Heat on Naxals, C’garh Police step up Operation Green Hunt
As the central paramilitary forces launched their ground offensive against the Maoists in two districts bordering Maharashtra, the Chhattisgarh Police…
Read MoreTribute to Tata Plant victims
Hundreds of tribals today participated in a rally in Kalinga Nagar industrial complex in Jajpur district to mark the fourth…
Read MoreAmartya Sen, Buddhadeb hold closed-door meeting
Agriculture, irrigation, primary education discussed ‘State will extend rural development projects further’ West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday…
Read MoreWater project: all-party team for Delhi
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he would lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in…
Read MoreBt brinjal: plea to Manmohan to withdraw report by Gargi Parsai
Non-governmental organisations and individuals have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the report of the Expert Committee on Bt…
Read MoreGoM to consider 2 bills on educational reforms by Aarti Dhar
The first meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to consider two bills on educational reforms will be held on…
Read MoreHard Times by Ashok Mitra
Food prices have shot up by more than 20 per cent in the course of the past 12 months. A…
Read MoreNo instant solution to curb food inflation: Pranab
Amid rising food prices hitting the household budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said he has no "instant solution"…
Read MoreKashmir’s houseboats in decline by David Loyn
The houseboat industry in Indian-administered Kashmir, one of the jewels in India’s tourist crown, is threatened with closure. If it…
Read MoreFood inflation at 19.8% as pulses, potatoes jump
After easing a bit in the previous week, food inflation was back to near-20% levels in the third week of…
Read MoreIndia wins slowdown battle; defeated by rising prices in ’09 by Chandra Shekhar and Rakesh Pathak
India achieved the distinction of being the second fastest growing economy amid the global recession in 2009, but the joy…
Read MoreHealth ministry to import 1.5 million doses of H1N1 vaccine by Radhieka Pandeya
The health ministry has placed an order to import 1.5 million doses of the swine flu vaccine into India, which…
Read MoreGenetic history by Jacob P Koshy
In 2010, subject to government approvals, Indian farmers will seed their fields with transgenic brinjals—brinjals with a genetic variant that,…
Read MoreA lot of Ruchikas out there by Atul Thakur
Ruchika Girhotra’s may be a particularly outrageous example, but things have been getting progressively worse for women in India. Official…
Read MoreDelhi cops don’t file FIRs in 90% of cases by Rahul Tripathi
Here’s why it would be extremely embarrassing for Delhi to accept the Centre’s “advice” that all complaints made to the…
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