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Mangat Ram Sharma escapes another attempt
SRINAGAR, JULY 19.For the second time in a week, the Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma, today survived an assassination bid along with two of his colleagues when militants hurled a grenade. The incident took place at a ...

Supreme Court issues notice to Mayawati
NEW DELHI, JULY 19. The Supreme Court today issued notice to the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati, and two State officials on a petition challenging an Allahabad High Court order, granting them anticipatory bail in the Rs. 175-crore ...

Clash over transaction tax in Rajya Sabha
NEW DELHI, JULY 19. The discussion on the Union Budget in the Rajya Sabha today saw the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, crossing swords with the former Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha. The National Advisory Council member, Jairam Ramesh, ...

India offers $150m credit to Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI, JULY 19. India today offered $150 million credit to Sri Lanka for petroleum imports and also conveyed an `in principle' decision to extend a $100 million line of credit for upgradation of rural infrastructure, the specifics of which ...

36 killed as bus falls into ditch
KOLKATA, JULY 19.At least 36 persons, including four women and a child, were killed when a private bus in which they were travelling skidded off a rain-drenched State highway, overturned and fell into a seven-feet deep road-side ditch at ...

The seeds of suicide — I
Guntur & Nalgonda (A.P.): It's a well-known brand of seed ... And the reverse of its packet states "Germination rate 65 per cent." What does it mean, we ask the residents of Rentapalla in Guntur district. "It means one-third of the seeds will ...

Other Stories

  • Gas victims take out victory rally
  • 'Best treatment given to school fire victims'
  • Court notice on 'privileges'
  • Haryana Congress MLAs meet PM, Sonia
  • Non-bailable warrants for Best Bakery accused
  • Congress sidesteps Soren issue
  • Russian woman traced in Darbhanga
  • Dismissal demanded
  • Sonia action improper: BJP
  • There is disconnect between people, media: Yechury
  • Centre to bring amendments to Competition Act
  • Court extends stay in contempt proceedings against newspapers
  • 'Rise in crimes against Scheduled Castes, Tribes'
  • IAS officers' postings approved
  • Dawood aide deported
  • National Security Council meets
  • Storm claims life
  • Judge resigns



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