The Cabinet cleared setting up mobile towers at cost of around Rs 3,046 crore in nine states affected by naxal violence to improve communication. State-owned BSNL will set up towers at 2,199 locations in the nine states in next 12 months, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after a Cabinet meeting.
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Illegal mobile towers
The New West office of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sealed five cellphone towers in different areas of the zone.
Airtel keen on service in Myanmar
A Bharti Airtel-led consortium has given its final bid for a telecom licence in Myanmar, as the company looks to expand operations.
Best performer
Virendra Singh Jain has been appointed as an independent director of Essar Oil. With an experience of over three decades at the helm of public and private sector enterprises, including two MahaĆĀ”ratnas, his wide ranging experience and financial expertise
A veteran in power sector
Siddharth Mehta, CEO of DPSC-IPCL, is associated with the company since May 2013. Being at the helm of activities, he is responsible for the entire Transmission & Distribution business of the group along with its wind power vertical.
Surging ahead
The leading integarted logistics company Allcargo Logistics has appointed Ajit Jangle as its Group Chief Operating Officer. In his career of over 20 years,
Instrumental in growth
Yogesh Dhingra is Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director (COO & FD) of Blue Dart Express. He has been with Blue Dart for over 20 years with an overall experience of 28 years across diverse industries.
SPML Infra receives new order worth Rs. 488 crores
SPML Infra Ltd., one of India's leading infrastructure development company has won Rs. 396 crores order from PHED, Jaipur. This is an extension of existing earlier order of water infrastructure development work in Ratangarh-Sujangarh & Fatehpur-Laxmangarh in Churu district of Rajasthan.
Railways needs to be more proactive: Experts
Rail modernisation requires technology, and much of this is already available today in the private sector. The Railways has identified several investment areas for private players.
Technology can play an important role in improving throughput
Railways needs to create capacity along its arterial routes viz, the Golden Quadrilateral and diagonals as well as augment capacity on rail links serving ports, industrial hubs and to existing and new mining areas,

