BSNL customers to get unused mobile data on next recharge

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 23:33

Subscribers of BSNL's pre-paid 2G and 3G services will get unused mobile Internet data added to their plans when they go for next recharge.

BPCL raises $500 mn to fund capital expenditure

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 17:32

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) Thursday said it has raised USD 500 million through fixed rate unsecured notes to fund its capital expenditure.

Prasad asks BSNL to improve quality of services

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 19:17

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked state-run operator BSNL to improve quality of services, especially in border and extremist-affected areas, in a bid to become market leader and win back people's confidence.

Telecom operators summoned over call drops, excess billing

Last Updated: Sunday, April 26, 2015, 19:04

Concerned over widespread complaints from consumers across the country about excess billing, incessant call-drops and poor quality of services, telecom operators have been summoned by the government on Monday to review the situation and find remedies.

BSNL employees on 2-day nationwide strike starting today

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 04:59

Unions of state-owned telecom firm BSNL will go on a two-day strike from Tuesday to protest against government for not taking concrete action to revive the loss making company.

BSNL employees calls 2 day nationwide strike starting April 21

Last Updated: Monday, April 20, 2015, 21:49

Unions of state-owned telecom firm BSNL will go on a 2-day strike from Tuesday to protest against government for not taking concrete action to revive the loss making company.

Videocon-BPCL consortium discovers oil off Brazilian coast

Last Updated: Monday, April 20, 2015, 13:49

Good quality light oil has been established in a discovery made in an offshore Brazilian block where Videocon Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) hold 40 per cent interest.

Oil diplomacy: Pradhan to visit Mozambique next month

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 16:52

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is likely to visit Mozambique next month to press the African nation to quickly ratify a law that will help Indian firms proceed with multi-billion dollar gas project.

Govt rules out privatisation of BSNL, MTNL

Last Updated: Friday, March 13, 2015, 22:27

Government Friday ruled out privatisation of BSNL and MTNL even as it admitted that the two state-run telecom service providers were not in the pink of their health.

TCS to construct 860 toilets for girls in schools by 2015-end

Last Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 19:00

Under the first phase, it will be building toilets in 860 schools spread across five districts of Andhra Pradesh, eight of Telangana and two of Bihar, the company said in a statement.

Sesa Sterlite shares up 3% as Balco bags 2 coal mines

Last Updated: Monday, February 23, 2015, 13:59

Shares of Sesa Sterlite went up by almost 3 percent after the company's subsidiary Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) bagged one more coal block and total two mines in the first tranche of auction.

Balco bags one more mine in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Saturday, February 21, 2015, 16:53

Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) bagged one more coal block on the eighth day of the auction, taking the total number of mines sold so far through the ongoing auction to 18 that will generate an estimated over Rs 1 lakh crore for respective states.