Memmoo, a phone to speak with many, to launch in Kerala
September 17th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 15 (IANS) Britain's KloudPaD, a mobile electronics convergence brand, is ready with its non-GSM based wireless open phone memmoo network for consumers in Kerala.This was announced at the ... Read more...
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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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Idea Cellular’s third quarter net profit declines
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Telecom firm Idea Cellular Monday reported a decline of 17.3 percent in its consolidated net profit for the third quarter of the current fiscal at Rs.201 ... Read more...
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Maoists set ablaze mobile tower equipment, truck in Odisha
December 6th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 6 (IANS) Maoists Tuesday set ablaze the equipment of a mobile phone tower and a truck in Odisha in two separate incidents, police said.While 40-50 rebels torched the ... Read more...
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Maoists blast mobile tower in Bihar
July 27th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 27 (IANS) Maoists, who are observing a 24-hour shutdown, blasted a mobile phone tower in Bihar's Saran district early Wednesday, police said.A group of armed Maoists used a ... Read more...
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BSNL offers mobile coverage to Amarnath pilgrims (Lead)
June 23rd, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The over three lakh pilgrims to the Amarnath shrine this year need not worry about keeping in touch with their kin. The BSNL is ... Read more...
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BSNL offers mobile coverage to Amarnath pilgrims
June 23rd, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Over three lakh pilgrims to the Amarnath shrine this year need not worry about keeping in touch with their kins across the country. ... Read more...
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Five held for fake mobile tower offers
April 5th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Five men have been arrested here for duping several people across the country after promising them monthly rents of around Rs.70,000 if they installed mobile ... Read more...
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This year celebrate ‘Sparrow Holi’
March 20th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) They were ubiquitous once, chirruping and flapping their wings at the window sill, filling nooks on top of cupboards and fans with their well-cushioned nests, ... Read more...
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Maoists blast school building in Bihar’s Gaya District
March 16th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Gaya, Mar 16 (ANI): Armed Maoists blew up a state-run school building and a control room of a mobile tower at two different places in Bihar's Gaya District last night.According to ... Read more...
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Maoists destroy mobile tower in Bihar’s Gaya District
March 15th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Gaya, Mar 15 (ANI): Armed Maoists destroyed two mobile towers and burnt a generator room near the Dumaria police station in Bihar's Gaya District late last night.According to sources, over 50 ultras ... Read more...
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Maoists torch vehicles, blast mobile tower in Bihar
March 15th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 15 (IANS) Protesting the killing of their two supporters in alleged fake police shootouts, Maoists Tuesday enforced a 24-hour strike, setting ablaze 10 vehicles and blasting two mobile ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up mobile tower in Bihar
March 1st, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 1 (IANS) Maoists blew up a mobile tower of a private telecom operator in Bihar's Jamui district early Tuesday as they enforced a two-day strike in the eastern part of ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct district collector in Orissa, demand halt of Operation Green Hunt
February 17th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (ANI): The Maoists have abducted Malkangiri district collector R Vineel Krishna last evening.Krishna, who was on his way back after attending a health camp in Chitrakonda, has been missing ... Read more...
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Delhi’s new civic centre has poor connectivity
December 30th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The 28-storey brand new headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is virtually cut off from the rest of the world as it has poor mobile ... Read more...
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Govt. to monitor mobile tower radiation levels from Nov.16: Pilot
October 30th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.30 (ANI): The Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot, said on Saturday that nationwide random testing of radiations emitted by mobile towers will commence from ... Read more...
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New insight into Indian origin woman Neelma Singh’s murder in Brisbane
September 21st, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Sept 21 (ANI): The probe into the death of an Indian origin woman, Neelma Singh and her siblings has taken a new turn after the Brisbane Magistrates Court heard that an ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar
September 14th, 2010 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 14 (IANS) Maoists blew up a railway track in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district and set ablaze the machine room of a mobile tower in Gaya district early Tuesday to enforce a ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up mobile tower in Orissa
July 11th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Malkangiri (Orissa), July 11 (ANI): Suspected Maoists blew up a mobile tower control room of a private telecom company in Orissa's Malkangiri District on Saturday night.Official sources on Sunday said the rebels ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up mobile tower control room
July 11th, 2010 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 11 (IANS) Armed Maoists blew up a mobile tower control room of a private telecom company in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said Sunday.
More than 30 rebels of outlawed Communist Party ... Read more...
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Goans resisting expansion of mobile tower network: BSNL
June 25th, 2010 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 24 (IANS) State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is finding it increasingly difficult to set up mobile phone towers in rural Goa due to stiff opposition from the locals, a ... Read more...
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Fear of mobile tower radiation grips Delhi area
June 12th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Prathiba Raju
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Residents in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh are demanding the demolition of a mobile phone tower in the residential area, alleging that electromagnetic radiation from it ... Read more...
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Fuel scarcity disrupts wireless services in Manipur
June 9th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal (Manipur), June 9 (ANI): With the economic blockade still continuing in Manipur, the wireless services have virtually collapsed due to fuel scarcity.The mobile phone service has been adversely affected due to ... Read more...
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Delhi Municipal Corporation asked to explain rationale behind raising mobile tower installation fee
May 19th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for raising charges for allowing mobile operators to install towers.The MCD ... Read more...
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Nigerian accused of duping doctors held in Bangalore
April 9th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 9 (IANS) A Nigerian national accused of duping two doctors from Madhya Pradesh of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of getting them jobs in British hospitals has been arrested ... Read more...
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Another illegal mobile phone tower sealed in Delhi
March 18th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Thursday sealed one more illegal mobile phones tower in central Delhi. Over 220 such illegal mobile phone towers have already been ... Read more...
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Hanging on a tree branch for a phone call
February 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) Just imagine climbing a 30-foot-high tree and hanging on to a branch to make a phone call. This is a grim reality in Maoist-hit districts of ... Read more...
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Maoists trigger landmine blast in Orissa, killing four civilians
January 23rd, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (ANI): Maoists blew up a jeep planting a land mine this morning at Jogipalur in Koraput district of Orissa killing four civilians and injuring two Special Operations Group personnel. ... Read more...
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Maoists blast mobile towers in Orissa
January 22nd, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by ANI
Malkangiri (Orissa), Jan 22 (ANI): A group of armed Maoists damaged telecom mobile towers of BSNL and Airtel at Kudumulguma town in Malkangiri District of Orissa.The activists blasted the equipment box and ... Read more...
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Maoists torch mobile tower control room
January 20th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 (IANS) Armed Maoists Wednesday torched the control room of a private telecom company in Orissa's Koraput district, police said.
Over a dozen rebels of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist ... Read more...
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Maoists call for shutdown, burn buses in south Orissa
December 28th, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 28 (IANS) Parts of south Orissa were tense Monday as Maoists called for a shutdown, set ablaze four buses and a mobile tower overnight and blew up a forest department ... Read more...
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Central government to consult parties on Telangana
December 27th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Sunday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was going to start a dialogue with "all stakeholders" and political parties to ... Read more...
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Four cops injured in fight with Maoists in Orissa
December 24th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) Maoist violence continued unabated in Orissa as four policemen were injured in a shootout between police and extremists in Koraput district early Thursday.
"Four Special Operation Group jawans were ... 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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Maoists blow up mobile phone tower in Orissa
September 5th, 2009 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Saturday blew up a mobile phone tower in Malkangiri district of Orissa, police said.
A large number of armed rebels came to MV-74 village in Malkanagiri and ... Read more...
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