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Why we walked today

The fear that “anyone can be arrested any day” brought some 2,000 teachers from campuses across Calcutta out on the road on Wednesday to protest the arrest of Ambikesh Mahapatra, the Jadavpur University professor who had been put behind bars for forwarding an Internet joke lampooning chi...   | Read..
 

Threat to ordinary civic life

I had walked at the Nandigram rally. I walked again on this issue — twice, yesterday and today (Tuesday and Wednesday)....   | Read..
 

Landlord arrested for assault on scientist, daughter

Updated: Thursday at 16:35 hrs (IST)
Police on Thursday arrested the landlord of a retired scientist of Jadavpur University and his lawyer daughter for allegedly assaulting them....   | Read..
 

Exports grow 21% at US $303.7 billion; trade deficit shoots up

Updated: Thursday at 14:50 hrs (IST)
The Country's exports grew by 21% to US $303.7 billion in 2011-12 over the previous fiscal, while imports shot up by 32.1%....   | Read..
 

'Major economic reforms unlikely before 2014 elections in India'

Updated: Thursday at 14:45 hrs (IST)
Major economic reforms in India would hit the roadblock and are unlikely to happen before the next Parliamentary elections in 2014, Chief Economic Adv...   | Read..
 

Cairn gets govt nod for raising Mangala output

Updated: Thursday at 14:45 hrs (IST)
The Government on Thursday gave permission to Cairn India to raise cruise output from its largest oilfield in Rajasthan block by 25,000 barrels per da...   | Read..
 

Maiden test-fire of 'Agni V' missile is successful

Updated: Thursday at 13:50 hrs (IST)
India conducted a successful test-fire of its indigenously developed nuclear capable “Agni-V” ballistic missile with a strike range of over 5,000 km from a te...   | Read..
 
 

We happy few, band of brothers

Some of the most electrifying encounters in Bollywood have unfolded when brothers wake up one fine morning on different sides of the great divide. Remember Deewar?...   | Read..
 

High court seeks poll probe status

Jharkhand High Court today directed the state vigilance bureau to submit a status report on investigations into the alleged horse-trading during the 2010 Rajya Sabha election...   | Read..
 

Vigil snuffs out forest spark

Jharkhand’s forests are grinning green with almost all its sanctuaries and core areas escaping ritualistic spring-summer fires, courtesy proactive protectors of its ric...   | Read..
 

Guwahati trader shot at near his home

Unidentified miscreants today fired at a businessman around 9.45pm when he was entering his residence at Rajpath under Hatigaon police station here. ...   | Read..
 

BSF may replace AR on border

The BSF may soon replace the Assam Rifles on the India-Myanmar border with the home ministry receiving the support of at least one northeastern state. ...   | Read..
 
Teachers and students take part in the march on Wednesday. The third person in the left line is Supriya Chaudhuri and Sukanta Chaudhuri is behind her ...  | Read
 
 
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