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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicTelecom Ministry

Topic: Telecom Ministry

Centre rethinks BSNL proposal to slash workforce by a third after employee union writes to minister

Employees’ union says the move came as a 'huge surprise', and in its letter to Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, writes that 'failure is on part of management'.

TRAI launches upgraded website to enhanc user experience

New features facilitate sharing of regulatory information across stakeholders.

Govt uses AI to weed out mobile connections based on fake IDs, 37 lakh connections culled so far

Highest number of SIMs were culled in Bengal (over 12 L), followed by Haryana (over 5 L). A person had taken 5,300 connections using same image with different names, says minister.

Cabinet approves additional Rs 19,041 cr to expand BharatNet broadband service in villages

The total expense of the project will be Rs 29,430 crore to cover around 3,60,000 villages in the 16 states and will be rolled out through public-private partnership model.

PM Modi-led cabinet approves next round of spectrum auction

The Cabinet also revised the cost estimate of the northeastern region power system improvement project and decided to transfer the sugar export subsidy directly to farmers' accounts.

$30 billion and counting: Modi govt eyes telecom & other firms to meet fiscal deficit target

After demanding $3 bn each from Vodafone and Airtel, and a reported $24 bn from GAIL India, now the govt has sought $2 bn from a fertiliser maker in Gujarat.

BSNL employees get February salary but their woes aren’t over, blame Modi govt for cash crunch

BSNL employees fear that salaries for next month too might get delayed, blaming the Modi government for the cash crunch at the company.

How India’s politicians, bureaucrats and judges treat telecom sector as their piggy bank

Govt's attempt to profit from a possible merger between Vodafone & Idea is a conspicuous example.

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.