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Policy at risk, not politics
Bengal’s panchayat poll results have thrown up fewer surprises than would immediately strike one. That the CPM would suffer major reverses and the Trinamul Congress make some gains, especially in Nandigram and Singur, was always on the cards. ...  | Read.. 
 
Investor hope and hurdles
An associate of the Salim group, many of whose infrastructure projects fall in the rural belt captured by the Trinamul Congress, has said the consortium was “investi ...  | Read.. 
 
Cheerleaders called ‘niggers’
Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, the two cheerleaders who have alleged racial discrimination at an IPL match, revealed today that the “N-word” was used against ...  | Read.. 
 
Probe into rebel nexus in NC Hills
Dispur has decided to institute a commission of inquiry to probe links between some senior members of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous District Council and the Jewel Gorlosa ...  | Read.. 
 
Muivah meets Singh
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Naga rebel leader Thuingaleng Muivah on Tuesday after denying him an audience for months, possibly with an eye on the renewed violence i ...  | Read.. 
 
Birla to invest Rs 80000cr in Orissa
Aditya Birla Group is going to invest Rs 75,000 crore to Rs 80,000 crore in Orissa in the coming years with an eye on aluminium, cement and port sectors, said chairman Ku ...  | Read.. 
 
Praise for Ranchi’s solar shopping
Often rapped by the Centre for tardy progress on development projects — read JNNURM — the state government came in for some unexpected praise from the Centre for the way it h ...  | Read.. 
 
HC raps govt on retirement benefit delay
Angered by the high number of cases on retirement dues, the Jharkhand High Court has pulled up the state government for delaying payment of superannuation benefits to emp ...  | Read.. 
 
First Oriya woman on top of world
The town of Kumbharsahi in Dhenkanal is busy celebrating today as its star resident Kalpana Dash reached the top of the world yesterday at 11.30am. ...  | Read.. 
 
Policy at risk, not politics
 
 
Thank God it’s not Friday
P. CHidambaram
on the day inflation data are released
Row-hit Amarnath yatra put off
Planning to take off on a soul-cleansing journey to Amarnath within the next few days? Tarry a ...  | Read..
Bollywood magic softens up Pakistan govt
Following the recent success of Welcome and Bhoothnath, the Pakistan government h ...  | Read..
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Germans fly in, stroll out
Two German pilots on a world tour took Calcutta airport for a pit stop where they could land, park a...   | Read.. 
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CPM readies to review rural result
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Twilight rides on toy train
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Enemies of the State
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Bid to tide over crude crisis
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Passion player
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