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Bros quickest construction in worlds toughest terrain (16 March 01:05) |
| In February, 2008, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Arunachal Pradesh, following defence minister A.K. Antony’s visit and observations on China’s major strategic infras... |
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The move to mini-movies (11 March 01:02) |
| Remember the Fevicol advertisement showing a young girl sporting a moustache? The Moonchwali — the story of a village belle in various stages of her life, is a trendsetter in the adv... |
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Kolkata gallery puts together Husains masterstrokes (10 March 07:37) |
| Contemporary art challenges us...it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.
— American philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad
He ma... |
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In new economy alls not fair for women (08 March 04:12) |
| WHETHER WINNING contracts at work or eliciting winsome smiles at home, women are natural multi-taskers and strong individuals who can put superheroes to shame. However, present-day young wor... |
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A few simple things you can do to cut emissions (06 March 12:56) |
| How different countries should share the cost of cleaning up the earth’s environmental pollution is a question that is currently actively engaging the minds of environment forums acros... |
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UK granny takes French party scene by storm (06 March 12:55) |
| The latest party circuit princess to wow the night clubs and festivals of France with her DJ skills is a British granny who took a shine to the decks after going to a birthday disco for her ... |
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Naga talks hold promise (05 March 05:13) |
| In a freshly renewed effort to make some progress, the government of India held what sounded meaningful sessions of talks with the National Social Council of Nagaland/Nagalim’s Isaac-M... |
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Film puts spotlight on abandoned children (03 March 01:04) |
| Every nation can proudly count its child population as part of its census programme to ascertain the strength of their future citizens. In their supple hands, lies our tomorrow. Fortunately,... |
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Hunger takes its toll on Orissa family (03 March 01:03) |
| On September 6 and 7, 2009, 43-year-old Jhintu Bariha of Chabripali village under Khaprakhol block in Bolangir district of Orissa lost two of his three children: 10-month-old daughter Gundur... |
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Attacks by Maoists Open a Can of Worms (24 February 01:10) |
| The massacre of 24 personnel of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) in one of the deadliest ever attacks by Naxals on their camp at Sildah in West Midnapore district of West Bengal is yet anot... |
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An idealist who wanted to change the world (23 February 01:06) |
| Much has been written recently on the various contributions that the late Dr. K.N. Raj made to India’s development. He was not only the architect of the First Five Year Plan, but the archi... |
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The world will have to change its pattern of use of energy (22 February 03:39) |
| THIRTY-EIGHT years ago, Indira Gandhi was the only Prime Minister to attend the historic UN Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972. Fifteen years later, when Dr Gro Harlem Brun... |
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Women worst victims in oppressed societies (17 February 12:50) |
| Atiq Rahimi belongs to the diaspora generation of Afghans. The generation that witnessed the gradual transition of the rugged terrain of the country to the ruins that now is Afghanistan. “... |
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Indian Coast Guard needs to focus on new role post-2611 (01 February 07:35) |
| The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrates its 33rd anniversary today. The interim ICG was founded on February 1, 1977, with two frigates, five patrol boats and a few officers and sailors from ... |
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The day that bapu died (30 January 12:12) |
| S.K. Sinha
The Partition holocaust, in which millions were killed and millions uprooted, began on August 16, 1946 with Jinnah’s Direct Action Day. It ended with Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrd... |
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After BonJour India will come Namaste France Whats next (29 January 03:23) |
| Aruna Vasudev
When you think art, you think Paris. The art capital of the world, the film centre of the world, the centre of literature and ideas, the mecca of food and fashion... Images ar... |
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Gates plays safe but tilts towards Pakistan (26 January 09:59) |
| Anil Bhat Whether one of the severest terrorist attacks in Kabul in the past nine years was timed with US secretary of defence Robert Gates visit to India or not can’t be said, but it defi... |
