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Canning cans Congress

Mamata secures pact, Bhuniya ‘helpless’

Shut out 40km away from Calcutta, the Congress today stretched on its toes to reach out and shake hands with Mamata Banerjee. ... | Read..

Didi deal, straight from stats room

The hand that rocked Singur today cradled a charter that liberated Franklin D. Roosevelt from a cliché and resurrected one of his forgotten phrases. ... | Read..

FM revokes bid for service tax on healthcare

Updated 14:10hrs (IST)

Bowing to demand from all quarters, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced ... | Read..

27 injured in clash amidst Maoists and jail staff

Updated 14:00hrs (IST)

Twenty seven people, including six jail staff, were injured during a clash with Maoists lodged ... | Read..

Parliament paralysed on Wikileaks' expose

Updated 13:00hrs (IST)

The Wikileaks' expose on the cash-for-votes issue paralysed proceedings in Parliament today with Opposition demanding ... | Read..

Govt approves 6 pc hike in dearness allowance

Updated 12:50hrs (IST)

In a bid to provide relief from high inflation, the government today increased dearness allowance (DA) by 6 per cent ... | Read..

Strikes spark Gaddafi ‘kill’ debate

Is it OK to kill Gaddafi? ... | Read..

Queue or crease, Sachin’s same

The world may like to treat him differently, in a reverential manner, but senior-most pro Sachin Tendulkar is actually happy being an aam aadmi. ... | Read..

Hearings to check pollution woes

Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) will organise a series of public hearings between April 18 and May 6 in an attempt to address grievances related to pollut ... | Read..

CRPF aid for Assam forces

A special force of the CRPF trained in guerrilla warfare and used in operations against Naxals has been deployed in Assam following Ulfa threats in the run-up to the Assembly ... | Read..

Vigilance begins Games questioning

The vigilance bureau today started interrogating officials of various companies, which had supplied sports equipment for the recently concluded 34th National Games, follo ... | Read..

Delhi jab at job scheme

The Centre is likely to send a team of experts to Jharkhand to monitor the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that it believes has been taken ... | Read..

An American B-2 Spirit stealth bomber returns to a base in Missouri after a long-haul mission over Libya on Sunday. (AFP)

CPM may be crying but you (media) should smile
Mamata Banerjee
on the seat-sharing deal

Doctor quit bid thickens Batcha plot
The mystery over the death of A. Raja associate A.M. Sadhick Batcha simmered some more today ... | Read..

Founder Gupta quits B-school
Rajat Gupta has resigned as the chairperson of the Indian School of Business (ISB), the premier ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
VS election fiasco finger at silent Karat
Questions have risen in the CPM over Prakash Karat's role in the flip-flop on V.S. Achuthanandan's ... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Thank Sachin your SUV's safe
Your family car is requisition-proof this election. \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Didi's day-by-day Bengal blueprint
Mamata Banerjee today dropped some candidates from her list for the Assembly polls. \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Water dips down under
The groundwater level in the state capital is dipping fast. Every year, it is depleting by 13cm. If... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
'Consensus' strategy undecided
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has initiated a process to field "consensus" nominees for the three Darj... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Inflation and openness
The Central government has recently been engaged with inflation. Its policy has failed, which led th... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Yuvi: It's going to be the match of this World Cup
Going by the frenzy at airports and on flights, Yuvraj Singh is clearly moving up in the fans' peck... \| Read..

International	More..
Yemen stirs from stupor to revolution
While the world's attention is riveted on Tripoli's "shock and awe", a milder version of the US bli... \| Read..

Business	More..
Rethink on healthcare levy
The government may give in to the demand to scrap the 5 per cent service tax on healthcare proposed... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
What a coop
"15 mins away. Coop." Soon afterward, the actor Bradley Cooper ' the Coop in question ' pulled up o... \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Protest pause on airport revamp
The Airports Authority of India's (AAI) ambitious plan to expand Birsa Munda Airport hit a human wa... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
Promises galore before elections
The AGP today lambasted the Congress for its "signboard" development and promised to help the state... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Reckless revellers mar Holi spirit
Tragedy struck vendors of the Unit II Capital market on Holi as a fire gutted 15 roadside shops des... \| Read..