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Strike threat over airport bidding
Airport staff threatened to bring services to a halt as the government prepared to open financial bids for privatisation of Mumbai and Delhi airports. ...  | Read.. 
 
Delhi under camera scan
A technology relying on satellites, software and ground cameras could soon help municipal authorities in the capital in the real-time monitoring of illegal constructions, lan ...  | Read.. 
 
Military majors locked in Delhi dogfight
An Indian order for fighter aircraft that could run to $5 billion is titillating the global military industry and is set to be the talking point at the largest exhibition of arms and weapons systems ? Defexpo 2006 ? open ...  | Read.. 
 
China claims first piece of US
Map unveiled to show Columbus was beaten to the Americas
A hunt for ancient maps, lost cities, sunken treasure ships and a forgotten hero is fast becoming one of the more curious attempts by China to bolster its cultural pride. ...  | Read.. 
 
Sourav Ganguly plays the mistimed pull-shot that ended his steady innings of 34 on the second day of the Karachi Test. At stumps, Pakistan was 173 fo ...  | Read
 
 
It was a trademark fightback by the Pakistan cricket team

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Mamata pledges job quota for minorities
Mamata Banerjee today promised job reservation for the minority community if the Trinamul Congress ...  | Read..
Govt in Mulford storm
Political pressure was building today on the government to act in the controversy over US ambas ...  | Read..
NationMore.. 
Dash to big daddies on Day One
Ask who had the bigger say in the cabinet revamp, Manmohan Singh or Sonia Gandhi, and Congress...   | Read.. 
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Rail hub new, clone on track
Railway minister Lalu Prasad on Monday announced plans to set up a fourth passenger terminal in...   | Read.. 
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Rao and gang coming, with change
The Election Commission has replaced one of the 19 observers tasked with overseeing electoral roll...   | Read.. 
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Murder whiff in girl death
A young girl fell to her death, reportedly from the fifth floor of the 10-storied Niladri Shikhar...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
Privileges and perils
he would only extend that courtesy to a few heads of missions who represented "important"...   | Read.. 
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Sourav: I shouldn't have given it away
Rahul Dravid has repeatedly been talking of "fresh challenges" and the need to "constantly raise the...   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Maoists shoot candidate in fortress Kathmandu
Maoist guerrillas today launched a daring attack on a mayoral candidate, who is contesting the...   | Read.. 
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Holcim footprint on Gujarat Ambuja
Holcim, the Swiss cement giant, has acquired a 14.8 per cent stake in Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd...   | Read.. 
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Someone's going to win ?125 million
When office goers in the UK have nothing better to do, they speculate on what they would do ' and...   | Read..