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Dalai Lama deals quit card
The Dalai Lama today said he would step down as Tibet’s political leader if the unrest in his homeland spiralled out of control. ...  | Read.. 
 
Hindi-Chini study bhai
India and China have pencilled their first-ever agreement to mutually recognise higher education degrees, allowing unhindered flow of students across the Himalayas. But t ...  | Read.. 
 
Camera catches airport cell thief
An airline employee was today caught on closed-circuit television stealing a passenger’s cellphone at Calcutta airport’s security check-in counter. ...  | Read.. 
 
Race between death and budget morsel
Asim Dasgupta’s benevolence may have come too late for Jaleshwari Shabar. ...  | Read.. 
 
More settlers shot in Manipur
Militants masquerading as contractors today herded groups of migrant workers in Imphal onto trucks and drove them to the suburbs to face firing squads. ...  | Read.. 
 
3 killed in NDFB camp attack
Three persons died and two were injured when unidentified persons attacked a National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) camp in Assam’s Kokrajhar district today. ...  | Read.. 
 
Dalai Lama offers to quit over unrest
The Dalai Lama today said he would step down as Tibet’s political leader if the unrest in his homeland spirals out of control. ...  | Read.. 
 
Chief secy out, probe ordered
What began as a turf war over who gets to control cricket in the state has now ended with the removal of chief secretary P.P. Sharma. ...  | Read.. 
 
17 Maoists killed in encounter
Seventeen Maoists were gunned down in Bijapur district today by a joint operation of the elite Greyhound force from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh police. ...  | Read.. 
 
Ranji players’ relief
The past and present Ranji cricketers from Orissa, including those who have played first-class cricket matches, are in for a treat. ...  | Read.. 
 
A Tibetan youth prepares to attack a Han Chinese man on a Lhasa street on Sunday, March 16. Han Chinese, the largest single ethnic group in the world constituting around 92 per cent of China’s population, are settlers in Tibet and have benefited more than the local residents from the economic boom. (AFP picture)
Dalai Lama deals quit card
 
 
Investigate thoroughly.... They can examine my pulse, my urine, my stool, everything
Dalai Lama
on Chinese officials
Gun notice to Soha
Her father is accused of shooting a black buck, but Soha Ali Khan is looking down the barrel. ...  | Read..
If it is NY governor, there must be a fling
The new governor of New York state has admitted that both he and his wife had extra-marital aff ...  | Read..
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