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	Temperature Min : 22.40°C (-4) Max : 36.10°C (+0)
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Partly cloudy sky. Rain or thundershower may occur in some areas. Maximum temperature to be around 36°C.

Blanket signal for Pak talks

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invoked the spirit of the Sharm-el-Sheikh declaration and issued a blanket signal that India was willing to discuss all issues of mutual interest with Pakistan, overlooking Islamabad’s failure to punish the perpetrators of 26/11 and bringing on the prospect ... | Read..

Continental Airlines, United Airlines to combine operations

Updated 30 April 2010 12.50 PM

Continental Airlines and UAL Corporation's United Airlines are expected to announce next week that they are combining operations to form the world's largest air ... | Read..

I was completely stumped, says Contractor

Updated 30 April 2010 12.45 PM

Former India skipper Nari Contractor, who had to return home after being stopped at the gate of the D Y Patil Stadium on last Sunday for not carrying a valid ticket for t ... | Read..

Flat service tax on fliers

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today offered relief to air passengers by partially rolling back the service tax his budget had proposed on every plane ticket, domestic ... | Read..

Lend your hand for a world war

The theatre of computing wars has shifted forever from laps and desktops to the cupped palm, the world’s largest computer maker has acknowledged by announcing the purchas ... | Read..

BJP salivates at Soren bait

A vengeful BJP has taken the unusual step of putting on hold its withdrawal of support to the Jharkhand government, the rethink following a promise by chief minister Shib ... | Read..

Rift in JMM over Hemant

Hemant Soren announced that the JMM had no objection in backing the BJP to form a government, indicating he was ready to take on those in the party opposed to such a prop ... | Read..

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Lend your hand for a world war

Strange v call cold a cold, while the body is warm
SHAH RUKH KHAN
on Twitter after being down with fever

Cong eyes 83 but wary of risking alliance
The state Congress said tonight it would contest 83 seats in the Calcutta civic polls after the ... | Read..

Stench of politics in death of girl in love
A Class XII girl was found “hanging” from a tree near Durgapur town last night, the t ... | Read..

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