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Indians feel free to insult each other over identities (26 January 09:59) |
| S. RAGHOTHAM BENGALURU GANDHI WAS Mahatma, but was also derided as “that Bania”. No one dared call Nehru names, but that didn’t stop people from gossiping insultingly about his alleged... |
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From Masada to Yad Vashems Hall of Names Defining a nation (22 January 03:16) |
| Kaushik Mitter
The next time you wonder how tiny Israel, just a speck on the map of one of the world’s most volatile regions, manages to hold its own in the face of hostility in its neigh... |
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JK Gujjar-Pahari tussle over status turning ugly (20 January 02:16) |
| By Yusuf Jameel
Jammu and Kashmir’s two main ethnic communities Gujjars and Paharis are at loggerheads over an issue that lowers their status in the society but which can derive them econ... |
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Amidst the debris in Haiti there could be bits of hope (19 January 12:56) |
| Patralekha Chatterjee
As dazed and injured Haitians sit on darkened streets pleading for help, and images of a devastated Port-au-Prince, quake-hit Haiti’s capital city, comes hurtling in... |
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Bangladeshi photographer part of a show in Kolkata (13 January 12:34) |
| Pramita Bose
Freedom is notional. Precisely. The orb of the earth is dissected into hemispheres, religious schisms, political blocks, geographical partitions, et al. A constant effort is be... |
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The maximum city (06 January 02:11) |
| Narayan Bareth
Though Ranthambore is famous as one of the finest tiger reserves in India, for devotees, it is an ancient temple of Lord Ganesha, located in the middle of the sanctuary, that... |
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Can food act as a de-stressing agent (02 January 10:49) |
| By Pramita Bose
If food can tickle the tastebuds and pamper our palates, is it then possible that its flavours and aromas too can create an unwinding effect? Where? Upon our over-stressed m... |
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Metro enters new territory sees mishaps too (01 January 01:52) |
| Preeti Karmyogi
New Delhi
Dec. 30: The year 2009 was a mixed bag for the Delhi Metro. Though the Delhi Metro reached out to the NCR region, crossing over to Noida, it also witnessed severa... |
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With 10 months to go Games jury is sceptical (01 January 01:49) |
| PRASHANT PANDEY
NEW DELHI
Dec. 31: "For the Commonwealth Games (CWG)-2010" was the catchphrase in virtually every project that the Delhi government, civic bodies and other infras... |
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Snapshots of the other side of Naxalism (24 December 01:41) |
| Nawaid Anjum
The makeshift walls at Plaza Steps at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) in New Delhi are splashed with frames frozen on the faces of "red terror". Part of a show (on til... |
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Meddling in mosquitoes sex life could cut malaria (23 December 01:07) |
| Sarju Kaul
Malaria could be eradicated in Africa as British researchers have found that meddling in mosquitoes’ sex lives can help prevent them from reproducing.
Research led by Imperial... |
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Imran Khan offers to mediate between Taliban and Pak govt (17 December 01:46) |
| Shafqat Ali
The heartthrob of millions of girls only about two decades back, Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned politician, has offered to mediate between the Pakistan government and the Tali... |
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CAG finds holes in NRHM raps Assam (17 December 01:39) |
| Manoj Anand
If mid-term report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Assam’s health department is any indicator, chief minister Tarun Gogoi will have to think twice abo... |
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The fight against discrimination (10 December 02:15) |
| Navi Pillay
Old and new forms of discrimination and intolerance continue to divide communities all over the world. Sentiments of xenophobia are on the rise. They are often manipulated for d... |
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Creating maritime muscle a coastal consciousness (04 December 08:05) |
| By Anil Bhat
Pakistan’s military, suffering from over six decades of loss of professionalism owing to misruling the country and its compulsive agenda of multi-faceted anti-India activity,... |
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Navy is in charge of Indias coastal security too (04 December 08:04) |
| By Anil Bhat
Pakistan’s military, suffering from over six decades of loss of professionalism owing to misruling the country and its compulsive agenda of multi-faceted anti-India activity,... |
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India Pak US A year after attacks on Mumbai (30 November 11:05) |
| Anil Bhat
