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Sweet end to sugar trouble (21 November 02:27) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 20: The Manmohan Singh government scored the first rollback of its second avatar today by squelching an order on sugarcane price that had brought thousands of angry farmers t... |
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Read storybooks and get more marks suggests CBSE (21 November 02:27) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 20: Reading storybooks by the likes of Enid Blyton or Agatha Christie may now earn children marks at school. |
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Oprah decides to stop talking (21 November 02:27) |
| New York, Nov. 20: Oprah Winfrey is giving network television one of her trademark aha moments. |
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Buzz of pact on Nayachar (21 November 02:27) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 20: Indonesian Salim Group associate Prasoon Mukherjee today met a senior government official, triggering speculation about progress on the proposed Nayachar chemical hub. |
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Jairam books filth Nobel (21 November 02:27) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 20: India's cities are the dirtiest in the world and would qualify for a Nobel Prize in filth if such an award existed, Jairam Ramesh, environment and forests minister, said ... |
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Culture shock for Mamata (21 November 02:27) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 20: Mamata Banerjee's plan of beating Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at his own game by surrounding herself with artists and writers has been jolted by a sharp division in the cultur... |
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Bravery at bullets end (21 November 02:27) |
| Silchar, Nov. 20: Shot three times and bleeding profusely, 50-year-old Som Bahadur Chettry's last act was what he had taught his students all throughout his career as a teacher ' to stand up... |
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PC raps Ibobi on schools (21 November 02:27) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 20: It took three months of closed schools and sustained agitation for the Centre to crack the whip for Manipur but little seems to have affected Okram Ibobi Singh, serving a... |
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Stability card in tribal heartland (21 November 02:27) |
| Dhanbad/Dumka, Nov. 20: Sonia Gandhi today gave the Congress's campaign in Jharkhand a riveting start by addressing two huge rallies where she appealed to tribal sentiments by promising the ... |
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NGOs told to tame rebels (21 November 02:27) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 20: The Union home ministry has appealed to civil society organisations, who security experts advise are a major party to be "won over" in the battle against Maoists, to ask ... |
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Sugar siege melts Delhi (20 November 03:10) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 19: The capital got a fulsome dose of the country today, and the country a swift pledge from the capital. |
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Air marshal hits out at politicians (20 November 03:10) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 19: Politicians cutting across party lines are upsetting armed forces' modernisation and procurement programmes, the vice chief of the air force, Air Marshal P.K. Barbora, to... |
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Zardari protection from cases to expire (20 November 03:10) |
| Islamabad, Nov. 19: President Asif Ali Zardari faces a difficult time with ordinance that granted him immunity in graft cases set to expire on November 28. |
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After God Hand of Henry (20 November 03:10) |
| Paris, Nov. 19: When the referee allowed Diego Maradona's Hand of God goal in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals, the football world shrugged and left such unfathomable matters in, well, the ... |
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Mujib killers a step from gallows (20 November 03:10) |
| Dhaka, Nov. 19: Bangladesh's Supreme Court today upheld the death sentences on five former army officers convicted of assassinating Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a 1975 coup, taking the penultima... |
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Maoist blast derails train (20 November 03:10) |
| Nov. 19: Suspected Maoists tonight caused the derailment of eight bogies of a train from Jamshedpur by blowing up tracks ahead of a 24-hour bandh in Jharkhand against the Assembly elections. |
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Rebel blast derails passenger train 3 dead (20 November 03:10) |
| Jamshedpur, Nov. 19: At least three people were killed and 40 injured when a Maoist-triggered blast caused eight coaches of the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train to derail near Posaita station, ... |
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BJP adopts Cong mantra (20 November 03:10) |
| Ranchi, Nov. 19: After a short-lived honeymoon with prospective investors while in power in Jharkhand in 2002-2006, it's now back to basics for BJP which has promised the moon to the poor if... |
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Chant stability fight graft (20 November 03:10) |
| Ranchi, Nov. 19: Congress has pledged a stable, corruption-free government in Jharkhand where the poll arena seems to have been consumed by one single issue ' Madhu Koda and his Rs 2,000 ... |
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Overnight air is more poisonous (19 November 03:21) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 18: India has revised standards for air quality for the first time in 15 years in a move that environmental experts say will overnight tar more cities and localities across t... |
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UK woman killed hand cut off (19 November 03:21) |
| London, Nov. 18 (PTI): An Indian-origin woman has been found murdered in West London with her right hand cut off in a crime that has sent shockwaves in the community and led to the arrest o... |
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India offers climate update (19 November 03:21) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 18: India has offered to submit a communication of all its domestic actions to combat climate change to the UN once every two years, environment ministry sources said today. |
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Deadly pygmy called PM 25 (19 November 03:21) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 18: The city's smallest but deadliest enemy was today given a name ' PM 2.5. |
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Look whos spending money (19 November 03:21) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 18: Kabir Suman's guitar is weeping tears of frustration but three fellow "apolitical" MPs have managed to loosen their purse strings. |
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Sachin the other view (19 November 03:21) |
