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Today
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Board battle too close to call
Instead of taking a special flight after the Mumbai one-dayer, Board of Control for Cricket in India presidential aspirant Sharad Pawar left for Calcutta during the break ? an acknowledgement that the elections will be a lot closer than expected. ...  | Read.. 
 
MPs clamour for telly smut check
Indian lawmakers have a serious grudge against the idiot box and they are airing it loud and clear. ...  | Read.. 
 
Corrosion scare for space port
Sriharikota, which has launched many a satellite, may be paying a heavy price for it. For, India’s most prestigious space port is also its “most vulnerable” and corrosion-prone area. ...  | Read.. 
 
Separated by river & reform
One country busy catching fish, another enjoys the view
A reclusive regime rules North Korea, making it one of the most inaccessible countries in the world to foreign journalists. Jehangir S. Pocha of The Telegraph was in ...  | Read.. 
 
After being subjected to jeers in Calcutta, Rahul Dravid applauds the crowd in Mumbai where India won the last one-dayer. Dravid?s unbeaten 78 fetched him the Man of the Match award. At the presentation ceremony, provoked by Ravi Shastri who asked the captain, ?What do you have to say about the Mumbai crowd??, Dravid replied, ?Thank you, you have been the stars.?(Reuters picture)
 
 
The spirit shown by the team throughout the series was the highlight

RAHUL DRAVID
Tongue Twister
Things are cooking at Mainland China. A new menu was launched last week, chefs are here from Shangha ...  | Read..
Big B in belly bother
It was the Big Bellyache and no one was taking any chances. ...  | Read..
NationMore.. 
Rabri smart, Nitish smarter
Rabri Devi thought she had bowled a googly, but Nitish Kumar walloped it right back.   | Read.. 
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Drive in haste, kill at will
Twenty-eight-year-old Sanjay Mandal left his Girish Park shanty with his handcart, like any other...   | Read.. 
BengalMore.. 
Adhir there, not many others
Adhir Chowdhury was produced in court and remanded in jail custody, but Behrampore did not turn into...   | Read.. 
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Adhir there, not many others
Adhir Chowdhury was produced in court and remanded in jail custody, but Behrampore did not turn into...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
Iraq's road to serfdom
What goes on in the Middle East is an interplay of forces between Jews, Arabs, Persians. In the...   | Read.. 
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Dravid shatters SA dream
Joy was clearly written on captain Rahul Dravid's face when Mohammed Kaif hit the winning run....   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
After toxic spill, China mine explodes
An explosion ripped through a state-owned colliery in northeast China, killing 134 miners and...   | Read.. 
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Records tumble like ninepins
The sensex ' the main barometer of the stock market's sentiment ' soared past Point 9000 for the...   | Read.. 
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Crowe learns to crow
Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe has shown he can now laugh about throwing a telephone at a...   | Read..