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Sen gets Presidency answer

Renewed pledge of academic free hand

Amartya Sen today sought out Mamata Banerjee’s expectations of the mentor group formed to revive Presidency and the chief minister “explained it well” with the commitment to leave the future of the institution with academics. ... | Read..

CM set for Jungle Mahal

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Jungle Mahal next week with a bouquet of development announcements as part of her two-pronged strategy to ensure peace in the Ma ... | Read..

Pranab rushes to Chennai to placate Karuna; says ties intact

Updated 16.33 Hrs

With the 2G scam claiming the scalp of another DMK nominee in Union Cabinet with Dayanidhi Maran's exit, senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee today sought to ... | Read..

News arrests & Mumbai lie

The News of the World scandal drew uncomfortably close to British Prime Minister David Cameron today with the arrest of Andy Coulson, Cameron’s once-powerful ... | Read..

Tatas put loss at Rs 1400cr

Tata Motors has pegged its losses in Singur at Rs 1,400 crore while seeking compensation in the main petition filed in Calcutta High Court. ... | Read..

Basic rights for plane passengers

When take-off gets delayed by over three hours after a plane’s passengers have boarded, they must be allowed to return to the terminal so they can eat or go to the toile ... | Read..

Hill deal to be signed in 7 days

The state government and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today finalised the draft agreement for a new administrative set-up for the Darjeeling hills, which will have the authorit ... | Read..

GIS, 3D maps on state’s horizon

The state government has initiated a move to map a major chunk of Ranchi district using GIS and 3D technology to ensure that any future planning exercise is conducted sci ... | Read..

Mamata Banerjee greets Amartya Sen as Sugata Bose looks on after their meeting at Town Hall on Friday. Picture by Amit Datta
Sen gets Presidency answer

At the rate ministers are resigning, hardly anybody will be left to shuffle
Sitaram Yechury
CPM leader
a day after Dayanidhi Maran quit

Congo crash kills 53
An airliner ploughed into dense forest as it tried to land during a rainstorm in eastern Democratic ... | Read..

Khaleda offers tips to plug trust deficit
Bangladesh Opposition leader Khaleda Zia today told Indian foreign mini ... | Read..

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Army nod with rider to fire on Maoists
Whether bait or cat's paw, the army can open fire on Maoists if it is attacked, in fresh Rules of E... \| Read..

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A life and legacy revealed
A Nobel laureate from Bengal, a noted historian and the grandnephew of one of Bengal's greatest hero... \| Read..

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CM snares Pranab aide
A Pranab Mukherjee loyalist today defected to the Trinamul Congress and was promptly made one of th... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Abortion kills girl, lover held
A girl lost her life after a late and secret abortion at a city-based private nursing home went wro... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Rivers eat up tea bushes
Rivers flowing down the Bhutan hills have eroded more than 200 acres of tea plantation in the Dooar... \| Read..

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Give some, take some
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Age is on my side: Bhajji
Harbhajan Singh, who became the 11th bowler in the Test cricket history and third Indian to take 40... \| Read..

International	More..
Mullen ties Pak to killing of scribe
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that he believed that th... \| Read..

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Etisalat DB gets Rs 7000cr fine call
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today slapped a Rs 7,000-crore penalty on telecom firm Etisalat DB... \| Read..

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fizzle and sizzle
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Jharkhand	More..
Legal shield for domestic helps on anvil
Building on the fundamental principle of duty with dignity, the state has readied a draft legislati... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
Dispur seeks time for Plus II split
Dispur has decided to approach the University Grants Commission to seek more time to bifurcate Plus... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Teacher strife tremor in classes
The indefinite strike by over 200 teachers of three DAV Public Schools in Cuttack has left nearly 8... \| Read..