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Poor spoil appetite for debate

The Supreme Court today told the Centre’s counsel to tell “your minister” it had issued “an order, not a suggestion”, to distribute free foodgrain to the poor. ... | Read..

Taint bars Pak trio from nets

Pakistan Test skipper Salman Butt and pacers Mohammed Aamir and Mohammed Asif were today barred from nets and summoned to London tomorrow for a meeting with the Pakistan ... | Read..

Jumbo cry for rethink

Ajay Desai recalls the devastated face of a woman he had met in a village in southern India. Twice in two years, elephants had raided her small patch of land, trampling a ... | Read..

Guess who’s misunderstood

Amitabh Bachchan, who effortlessly set the screen ablaze with rapid-fire dialogue delivery, is struggling to get his message across in blogosphere and Twitterverse. ... | Read..

Now, CBI on Koda petitioner’s tail

The CBI has been put on the trail of Madhu Koda’s elusive bete noire, one Durga Oraon, whose PIL seeking a probe by the central agency into the former chief minister ... | Read..

A child dressed as Lord Krishna takes part in a fancy dress competition on the eve of Janmashtami in Hyderabad on Tuesday. (AFP)

It was not a suggestion. It is there in our order. You tell the minister
Supreme Court
to the Centre’s counsel on free foodgrain to the poor

Teachers block bid for autonomy
A CPM-controlled teachers’ union is trying to bully Basanti Devi College into withdrawing its a ... | Read..

Menu of oldest feast: 71 tortoises
Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence for communal feasting in a cave in Israel wher ... | Read..

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BJP takes back seat on Ayodhya
The BJP has more or less decided to take a back seat on the Ayodhya issue and let the RSS and its m... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Caned schoolboy loses his speech
A 12-year-old schoolboy with a talent for recitation has been reduced to using sign language since b... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Jumbo flights to land at city airport
The scare is over for now. Jumbo aircraft will land and take-off from the Jaiprakash Narayan Intern... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Murder plotted in Morcha office
Madan Tamang's murder was not a spur-of-the-moment act but a planned conspiracy hatched in the firs... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
They have done it again
There is much, much more to the latest visa row with the Chinese than the simplistic explanation tha... \| Read..

Sports	More..
'Cricket must head in the right direction'
Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said that people bringing disgrace to the game make him sad as it leave... \| Read..

International	More..
2 arrested on terror plot fears
Dutch investigators today questioned two men arrested at Amsterdam's airport after US authorities f... \| Read..

Business	More..
Best quarterly growth in 3 years
The economy grew 8.8 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal, the fastest in nearly three year... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
BIGGER THAN SAMPLE SIZE? DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!
1 Find a fit. Something that flatters your form, not hides it. Sacks do NOTHING for your size, even ... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Dream wheels all set to roll out
The long wait for city buses will end as Bhubaneswar and Puri will have public transport services w... \| Read..