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Assam's 4th major eviction drive sees lathicharge, protests

A series of eviction drives were conducted in different places of Assam on Wednesday, leaving thousands of alleged "encroachers" in a quandary. IMAGE: Street Vendors Association of Assam members......

Delhi HC refuses to stay Agnipath, seeks Centre's reply

The Delhi high court Thursday refused to stay the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces and asked the central government to file its reply on a batch of petitions challenging......

ULFA terrorists on rampage in Assam

United Liberation Front of Asom terrorists on Saturday set on fire a 5000KL petrol tank at the Digboi Refinery, blasted a gas pipeline nearby, attacked a police post and a commando barrack and......

Protests against citizenship bill rock Assam

Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensified in different parts of Assam on Wednesday with agitators burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Sarbananda......

Gogoi asks DGP to beef up security after grenade blast

Even as public protests are rife against outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom in eastern Assam district of Tinsukia over deaths of three innocent children in a freak grenade explosion on the......

Assam, NE headed for fuel crisis if agitation over Citizenship Act continues

IOC has been forced to shut down its Digboi refinery in Assam and is operating Guwahati unit at minimal throughput, while OIL has been forced to shut LPG production and its crude oil production has......

India's spectacular story in petroleum refining

India has witnessed a spectacular growth in the refining sector over the years. In 1947, there was only one refinery located in Digboi with a capacity of 0.25 million tonnes per annum.......

Security at oil installations to be tightened

With a view to avoid recurrence of last week's militant attacks at Digboi refinery and a gas pipeline in Assam, the government will tighten security at all key oil installations, Petroleum Minister......

Oil: When will India not be dependent on others?

'An internationally established price of crude will encourage more players to invest in India, leading to enhanced domestic production which can be made available to domestic refineries,'......

Ashok, Shiv eye milestones

Ashok Kumar and Shiv Kapur, arguably two of the greatest golfing talents on the Amby Valley PGAI Tour, arrive at the scenic town of Digboi in a bid to rewrite the record books. The Indian Oil Servo......

Mukesh Kumar wins Indian Oil Golf

Mukesh Kumar won the Indian Oil Servo Masters Golf tournament 2004, played at Digboi Club Golf links on Saturday.Mukesh's win came with a tournament title of 19-under 269 and fetched him a prize......

Mukesh Kumar has title in sight

Mukesh Kumar, eying his third Indian Oil Servo Masters title and second Amby Valley PGAI Tour title of the season, fired a four-under 68 to enter the final round with a six stroke lead at the Rs......

Ashok Kumar takes slender lead

Rookie of the 2003-04 season Ashok Kumar shot a superb 67 to take a slender lead of one-stroke at the end of the penultimate round in the 850,000 Servo Masters 2003, the eighth leg of the Hero......

Three in lead at Servo Masters

Leading rookie of the year Sandeep Syal submitted a card of four-under 68 to share the lead along with the experienced Pappan and the lesser-known Gast Ram at the end of the half-way stage of the......