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BJP dissidents hold strategy session
Not to contest elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi
Medak farmers meet Sonia Gandhi
NEW DELHI: The padyatri farmers from Medak district in Andhra Pradesh, whose plight was highlighted in The Hindu on September 28, met United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi here on Thursday and sought her ...
Why different yardsticks for different States, CPI(M) asks EC
Party cites circular permitting government staff to participate in RSS activities
CPI: what is the logic?
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (CPI) said on Thursday that the Election Commission’s decision to have a two-phase Assembly poll in Gujarat has led to criticism. “As there had been largescale communal ...
Middle income upper castes and OBCs on a par economically, says survey
When it comes to the poorest, percentage of OBCs is double that of ‘others’
Steps for continuity in space, atomic energy policies
Chiefs of two top departments likely to get extension in service
70-day bonus for railway employees
NEW DELHI: Thousands of non-gazetted railway employees will get productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 70 days wages this year, barring the Railway Protection Force and Railway Protection Special Force personnel. The proposal was ...
No hike in prices of LPG, kerosene, fuel
NEW DELHI: Putting to rest speculation about hike in the prices of domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and kerosene, along with that of petrol and diesel this year, the Union Government on Thursday approved a “financial ...
Sethu panel to invite suggestions, objections
NEW DELHI: The Committee of Eminent Persons on the Sethusamudram project will invite objections and suggestions from all concerned, including those who have filed writ petitions in the Supreme Court challenging it, besides giving a personal ...
Greenpeace message on a 250-feet-long smokestack
Kolkata: As part of their campaign for greater awareness on climate change, Greenpeace activists scaled a 250-feet-long smokestack to paint a message at the Kolaghat thermal power station in West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district on ...
ElBaradei meets Manmohan
Also interacts with M.K. Narayanan
BJP demands President’s Rule in Himachal Pradesh
Welcomes EC’s decision of early polls in State
Reservation for OBCs not a sop, says Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday asserted before a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court that the 27 per cent reservation provided to Other Backward Classes in higher educational institutions was not a sop. Making his ...
“Service terms cannot be changed unilaterally”
Let 10-year jail be minimum for dowry death: Law panel
New Delhi: The 18th Law Commission has recommended increasing the minimum sentence from seven to 10 years in dowry death cases. It has, however, declined the suggestion to increase the maximum punishment from life imprisonment to death ...
Sena protests against price rise
Delegation meets Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil, raises several issues
Suchitra Sen recovering
Kolkata: Legendary actress of yesteryear Suchitra Sen is recovering at a nursing home on Thursday with her fever under control, but she will have to be under observation for the next four to five more days. “Ms. Sen is much ...
Vice-Chancellors oppose fee hike
NEW DELHI: Vice-Chancellors from across the country were on Thursday opposed to any further hike in the fee structure as the “cost recovery from students is already very high.” Since the thrust of the government in the XI Five Year ...
41 killed as bus rolls down hill road
All the victims were pilgrims from Orissa; two injured
Phone call records not available, Nanavati told
AHMEDABAD: Investigation into the authenticity of two compact discs containing a list of calls made by some political leaders and administrative and police officials during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat may have reached a dead-end, with ...
India yet to realise replacement level fertility
NEW DELHI: India’s population continues to grow faster than necessary to replace itself, and with only a few years to go, its goal of achieving replacement level fertility of 2.1 children a woman by 2010 is yet to be realised. ...
GARDEN POWER
To save a site of historic beauty
Gujarat Congress team meets Election Commission members
AHMEDABAD: A delegation of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee on Thursday met the full team of the Election Commission of India and requested it to take necessary steps to ensure that the model code of conduct was strictly implemented in ...
I-T sleuths search business premises
NEW DELHI: Officials of the Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted a search at the residential and business premises of the family members of a cricketer for alleged “unaccounted draft discounting.” The IT sleuths claimed to ...
Delhi Court comes down on Blueline operators
NEW DELHI: Tightening the noose around the capital’s wayward Blueline bus operators, the Delhi High Court on Thursday took into its own hands the power to release buses involved in fatal accidents even as it directed the ...
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