TRAI Releases 3G Roadmap (September 29, 2006)
Breaking the suspense, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announced a roadmap for third generation (3G) mobile services to start next June, but Minister for Telecommunication Dayanidhi Maran said that he will formalize a report in 3 months.<More>

Reliance Opposes Open Bidding for Gas (September 29, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has petitioned the Government not to institute competitive bidding for the valuation or sale of gas to avoid “inherent problems” and has instead asked for a crude-oil linked pricing along the lines that Iran had proposed to India.<More>

An Ultra Mega Power Project in Jharkhand (September 29, 2006)
A 4000 megawatt (MW) ultra mega project will be set up in Jharkhand making it the 9th of a series of such projects throughout the nation rising from the original 5—Orissa, Andhra Pradesh (AP), and Tamil Nadu (TN) wanted one each and got it.<More>

Tiger Skin Trade Flourishing in China (September 29, 2006)
Two non-Governmental organizations asserted that despite international condemnation and demands, trade in tiger and derivative products continue unabated and overtly in China for costumes and medicines and suppliers are mostly Indian poachers.<More>