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India has rescued two of the three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC.NS) kidnapped by gunmen from a rig site on Wednesday, a defence ministry official said on Saturday.
The three employees were kidnapped in a company-owned vehicle from the state-run firm s Lakwa field in Assam s Sivasagar District, where the exploration company has been operating for nearly six decades.
The official said in a statement two of the employees were rescued from Mon district in the neighbouring Nagaland state. The status of the third employee was not immediately clear.
Three ONGC employees kidnapped from oil rig site in Assam s Sivasagar
The employees were kidnapped in a company-owned vehicle from the state-run firm s Lakwa field in Assam s Sivasagar district, where the exploration company has been operating for nearly six decades
Reuters | April 21, 2021 | Updated 12:12 IST
India s top oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd said three of its employees were kidnapped by gunmen from a rig site in the eastern Assam state on Wednesday. The employees were kidnapped in a company-owned vehicle from the state-run firm s Lakwa field in Assam s Sivasagar district, where the exploration company has been operating for nearly six decades.
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BENGALURU Indian shares opened higher on Monday after two consecutive sessions of falls, helped by financial and energy stocks, while top gold financing company Muthoot Finance dropped after the death of its chairman.
The blue chip NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.62% to 15,031.03 and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.66% to 50,740.06 by 0358 GMT.
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Market sentiment was also upbeat as investors globally cheered the U.S. Senate’s passage of a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill.