Direct dialling for SDCAs

NEW DELHI, Aug 17: THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to treat the entire short distance charging area (SDCA) as one ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 17: THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to treat the entire short distance charging area (SDCA) as one local area for the purpose of charging. Under the revised policy, effective August 15, calls to adjacent SDCAs will now get the facility of inter-dialing on a basic rate of three minutes per call unit. Earlier, calls to adjacent SDCAs were made on STD rates.

Commenting on this significant initiative, minister of communications Sushma Swaraj said that a long-pending demand of telephone subscribers from suburban and rural areas for direct-dialing facility on reduced-call charges with metros and surrounding cities has been fulfilled.

Sources in the LJP (RV) said the names of the remaining 15 candidates would also be announced very soon.

Bihar polls: Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) announces first list of 14 candidates

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Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) announced its first list of 14 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, with its state unit chief Raju Tiwary and leader Hulas Pandey among the nominees. As per the seat-sharing arrangement, LJP (RV) will contest 29 seats, while BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each. The remaining 15 candidates will be announced soon.

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