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Idea launches GSM services in Assam

Idea Cellular, an Aditya Birla Group Company, announced on Monday the launch of its GSM network in Assam which, with a population of 32 million, has a low mobile-tele density of 22 per cent, according to a press release. The...

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Bodo militants release kidnapped engineer

P Krishna Rao, an engineer from Andhra Pradesh who was abducted a month ago by militants of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), was released on Tuesday morning in Assam's Kokrajhar district, officials...

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Solar Mission looks at 20,000 Mw by 2020

The ambitious Solar Mission of India, which envisages to generate 20,000 Mw of solar power by 2020, would come as a boost for the solar plates and accessories manufacturing industry of the country. Union minister for new and...

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Blast memories rip open wounds

Guwahati, Oct. 30: Sunita Sharma fainted as her eyes fell on the photograph of her daughter Moromi at Dispur Government Junior Basic School this morning. At four, Moromi was the youngest victim of the October 30, 2008 serial...

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Indian Oil posts Rs.284.4 crore profit in second quarter

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) State-run Indian Oil Corp Friday said it posted a net profit of Rs.284.4 crore for the second quarter, as against a net loss of Rs.7,047.1 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2008.

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Separatist bomber killed, repeat of Oct 30 bombings averted

Major disaster was averted Friday with security forces gunning down a tribal separatist bomber in the heart of Assam's main city Guwahati, exactly a year after the state was rocked by serial blasts in which about 100 people...

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Mithu the parrot forgotten - year after Assam blasts

Bongaigaon (Assam), Oct 29 (IANS) As Assam completes a year of the horrific serial bombings Friday, little Mithu's heroics have been completely forgotten. The casualties would have been much higher had the pet parrot not...

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Sterlite Technologies strengthens on likely new order win

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (New Delhi) Sterlite Technologies rose 3.98% to Rs 325.40 at 11:58 IST on BSE, as the company has emerged as the lowest bidder for the country's first private power transmission project. Meanwhile,...

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Police clueless about engineer whereabouts

MANOJ ANAND Guwahati Oct. 19: Even after four days of the kidnapping of a project manager and civil engineer of a construction company, who is from Andhra Pradesh, the security forces are groping in dark about his whereabouts....

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Six killed in accident

Kokrajhar (Assam): At least six persons were killed and three others critically injured when a van in which they were travelling in collided with a truck in lower Assam’s Bongaigaon district, police said on Monday. The accident...

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