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	Temperature Min : 23.30°C (+3) Max : 35.10°C (+2)
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Passive mercy

Euthanasia with limits

The Supreme Court has permitted passive euthanasia for patients in a permanently vegetative state on a case-by-case basis under judicial supervision but rejected a petition for active mercy-killing. ... | Read..

Standoff between Congress, DMK continues

Updated 17:10hrs (IST)

The standoff between Congress and DMK over seat-sharing persisted today despite hectic efforts to break the ice ... | Read..

DMK ministers meet Pranab

Updated 15:10hrs (IST)

DMK leaders M K Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran today renewed efforts to find a way out of the crisis over seat-sharing ... | Read..

CPI-M attacks Mamata on Rail budget

Updated 14:50hrs (IST)

Railway Minister Mamata Bannerjee today came under attack in Rajya Sabha from CPI-M, her arch political rival in West Bengal, ... | Read..

SC for invoking terror charges against Hasan Ali

Updated 14:30hrs (IST)

The Supreme Court today asked probe agencies to consider invoking terror and other stringent penal charges against Pune stud ... | Read..

Door ajar in south, hot bargain in east

The dark clouds cleared up somewhat in the south for the Congress but the eastern sunrise is still awaited. ... | Read..

Focus on railway, roads & irrigation

Deputy chief minister Hemant Soren’s maiden budget focuses on Jharkhand’s infrastructure development while suggesting an increase in registration charges of land an ... | Read..

Allahabad High Court on Monday slapped a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on a former Samajwadi Party MLA who alleged in a petition that Rahul Gandhi (in picture ... | Read

Obviously, there was an error of judgement
Manmohan Singh
in Parliament on the CVC appointment

Nice tweet but not ‘ForsecN’
Many on microblogging website Twitter wondered yesterday if ForSecNRao— the twitter account of ... | Read..

Too shy for body scans, India blames ‘culture’
Airport body scanners have one thing in common with Valentine’s Day cards — the ability to rai ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
'She is sleeping… when she awakes, we'll put sugar cubes in her feed to celebrate'
Pramila Kushe got her son to drop her outside Ward No. 4 of KEM Hospital on Monday, two decades aft... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
It's official, mike ban for all exams
An administration that now reports to the Election Commission rather than Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ha... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Cong youth wins but old order dies hard
The old order changeth, yielding place to new ' but not without vandalism. \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Call to Infosys for IT centre help
The Bihar government is trying to rope in Infosys to help it prepare a project report for setting u... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
RSP sacks 5 for office vandalism
The RSP today sent a strong message to its rank and file by expelling five members in connection w... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Two maritime cities
I had occasion in recent months to spend time in Calcutta and Chennai. The structure of both is surp... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Of adulation and expectations...
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had barely stepped off the aerobridge at flashy Terminal 3, on Monday ... \| Read..

International	More..
Libya warplanes attack rebels at oil port
Libyan warplanes launched fresh airstrikes on rebel positions around a key oil port today, trying t... \| Read..

Business	More..
Tata deal to mine Canada ore
Tata Steel has signed a binding agreement with New Millennium Capital Corp to develop two large iro... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
Wanna bite?
Turning heads in a summery white top and blue denims, Riya Sen was the special guest at t2 Food Path... \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Snap water and power lines
Jharkhand High Court has ordered that electricity and water supply be disconnected in buildings tha... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
EC meet to discuss poll code violations
The Election Commission was today virtually bombarded with complaints of alleged unfair practices a... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Signs of neglect dot capital
The Hadisahi Pokhari in Old Town is stinking with locals dumping solid waste into it. The pond's wa... \| Read..

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