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Court sides with BSNL on ending telegram services:

 Madras High Court in India has dismissed two petitions that sought to force the continuation of BSNL's telegram service.

   BSNL ceased providing the service in July arguing that modern alternatives such as mobile phones and e-mail are available now, the Business Standard reports;.

   BSNL said it incurred losses of INR 14.73 billion due to the steep drop in telegraph usage since 2006.

The court agreed with the company that several fast, economic, and reliable alternatives are available and dismissed the two petitions.