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Two combatants, telling tactics

Workshop for Mamata’s 227

If marketing wisdom drove the sales pitch, the product launch is also sticking to the same script. ... | Read..

CPM digs out 1994 warrant

If Mamata Banerjee is dipping into a modern-day arsenal, the CPM today proved it is living in the past and is scraping the barrel for ideas. ... | Read..

UK announces major changes in student visa

Updated 17.20hrs (IST)

In what could be a setback to many Indian students aspiring to study in Britain, the UK ... | Read..

Delhi court allows CBI to cede Warren Anderson

Updated 15.10hrs (IST)

A Delhi court today allowed the CBI to seek extradition of Union Carbide Corporation chairman... | Read..

Three Trinamool Congress MLAs suspended

Updated 14.40hrs (IST)

Three Trinamool Congress MLAs were today suspended from the West Bengal Assembly till March 25 for indulging in unparliamentary ... | Read..

'No question of arresting or harassing Mamata'

Updated 14.30hrs (IST)

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today ruled out arrest or harassment of Trinamool Congress ... | Read..

Pranab waives health tax

The government today rolled back a 5 per cent levy on health care in private hospitals and clinical diagnostic services, which doctors had dubbed a “misery tax” ... | Read..

Daimary group digs in heels in Bangla

Cadres of the Ranjan Daimary faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) are still strongly entrenched in Bangladesh, which has long pushed back a majority of ... | Read..

Any excuse to hold up Games audit

A tug of war between the Principal Accountant General’s (PAG) office and the National Games Organising Committee (NGOC) is holding up auditing of accounts of the 34th Na ... | Read..

West Indies legend Vivian Richards presents an autographed bat to a contest winner at an event in Chennai on Monday. (PTI)

It’s exciting... a mini-grand final in itself. We’ve got no fear now
TIM NIELSEN
Australia coach
on the quarter-final with India

Probe cost = Graft x 12
A government-appointed investigative panel has spent more than Rs 60 lakh to probe a suspect ... | Read..

Afghanistan? Babus won’t go
A luring offer of an annual income of more than half a crore in tax-free money has failed to sw ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
BJP walks out before budget vote
The Union budget was passed today minus the BJP because the main Opposition party chose to walk out... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
A year on, fire of apathy rages
Fireman Rajib (name changed) had reached Stephen Court within seven minutes of the first flames bein... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Dissent worry in Congress over tie-up
Canning East may have sealed the electoral deal between the Congress and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamul... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
99 and ON A ROLL TO 100
Chief minister Nitish Kumar demanded special category status for Bihar today in front of President ... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
GNLF goes for 'clean past'
Subash Ghisingh has fielded greenhorns for the three hill seats ' the choice of candidates revealin... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Struggle for democracy
The popular upsurge in the Arab world which has already thrown out two dictators and threatens many ... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Heart says India, head says South Africa: Bishan Bedi
Bishan Singh Bedi, a former captain of India and a double World Cupper himself, spoke to The Telegr... \| Read..

International	More..
Obama runs into Libya hurdle in US
The western military operations against Muammar Gaddafi, already hamstrung by differences within Na... \| Read..

Business	More..
Lighter levy on car parts
Buyers of premium cars can take heart from finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's decision today to pa... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
CHAMPIONS CUP
Q1 \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Town Hall of fame and shame
A dilapidated old structure that goes by the name of Town Hall is to be demolished, and in the proc... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
GU shuts door on private students
Gauhati University has decided to stop admitting private students to the three-year degree course (... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Lake drowns in neglect
The Santh Tulsi Das Sarobar, a historic lake spread over 4.08 acres in ward No. 4 on the outskirts ... \| Read..