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India imposes tax on some exports to calm prices
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday announced several measures to calm prices, imposing export duties on steel, cement and basmati rice and lowering tariff on some raw materials, even as he extended the fiscal sops for software firms by a year more.
No complacency on Chinese border, Antony tells army
Defence Minister A K Antony today said that there was "no room for complacency" on the Sino-Indian Border while maintaining that India would abide by the bilateral confidence building measures with China....
Govt mulling over a new nodal agency for certain crimes
With the changing nature of insurgency and organised crimes in the country the central government is mulling over setting up a new federal investigation agency for certain crimes...
India takes first steps to define 'refugee'
After giving asylum to hundreds of thousands of people through the years, India has finally begun the process of defining the term "refugee"....
I will urge Musharraf to pardon Sarabjit: Burney
Ansar Burney, a former caretaker human rights minister who has taken up the cause of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national sentenced to death for staging terrorist acts in Pakistan, is to meet President Pervez Musharraf this week to plead his case....
Advani demands PM's statement on Baalu issue
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today demanded a statement from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Parliament to clear his position after accusing his Office of being involved in the "scandal" over Shipping Minister T R Baalu allegedly misusing his position....
India must go ahead with n-deal: Brajesh Mishra
In a strong endorsement of the nuclear deal with the US, former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra has said not signing it would be a "severe loss of face" for India....
India is largest source of CFCs: UN
India is now the world's largest producer and smuggling source of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), the gas that has created holes in the earth's ozone layer...
Harbhajan temporarily suspended from IPL for slapping Sreesanth
Mumbai Indians stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh was Saturday temporarily suspended from playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for allegedly slapping Kings XI Punjab paceman Sreesanth....
Banned Kashmiri militant outfits re-emerging in Pak
Various militant organisations, including the Hizbul Mujahideen, are re-emerging in Pakistan, especially in Karachi, after they remained underground for past several years....
Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation
Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry continues to stave off avian influenza....
Heat claims another life in Kolkata
The unbearable heat gripping Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal seems to be literally getting to people's heads. Two people have succumbed to the heat-wave like situation within a span of four days, as the whole of Kolkata continues to suffer in the scorching conditions....
More cross-border routes will be opened: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured opening more cross-border routes and said he would take forward the India-Pakistan dialogue process to a level where the two countries could work jointly to end their economic and other problems....
Be patient, inflation will take time to moderate: FM
As inflation registered an increase again, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said that the measures initiated to control prices would take time to show results and promised more steps to check the price rise...
India, Pakistan hope IPI pipeline will begin in 2009
Ahead of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit here next week, India and Pakistan today gave a much-needed push to the stalled tri-nation pipeline project by reaching consensus...
India's inflation up at 7.33 per cent
India's annual rate of inflation shot up to 7.33 per cent for the week ended April 12 after easing a bit to 7.14 per cent for previous week, official data showed on Thursday....
India not 'client state' of US: CPI
Sharply reacting to statements by American officials on Iran-India relations, the CPI on Thursday asked the government to make it clear to the US that India is not its "client state"...
India to ink deals with Britain, Bangladesh
India will sign an accord on rules regarding film cooperation with Britain, aimed at promoting co-production of movies, and also an investment promotion pact with Bangladesh....
US hopeful of concluding N-deal under Bush administration
As uncertainty looms large over the fate of the civil nuclear deal, the US on Thursday said its relations with India would "not rise or fall" on a single issue even as it remained hopeful of wrapping up the agreement under the Bush Administration....
Pakistan TV channels banned in Kashmir
The airing of Pakistani television channels by local cable operators has been banned following directives from the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry, an official said today...
Keen on municipal tag, villages shut out panchayat poll
Four villages in Nadia district have flatly refused to vote in the mid-May rural elections because they don’t want to belong to a panchayat any more: they want to upgrade to a municipality....
Eden inquiry team suggests short-term steps for coming IPL matches
Experts on the inquiry team that visited the stadium on Wednesday morning after Sunday’s dark disaster during the Kolkata Knight Riders’ match said the illumination system, installed 15 years ago, had become outdated....
Sarabjit's family secures permission to meet him
The anxious wait for the family of Sarabjit Singh is finally over as they have secured the permission to meet him in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail....
NDA protest against price rise disrupts Parliament
The NDA's agitation on price rise issue rocked Parliament today with both the Houses being adjourned for two hours as opposition disrupted proceedings over UPA government's "failure" to contain inflation....
Iran N-programme not US responsibility: Pranab
Advising the United States not to take upon itself the task of determining whether Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, India today pointed out that it was the responsibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and should be left entirely to it...
Sarabjit to meet family in Lahore jail today
Sarabjit Singh, the Indian national on death row in Pakistan for the last 17 years, will meet his family inside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail today....
British PM Gordon Brown seeks 'global New Deal' with India
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown invited India to be part of what he called "a global New Deal" - a partnership that will overhaul a string of international institutions and create new ones in order to ensure globalisation benefits the world's poor....
Bird Flu hits Tripura again
A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in Tripura today, a week after culling operations were completed in villages of Dhalai district in the northeastern state...
Blip on radar causes delay in landing of PM's flight
An unidentified blip on the radar of the air traffic control in Delhi on Tuesday night caused a scare leading to a delay in the landing of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special aircraft at the IGI airport in New Delhi....
NDA to protest price rise with countrywide strike
The main opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will form a human chain around the parliament building and observe a countrywide strike next month to protest against rising prices of essential commodities....- Chatwal plans mega hotel projects in Punjab
- WBJEE 2008 - West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination 2008
- 500 TCS staffers resign
- One killed, three injured in Howrah fire
- Three of family found dead
editor
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28 February, 2008 12:12:56
Police arrested two youths on charges of snatching a hand bag of Ms Bilashibala Sahish, minister of state, forest department, near Tikiapara carshed while she ...
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
Chiranjib
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15 February, 2008 07:33:23
It is very pathetic. Prasenjit(the son) was my friend and he was very polite and down to earth character. I got the news yesterday night ...
vivek
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09 February, 2008 12:51:53
Really it is a great tragedy..for a topper student(hridesh) of maria's day school...why always good people has to sacrifice...i could not find out..and the culprit...of ...
