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Min : 26.2+deg;C (+0)
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Rainfall : .8 mm
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PM lectures, Left lags
In a command performance engineered to sew up the Samajwadi Party’s support, the Prime Minister’s Office tonight issued a detailed assurance on preserving national and nuclear sovereignty, flagging for special mention a guarantee that “no outside influence or pressure could force Ind ...  | Read.. 
 
Amar mum on Left demand for nuke draft
The Samajwadi Party does not appear to have demanded the draft of the nuclear safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ...  | Read.. 
 
CPM bleeds most in municipalities
If Prakash Karat takes his eyes off the nuclear agreement and runs them over the Bengal municipal election results announced today, he could end up praying for a Mulayam- ...  | Read.. 
 
Toilet paper? No, just a cool crore
The tax sleuths had thought it was pure waste of energy. By the time they were through, it was a cash crop they had reaped. ...  | Read.. 
 
PM unveils progress vision
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today unveiled the Northeast Vision 2020 document with a robust infrastructure plan — rail link between all state capitals of the region, Rs 31, ...  | Read.. 
 
Red firing, truck set ablaze
Terror struck in the early morning hours today when the Maoists laid siege on the NH-2 for about two hours near Kandedih More under Topchanchi police station area. ...  | Read.. 
 
Track blasts delay trains
In two simultaneous blasts this morning, Maoists blew up railway tracks in two north Bihar districts during a nationwide bandh called by the outfit to protest against  ...  | Read.. 
 
IT majors root for capital
IT giants like Infosys, Genpact and MindTree want the state capital, an upcoming IT hub in the country, to plan its expansion at least 15 years ahead to prevent it from b ...  | Read.. 
 
Deepa Das Munshi, Congress MLA and Priya Ranjan Das Munshi’s wife, celebrates her party’s victory in Dalkhola, North Dinajpur, on Wednesday. Picture by Nantu Dey
 
 
We didn’t expect this. Now we have to probe the results and draw the proper lessons
Benoy Konar
CPM veteran from Burdwan
‘Slave-driver’ buzz swirls around celebrity salon
A high-end Indian American owned salon chain, which counts Madonna, Naomi Campbell and Salma Ha ...  | Read..
Vogue editor wears same dress three times
It is unthinkable that she would make a fashion faux pas. So when Vogue editor Anna Wint ...  | Read..
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