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Family sells, foreigner buys
Brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh — promoters of Ranbaxy Ltd — today stunned Indian business by selling their controlling stake in the country’s largest pharmaceutical company to Daiichi Sankyo of Japan in a deal valued at $4.6 billion (Rs 19,780 crore). ...  | Read.. 
 
Aged tourists attacked
Nine tourists, including two elderly couples from Calcutta, were attacked this evening by alleged Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters when they were returning from the Chap ...  | Read.. 
 
‘Indian’ trash raises stink
A Conservative councillor in London has been forced to apologise after accusing Indian residents in a tower block of making the communal garden untidy by throwing litter ...  | Read.. 
 
Distasteful for Advani is riveting for Jaswant
L.K. Advani may have gone to great lengths to distance himself from the contents of Goodbye Shahzadi, the controversial new book on slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhut ...  | Read.. 
 
Panel to resolve hamlet dispute
Assam and Meghalaya today decided to constitute a co-ordination committee to resolve the dispute over Lampi (known as Langpih in Meghalaya), a hamlet located on the inter ...  | Read.. 
 
Hills get window to shop and stock-up
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has announced a two- day relaxation of its indefinite shutdown from 6pm today till 6am on Saturday, keeping in mind the depleting food-stocks in hi ...  | Read.. 
 
CBI probe demand gathers steam
The demand for a CBI probe into the murder of social activist Lalit Mehta gathered steam today with Union rural development minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh writing to ch ...  | Read.. 
 
Nepal’s deposed king Gyanendra and wife Komal leave Narayanhitti palace forever to begin life as ordinary citizens on Wednesday evening. As his black ...  | Read
 
 
Domestic politics has prevented us from going ahead
Manmohan Singh
on the nuclear deal
Welfare schemes can curb Naxalism
Union home minister Shivraj Patil today said the state governments should frame a surrender pol ...  | Read..
PM dusts nuclear deal
The Prime Minister today made a strong pitch for the nuclear deal and pointed a finger at the L ...  | Read..
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Mayavati blows hot and cold: derails Lalu's dream coaches in Sonia yard
A sudden turnaround by the Mayavati government has cast a cloud on Lalu Prasad's dream railway coac...   | Read.. 
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Debt suicides after killing son
A debt-ridden realtor and his wife killed their only child by giving him a poisoned glass of milk be...   | Read.. 
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Hills shut, but not holiday zeal
A special train to Calcutta for tourists leaving the hills left half empty last night, allegedly be...   | Read.. 
North Bengal More.. 
Traders stock up buses with supplies
Long queues snaked their way out of the two most prominent terminuses in town today as traders rush...   | Read.. 
Opinion More.. 
Kapil? Kapil who?
An enormous, mural-like picture of Kapil Dev, side-on in his familiar pre-delivery leap, has been re...   | Read.. 
Sports More.. 
Czech-mate as Ronaldo puts Portugal on top
Cristiano Ronaldo, tipped by many to become Euro 2008's player of the tournament, scored one goal a...   | Read.. 
International More.. 
11 Pak soldiers killed in US raid
Pakistan said today an "unprovoked and cowardly" air strike by US forces had killed 11 Pakistani so...   | Read.. 
Business More.. 
Focus shifts from pill to patient
Malvinder Singh will stay on as the head honcho at Ranbaxy for about five years after the deal with...   | Read.. 
Entertainment More.. 
Bikini Babes
Twenty contestants, more than a dozen rounds and one ultimate crown. The subcontests of Dabur Gulaba...   | Read..