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In govt, health means stealth

Transport minister’s death brings to fore a sensitive issue few want to confront

An extremely sensitive issue few want to discuss on record but laden with public interest has reared its head following the death of Subhas Chakraborty: the state of the Bengal cabinet’s health. ... | Read..

Chakraborty passes away

After battling cancer for over a year, senior CPM leader and transport minister Subhas Chakraborty, 67, died on Monday morning of multi-organ failure and sepsis. He is su ... | Read..

Double flop in weekday test

City commuters were left groaning on the first weekday of the polluting-vehicle ban with the state failing to ply the promised extra buses, just as it failed to convincingly ... | Read..

Mobile alert to teachers

Teach, but don’t talk in class — on your mobile that is. India’s largest school board has asked teachers and even principals to restrict ... | Read..

Girl dies in sign of flu spread

India’s pandemic influenza patterns turned ugly today with the death of a 14-year-old girl infected with the flu virus, the first signal of community spread in India ... | Read..

Protests over killings intensify

Protesters today continued to fight pitched battles with police at Khurai in Imphal East for the second consecutive day over the July 23 shootout, while the secretary of ... | Read..

Needed: neutral committee

Maj. Gen. (retd) Gaganjit Singh is a veteran in counter-terrorism operations in Assam, having served as the GOC, Red Horns Division. Gen. Singh, who retired in 2004 havi ... | Read..

CBI swoop on Razi officials

The CBI deployed 11 teams today to raid residences of a contractor and two officials formerly working at Raj Bhavan when Syed Sibtey Razi was governor of the state, in a ... | Read..

Mourners swarm around the funeral procession of Subhas Chakraborty. A Telegraph picture.
Updated: Aug 4; 16:35 Hrs (IST)

He (Kasab) seems to be fond of you
Judge ML Tahilyani
to prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, at whom Kasab was seen smiling

Rift in Manipur govt
A key CPI leader in Manipur’s ruling Secular Progressive Front (SPF) resigned today, appar ... | Read..

Plan for September strike on Maoists
An inter-services committee under the home ministry is charting a roadmap for an offens ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
At the ready, eyeball to eyeball: the price of brushing aside 1998 firing
the report of shells being fired and shells landing. In an open field, a little below this barren p... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Auto-cracy on streets of city
They wouldn't follow the law, and threatened those who followed it. \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Popular but a 'rebel'
Subhas Chakraborty was never known as a copybook communist and always played a maverick, most of the... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Dissolved board at work, DM says illegal
The board of councillors of the Darjeeling Municipality today discharged its "daily functions" with... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Time to get real
It is ironic that in the midst of a red alert of another possible terrorist strike in Mumbai, where ... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Subhasda was a 'father figure' for Kapil Dev
Even if one didn't quite know much about the state of sport in Bengal, one knew who the concerned m... \| Read..

International	More..
Critics snub Ahmadinejad ceremony
With his adversaries facing a mass trial of more than 100 alleged dissidents, President Mahmoud Ahm... \| Read..

Business	More..
Deora view triggers Anil tirade
Anil Ambani today slammed Reliance Industries for hoarding gas by producing less than it was suppos... \| Read..

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