The run-up to one year of 26/11 turned out to be quite eventful, to say the least. India’s First Lady, President Pratibha Patil, soared in the sky in a Sukhoi fighter, Prime Min... |
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Brazilian whips up melodious magic on his seven-stringed nylon guitar (29 November 09:35) |
| By Pramita Bose
Don’t go by his innocuous, pulpy-pudding looks. For beneath that facade, lies a tremendous instrumentalist who packs in much punch with his seven-stringed nylon guitar. Le... |
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Community radio A medium poised for take-off (27 November 12:53) |
| Chandran Gopalakrishnan
Nov.27 : In the razzle-dazzle of big media, one medium which hardly registers in our minds is community radio (CR). CR refers to low-powered stations run by interest... |
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Kolkata film society puts spotlight on world cinema (26 November 12:46) |
| Pramita Bose
As long as there will be films, there will be the need for film societies. Cine Central in Calcutta (now Kolkata) was formed 44 autumns back in September 1965 with filmmaker Ma... |
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German envoy India must be anchor of stability in a rough neighbourhood (25 November 01:12) |
| Ramesh Ramachandran
In the 19th century, a German company built the first telegraph connection between Kolkata and London. Relations between India and Germany have grown manifold since then... |
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Film body gears up for golden jubilee (25 November 01:06) |
| Pramita Bose
The recently inaugurated International Film Festival of India (Iffi) was previously a travelling screen-sojourn that would shift its base from Delhi, Kolkata to other cities. N... |
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All nations must contribute to make Copenhagen a success (24 November 12:28) |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address to US Council on Foreign Relations
I am honoured by the invitation to address such a distinguished gathering and to be among many old friends and w... |
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Ronnies oud to happiness (22 November 08:32) |
| By Lakshmi Govindrajan
Ronnie Malley came to India with other teachers from the Old Town School of Folk Music, to perform at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival and was excited about ... |
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Retinopathy severe diabetics ailment (21 November 08:06) |
| Dr Anita Sethi
Every year on November 14, the WHO diverts attention to the highly negative impact of diabetes on the global population by observing World Diabetes Day. In India, which is no... |
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LEND me your EARS (19 November 08:10) |
| By S. Kumar
As a salient but silent audience, I ask you, what do you like better, a boring toothpaste ad asking if you like a natural, non-fluoridated toothpaste, or a jovial jingle that ... |
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Small-budget Konkani film wows movie lovers across the globe (19 November 08:09) |
| By Pamela D’Mello
It’s taken a while before a film in Konkani could make it to the honour position of Indian Panorama’s opener at next week’s International Film Festival of India. P... |
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Buddhism unites Monpas but they want jobs (18 November 08:31) |
| By Manoj Anand
The spiritual lea-der the Dalai Lama’s visit has brought the beautiful Tawang Valley into focus once again, but at the same time it has also exposed the poor infrastructure... |
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India US work more closely as extremism grows in Pak (17 November 09:55) |
| Anil Bhat
PAKISTANI TERRORIST group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s "foreign operatives" David C. Headley’s, alias Daood Gilani, and Canadian Pakistani Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s activitie... |
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Orissa tribals get electricity 60 yrs after Independence (17 November 09:48) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar: For them, it’s a dream come true. Four Dongaria Kondh-dominated villages — Phuldumer, Khemdipadar, Kunakadu and Palberi — in Orissa’s most backward ... |
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Horse power (14 November 01:23) |
| Anil Bhat
If India was the "Jewel in the Crown," as epitomised by the title of one of Paul Scott’s novels, a large part of the strength of the British empire’s land forces cam... |
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Ahmadnagar to Armourednagar (14 November 01:19) |
| Ahmadnagar, bas-ed on the site of an ancient city, Bhingar, West of the Sina river, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 120 km from Aurangabad, got its name from Ahmad Nizam Shah, founder of ... |
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Hindustan goes youngistan (12 November 07:53) |
| By Kishore Chakarborty
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven," wrote William Words-worth about the French Revolution. Yes, being young was always... |
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