The company also said that it will pay another Rs 1,000 crore by Friday and will take further stock of the situation to see how further additional payments can be made.
The DoT calculated that Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea & others owe as much as Rs 1.47 lakh crore, while non-telecom firms, with some licence from it, owed Rs 2.65 lakh crore.
Following the Supreme Court rejecting Vodafone Idea's plea against paying the govt $4 billion, the companies shares tumbled as much as 39% Friday, the biggest intraday loss on record.
A 3-judge Supreme Court bench rejected an appeal by telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, which have been struggling to reduce debt.
Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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