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Ansari set to get a second term as VP

Updated: Sunday, 18:30hrs(IST)
Luck may have eluded Hamid Ansari in moving to Rashtrapati Bhavan but he is soon set to create a record as only the second person in 50 years to get a consecutive term as Vi...   | Read..
 

PM wants end to delay in NREGA payment

Updated: Saturday, 15:35hrs(IST)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the issue of delayed payment to workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) should be addressed at the ea...   | Read..
 

As Kingfisher misses wage date, pilots strike work and over 30 flights are dropped

Updated: Saturday, 14:00hrs(IST)
Kingfisher Airlines' schedule was disrupted on Saturday with cancellation of over 30 flights as its pilots struck work to protest non-payment of wages for almost five mo...   | Read..
 
Joy & pain in Pranab divide
Mulayam Singh Yadav has walked away with Rs 45,000 crore and Nitish Kumar with two central universities from Delhi after pledging support for Pranab Mukherjee while Mamata Banerjee fumes and frets despite being a Congress ally....   | Read..
 

Chronicle or act dilemma

Television pictures of a mob molesting a young woman for half an hour on a Guwahati street have led to media soul-searching about whether the camera crew should have tried to...   | Read..
 

Land rule silence stills big projects

At least three large public-sector projects with a total investment of Rs 14,600 crore are stuck because the Mamata Banerjee government has not published the rules to fre...   | Read..
 

Mamata envoy carries deal offer

Mamata Banerjee is apparently working towards a quid pro quo with the Congress on the President and Vice-President elections....   | Read..
 

CM sets 48-hr deadline for arrests

As the nation erupted in anger over the molestation of a girl here four days ago, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today gave the police 48 hours to arrest the culprits. ...   | Read..
 

Molestation triggers investment jitters

At a time when Assam is desperately seeking to improve its image from being a militancy-ridden state in order to get investments, the molestation of a young girl in full publ...   | Read..
 

1 in 4 houses without toilet

Welcome to Jharkhand, public conveniences....   | Read..
 

Govt job now an open book

Thanks to a jail guard, Jharkhand High Court has made the life of government officials much easier by allowing them access to their service book, a career report card of sort...   | Read..
 

Seniors thrash Class IX student, RKM keeps parents in dark

A Class IX student of Ramkrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar — the oldest among mission cradles established in 1922 — was allegedly beaten up by 16 seniors on ...   | Read..
 

Cameras that capture cries

It’s the ubiquitous local television camera that appears every time a woman is attacked in public in Assam. And every time vandals and mobs go on the rampage. The range...   | Read..
 
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