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Dud land shield junked
The Bengal government will no longer pay consent cash to landowners who have “willingly” parted with their plots. ...  | Read.. 
 
Cheney surprise in nuclear talks
National security adviser M.K. Narayanan and foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon have bridged a significant gap in concluding the 123 Agreement with US Vice-President Di ...  | Read.. 
 
Blinkers on class reality
Non-cooperation by the state government prevented the state commission for backward classes from carrying out an exhaustive survey before submitting an interim report. ...  | Read.. 
 
‘Weak’ CM blamed for poor state
HRD minister Bandhu Tirkey on Thursday joined health minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi in criticising the UPA government. It has failed the people of the state, said Tirkey, echoing ...  | Read.. 
 
Prez poll punches
Barring an SUCI member, all 147 legislators of Orissa today voted in the presidential polls being fought between Pratibha Patil and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. ...  | Read.. 
 
Ex-MLA behind bars
One of Assam’s most controversial political figures, former minister Rajendra Mushahary, landed behind bars once again today after being remanded in judicial custody ...  | Read.. 
 
AGP cracks over Pratibha
The presidential poll threw up a wide array of surprises all across the country, and the Northeast was no exception. ...  | Read.. 
 
Death rolls down hill
A torrential morning shower triggered the season’s second killer landslide in the Assam capital, burying three members of a family and four guests under a mound of wet e ...  | Read.. 
 
Strip shame in school
Students of a prominent Delhi school were asked to strip and undergo an examination of their “adolescent growth” without advance warning or guardians’ consent, sparking a fresh debate on sex education. ...  | Read.. 
 
 
 
It gives him privacy
Australian government
on why Haneef was in solitary confinement
The juggernaut rolls on
According to the Concise Oxford, juggernaut is a “large heavy vehicle, especially an articulated tru ...  | Read..
Schoolboy dies in illegal but inescapable pool van
A Class III student of South Point School was killed this morning when an illegal pool van lost con ...  | Read..
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Oops! Jaya's 'confused' party takes U-turn
This was one election that was less about the winner and more about who voted and which way they...   | Read.. 
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Four mishaps, two deaths
The streets of the city were marked by blood, mangled metal and shattered glass as four mishaps over...   | Read.. 
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Cops gone, wall breached
Land-acquisition protesters today breached the boundary wall of the Tata Motors project in Singur,...   | Read.. 
North BengalMore.. 
Flood alert on Balason
The Balason river, fed by heavy rain since last night, is eating into its embankments in the...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
Aspects of civilization
The Jamaican police had at least the body of a dead Bob Woolmer to weave fantasy around. The...   | Read.. 
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Stoppages break England momentum
Two poor light-induced interruptions punctured England's momentum, allowing India to regain some...   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Pak deaths soar, Chinese targeted
Three suicide bomb attacks killed at least 57 people in Pakistan today as a militant backlash...   | Read.. 
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PSUs move closer to mutuals play
The sensex has pierced the 15000 barrier ' and public sector units (PSUs) may soon get the...   | Read..