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Congress dissociates itself from Rita Bahuguna’s remark

Monetary compensation for victims of rape hurts Dalits’ pride, says Mayawati
Vows to repeal Scheduled Castes, Tribes Act if BSP comes to power at Centre

Assembly by-polls in 5 States on August 18
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced that Assembly by-elections for 13 constituencies in five States – Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Meghalaya — will be held on August 18. The ...

OBC MPs seek parliamentary panel to be set up
NEW DELHI: A delegation of Members of Parliament, belonging to the Other Backward Classess (OBCs), who have come under the “Parliamentary Forum of OBC MPs,” will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and ...

Reliance power tariff hike stayed
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has stayed the increase in the power tariff effected by Reliance Infrastructure. It had approved the increase last month. Following discontent among consumers and violent ...

Jyoti Basu progressing well
KOLKATA: The former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, is progressing well, hospital authorities said on Thursday. The veteran Marxist leader was admitted to a private hospital here after her fell unconscious for a brief period ...

Kamal Nath woos foreign investors
‘Infrastructure will hog the limelight in the coming decade in India’

RTI not bureaucrats’ preserve, says report
NEW DELHI: A recent report on the Right to Information Act has busted the myth that the Act was used mainly by government employees interested in accessing information relating to their careers. The report, ‘The People’s RTI ...

High-level meet to assess violence in Bardhaman
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the West Bengal government on the incidents of violence in the Bardhaman district of the State, even as three senior Union Cabinet Ministers — Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram ...

Stand on climate change unchanged: Shyam Saran
NEW DELHI: Allaying fears that India had diluted its stand on the climate change at the recently concluded G8 meeting in Rome by accepting carbon emission caps, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran said on ...

Students’ strike, economic blockade hit life in Manipur
IMPHAL: Life was disrupted here on Thursday, following a 120-hour strike called by the Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur demanding the release of five students who were detained under the National Security Act in connection with the ...

Shakti Bhatt Prize
The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has invited nominations for the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize, which carries a prize money of Rs. 1 lakh and a trophy. Last year’s winner was Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif, for A Case of ...

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New scheme for afforestation

Ship owners hope for early release of crew

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