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Centre to take hands off VC list

The Centre is withdrawing from the role of selecting university vice-chancellors under a radical mechanism aimed at freeing such appointments from political influence. ... | Read..

Land cell goes against norms

Land and land reforms minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah today claimed he was “super clean” and could “justify” every action his department had taken on Ved ... | Read..

Back in city, Tata to meet Sen

Ratan Tata is scheduled to meet Bengal industries minister Nirupam Sen tomorrow, the Tata chief reaching the city today for the first time since the Nano pullout in Octob ... | Read..

Monkey business on train

The alleged marmoset thief made a monkey out of Calcutta police early this morning, casually walking off a train while being brought back from Chhattisgarh under handcuffs. ... | Read..

KSU to block mining move

The Khasi Students’ Union will serve a 15-day ultimatum on the Meghalaya government to change its earlier decision of allowing the Uranium Corporation of Indi ... | Read..

Forces prevent flare-up

Militants swooped down on a tribal village last night and beat up the male members allegedly to avenge a similar attack on a neighbouring hamlet on Saturday. ... | Read..

State left out, BJP angry

Jharkhand is unlikely to have an elected government before end December or beginning January ’10 now that the Centre has decided to keep it out of the October 13 As ... | Read..

Local apathy killing NREGS

District and block officials not taking action on specific complaints on various projects undertaken under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is emerging as the ... | Read..

Subrata Paul saves a tie-breaker shot as India beats Syria 6-5 in Delhi on Monday to win the Nehru Cup two times in a row. The 23-year-old Calcuttan w ... | Read

I think I can go faster
Usain Bolt

Letter jab rips BJP ceasefire
The one-day-old ceasefire in the BJP ended today when a veteran parliamentarian of Sangh stock ... | Read..

Downside to land of dreams: immigrant elders in US struggle to fend off isolation
They gather five days a week at a mall called the Hub, sitting on concrete planters and sipping ... | Read..

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Legislators to monitor schemes
MPs and MLAs will now monitor development programmes in every district to ensure efficiency and che... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Their rally versus her rally
The Left Front finished second-best in the battle of the rallies 40 days apart as it observed the go... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Security success: 15km trek to cover 2.5km
Sujan Dutta, who covered the Lalgarh operation for The Telegraph, returns to the zone after two mont... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Bonus hike for Dooars tea workers
The over four per cent hike in bonus has brought cheers to thousands of tea garden workers in the T... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Diffident diplomacy
Relations between India and China are being jolted by atmospheric turbulence. Some recent writings r... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Indians spot on
Subrata Paul leapt in the air and the Ambedkar Stadium erupted in joyous celebration of his amazing... \| Read..

International	More..
US feels outfoxed by wizard Karzai
If Senator Edward Kennedy's death last week had not consumed Americans, they would have been grippe... \| Read..

Business	More..
Quarterly growth holds out hope
The economy fed on government spending to log a 6.1 per cent growth rate in April-June 2009 ' its f... \| Read..

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Size matters
It really can feel like the end of the world when after trying on dress after dress, style after sty... \| Read..