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Today
Generally cloudy sky with a few spells of rain or thundershower
 
 
Indians strike astral jackpot
After two hours of scanning the ashes of a dead, overweight star in the galaxy, astronomer Yashwant Gupta spotted a celestial child that seems older than its parent. But he’s elated. The age problem, he says, can be resolved. ...  | Read.. 
 
Cong keeps Left waiting for invite
The Congress is taking its time to officially “invite” its Left allies to rejoin the United Progressive Alliance-Left co-ordination committee. ...  | Read.. 
 
‘Dumb criminal’ gets 47 years
An Indian-born British businessman, whose arrest was touted as an “incredible triumph for the war on terror”, has been sentenced to 47 years in jail by an American court for supporting terrorism aimed against t ...  | Read.. 
 
Doctor at 40, salaam Ganesh
‘Failure’ till 35th birthday, Calcutta man performs miracle
Until nearly his 35th birthday, Ganesh Chandra, son of Durga Dey, of Lake Gardens had no work but would tell his friends at the evening adda that given some luck, he w ...  | Read.. 
 
England cricket captain Michael Vaughan holds a replica of the Ashes urn in Trafalgar Square in London during a celebration on Tuesday. (Reuters)
 
 
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Advani meets Atal to put seal on truce
Three days before the BJP’s national executive meet in Chennai, Lal Krishna Advani visited ...  | Read..
Singh flies into double crisis
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today flew into twin crises here and immediately set to work to f ...  | Read..
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Poll dos and don’ts for Bihar
The Election Commission today issued a list of dos and don’ts for political leaders and ministers...   | Read.. 
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HS scurry to match peers
Barely 24 hours after the Centre decided to shut IIT doors on students who score less than 60 per...   | Read.. 
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State readies for legal tussle over lifers’ fate
The state government today decided to join the legal battle to decide whether life sentence means 14...   | Read.. 
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State readies for tussle over life term
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s government today decided to join the legal battle over the release of 23...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
No time for turf wars
The author is a retired air marshal of the Indian Air Force   | Read.. 
SportsMore.. 
Taibu buoys Zimbabwe with unbeaten 61
Tatenda Taibu played a captain’s knock as a spirited Zimbabwe frustrated India by batting out the...   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Bush admits Katrina errors
President George W. Bush took responsibility today for any failures in the federal government’s...   | Read.. 
BusinessMore.. 
Fund shopping back in fashion
Less than two days after tying up a three-way merger of group companies, Kumar Birla propelled his...   | Read.. 
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Willow victory lap, on open-top bus
A 20-year-old Indian girl had a ringside seat today as the victorious England cricket team...   | Read..