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Count puts poverty at 50%, riles govt

At least half the country’s rural population lives in poverty, a government-appointed expert panel has said, nearly doubling the Planning Commission’s estimate that 28 per cent of Indian villagers are poor. ... | Read..

Lalit Modi strikes back in desert duel

Lalit Modi has burst back into Rajasthan’s cricket scene in a quick change of fortunes reminiscent of T20 cricket. ... | Read..

Swim against memorial tide

Music director Vishal Dadlani has done what Bollywood stars usually dare not — get on the wrong side of politicians. ... | Read..

Somdev Dev Varman won a crucial Davis Cup World Group play-off singles match in Johannesburg to take India into the final 16 after 11 years. He beat South Africa’s Rik De Voest in a high-voltage marathon five-setter. The Guwahati-born Somdev, descended from Tripura’s nobility, spent most of his first eight years in Calcutta and later took tennis coaching in the city from the age of 12 to 14. (AP picture)

...Whatever may come, I will never abandon her
Lalu Prasad
on Sonia Gandhi

Broken by boss & bulb, a flicker after 40 years
A constable who had to work as a day labourer after being dismissed for allegedly stealing a fu ... | Read..

Bond studio eyes east
Pinewood Shepperton, the studios group behind a raft of blockbusters, including the James Bond ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
Experience rule denies IIT, IIM best faculty
The best brains in the world are no longer eligible to teach as professors at the IITs and IIMs unl... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Dark clouds gather over Puja
Calcutta needs divine intervention to escape a wet Puja. \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Trinamul on Maoist notice
Maoists have warned that Trinamul Congress activists in Nandigram will "pay with their lives" if th... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Mayor selection at local level: Rao
K. Keshava Rao, the Congress in-charge for Bengal, has assured the Trinamul Congress that senior st... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Efficient and energetic
Greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, largely caused by burning coal, are believed to be the chie... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Jan. 17 tryst with Fifa World Cup
Come January 17 and the Fifa World Cup trophy will be on view in Calcutta, courtesy Coca-Cola, a lo... \| Read..

International	More..
US airport bus driver held for 'plot'
FBI agents arrested an airport shuttle bus driver and his father in Colorado and another man in New... \| Read..

Business	More..
Firms make a beeline for bourses
The rush for capital promises to become more frenetic. \| Read..

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DECADE OF DESIGN
Lakme and IMG celebrated a decade of fashion on the opening night of Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on... \| Read..