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Farmer kills self over NREGS

A farmer in Jharkhand’s poverty-stricken, Maoist-hit Palamu district committed suicide by hanging himself beside a well whose construction under MGNREGS he had been supervising because the bulk of the

Maya, elephant statues to be covered for polls

In a major development, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y.

Rahul: We refused to take Kushwaha

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday mounted a blistering attack on the BJP on the issue of corruption and said that the party that claimed to fight corruption was now courting the man who is, undoubt

CPM Targets Mamata Over Paddy Price

With an eye on the panchayat polls, the CPI(M) is going all out to cash in on the wide-spread anger and anguish among the farmers over the denial of support price for paddy and some other issues.

Congress, Trinamul to patch up?

After going on a confrontation course by organising street protests against Mamata Banerjee government over the renaming of Indira Bhavan and denial of support price for paddy to the farmers, the Cong

Chinese daily: India hyping Yiwu incident

Accusing the Indian government and media of “hyping” the ill-treatment of a diplomat and detention of two Indians by Chinese traders, an official daily here criticised the advisory put out by New Delh

Bengal investors’ summit Jan. 9-14

While launching Nano in the Auto Expo in New Delhi in January 2008, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata had said that one of the names suggested for this car was “Despite Mamata”.

Trinamul, Cong ties worsen

Trinamul Congress on Thursday went on an offensive and launched a belligerent attack against the Congress.

Mohan Singh out as spokesman

In a move that is bound to have far reaching consequences, the Samajwadi Party on Thursday removed its senior leader Mohan Singh from the post of party’s national spokesman. Prof.

Opening for candidates with ‘criminal’ link

With major political parties showing some hesitation in welcoming hardcore “criminals” into their fold, it is the smaller parties that are emerging as favourites of these “criminals” for the coming el

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