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Mighty master, meek serf

Manmohan Singh should be relieved that Kapil Sibal does not run the United Kingdom. Equally indebted to such a quirk of fate should be Amartya Sen, Ratan Tata and Bill Gates. ... | Read..

Police probing local hand in diamond theft

Updated August 25, 2010 17:00hrs (IST)

City police, awaiting the custody of four foreigners detained in Dubai for allegedly stealing diamonds worth nearly Rs 6.6 crore from an exhibition here, are probing if the accused had any Indian accomplices.... | Read..

India seeks report from US on arrest of its native

Updated August 25, 2010 16:40hrs (IST)

The Government today said it will seek a report from its US mission into the arrest of an Indian documentary film maker at the Houston airport for allegedly carrying suspicious Islamic jihad literature... | Read..

Contoversial word dropped from nuclear bill

Updated August 25, 2010 16:00hrs (IST)

Government today dropped a controversial amendment to a contentious clause on the liability of suppliers in case of accident in the civil nuclear damages bill... | Read..

Truck driver granted bail

Updated August 25, 2010 15:30hrs (IST)

The truck driver arrested for allegedly making an attempt on the life of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was today granted bail by a court here in East Midnapore district... | Read..

Over 200 people evacuated from Yamuna banks

Updated August 25, 2010 15:00hrs (IST)

Around 200 people were today evacuated from the banks of Yamuna in the capital as the water level in the river touched 205.70 metres.... | Read..

Stephen accused caught in UP

Sanjay Bagaria, an absconding director of the charred Stephen Court, was arrested this afternoon from a paper mill guesthouse in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur. ... | Read..

At school, a dad looks familiar

Arjun Atwal continues to be the toast of India’s sports fraternity, but in Orlando, where the history-authoring golfer has been based for years, it is back to being a &# ... | Read..

Jairam smiles & stings Vedanta

Jairam Ramesh today vetoed Vedanta’s bauxite-mining project in Orissa’s Niyamgiri hills, citing multiple law violations and rejecting an appeal by chief ministe ... | Read..

Apang held for food scam

Gegong Apang was arrested today by a probe cell for his alleged involvement in a scam relating to distribution of essential food items under the public distribution system du ... | Read..

Ore freeway plugged in Singhbhum

A key checkpoint in West Singhbhum district that gained notoriety for facilitating illegal transportation of minerals worth crores has been abandoned by the state in yet ... | Read..

Anand during a simultaneous game with 39 mathematicians in Hyderabad on Tuesday. All but one, 14-year-old Bangalore schoolboy Srikar Varadaraj, lost to the grandmaster. Srikar drew the game. (PTI picture)
Mighty master, meek serf

So restating the obvious is a bit irritating
Aruna Viswanathan
on Anand’s citizenship

Math brains lose, boy holds Anand
A 14-year-old schoolboy from Bangalore drew in a chess match against grandmaster Viswanathan Anand ... | Read..

Boost for Net crime combat
Infosys chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy was in town on Tuesday to inaugurate Calcutta’s first cyb ... | Read..

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Shouted down, Meira moves to regain voice
Speaker Meira Kumar has called an all-party meeting at 9.30am tomorrow to discuss with senior leade... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Trailer kills five at toll plaza
Five men returning home from work died when a stationary Tata Sumo Victa was sandwiched between a lo... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Anti-Maoist group kills four
Four persons were killed by suspected anti-Maoist groups in a Bankura village last night for their ... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Erratic rains spark climate debate
Puzzling Bihar peasants over the past two years, the erratic rains have triggered a debate on if th... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Central force and promise for hill peace
The state government is rushing three companies of CRPF to the Darjeeling hills fearing a fresh out... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
The sacred cow
"Babuder alo gyalo re (The babus' lights have gone)". The slum to which he belonged was devoid of p... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Have worked on flaws: Dhoni
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that the top-order batsmen have worked on their flaws and on... \| Read..

International	More..
Zardari: Pak will take years to recover
Pakistan could take years to recover from the floods disaster, its President said, as crisis talks ... \| Read..

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Succession on EIH menu
P.R.S Oberoi ' the 81-year-old chairman and CEO of EIH Ltd ' plans to name his successor within a y... \| Read..

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"Bring it on…. I have always been a man who wants everything" _ Anil Kapoor
Why did you choose 24 after Slumdog Millionaire? \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Judicial probe into lawyer's death
Buckling under pressure from lawyers and in a bid not to allow the situation to go out of control a... \| Read..

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