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Not your regular election report

When I got a call from the chief editor of this newspaper to go and visit Khardah, a constituency on the outskirts of Calcutta, and see what my dear friend Dr Amit Mitra was up to, quite frankly I was unsettled. But then the audaciousness of being able to do such a thing for my favourite newspaper ... | Read..

Heard on mike: Mamata’s allergy

May 13 may or may not throw up a surprise but the Bengal election has already sprung one: the leader of the party symbolised by ghaash phool (grass and flower) is ... | Read..

ED to affix Koda properties worth Rs 130 cr

Updated 15:30hrs (IST)

The Enforcement Directorate is all set to attach properties worth Rs 130 crore... | Read..

Govt seeks public views on proposed anti-graft law

Updated 15:10hrs (IST)

In the backdrop of uproar over corruption and black money issues, Government has sought ... | Read..

Zuckerberg wins case against Winklevoss twins

Updated 14:50hrs (IST)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has won a case against two of his classmates who were trying to get more money from the social networking ... | Read..

Manmohan Singh leaves for BRICS Summit

Updated 14:10hrs (IST)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left for China to attend the BRICS summit where he intends to discuss issues related to ... | Read..

Teamwork on field, tension on face

Not that there were too many spectators but this was one stage where Shah Rukh Khan did not need to act. ... | Read..

No one’s in a hurry to come clean

The state’s bureaucracy is aping legislators on the question of transparency in public life with a majority of them failing to declare assets more than 10 days after ... | Read..

Court shames govt, babus

Jharkhand High Court has observed that the state government was shielding corrupt officials and had, therefore, failed to discharge its constitutional responsibilities. ... | Read..

Amit Mitra tests his campaigning skills in Khardah on Monday. Picture by Sanjay Chattopadhyay
Not your regular election report

She is running the railways well. She will also run the state well if she becomes the chief minister
Pranab Mukherjee
on Mamata Banerjee

Sonia council hints at bill bowout
The Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council may relinquish its mandate to strengthen the ... | Read..

Indian push for Jakarta foil against China
India is likely to push for the inclusion of Indonesia in Brics, the multilateral forum of fast ... | Read..

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Split plan for better service
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