Mobile towers set ablaze by Maoists in Orissa

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 18:59

Maoists set ablaze at least three mobile towers at Baragada area in Ganjam district of Orissa on the first day of the two-day state-wide bandh.

Govt allows to erect mobile towers within 500m of intl border

Last Updated: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 15:02

The Department of Telecom has decided to permit mobile towers within 500-meter of international border in a bid to counter incoming signals from neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Panel to study impact of radiation from mobile towers

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 22:20

The Environment Ministry has set up a panel to study the impact of radiation from mobile towers on bees and birds and formulate guidelines for regulating installation of such structures.

`Rs 5 lakh fine per mobile tower for flouting radiation norms`

Last Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010, 15:03

Mobile service providers will have to pay a fine of Rs five lakh per mobile phone tower from November if it does not conform to internationally accepted limits of radiation, government told the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Cong wants VMC to slap penalties on illegal mobile towers

Last Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010, 23:22

The opposition Congress party in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation has pleaded with the civic authorities to slap penalties on companies for installing large number of mobile towers in the city illegally.

SC refuses to stay licence fee hike for mobile towers by MCD

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 12:12

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to grant any interim stay on the enhanced licence fee imposed by civic body MCD on mobile phone towers installed by cellular operators in the capital.

Delhi HC rejects plea for de-sealing of mobile towers

Last Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010, 20:33

The Delhi High Court today refused to direct the MCD to de-seal the mobile towers which were sealed by the civic body for not complying with its guidelines.

Delhi HC stays sealing of illegal mobile towers

Last Updated: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 12:24

The Delhi High Court Thursday stayed the sealing of illegal mobile towers here and asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Cellular Operators Association to resolve the issue amicably.

99 unauthorised mobile towers in Shimla: HP minister

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 17:14

Annoyed that 99 mobile towers were functioning illegally in Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday said the unauthorised installations would be looked into seriously.

MCD to remove mobile towers on schools, hospitals soon

Last Updated: Monday, February 8, 2010, 21:09

The MCD on Monday said it will remove mobile towers installed on schools, hospitals and dispensaries soon.

Maoists threaten to continue bandh in Bihar, Jharkhand

Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2009, 23:03

Maoists on Monday blew up railway tracks and mobile towers in Jharkhand during a 48-hour bandh called in five states, and threatened to continue it "indefinitely" in the state and Bihar if two of its senior members were not produced in court immediately.