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| Updated: 29 December 2012, Saturday;18:06 hrs (IST) |
| Hundreds of people hit the streets of Calcutta on Saturday over the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim earlier in the day. The protesters were demanding a change in the way r... | Read.. |
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| Updated: 29 December 2012, Saturday;14:00 hrs (IST) |
| The 23-year-old victim of the brutal gang rape and assault in Delhi that had triggered an outrage across India died early Saturday morning here after putting up a brave battle for life for nearly a fortnight. ... | Read.. |
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| Updated: 29 December 2012, Saturday;15:00 hrs (IST) |
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Tony Greig, a former England cricket captain who went on to become a celebrated commentator and attained fame in India, passed away after suffering a heart attack while battl... | Read.. |
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| Updated: 29 December 2012, Saturday;16:00 hrs (IST) |
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Century-old club Mohun Bagan was slapped with a two-year suspension by the All India Football Federation for abandoning their violence-marred I-League match against East Beng... | Read.. |
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| Just when Mamata Banerjee was preparing to put the “sajano” year behind her, the chief minister’s worst blunder has been resurrected and made worse by one of her MPs.... | Read.. |
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Ratan Tata hung up his boots in the same measured and decorous manner in which he had presided over a conglomerate for 21 years, not balking at warning of harsher times b... | Read.. |
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Abhijit Mukherjee’s conjugal bliss and ability to stay silent now lie in the hands of a higher power. So does Chitralekha Mukherjee’s political debut.... | Read.. |
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The condition of the 23-year-old gang rape victim has deteriorated and there are signs her vital organs have failed, the Singapore hospital treating her said this evening.... | Read.. |
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“Do something Autri, they are attacking us.” Those were the last words Autri Bhattacharjee heard from his terrified mother as her voice crackled over the phone... | Read.. |
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, while supporting a central proposal to create the Brahmaputra River Valley Authority (BRVA), today said interests of upper as well as lower ... | Read.. |
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If you tell him that people will call him Jharkhand’s Salim Ali, he will laugh off the sobriquet. ... | Read.. |
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Add the sun as another item on the list of dodgy security ammo at Birsa Munda Central Jail, Hotwar, the largest prison in Jharkhand. ... | Read.. |
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Students' rally near Birla Planetarium, Calcutta against the rape and death of the 23 years old girl in Delhi.
Picture by Pradip Sanyal. |
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The memories of personal sacrifices, loyalty and individual acts of heroism will always remain in my memory
RATAN TATA
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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»
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»
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