Bharti Telecom buys Airtel shares for Rs 172 crore

Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom operator, on Friday said one of its promoter group entity Bharti Telecom has bought 57.14 lakh shares in it for Rs 171.92 crore through various market transactions. Bharti Telecom's stake in Bharti Airtel has been now been raised to 43.72 per cent, the telecom company said in a filing to the BSE. Bharti Telecom bought 13.04 lakh shares for Rs 38.18 crore at NSE and 54,000 shares for Rs...