To be constructed on Outer Ring Road, the corridor will link the crowded Madhuban Chowk with Mukarba Chowk area. The project is part of a 20 km-long signal free corridor from from Vikaspuri in West Delhi to Wazirabad in North Delhi, the total cost of which...
12:41 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: With an aim of bringing transparency in judicial proceedings, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said working of trial courts should be audio recorded and discussions are on in this regard. "...We want that to bring transparency, at least the proceedings are audio recorded but the government cannot do this on its own. We will discuss it with judiciary, Chief Justices, because trial courts fall under High Courts...
06:06 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom is likely to slap a demand notice of Rs 650 crore on Bharti Airtel for allegedly violating licence norms on subscriber local dialing (SLD) services. "DoT this week has approved imposition of demand notices of financial penalty of Rs 500 crore and Rs 100 crore respectively on Bharti Airtel for violating licence conditions by provisioning of SLD services," sources said. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal...
09:35 PM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry is not satisfied with the first draft of the proposed law to curb sport-fixing and other corrupt practices in sports and intends to carry out "extensive modification" to the contents of the draft. "We have received the draft today (Tuesday). But the proposed law needs extensive modification," Sports Secretary PK Deb told reporters here. "We are making the required modifications in the proposed draft. After...
09:22 PM, May 28, 2013
Notwithstanding questions over the BCCI in the wake of IPL spot-fixing, government has ruled out interference with it unless it "becomes absolutely necessary" but insists that the cricketing body should have "transparent" and "objective" systems in place to prevent malpractices. ...
11:32 PM, May 27, 2013
Notwithstanding questions over the BCCI in the wake of IPL spot-fixing, government has ruled out interference with it unless it "becomes absolutely necessary" but insists that the cricketing body should have "transparent" and "objective" systems in place to prevent malpractices. ...
11:29 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: Notwithstanding questions over the BCCI in the wake of IPL spot-fixing, government has ruled out interference with it unless it "becomes absolutely necessary" but insists that the cricketing body should have "transparent" and "objective" systems in place to prevent malpractices. Law Minister Kapil Sibal said the government should keep away from sports "as far as possible" as it could damage it. "Sports can't be run by governments... governments...
04:32 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: The Law Ministry has sent the draft of the anti-fixing bill to the Sports Ministry. The new legislation will deal with fixing in all sports. The government has brainstormed on the new anti-fixing law and some strict measures seem to be in the pipeline. Sources say that fixing will be made non-bailable and will invite a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. Sources are indicating that the...
12:25 PM, May 27, 2013
Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal has admitted that the United Progressive Alliance government has failed to communicate to the people its achievements in the last four years. He was speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate ...
09:16 PM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Amidst the uproar over IPL spot-fixing, the government on Sunday asserted that it would make efforts to put in place by July or August the new standalone law to deal with such "unfair practices" but ruled out promulgation of an ordinance on it. Law Minister Kapil Sibal, who initiated the process of framing a new law to tackle match-fixing and spot-fixing, said the government will hold consultations with...
03:15 PM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal has admitted that the United Progressive Alliance government has failed to communicate to the people its achievements in the last four years. He was speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Sibal conceded that this has been one weakness of UPA-II because of which it has suffered in perception. Here's an excerpt from the interview: Karan Thapar: Why is it that your...
09:55 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday announced that the government is ready with new legislation to deal with unfair practices like match-fixing and spot-fixing. Sibal said that the government will bring a new standalone law at the earliest as the current season of IPL is entangled in the controversy of spot-fixing and betting. Sibal said that the government does not want to let down millions of sports fans....
04:58 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: The BCCI Disciplinary Committee chief Arun Jaitley met Indian Premier League chief Rajeev Shukla on Friday to discuss the spot-fixing and illegal betting scandal in the IPL. Both the leaders met Law Minister Kapil Sibal demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible". "We have requested Kapil Sibal to ensure that the strongest possible punishment is made in the new law to bring an...
01:11 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Rattled by the spot-fixing scandal that has shaken Indian cricket, IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley on Friday met Law Minister Kapil Sibal, demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible". "Today Arun Jaitley, who is a BCCI vice-President and the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee and me met Law Minister Mr Kapil Sibal and requested that the strongest possible law...
12:47 PM, May 24, 2013
