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New face of debating: Be natural and mind your pointsSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:48 IST

Out of the box debating - thats what a United Kingdom-based institute wants children to learn.

Culling operation not hit by Morcha shutdownSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:47 IST

Even as government offices across Darjeeling district remained closed for the third consecutive day due to the Gorkha Janamukti Morchas renewed shutdown,the Animal Resources Department has been spared the diktat.

GJM backed down over promise made during talksSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:45 IST

As the Gorkha Janamukti Morchas renewed shutdown of government offices in the Hills entered its third day,state Minister for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Ashok Bhattacharya slammed the outfit for not adhering to its assurance of suspending its movement.

Remark against judiciary: Court asked to see footage of CPM leadersSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:44 IST

A counsel of the Bar Association of Calcutta High Court on Friday urged the Division Bench headed by Chief Justice S S Nijjar to witness the video footage of the November 17,2007 rally...

Mamatas Singur act is teachers tool for anger managementSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:42 IST

Tatas have declared that they will leave the state. Nothing good can happen to the state.

CM announces Rs 156-crore grant for developmental plansSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:40 IST

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday addressed public rallies in Khanna,Samrala and Payal on Friday as part of tour in the Malwa region.

Govt pays extra for coals extracted from its own minesSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:38 IST

The West Bengal government is paying 134 per cent extra on coal extracted from its own mines,which has resulted into a higher cost of power supply in the state.

Bengal will not snap land deal with Satyam: MinisterSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:37 IST

Even though Information Technology minister Debesh Das expressed his concern over fate of 10,000 employees of Satyam from Bengal,the state government will not block the land deal with Satyam.

HC pulls up Bengal govt for failing to implement auto banSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:34 IST

Refusing to extend the six-month time limit for implementing its ban on polluting auto-rickshaws...

Rs 944-cr revamp plan to generate 600 MWSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:33 IST

The state power utility has come up with a Rs 944-crore revamp plan aimed at meeting an anticipated 600-MW extra demand in the city and the district this year.

Nandigram nightmare continues for CPM,Trinamool wins Assembly by-pollSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:33 IST

The mother of a teenage boy killed in police firing in Nandigarm has defeated the Left candidate by nearly 40,000 votes in the assembly by-election for the seat...

Day 5 of truck strike triggers LPG crisisSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:31 IST

With the transport operators nationwide strike entering fifth day,the city faces the prospect of acute shortage of LPG.

Pumps ran dry before strike was liftedSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:29 IST

The oil strike was called off in the evening. But before that,the city petrol pumps presented a picture of deep gloom.

Writing on wall,Satyam workforce hunts for jobSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:23 IST

After Thursdays shock came Fridays knee-jerk reaction. Satyam Computer Services Ltd employees plunged into job-hunting on Friday,many willing to relocate out of Pune.

Veteran filmmaker Gabale is no moreSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:21 IST

Veteran film director Ram Gabale passed away on Friday after a brief illness. He was 84. Gabale directed over 25 Marathi and Hindi films and more than 100 documentaries,short films and ad films.

CHATTERATYSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:21 IST

Star Plus has aired his serials and is now projecting actor Harshad Chopda in a new avtarof a dancing sensation...

Lahore in LucknowSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:19 IST

The play 'Jinnay Lahore Nahin Vekhya...' has been translated into several languages and staged innumerable times across the world.

A nightmare on all streetsSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:18 IST

A doctor with a heart patient and an ambulance with a drying tank broke the queue at a petrol pump at Moledina Road on Friday afternoon,approached a dealer and burst into tears.

Brothers grimSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:18 IST

First there was Raghu. Bald,bespectacled,bearded with half a French beard. He was,and still is,rude to the point of being downright crude...

Constable,gang members gunned down in encounterSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:14 IST

A police constable,allegedly involved in incidents of crime,was gunned down along with three members of a gang in an encounter with the Azamgarh police on Thursday.

Through community radio,gaon ki bahu makes voice of people heardSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:13 IST

As other women get busy with household chores every morning,Sunita Chandel sets off with a small tape recorder and a microphone in her bag.

Husband,in-laws behind bars,woman thought dead found aliveSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:12 IST

A woman,whose murder has put her husband and in-laws behind bars,has been found alive.

Bitterness only at political front,we are for friendshipSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:11 IST

Even as relations between India and Pakistan grow strained post the Mumbai attacks,the feeling of brotherhood is still very much evident among the Pakistani visitors to the country.

Shervani likely to part ways with SPSubscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:11 IST

Offended by the Samajwadi Partys (SP) decision to field former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadavs nephew Dhermendra Yadav from the Badayun parliamentary seat...

Tiwari in judicial custody till Feb 25Subscriber Only

January 10, 2009 02:09 IST

Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Shekhar Tiwari accused of killing PWD executive engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta was remanded in judicial custody till February 25 by a special court on Friday.