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Inter-ministry panel opposes TRAI on fresh 2G auction
28 Apr 2012
An inter-ministerial panel set up to supervise the upcoming auction for 2G airwaves has opposed Trai's move to allow mobile phone companies to stagger their payments for spectrum bought through bidding
Watson Pharmaceuticals to buy Swiss rival Actavis for $5.60 billion
26 Apr 2012
The proposed acquisition will catapult Watson, the fifth-largest US pharma company, into the world’s third-biggest generic drugmaker with expected 2012 revenue of $8 billion.
SC extends spectrum auction deadline by 3 months
25 Apr 2012
Government proposes deregulation of diesel prices
24 Apr 2012
Even under deregulation, diesel prices will continue to be modulated in order to insulate the common man, according to the government
SC extends deadline for 2G spectrum auction to 31 August
24 Apr 2012
The SC also allowed all telecom service providers with cancelled licences to operate till 7 September 2012
TRAI proposes Rs3,622 crore reserve price for 2G spectrum auction
23 Apr 2012
TRAI today proposed a reserve price of Rs3,622 crore for auction of 2G spectrum, much higher than the price operators paid for the radio waves during the previous allocation.
KCI to acquire Switzerland based APAG Group
23 Apr 2012
Mamata mulls newspaper, TV channel to fight trial by media
21 Apr 2012
Stung by media criticism over the functioning of the West Bengal government, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government is weighing plans to have its own newspaper and TV channel
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