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IPS officer in MP run over by truck, father says mining mafia in cahoots with local cops
Updated: Friday, 09th March
The father of the young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer mowed down by a suspected member of the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh alleged on Friday that there was a well-planned conspiracy against his son, who did not receive cooperation of local police and authorities. ...  | Read.. 
 
Kishenji's aide Suchitra Mahato ‘surrenders’
Updated: 17:10 hrs, Friday, 09th March
Close Kishenji aide Suchitra Mahato, who had escaped after the Maoist topgun was killed last year, surrendered on Friday, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming th ...  | Read.. 
 
Dravid announces retirement from international cricket
Updated: Friday, 09th March
Batting great Rahul Dravid, the second most prolific batsman in the game's history and India's middle order bulwark for years, on Friday bid adieu to Test cricket, ...  | Read.. 
 
Kingfisher says making alternative arrangements for booking
Updated: Friday, 09th March
Crisis-hit Kingfisher Airlines said Friday it has made alternative arrangements for customers to book their travel on the carrier, after IATA, the global airlines' body, ...  | Read.. 
 
L&T appoints Venkataramanan as CEO & MD; Naik to remain Chairman
Update: Friday, 09th March'12
Larsen & Toubro, the engineering and construction major, on Friday appointed K Venkataramanan as CEO and Managing Director, putting into place a long-awaited restructurin ...  | Read.. 
 
Sonia wakes up to old curse
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today suggested “wrong choice of candidates” damaged the party’s prospects in the Assembly elections, the unusual public declaration leaving in shock those involved in election management. ...  | Read.. 
 
Singh to stay, feeler to allies
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today firmly ruled out any possibility of changing Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and spoke of a consensus-based approach towards allies ...  | Read.. 
 
Gulf War journalist in blast case
A Delhi-based veteran Urdu journalist who had covered the second Gulf War was arrested today on the charge of criminal conspiracy in the bombing of an Israeli embassy car ...  | Read.. 
 
Godrej agrees to HPL return
The Bengal government has managed to persuade Jamshyd Godrej to return to the board of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL). ...  | Read.. 
 
SC looks for PSU to erect electric wall
The Supreme Court has taken the first step to attain “power” matching that of Parliament, which will allow the court to give a “swadeshi” shock treatment ...  | Read.. 
 
Dhruv turbulence far from over
A flying ban imposed on all BSF-managed Dhruv helicopters has been lifted, but the civil aviation department’s order will not help Jharkhand immediately as two of it ...  | Read.. 
 
Delhi to name CLP leader
Manipur PCC president Gaikhangam has challenged chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh’s leadership. As a result, the newly elected Congress legislators, who met at the party ...  | Read.. 
 
President nod to GTA, over to CM
The President today gave her assent to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill, the signing clearing the decks for the formation of the hill set-up while putting the o ...  | Read.. 
 
Rahul Dravid during the second Cricket Test match between India and West Indies at Eden Gardens Stadium last year .
Dravid announces retirement from international cricket
 
 
The question does not arise
Sonia Gandhi
on Manmohan Singh stepping down as Prime Minister
Region sticks to the tried and tested
The Manipur poll verdict suggests in more ways than one that the Northeast has become wary of e ...  | Read..
‘Quiet’ student who looked like Mulayam
Hardly anyone noticed the unassuming boy in baggy trousers and over-sized T-shirts who shared a ...  | Read..
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