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Himalayan Singur, minus Mamata
This once-nondescript town on the Himalayas’ foothills is now what Singur can be in the future. ...  | Read.. 
 
Abhinav Bindra creates history
India's 23-year-old Abhinav Bindra created history today in Beijing, by wining the first gold medal in any individual category for India in the 108-year Olympics history...  | Read.. 
 
Change in version but TV harass cry louder
The Midnapore hotel employee who dropped down four floors on Friday night was “extremely critical” today, but the arrested TV producers and reality-show contest ...  | Read.. 
 
Taslima stays at ex-envoy house
Taslima Nasreen is now staying at the Delhi home of a former Indian ambassador to Sweden, feeling “more free” with no restrictions on meeting visitors. ...  | Read.. 
 
Two pouncing panthers and clueless monkeys
Bad news is seldom strange coming out of this state; the trouble is it just got worse twice over. For long, there had just been the “Kashmir Problem” to cope with. ...  | Read.. 
 
Ibobi seeks CBI probe into blunder
Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh today called for a CBI inquiry into how weightlifter L. Monika Devi could have tested positive in a dope test and then cleared of all ...  | Read.. 
 
Grand welcome planned for Bora
Ripun Bora loyalists are doing everything they can to put up a grand “show of strength” outside the city airport tomorrow to demonstrate that the former educati ...  | Read.. 
 
India's Abhinav Bindra poses for a photo after the men's 10m air rifle final at Shooting Range Hall at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Bindra won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) ...  | Read
 
 
I would like to steal his luck. Wicket-taking luck
Harbhajan Singh
on Sri Lankan spinner Mendis
4 teeth extend human history
Four tiny fossilised teeth found by Indian scientists in a lignite coal mine in Vastan, Gujarat ...  | Read..
Amit’s biggest frustration: being off tune
Amitabh Bachchan is 65 and has never been kissed — at least, on screen. ...  | Read..
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Proposal to let shrine use land
The all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir is considering a proposal to revoke the cabinet order...   | Read.. 
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Relief for kids, not parents
Several reputable schools of Calcutta have abolished tests and interviews for nursery and kindergart...   | Read.. 
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Nandi peace meet over, bullets fly
Bullets flew in Nandigram today, injuring a 50-year-old woman a day after chief minister Buddhadeb ...   | Read.. 
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August agitation for Chattrey and tea
A series of strikes and agitation programmes have been lined up in the hills for August, including ...   | Read.. 
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Saga of lost innocence
The debate in parliament on the motion of trust in the government a few days ago marked the public l...   | Read.. 
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Holes exposed in security blanket
The killing of an American tourist in Beijing Saturday showed that even a security apparatus as comp...   | Read.. 
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Georgia calls ceasefire, Russia suspicious
Georgia called a ceasefire today and said it was pulling its embattled troops out of the disputed p...   | Read.. 
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Centre shuns big-ticket reforms
The Congress-led-government is against a big burst of reforms, preferring to continue with low-key...   | Read.. 
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In IIT, with jitters
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