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Class XII cutoff for IITs to be raised

Students may soon need higher scores in their Class XII board examination to become eligible for the IIT entrance test, under a government plan aimed at persuading them not to neglect the school-ending exam. ... | Read..

Beijing sending top trouble-shooter

Chinese President Hu Jintao’s key trouble-shooter is expected to visit India in November to try and ease diplomatic tensions and may travel to Calcutta to meet Buddh ... | Read..

All the news fit to tweet

The Twitter can thumb its nose at more holy cows than Shashi Tharoor probably imagined. ... | Read..

Govt office set on fire in Shillong

A masked gang set ablaze a 50-year-old Assam-type building that housed the office of a government department at Lachumiere here this morning. ... | Read..

Cop firing injures five

Five persons suffered bullet injuries at a fair in Binnaguri early this morning when police fired 25 rounds to disperse a mob that had attacked the law keepers. ... | Read..

Far from the madding politics in Delhi, Shashi Tharoor, minister of state for external affairs, sings Sare Jahan Se Achchha along with bhajan ... | Read

The world is large enough for both India and China
Shashi Tharoor

Dec. freeze on poll calendar
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Assembly elections in Jharkhand would be notified within ... | Read..

Clump of Elvis hair sells for £11,300
A large clump of Elvis Presley’s hair, believed to have been cut from his head when he joi ... | Read..

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Chair-man protest in CM path
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Maoists slaughter murder witness
A farmer who had seen Maoists butcher a mate a few yards from him and identified one of the attacke... \| Read..

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Police fire on fair, five injured
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Government as a service
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