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FICCI vents AMRI fury, wants directors without direct role to be freed

The dam burst today. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has issued a public statement on the AMRI fire and subsequent arrests, demanding the immediate release of those “not responsible for day-to-day operations of any business”. ... | Read..

Mamata hits back: Left govt hid key files

Updated 19.00 hrs (IST)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the previous government... | Read..

Enter, Buddha with the blade

If business is miffed, Buddha has plugged in. ... | Read..

Mangalore air crash: SC notice to AI, Centre on compensation plea

Updated 14.46 hrs (IST)

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and Air India on a plea seeking minimum Rs 75 lakh compensation for each of the . ... | Read..

Talk to all political parties for consensus on Lokpal: Mamata

Updated 16.42 hrs (IST)

The Centre should talk to all political parties before arriving at a consensus on the Lokpal Bill, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee . ... | Read..

2 more CBI courts soon

Two more special CBI courts will be set up here to expedite disposal of cases which are pending trial for the past several years. ... | Read..

Anna’s diminishing returns

At the peak of Anna Hazare’s fast in Delhi last year, some of his former aides in Maharashtra had cautioned that he should not get carried away by the hype. ... | Read..

Jharkhand showers wash away record

The showers that ruined Jharkhand’s New Year’s day outing — more than 40mm in places — was the heaviest the state has witnessed in the first week of January in ... | Read..

Ficci vents AMRI fury

Those who are not found guilty and are not responsible for day-to-day operations of any business should be released immediately

FICCI statement

How India missed being Einstein home
Seven years after fleeing Nazi Germany for Princeton in 1933, Albert Einstein took US citizensh ... | Read..

Spider twist leads to hybrid silk yarn
Scientists say they have coaxed silkworms to spin mechanically superior spider yarn and moved a ... | Read..

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Girl raped in bus, tortured with rod

New Delhi, Dec. 17: A 23-year-old woman was raped and brutalised by a group of men inside a private luxury bus with curtains she had boarded last night in Delhi, and is now on a ventilator with her intestines and uterus ruptured. | Read»

Edition Date: 18 December 2012 Section: Nation

Two sides of the rape backlash

New Delhi, Dec. 31: The protests against the December 16 gang rape appear to have unwittingly led a teenaged Delhi student to commit suicide after being arrested for lewd behaviour with a girl on a bus. | Read»

Edition Date: 01 January 2013 Section: Frontpage

Leap from train to escape rape attempt

Patna, Jan. 3: A pregnant lady was found unconscious on rail tracks in Bihar this afternoon, prompting police to investigate accounts that suggested she jumped off a train after a soldier tried to rape her in the toilet of an AC coach. | Read»

Edition Date: 04 January 2013 Section: Frontpage

Girl’s name out, clamour grows

Lucknow, Jan. 6: The hand-wringing over masking the identity of the Delhi rape victim turned largely academic today after two British tabloids published her name and her father led his village in demanding disclosure in India. | Read»

Edition Date: 07 January 2013 Section: Frontpage

How to get rich quick in 2013

India is no longer a land that worships the mind. More than anything else it worships the material. Even our temples have become grounds for quid pro quo where blessing is not what people seek but just riches. We are no longer happy with homes. We want to live in monuments.... | Read»

Edition Date: 06 January 2013 Section: Graphiti

A dignified resurgence

The past fortnight has been rather unique for a Delhi that often gives the impression of being detached not merely from Bharat but from India as well. For the first time in living memory, the festive season was marked by candlelight marches rather than candlelight dinners.... | Read»

Edition Date: 04 January 2013 Section: Opinion

Sunday night routine behind bus rape

New Delhi, Jan. 1: The six December 16 gang-rape accused would habitually drink through Sundays and take out the chartered school bus at night to pick up sex workers, a senior police officer said. | Read»

Edition Date: 02 January 2013 Section: Nation

Calcutta 2013

Sadly, there is little to look forward to in a city where more things change more they remain the same. Calcuttans this year will continue to go through the motions of filling up shops, restaurants and, yes, hospital beds... | Read»

Edition Date: 01 January 2013 Section: Calcutta

Chant from party offices: pay elected leaders and buy right to break rules

Calcutta, Jan. 1: Operators camping on Trinamul-associated premises in the heart of Calcutta are openly demanding money in the name of elected representatives to facilitate illegal construction, an undercover investigation by The Telegraph has established. | Read»

Edition Date: 02 January 2013 Section: Frontpage

Walkout II: from East-West Metro

The Mamata Banerjee government has thrown the baby out with the bath water, withdrawing from the East-West Metro project on the grounds that it is no longer part of the UPA and therefore not responsible for any hitch. | Read»

Edition Date: 04 January 2013 Section: Calcutta

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PM focus on governance, not elections
The discordant black-flag picket at the Golden Temple on New Year morning belied Prime Minister Man... \| Read..

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Tune in to new reality TV
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Nano land? Oh, no!
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NIT frowns and accepts 100 acres
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Ambush kills Trinamul man
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Trajectories of democracy
More than sixty years after the attainment of Independence, democracy has come to stay in India. Tod... \| Read..

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Clarke's the odd one out in
Australia's cricket captain Michael Clarke is in an embarrassing minority. \| Read..

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Murdoch takes to Twitter
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications ' ... \| Read..

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Tata primes staff for austerity steps
Ratan Tata has sounded the alarm once again ' and advised employees at his $83-billion group to bel... \| Read..

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Swabhumi
In groups, couples or singles, Swabhumi was alive and kicking ' check out how the matka (in picture... \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Unfeasible cry over clinical waste fiat
Desperate to expunge the biomedical blot on cleanliness, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board... \| Read..

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Raided trader at rights door
Poona Gogoi, the Jorhat businessman whose house was robbed by a heavily-armed group which later tur... \| Read..

Odisha	More..
All-clear for a smooth ride
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the city in view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... \| Read..