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	Temperature Min : 28.20°C (+2) Max : 34.60°C (+3)
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Partly cloudy sky. Rain or thundershowers in some areas. Maximum temperature to be around 33°C

Champs: glory and groan

Fifteen years after turning pro, the Asansol-born Arjun Atwal has become the first golfer from India to win a US PGA Tour event. He entered the record books in Greensboro yesterday by topping in the Wyndham Championship. ... | Read..

Anand declines doctorate in view of controversy

Updated August 24, 2010 14:50hrs (IST)

A move to confer an honorary doctorate on world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand was today embroiled in a raging controversy over his citizenship, forcing him to decline the honour at least for now.... | Read..

Govt rejects Vedanta mining works

Updated August 24, 2010 13:05hrs (IST)

In a big blow to Vedanta Resources, Government today rejected environment clearance to its USD 1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Orissa after accepting recommendations of its key ... | Read..

Nepalese aircraft with 14 on board crashes

Updated August 24, 2010 13:00hrs (IST)

A Nepalese passenger plane with 14 people on board, including six foreigners, crashed into the hills in bad weather near Kathmandu ... | Read..

Anand, prove you’re Indian

The bureaucracy has stalled an attempt by the University of Hyderabad to confer an honorary degree on chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand while he is in the southe ... | Read..

Signal to those alien to Tata

Ratan Tata was reticent and yet conveyed a lot during his second visit to the city since the Singur pullout. ... | Read..

Cell slip after cell signal blow

The failing signal on the cellphone of a constable paved the way for the escape of Nickole Tamang from Pintail Village yesterday morning. ... | Read..

Khunti resists new forest act

The Centre’s sunshine law — Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, — has failed to find favour in Khunti distri ... | Read..

Champs: glory and groan Arjun Atwal reacts on the 18th hole after winning the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Car ... | Read

I am proud of my Royal (RCGC) connection
Arjun Atwal

PM ‘assurance’ on Posco, not on Vedanta
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assured him t ... | Read..

Metro & the cave-in curse
The subsidence of a VIP thoroughfare in the heart of the city last Tuesday has raised questions a ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
Rain, rain, save face and come again
Like a cricket team facing defeat, some of those involved in Commonwealth Games preparations are lo... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Share loss link to suicide
Morning walkers in south Calcutta's posh Ballygunge neighbourhood were jolted by the sight of a man ... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Guard on phone, Nickole walks out
Nickole Tamang apparently escaped yesterday morning when one of the policemen guarding him stepped ... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Rivers rise, flood fear in dry state
As Bihar sought more funds from the Centre for drought relief, the fear of floods enveloped the sta... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Visitors blame agents for travel info
Tourists today blamed travel agents for failing to inform them about the situation in the hills eve... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
The market mirage
Income distribution is an implicit baseline of political discourse in India. Till 1991, the governme... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Tiger, Elin part ways
Tiger Woods, the world's No. 1 golfer, and his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren said on Monday they had ... \| Read..

International	More..
Pak gain in Taliban arrest
When American and Pakistani agents captured Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's operational commande... \| Read..

Business	More..
Tonic to recharge exports
The government today gifted incentives worth Rs 1,050 crore to exporters, particularly of labour-in... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
Sananda tilottama 2010
Arpita Sinha's eyes had gone moist a little before six. Perhaps the first tears of joy in anticipati... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Death of a son of 100 villages
Basanti Dei (54) is inconsolable and has been losing consciousness ever since she was told that he... \| Read..