Notice to governments on mobile phone towers
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notices to the central and the Delhi governments on a plea to ban high-frequency mobile phone towers in ... Read more...
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Delhi mulls guidelines for cell phone towers
January 19th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) In the wake of complaints regarding health hazards of radiation from mobile phone towers, the Delhi government Wednesday said it will hold a meeting with ... Read more...
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Damage by cyclone Thane to lower general insurers’ profits
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) Insurance claims after Cyclone Thane crossed Cuddalore on the Tamil Nadu coast last week leaving a trail of death and destruction could bring down profits of ... Read more...
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Solar power systems to power cell phone towers
May 10th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 10 (IANS) Bangalore based Indo-Chinese joint venture ALTA-XinTong Solar Tech Pvt Ltd is in the process of finalising a deal to sell 2,000 solar systems to power mobile ... Read more...
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T-Mobile offers app that blocks texts, calls while driving
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): Don't have the willpower to decline calls or texts when you're driving? Well, a German telecom company has come up with an application that does it for you.T-Mobile ... Read more...
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‘Citizen scientists’ could tackle environmental disasters
September 26th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 26 (ANI): Scientists are looking forward to engage 'citizen scientists' into the task of data collection so that the environmental disasters could be tackled more efficiently.Jules White of the Bradley ... Read more...
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Cell phone towers don’t increase cancer risk for newly born
July 12th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 12 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that children born from mothers, who lived near cell phone towers when they were pregnant, do not have an increased risk of cancer.British ... Read more...
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Storm Laila wreaks havoc in Andhra, heads to Orissa (Roundup)
May 20th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Cyclonic storm Laila late Thursday caused havoc in coastal Andhra Pradesh, killing 14 people, inundating scores of villages and inflicting massive damage to infrastructure, before heading ... Read more...
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Storm snaps coastal Andhra’s mobile phone link
May 20th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Heavy rains and strong gales due to the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal snapped mobile phone communication in several parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh Thursday.
Except ... Read more...
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No more sealing of cell phone towers, MCD tells court (Lead)
May 13th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In a breather for cell phone operators, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it will not seal illegal mobile phone ... Read more...
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Delhi’s unauthorised cell phone towers to be sealed
May 11th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will seal illegal cell phone towers within its administrative jurisdiction, an official said Tuesday.
As per the new cell phone tower policy ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to remove illegal cell phone towers
March 22nd, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 22 (IANS) Dozens of illegal mobile phone towers installed by telecom companies in Chhattisgarh will be removed within a month, a minister said Monday.
"No telecom company will be allowed to ... Read more...
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CIC asks MCD to reveal details of illegal cell towers
February 15th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Central Information Commission has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to reveal the names of the companies which have illegally erected cell phone towers across the ... Read more...
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MCD against cell phone towers in residential areas
February 9th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Tuesday cleared a new policy for erecting cell phone towers in the city, and said no towers would be allowed in ... Read more...
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Residents blame mobile tower for health hazards in Kota
October 19th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Kota (Rajasthan), Oct. 19 (ANI): A cell phone tower installed atop a house has become a health hazard for residents of a railway housing society in Kota.Many elderly people staying in this ... Read more...
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US to fight Taliban with FM radio, cell phones
August 17th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug.17 (ANI): The United States is setting up a new unit in the State Department to counter militant propaganda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the New York Times has reported.According to ... Read more...
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Thriller writer held for duping people in Delhi
July 28th, 2009 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A 42-year-old author who has penned 16 detective novels in Hindi has been arrested here for duping several people by promising them contracts for erecting cell phone ... Read more...
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Maoists damage cell phone towers in Orissa
July 28th, 2009 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 28 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas damaged the control rooms of two mobile telephone towers in Orissa's Malkangiri district Tuesday, marking the beginning of what they call their "martyr's week", police said.
The ... Read more...
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Cell phone towers can help predict the next big flood
July 7th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, July 7 (ANI): Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel, have said that they can predict the intensity of the next big flood by using common cell phone towers across the ... Read more...
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Cell phone towers may help predict next big flood
July 7th, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 7 (IANS) Cell phone towers could be a novel and reliable way to help predict the intensity of the next big flood, according to a new study.
A model developed by ... Read more...
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Living on the edge of Pokhran blast fame - pride but bitterness too(Ten years after Pokhran-II)
May 8th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin
By Devirupa Mitra
Khetolai (Rajasthan), May 8 (IANS) It should have been known as the Khetolai blast, is the oft heard complaint here. Ten years after the desert town of Pokhran became a ... Read more...
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