All stories by Megha Manchanda
Demystifying the new Motor Vehicles Act
Rediff.com28 Sep 2019While some states have proposed to dilute the hefty penalty provisions in the Act, there are those like West Bengal which have refused to implement right away.
With 5G spectrum shrinking, telcos may stay off auction
Rediff.com25 Sep 2019It is learnt that the defence ministry is refusing to let go of its 100 MHz spectrum, which was allotted earlier. In that case, the department of telecommunications (DoT) will be left with only 175 MW of 5G spectrum of the total 300 MHz.
Hoping for a revival, BSNL staff pen their anguish to PM Modi
Rediff.com24 Sep 2019BSNL is providing telecom services in remote parts of the country and maintaining 17,000 to 18,000 exchanges, incurring Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 crore losses every year. Otherwise, these villages will be cut off.
Gadkari's mega plan to woo investors
Rediff.com16 Sep 2019Gadkari said the NHAI was working on setting up an InvIT to monetise its projects for mobilising resources through capital markets.
How Airtel plans to take on Reliance JioFiber
Rediff.com3 Sep 2019Airtel Xstream will allow its subscribers to access live TV, video, music, news and sports on an over-the-top smart stick, interned-enabled set top box, and handheld devices.
The new Motor Vehicles Bill: What's it all about
Rediff.com1 Aug 2019The much-needed amendments will improve road safety, facilitate citizens in their dealings with transport departments, strengthen rural transport, public transport and last-mile connectivity through automation, computerisation and online services.
Telcos up in arms over free spectrum to Railways
Rediff.com30 Jul 2019Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea said the Railways should not be permitted to offer commercial services like Wi-fi and voice and video communication.
Round 1, Jio scores against Airtel, Voda Idea
Rediff.com25 Jul 2019Rs 3,050-crore penalty on Airtel, Voda Idea gets nod. Final decision will be taken by DoT.
Motor Vehicles Bill to be re-introduced without major changes
Rediff.com17 Jun 2019Changes in the draft essentially mean that the year of the Motor Vehicles Bill 2016 will change to 2019 besides other such technical amendments. But the contents of the bill remain the same.
Want to stop water to Pakistan? Do this first!
Rediff.com25 Feb 2019Water flowing into Pakistan from the Sutlej, Ravi and Beas can be stopped only if three dam projects on this side of the border are completed.
Airtel readies plan to dominate African markets
Rediff.com29 Jan 2019The 3G, 4G data and Airtel Money services are the next growth engines for the company in Africa.
Gadkari scores on highways test, fails on road safety
Rediff.com5 Jan 2019The National Highways Authority of India will this year witness the highest ever growth out of the last decade. But Gadkari himself admits his biggest failure as India's roads minister has been his inability to curb loss of life in road accidents.
After 4 years of Namami Gange, how clean is India's holiest river?
Rediff.com25 Oct 2018'Though the river is cleaner than what it was five years ago, a lot more needs to be done.'
With only 1/5 projects completed in over 3 years, Sagarmala is not really sailing
Rediff.com19 Sep 2018The 80-odd projects completed till now are already valued at Rs 14,000 crore.
Goodbye IRCTC!
Rediff.com7 Sep 2018Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that even he finds it difficult to remember it sometimes and would be better to have a name that is easy to remember while browsing the internet
How your travelling experience will change for the better
Rediff.com4 Sep 2018India will shortly unveil a 'One Nation-One Card policy' for public transport that will entail connectivity between various modes of transport
E-vehicle drive suffers from on-off syndrome
Rediff.com31 Aug 2018The major reason for the policy confusion over e-vehicles is the lack of conviction within government about the utility of this disruptive technology and its role in India's larger Paris Agreement climate change commitments.
EC starts weeding out duplicate voters
Rediff.com15 Aug 2018New software will ensure that anyone with more than one election ID has to surrender the other cards.
Why NHAI may shut its electronic-tolling arm
Rediff.com30 Jul 2018IHMCL implemented the FASTag electronic tolling of national highways, but due to technical glitches, road ministry is mulling the option of offering this job to a Korean company
Modi govt plans to develop terminals at major ports to boost tourism
Rediff.com31 May 2018In the next 25 years, the Mumbai port will need five terminals because the current passenger traffic of 200,000 is expected to climb to 4 million.