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India, China do not consider each other a threat: Pranab
`A series of CBMs has seen to the growth of that perception'

Left prepares note on Government performance
Highlights differences over policies

Call for partnership in health sector
NEW DELHI: India needs to have an institutionalised public-private partnership in the healthcare sector. Efforts will also have to be made to meet the shortfall of human resource and training of health personnel, including doctors, according to ...

Roadmap to empower panchayati raj institutions
`You will see a revolution in them in the next three to six months'

Rail, road blockades in U.P.
Samajwadi Party refuses to accept Centre's demand to reduce sales tax on petrol, diesel

Nuclear issue: France backs India
NEW DELHI: Dismissing suggestions that its nuclear dealing with India was "predicated upon" successful passage of the India-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement in the U.S. Congress, France has said it will continue to press for waiver of ...

We are not targeting Amitabh, says Mumbai IT Commissioner
Fans stage protest outside office in south Mumbai

Padma Shri awardee moves apex court
NEW DELHI: M. Abraham Thomas (70), president of the Emmanuel Institute, Kota, Rajasthan, and a Padma Shri awardee against whom the BJP Government in the State had slapped sedition (Sec. 124A of IPC) charges for allegedly abetting and promoting ...

Left parties demand immediate rollback of oil prices
Lash out at Central Government for not paying heed to its concerns

Left to continue protest against oil price hike
Rallies held outside PSU offices in West Bengal

BJP to step up protests
NEW DELHI: : The Bharatiya Janata Party's nationwide agitation against the increase in oil price will be intensified with demonstrations planned in every district headquarters and State capital for June 19. The party has also demanded that a ...

Kerala's concern for Maudhany questioned
CHENNAI: : Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday questioned the rationale behind the request of the Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for special and immediate arrangements for medical treatment to the leader of the People's ...

BJP too rushes to defend Amitabh
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party too has rushed — after the Samajwadi Party — to defend superstar Amitabh Bachchan against queries made by the Income Tax authorities through notices sent to him. Senior BJP leader Venkaiah ...

Greenpeace wants probe into cattle death
About 1,600 head of cattle died in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district after they grazed on Bt cotton fields

Drug used by Rahul was minuscule: police
A few white particles tested positive; two pouches sent to CFSL for testing

Court separates Salem, Bombay blasts trial
MUMBAI:

Andhra Pradesh rated best in power sector
Report places Gujarat, Delhi in the second and third places

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10 Tripura militants killed

Pension for Maharashtra legislators' spouses

Krishna Menon remembered

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