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Gas gasp with nudge to states

Centre summons nerve to raise diesel & kerosene prices; Mamata dissents

The Centre tonight came close to matching the domestic record in cooking gas price hike and made holy-cow fuels like diesel and kerosene costlier, using an election-free window and springing an unpalatable option on critics such as Mamata Banerjee. ... | Read..

WB govt withdraws cess on LPG

Updated 16:00 hrs (IST)

To provide relief to the common people reeling under hiked fuel price, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced her ... | Read..

Diesel price hike fuels protest, bus strike likely

Updated 15:00 hrs (IST)

Left parties and BJP today staged demonstrations across Kerala in protest against hike in the prices of diesel and ... | Read..

Transporters to raise freight rates on diesel hike

Updated 14:50 hrs (IST)

Following hike in diesel rates, transporters today said they will raise freight rates by 8-9 percent with immediate effect on all routes ... | Read..

Left parties slam govt for fuel price hike

Updated 14:40 hrs (IST)

Slamming the government for the fuel price hike, the Left parties today demanded its immediate rollback ... | Read..

Tatas float specific talking point

Tata Motors today proposed to open a dialogue with the Mamata Banerjee government on the specific subject of maintaining status quo on the Singur plot, prompting other so ... | Read..

Army land fetters on CMC

The defence ministry has instructed the army to take away the de facto powers of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) to allow buildings in or near military estates in th ... | Read..

16 killed in Sikkim landslides

Multiple landslides across West Sikkim last night triggered by torrential rain have killed 16 persons and cut off the inter-district road connectivity and power and water ... | Read..

Back to drawing board

Optimise number of affiliated colleges under one university. Shift from affiliation to autonomy. Rank cradles. Train teachers. Implement graduate employment survey… ... | Read..

Gas gasp with nudge to states

I didn’t enjoy playing against him too often
Roger Federer
on David Nalbandian whom he meets in the third round

Cong firm on keeping Team Anna in check
The Congress has resolved to support the Centre’s Lokpal bill in one voice whenever it is ... | Read..

Plan for Bengal IT panel
The Bengal government will set up a committee of experts on the IT sector with representatives ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
K-talks coloured by shadow of the gun
Kashmir was on the agenda and not terrorism, but India today indicated to Pakistan that any resolut... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Salim set for sq ft squeeze
Mamata Banerjee knocked on CPM leader Mohammad Salim and doctor wife Rosina Khatun's door on Friday,... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Mitra's account minus Left 'myth'
Finance minister Amit Mitra today presented a Rs 11,165-crore vote-on-account for two months withou... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
green gain, legacy pain
A day aft- er heritage pain, the citizens had a piece of progress gain. The wheels of battery cars ... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Girl murdered, assailant lynched
A thirteen-year-old girl on her way to school was hacked to death in a Chanchal village today by a ... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Discipline and decorum
For the first time in nearly 45 years as a member, I found the Calcutta Club gates closed. The durw... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Champagne on hold till war is won
There was no uncorking of champagne, neither was a cake cut by the MoM, Rahul Dravid. Instead, the ... \| Read..

International	More..
Seized cellphone offers clues to Osama's Harkat links
The cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier contained contacts to a Kashmir-linked militant ... \| Read..

Business	More..
Marginal relief for oil retailers
Friday's triple whammy ' the hike in diesel, kerosene and cooking gas prices ' won't ease the burde... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
'I am the dark horse'
What is your advice when people realise their partners are cheating? \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Allies cross swords in open
The bypoll brouhaha is, finally, gaining pitch with old friends marching behind enemy lines for a l... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
Jamiat to take up 'D' voters with PM
The All India Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, led by Maulana Hazrat Syed Arshad Madani, today resolved to take... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Grrr! Lion spotting resumes
The lion safari at the Nandankanan zoological park today reopened with a new operator employing thr... \| Read..