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6 Maoists, 1 cop killed in clash

Six Maoists and a policeman were killed and another policeman was badly injured in a fierce encounter in a forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Thursday, the police said.

Bihar govt finds CAG ‘errors’

Embarrassed by the CAG report but not dispirited, the Bihar government has punched holes in parts of the watchdog’s findings, pointing at its “errors” like DC bills already submitted having not been s

BJP finds scapegoat in Kushwaha

The BJP in Uttar Pradesh has finally found a scapegoat for the party’s debacle in the recent elections.

Didi’s new move, end of Marx, Engels in WB textbooks?

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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - founders of Marxism - may be out of history syllabus in government schools in West Bengal following a recommendation by a state education panel.

Orissa: Ultimatum on Italian, fate of MLA not known

In a grim turn to the three-week old hostage crisis, Maoists today issued a fresh ultimatum threatening to execute the abducted Italian if their demands are not met within 96 hours.

Opp. demands CBI inquiry

The Bihar government’s worsening fiscal management apparent in the massive AC-DC bill mismatch of `22,575.37 crore and possible irregularities worth `409.15 crore as exposed in the latest CAG report o

Cop who cracked case punished?

Damayanti Sen, the joint commissioner of Kolkata police (crime) who had led the detective department (DD) in cracking the Park Street gangrape case puncturing chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claims o

New norms set for jobless allowance

Unemployed, partially employed and even fully employed are waiting in the queues that seem to get longer by the day outside employment exchanges.

When did Gandhi become father of the nation?

The query posed by a 10-year-old girl from Lucknow has revealed that the Central government does not know when and how Mahatma Gandhi became the Father of the Nation.

C’garh: CAG unearths `1,000cr coal scam

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has exposed alleged large scale irregularities by Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation Limited (CMDCL) in awarding contract for commercial mining of a

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