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Occasional rain with heavy rain at times

States skid on petro populism

Rushing to announce fuel relief, finance ministers want Centre to share burden

State governments had tripped over each other to slash fuel taxes after the price hike; now they want the Centre to pick up the tab for their generosity. ... | Read..

Wordplay in govt hill draft

The Bengal government will place a “flexibly worded” draft resolution at tomorrow’s all-party meeting as part of its efforts to draw the Gorkha Janmukti Mo ... | Read..

Realtor wife leaps to death

A leading realtor’s wife, convicted in a double murder case and awaiting the Supreme Court’s final word, died after she apparently jumped from the 10th floor ba ... | Read..

Star wars drill in the works

Indian space scientists are setting up an earth station to keep a lookout for missiles fired at Indian satellites and take them out of the line of fire, a senior Indian Space ... | Read..

Dispur seeks report on ‘encounter’

Strains of an anti-army mutiny in Sivasagar following yesterday’s encounter that claimed four Ulfa militants has prompted Dispur to ask for a report on the killing b ... | Read..

Bridge faces night raid on red bandh

Naxalites today attempted to blow up a small bridge, about 20km from here, near Kolhar More on the Tundi-Giridih road. ... | Read..

COBRA to counter Maoists in Orissa

In a move that’s expected to add bite to Orissa’s fight against Maoists, a Counter-Insurgency Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) is likely to be constituted in p ... | Read..

A soccer fan in Bikaner gives finishing touches to a water tank built like a football. (PTI)

I am not good at politics
P Chidambaram
on the nuclear deal

UEFA EURO 2008

Hindu bombers break ‘myth’
Two Hindu “terrorists” were arrested today for allegedly planting bombs at theatres, ... | Read..

BCCI invites Lata for Cup felicitation
Lata Mangeshkar will be a special invitee at the felicitation of the 1983 World Cup-winning squ ... | Read..

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Cong looks to Left for nuke 'short run'
The Congress believes it is time for a "reality check" on the Indo-US nuclear deal. \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Negligence? But they didn't even treat her
Prabir Roy is grieving as a father would after losing his daughter. But as he struggles to reconcile... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Sikkim SOS over bandh
The Sikkim government today sent SOS messages to the Centre and the Bengal government to ensure tha... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Morcha cites fuel bandhs for re-exam plea
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha wants North Bengal University to defer the ongoing exams on the ground t... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
New lines of contact
I argued in my last column that growth of the telecommunications industry is going to slow down soon... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Survival at stake for France, Italy
Heavyweights Italy and France, used to battling it out with a trophy at stake, will face each other... \| Read..

International	More..
Karzai troop threat angers Pakistan
Pakistan today summoned Afghanistan's ambassador to lodge a strong protest over President Hamid Kar... \| Read..

Business	More..
Anil bid to blunt Mukesh offensive
Anil Ambani is ready to face down any legal challenge that brother Mukesh throws at him over the sa... \| Read..

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Lights Out!
Here are just some things you can do to keep cool and be cool, all at the same time, when the lights... \| Read..