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16000 Atomic bombs: The ferocity that struck Japan on Friday

Quake tests a prepared Japan and exposes Indian stupor

The fifth most powerful earthquake in recorded history challenged the world’s best-prepared country today, exposing its vulnerabilities through deaths and devastation, but Japan still holds lessons for India. ... | Read..

Question mark on Trinamul alliance

A question mark has crept up over a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the Trinamul Congress with the UPA leader so far refusing to blink and reviewing a plan to se ... | Read..

Telangana mobs take anger out on statues

Statues of Andhra icons have become the target of Telangana agitators who police suspect are resorting to the desecration to scare away leaders perceived to be opposed to ... | Read..

Karat hope for VS but haze lingers

CPM boss Prakash Karat today said Kerala’s V.S. Achuthanandan government had emerged as a “fighter against corruption”, in a comment that may boost the 87- ... | Read..

SENDAI TSUNAMI: The ferocious tsunami that struck Japan’s northeast coast on Friday was triggered by an earthquake that clocked 8.9 on the Richter sca ... | Read

It was a sustained rolling that made it impossible to stand, almost like a vertigo
Matt Alt
an American writer and translator living in Tokyo

Tainted Sangh shows off member stats
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s membership seems to have risen, though only marginally, over ... | Read..

New iPad cover opens to instant gratification
In technology, fast is never fast enough. ... | Read..

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Wiki hunt for Hasan 'proof' backfires
Hasan Ali Khan can now avoid Indian-style loos, thanks to Indian-style loose (investigations). \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Darkness of drizzle and dread
The phones at the Alipore Met office wouldn't stop ringing on Friday afternoon. \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Trinamul-Cong chill in Bengal, sneeze in Assam
If the Congress is upset with the Trinamul Congress, the reason lies not just in Bengal but also in... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Chaotic city, vicious nexus
"Dena parta hai." That in a nutshell is the refrain of autorickshaw drivers of the city who say the... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Darjeeling planters fear Nepal market
Exporters of Darjeeling tea are worried that the embargo on the first flush may force customers to ... \| Read..

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Two cheers for fifty-fifty
On February 26, I attended the opening of an exhibition of cartoons by Abu Abraham, a brilliant, bro... \| Read..