| Exactly 77 years ago to the day, in Melbourne, Harold Larwood instigated what eventually became known as bodyline when he struck Bill Woodfull, the opener, near the heart during a four-day m... |
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Peace talk envoy to tour state (19 November 03:21) |
| Guwahati, Nov. 18: The Centre's representative for peace talks with militant outfits in Assam will be embarking on a maiden two-day stock-taking visit to the state capital here from tomorrow... |
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DHD cadres flee camp with weapons (19 November 03:21) |
| Silchar/Guwahati, Nov. 18: Several cadres of the Dima Halam Daogah (Dilip) group have fled their designated camps with weapons over the past three days, jolting the police and administration... |
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Borders to be sealed for polls (19 November 03:21) |
| Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov. 18: Jharkhand police have decided to seal its borders on all five voting days to prevent Maoists from sneaking in from neighbouring states, indicating the administrat... |
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Koda rejects ED summons (19 November 03:21) |
| Ranchi, Nov. 18: An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team is expected to arrive in the capital tomorrow to grill former chief minister Madhu Koda, facing probe for allegedly amassing assets wort... |
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Glare on below-50 mammography (18 November 02:47) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 17: A US government task force has opposed routine mammography for women in their forties. It has recommended the breast cancer screening procedure only for women above 50 ye... |
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President on fighter wait for women (18 November 02:47) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 17: President Pratibha Patil is set to fly in a Sukhoi 30MKi combat jet on November 25 but her sortie does not mean that the Indian Air Force will allow women in its fighter ... |
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Blast suspects in Calcutta terror net (18 November 02:47) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 17: Three Bangladeshis with alleged links to a terror module whose name had cropped up after blasts in India were arrested in Calcutta today on their way to north Bengal. |
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Suman vows to skip session (18 November 02:47) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 17: Kabir Suman today said he would skip the Parliament session that starts on Thursday and was "seriously considering" quitting the Trinamul Congress and his post of MP. |
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Sexual abuse law faces delay (18 November 02:47) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 17: Women and child development minister Krishna Tirath has ordered her ministry to initiate fresh consultations on a proposed law criminalising sexual harassment at the work... |
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Palintology E naked he jerk (18 November 02:47) |
| Nov. 17: Is there anything the world doesn't already know about Sarah Palin? |
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NIA chargesheets Hojai Jewel (18 November 02:47) |
| Guwahati, Nov. 17: The National Investigation Agency probing the alleged diversion of funds of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council to the Dima Halam Daogah (J) today chargesheeted form... |
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BJP to rock Parliament (18 November 02:47) |
| Ranchi, Nov. 17: The BJP is all set to embarrass Congress over the Madhu Koda affair in the winter session of Parliament beginning Thursday. |
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Judicial probe heat on Koda (18 November 02:47) |
| Ranchi, Nov. 17: No matter how hard the Congress may try to downplay it, Madhu Koda's tainted tenure is hogging all the limelight this election with the Janata Dal (United) taking up where... |
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Buddha tugs at lost hearts (17 November 02:53) |
| Calcutta, Nov. 16: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today asked those who once walked with him: "In the past 32 years, have we done nothing?" |
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Two more teams to play in IPL 2011 (17 November 02:53) |
| Mumbai, Nov. 16: Warding off pressure from team owners, Lalit Modi has been able to wrest the mandate for the inclusion of two more teams in the Indian Premier League from Season IV in 2011. |
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Hunger fund pleas rejected (17 November 02:53) |
| The summit approved its final declaration during its first hours in a show of broad consensus. Countries pledged to substantially increase aid to agriculture in developing nations, so that t... |
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Chidambaram to attend Dantewada public hearing (17 November 02:53) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 16: Union home minister P. Chidambaram has agreed to attend a civil society-sponsored public hearing in Dantewada, a Maoist hotbed in Chhattisgarh's south Bastar, sending out... |
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Foreign court divorce valid (17 November 02:53) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 16: A divorce obtained in a foreign court is valid in India, the Supreme Court has ruled, clarifying a long-standing grey area. |
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Dino dessert after a Texas dinner (17 November 02:53) |
| Lubbock (Texas), Nov. 16: Dinosaur fossils or Triassic rocks as a subject of any mirthful after-dinner conversation is difficult to imagine. But an evening with Sankar Chatterjee, the Calcut... |
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Reangs flee Mizoram (17 November 02:53) |
| Agartala/Silchar, Nov. 16: The trickle of Reang families fleeing Mizoram has turned into an exodus overnight, with thousands of tribals pouring into Tripura and Assam seeking sanctuary. |
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Post-poll jolt Nitish cements BJP ties (17 November 02:53) |
| Patna, Nov. 16: If the recent bypoll reverses have got Nitish Kumar worried, then the Bihar chief minister does a good a job of hiding his concerns. |
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Manifestos under wraps (17 November 02:53) |
| Ranchi, Nov. 16: In their battle for one-upmanship, Jharkhand's primary formations are holding on to their poll manifestos. |
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Mamata-thon at 3kmph (16 November 02:46) |
| Nov. 15: She walks 45 minutes a day on the treadmill and avoids heavy meals and oily food. She has lots of muri instead, washed down with cups of tea with a little sugar and milk ' not to me... |
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India staring at lung cancer epidemic Maladies author (16 November 02:46) |
| London, Nov. 15: India is heading for "an epidemic of lung cancer", Siddhartha Mukherjee has warned in his much anticipated new book, Emperor of All Maladies. |
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In bounceback diamonds get unkind rough cut (16 November 02:46) |
| Ahmedabad, Nov. 15: A burst in demand for the glitter has left the Surat diamond hub gasping. |
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