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Manmohan opens ‘Year of Russia in India’
NEW DELHI: With a scintillating show of dance, music and lights against the backdrop of the picturesque Purana Qila here, Indian and Russia strengthened their existing bilateral ties by declaring open the “Year of Russia in India” ...

Focus on infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh budget
Priority given to development of drought-hit Bundelkhand

Pratibha: strike a balance between economic, social goals
“Industry can also create awareness of welfare schemes”

West Bengal ban on sale of chicken goes
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Tuesday lifted the ban on sale of poultry birds and eggs imposed across the State on February 5 in the wake of avian flu outbreak. However, restrictions on the sale and movements of poultry birds ...

SCs, STs being exploited to part with allotted land: court
Powerful sections take advantage of poverty, ignorance

Inaction poses threat to social amity: CPI(M)
‘MNS, Sena raking up parochial politics’

Tripura Leftists bank on “development work”
Opposition INPT to highlight “deprivation” of tribals

Goa CM in Delhi to meet high command
PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat rushed to New Delhi on Tuesday to seek the intervention of the Congress high command to resolve the problem of an inevitable cabinet reshuffle. Instead of consolidating his position, a ...

India to shun partnership with West in Africa
NEW DELHI: India will stay clear of aligning with Western countries in engaging with Africa and prefer to join hands with developing countries such as Brazil which are not “tainted” by a colonial past. “We don’t ...

Parochial tendencies, a grave threat: CPI
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday condemned the incidents of violence against north Indians in Mumbai and other places in Maharashtra, saying parochial tendencies were posing a grave threat to the unity and ...

“Implement sugar package in 10 days”
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Tuesday asked the public sector banks (PSBs) to implement a sugar package involving the provision of interest-free loans to sugar mills and submit a compliance report in the next 10 days. Speaking to ...

Chidambaram to banks: lend more for housing and consumer durables
Slowing down of credit has affected flow to these sectors

Fight not against Left politics: Mamata
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her “fight is not against Left politics” but against the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She said here she was willing to talk to any Left ...

Babri case: plea for joint trial rejected

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Budget session from Feb. 25

We’ll consider Bihar plea for revising BPL figures: Pawar

We have broken the back of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: CRPF

Centre revamps rural electrification programme

PCG member sees conspiracy

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