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Police move court for warrant on Gorkha leaderSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:21 IST

The Darjeeling police have approached the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate,Kurseong,for a warrant to arrest the Gorkha Janamukti Morchas Kurseong area president Pradip Pradhan...

Chief Minister congratulates CMCH docs on rare surgerySubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:20 IST

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday sent a letter to the principal of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital congratulating him and his team of doctors on performing a rare surgery

Tenant verification gets a lukewarm responseSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:18 IST

More than a month after the Kolkata police made it mandatory for landlords to submit a complete profile of their tenants at the local police station,the security initiative has received only a lukewarm response in the city.

Land dispute tribunal languishes without judgesSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:17 IST

Habibur Rehman from Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar district is a harried man. For the past six months,the farmer who filed a case after a land dispute with his neighbour in the Land Reforms...

Coast Guard captures two Pak boats,arrests 17Subscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:16 IST

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended two Pakistani boats with 17 Pakistani nationals off the Gujarat coast on Thursday.

Film festival on gay rights pushes the boundarySubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:16 IST

While Kolkatans do not exactly blush talking about gay and lesbian rights issues,the story takes a different dimension when one moves beyond the state capital.

State back to DMRC for Rs 10,000-cr metro projectSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:15 IST

IF THE government claims are to be believed,the proposed Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Dholera metro rail project will soon be a reality.

At 150,Xaviers comes up with Rs 300-crore second campusSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:14 IST

Heralding a new journey after 150 years,St Xaviers College is set to come up with its new campus at EM Bypass at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore and a promise to start new post-graduate courses every year.

ITs gloom time in Bengal,warns ministerSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:13 IST

As the Indian IT sector faces its worst crisis being battered by global slowdown coupled with the Satyam fraud,the states IT minister Debesh Das is already making dire predictions...

Two-day Uttarayan festival grounds over 100 birds in VadodaraSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:10 IST

The two-day kite extravaganza held during Uttarayan saw at least 106 birds sustaining injuries in the city. While nearly 20 of them succumbed to their injuries till Thursday evening...

Each Nano will cost Rs 60,000 to Gujarat exchequer: GohilSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:08 IST

Tata Nano looks set to get embroiled in yet another political controversy with the Congress seeking to make it the centerpiece of its campaign against Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Friends,peers mourn Tapans demiseSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:07 IST

We worked and grew in our profession almost together. There have been several occasions when we didnt agree with each other,fought,fell out and made up again...

Handful of industrialists cant decide our next PM: CongressSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 01:07 IST

Corporate Indias observation at the just-concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit (VGGIS) that Narendra Modi has all dynamism and vision to lead the country,has set the tongues wagging in political circles.

Fog at Gangasagar holds up pilgrims for hoursSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:58 IST

As the Gangasagar mela drew to a close on Thursday,around 1 lakh pilgrims were stranded on the island with bus and ferry services being affected for almost five hours owing to fog and mist.

LeT man cracks,Pak link seen againSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:56 IST

Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Safiqul,who was recently arrested by the CID from a former Army Naiks house in Malda,has reportedly told his interrogators that of the two of his Dhaka-based handlers,one is an official at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka.

Bengal takes the cake on Mayawatis birthdaySubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:52 IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati may be under fire after the murder of an engineer who allegedly refused donation to her party,the BSP,her supporters in West Bengal have not only sent in Rs 25 lakh in donation but also cut a huge cake on her birthday on Thursday

Egyptian artistes to perform at 23rd Surajkund melaSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:45 IST

The 23rd Surajkund Crafts Mela will be inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil on February 1,at Faridabad,said Kiran Choudhary,Minister of State for Tourism,Forest,Environment and Sports and Youth Welfare.

Software for e-vigilance launchedSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:43 IST

Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir today launched a software,e-Vigil,for monitoring and inquiry of cases developed by the National Informatics Centre,Haryana.

Ex-minister opposes revenue proposal of state power utilitiesSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:43 IST

Former finance minister of Haryana and national spokesman of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Professor Sampat Singh today urged the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission...

HP campaign to conserve non-renewable resourcesSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:42 IST

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Speaker Tulsi Ram on Thursday flagged off a campaign for the conservation of non-renewable sources of energy in Shimla on Thursday.

Need for cost-effective agricultural technologySubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:41 IST

Expressing deep concern over less than 3 per cent growth in agriculture,Vice-Chancellor of Haryana Agriculture University Dr J C Katyal has called upon agriculture scientists...

HP winter move on Jan 20Subscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:39 IST

TheE Himachal government and the administrative machinery will shift to Dharamsala from January 20 as part of winter move,an annual exercise.

Burn injury experts to press for national management planSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:38 IST

Leading experts on burn injuries from across the world will soon gather at Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi to emphasise the need of a national burns management programme in the country.

Wanted criminal killed in Ghaziabad encounterSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:38 IST

The Ghaziabad police gunned down an accused wanted in several cases on Wednesday night.

CM orders inquiry into raid on naib tehsildars officeSubscriber Only

January 16, 2009 00:38 IST

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today ordered a magisterial inquiry into the raid conducted by the Vigilance department on the office of naib tehsildar Mullanpur Dakha in Ludhiana district last week.