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…

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Tribute to Tata Plant victims

Hundreds of tribals today participated in a rally in Kalinga Nagar industrial complex in Jajpur district to mark the fourth…

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Amartya 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…

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Water 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…

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Bt 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…

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GoM 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…

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Hard Times by Ashok Mitra

Food prices have shot up by more than 20 per cent in the course of the past 12 months. A…

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No 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"…

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Kashmir’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…

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Food 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…

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India 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…

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Health 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…

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Genetic 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,…

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A 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…

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Delhi 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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