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The fall: PM tells, comrade confirms

Education, minorities in litany of Left lapses

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today chronicled the decline of Bengal under Left rule, picking his way through the politicisation of education, the drought of ideas and dreams, the collapse of governance and the condition of minorities which he rated below that of Gujarat. ... | Read..

Hour by hour: on the trail on polling day

Carrying two cellphones that are ringing without break, Adhir enters the sprawling drawing room of his three-storey house and declares: “I have done what I had to in ord ... | Read..

Offensive remark on Mamata; CM steps in

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today condemned the “deplorable” language former CPM MP Anil Basu had used against Mamata Banerjee last evening, calling it an “unp ... | Read..

Delhi with eyes wide shut

“Chance-directed chance-erected” is how Rudyard Kipling once described Calcutta. Hundred years later the phrase seems apt to describe most 21st century Indian citie ... | Read..

Manmohan Singh with Mamata Banerjee at the meeting in Dum Dum on Saturday. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
The fall: PM tells, comrade confirms

Now is the time for a change
Manmohan Singh
campaigning in Dum Dum

Ready to confront Modi: IPS officer
Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Rajendra Bhatt is “ready to confront” Narendra Modi or an ... | Read..

Bahrain prince, Elton on royal guest list
David Beckham, Elton John and Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson will mingle with dozens of royal guests ... | Read..

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Echo of Basu in Somnath last wish
Ballygunge candidate, addresses a campaign rally on Saturday. \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Oh Calcutta!
It’s true that I was born in the city and that’s a reason \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Barred at home from voting , girl kills self
A first-time voter committed suicide after being allegedly locked up by her cousin for refusing to ... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Blood spill in run-up to Round II
Tension is brewing in areas falling under the Raghopur Assembly constituency in neighbouring Vaisha... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
A child widow's story
A hundred years ago, in May 1911, Subbalakshmi became the first child widow in Madras Presidency to ... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Malinga email to SLC is silent on quitting Tests
The last, apparently, has not been heard on Lasith 'Slinger' Malinga's Test career. \| Read..

International	More..
Syria forces shoot at mourners
Syrian security forces fired their weapons into crowds of mourners in at least three towns today, a... \| Read..

Business	More..
RINL weighs Karnataka steel unit
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) today said it was planning to set up a three-million-tonne steel ... \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Rebels hitch a ride on anti-demolition wave
Three suspected rebels were today held with claymore mines in Ranchi district, even as the statewid... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
Awareness drive planned
A meeting of various Bodo organisations was held here today to discuss the alarming rise in inciden... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Chip-by-chip step to stop smuggling
In an effort to check illegal smuggling of minerals from Orissa, the state government today decided... \| Read..

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