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NANDISINGUR

THE TELEGRAPH TRACKED THE POLLING DAY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GREAT DIVIDE THAT SYMBOLISES THIS ELECTION: NANDIGRAM AND SINGUR. THE STORIES OF SAYRA BIBI OF NANDIGRAM AND RAJ KUMAR JYOTI OF SINGUR

How her day started: Sayra Bibi wakes up at 4am, offers namaaz. On election day, she prays for her husband’s departed soul. Does household chores ... | Read..

Unfamiliar feeling of voting against CPM

For three decades, land had bonded the likes of Subhasini Mali, Sudhir Pradhan and Arup Samanta to the CPM, a party that had taught them to “hold our heads high”. ... | Read..

Toddler killed

A two-year-old girl, Shania Khatoun, died of bullet wounds in Nandigram in an attack blamed on CPM activists out to punish Trinamul supporters who defied a diktat not to vote. ... | Read..

Where few women vote

Democracy was at work Afghan-style in this Pashtun neighbourhood of Ganderbal today: the right to vote was a near-exclusive preserve of the men. ... | Read..

Anti-Posco stir gets panchayat seal

Victory of a member of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) in the recently concluded panchayat election has fuelled speculation regarding the fate of the proposed steel pla ... | Read..

WHEN DELHI VOTES, INDIA VOTES: Ananya Sengupta dives into the melting pot called Delhi and ... | Read

We will support whoever dismisses the Mayavati government
Mulayam Singh Yadav

Flu scan on techie duo
Two software engineers who arrived at a Bangalore airport from the US were today hospitalised and q ... | Read..

Indian’s DNA war with Britain
Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, a human rights group, has today attacked the UK governm ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
Mercury down in north, turnout inches up
The least oppressive day of this summer election saw the highest turnout so far, the Election Commi... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Waugh can do it, we can't
Steve Waugh on Thursday did what no city celebrity has done in recent times ' get down and dirty for... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Child dies in Nandi vote vendettaEvening hunt after defiance
A two- year-old girl died of bullet wounds in a Nandigram village amid allegations that the CPM was... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Morcha plans plains poll entry
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to contest the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad elections schedule... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Lying in wait
Like birds of prey descending on a pile of far gone carrion, economists pounce on primary data with ... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Traffic delays start!
Believe it or not, the one-off T20 International between Pakistan and Australia, on Thursday night,... \| Read..

International	More..
Red Cross warns of Pak crisis
With their possessions piled on pickup trucks or escaping on foot, thousands of people were reporte... \| Read..

Business	More..
JLR rescue in peril over bailout row
The proposed rescue of Jaguar Land Rover appeared close to collapse last night amid bitter disagree... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
Inside the mind of a hero
The struggler and the star, the man and his movies ' t2 peeks into the mind of Prosenjit \| Read..