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Four arrested for attempted honour killing

The father, brother-in-law and two uncles, who the victim of an attempted honour killing tried to shield, were arrested Friday from Bihar’s East Champaran district.

Dalit students, staff allege bias

Over a dozen dalit professors in the prestigious Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi have alleged caste discrimination and have said that dalit professors, employees and students were being given ste

To save skin, Debjani may turn approver

Totally disassociating herself from her boss Sudipta Sen, Debjani Mukherjee, one of the Saradha Group’s arrested directors, claimed she was innocent.

Khurshid visit reflects stability of ties, Chinese daily says

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External affairs minister Salman Khurshid's visit to China despite opposition from several quarters in India, reflects the stability of bilateral relations and the importance New Delhi attaches to its

Court orders 3-phase election

In a huge setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta high court on Friday ordered a three-phase panchayat polls and asked the West Bengal government to arrange Central paramilitary forces

Modi posters at Nitish venues test NDA ties

A fresh wave of posters asserting Narendra Modi’s suitability for the Prime Minister’s post that have come up on the roads and meeting venues of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s third leg of Seva Y

2 Bihar teens mirror life’s contrasts

Two 13-year-old boys in Bihar — Satyam Kumar and Suraj Kumar — have become the latest symbols of the extreme contrasts of life in the state.

CPM’s delhi visit narrow politics: tmc

Angered by the meetings of a Left Front delegation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union finance minister P.

Sudipta threat to reveal all

Saradha Group boss Sudipta Sen on Thursday threatened to reveal all once the investigations were over even as the Bidhannagar court sent him to police custody in another case, this time for nine days.

30% dalits in UP ‘tech literate’

A silent revolution is taking place in the backwaters of Uttar Pradesh as more and more dalits are turning computer savvy.

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