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UPA betrayed nation: JDU

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:10:15 -0400

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT New Delhi July 19: Accusing the UPA government of surrendering the country’s sovereignty through the Indo-US civil nuclear deal and neglecting the plight of

Lanka envoy summoned over fishermen deaths

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:10:37 -0400

BY RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN NEW DELHI July 19: India on Saturday summoned Sri Lankan high commissioner C.R. Jayasinghe to the foreign office here for lodging a protest over

Somen quits Cong, floats new outfit

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:10:56 -0400

BY DIBYAJYOTI CHAUDHURI Kolkata July 19: The Congress suffered another split on Saturday when former Pradesh Congress Committee president Somen Mitra broke away and floated a new

MoD for study on officer shortfall

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:11:18 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi July 19: A letter written by a senior ministry of defence (MoD) official has suggested that a comprehensive study, conducted by

Mukesh action has caused harm: Anil

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:12:22 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI July 19: Mr Anil Ambani, chairman of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, said on Saturday that elder brother Mukesh’s "mala-fide interference" has

Pak, India agree to ease visa curbs

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:12:44 -0400

BY SHAFQAT ALI Islamabad July 19: Pakistan and India have agreed to ease visa restrictions and people-to-people contact. According to a joint statement issued after a bilateral

Udit Raj urges dalit MPs to oppose Maya

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:12:58 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent Lucknow July 19: The Indian Justice Party headed by former bureaucrat Dr Udit Raj has made a fervent appeal to all dalit MPs

IAEA may accept pact unanimously

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:13:11 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI July 19: The IAEA board of governors is likely to adopt an India-specific safeguards agreement on August 1 but it is

Naidu bats for third front

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:13:57 -0400

By Venkat Parsa New Delhi July 19: Setting his sight on the post-poll scenario, TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday set in motion the process of

Somnath future Cong liaison?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:37 -0400

BY SUBRATA CHATTOPADHYAY Kolkata July 19: The CPI(M) is now looking beyond the trust vote. Party patriarch Jyoti Basu has managed to convince the Bengal lobby in