Top events of the day: Telcos to pay AGR dues, Coronavirus, and more

Bharti Airtel, Voda Idea and Tata Teleservices are jointly liable to pay dues of over Rs 1 trn, but they have informed the DoT of making only partial payment, according their to representatives.

Airtel, Voda Idea, Tata Tele likely to pay AGR dues on Monday: DoT sources

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices are likely to make payment for adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues on Monday to avoid stringent punitive action from the Telecom Department, according to official sources. Read More

All 406 Indians who returned from Wuhan to be discharged from Monday

All 406 people, who are housed at an ITBP quarantine facility here after being brought back from Wuhan, have tested negative for novel Coronavirus in the latest sample examination and will be discharged in a phased manner beginning Monday, officials said. Read More

Pakistan to participate in Asian Wrestling C'ship, China's fate to be known on Monday

Uncertainty over Pakistani wrestlers' participation in the Asian Championships here is finally over after they were granted visas by the government, but the Chinese grapplers' fate will be known on Monday, a national federation official said on Sunday. Read More

Marandi set to join BJP on Monday in Ranchi

Babulal Marandi, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and president of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), is set to join and merge his party with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), here on Monday. BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and many other senior BJP leaders are expected to attend the ceremony.

"A large number of the JVM-P workers will attend the event at the Prabhat Tara ground," Marandi said. The BJP is making all out efforts to make the merger and Marandi's re-joining a grand event. The first BJP Chief Minister of Jharkhand was being wooed as part of the attempt to revive the party's presence in the state among tribals, which of late seems to be turning away from it.