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| Updated: Saturday, 17.30 hrs(IST) |
| West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would understand the benefits of opening up multi-brand foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail if they are explained to her, the Chief Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu, said here on Saturday..... | Read.. |
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| Updated: Saturday, 15.12 hrs(IST) |
| The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday decided to replace Sadananda Gowda with Jagdish Shettar as Chief Minister of Karnataka marking the third change in the state in four years. ... | Read.. |
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| Updated: Saturday, 14.49 hrs(IST) |
| The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought a report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on alleged “leakage” of information related to the ongoi... | Read.. |
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| Updated: Saturday, 18.25 hrs(IST) |
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The ministry of Information & Broadcasting has come out with a new rule under which Multi System Operators (MSOs) and Local Cable Operators (LCOs) can lose their licens... | Read.. |
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| The Supreme Court today rejected the Bengal government’s plea to cancel the bail of AMRI director S.K. Todi, a ruling that actually helps the Mamata Banerjee administration steer clear .... | Read.. |
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The monsoon today advanced over India’s parched northwestern plains but concerns about paddy and other crops persist among analysts amid a cumulative rainfall defic... | Read.. |
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The CPM’s branch in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the political cradle of general secretary Prakash Karat, is threatening to “wither away”.... | Read.. |
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A few feet from Subhash and Yogini Bidve, Kiaran Stapleton talked casually about the moment he killed their only son, Anuj.... | Read.. |
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Moments you can’t forget, stories we’d like to retell |
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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung will contest the July 29 GTA election from his native village Tukvar in Darjeeling, the party said today. ... | Read.. |
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Calcutta High Court Chief Justice J.N. Patel has filed a suo motu PIL before his own bench on the bad condition of National Highway 31C in north Bengal and asked the cent... | Read.. |
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The Centre is in a fix on giving a separate slot to the Assamese writing system in Unicode Consortium, after contrasting opinions were sent by two departments of the Assam go... | Read.. |
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Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti general secretary and RTI activist Akhil Gogoi sustained serious injuries when he was allegedly assaulted by a group of Youth Congress wo... | Read.. |
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The cabinet today decided to urge the ministers in charge of districts to thoroughly assess the weather situation and submit reports in a bid to combat the spectre of dro... | Read.. |
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Nagri villagers leading a violent agitation against proposed campuses of three national institutes of learning do not want political leaders to hijack their movement to get b... | Read.. |
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Former chief minister Jyoti Basu’s birth anniversary was observed at the Bengal Assembly by Trinamul and Congress MLAs on Friday, two days before the ... |
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It’s not what XYZ think, it’s what I feel
Sachin Tendulkar
on speculation whether he would quit ODIs
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