Maoists luring villagers to grow poppy in Bihar
byPatna : They indulge in extortion, but Maoists are also luring villagers to take up poppy cultivation over hundreds of acres of land in…
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Private jet market soars in India
byNew Delhi : Even as Indian commercial carriers are facing a tough time sustaining operations, aircraft manufacturers feel the demand for private jets in…
Kashmiri woman’s 15-year wait for husband
bySrinagar : Whenever a postman enters this village in Kupwara district of Kashmir, Jameela Rayees cannot stop herself from rushing to the door in…
All’s well, disruptions due to bird hits: Kingfisher
byMumbai : The beleaguered privately-run Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) Sunday declared that despite flight disruptions in the past couple of days, it has not shut…
Road accidents cost India 1 lakh crore every year
byNew Delhi : India suffers a staggering hit of Rs.1 lakh crore ($20 billion) every year due to road accidents, according to the International…
UP: anti-incumbency will produce hung assembly
byEven at this early stage of the UP elections, a few predictions can still be made with reasonable certainty. One is the results will…
Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI wins in Mumbai, Thane civic polls; MNS gains
byMumbai : The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party-Republican Party of India alliance Friday came up trumps in Mumbai and Thane municipal corporations elections, while the…
Nadda fails to challenge Dhumal
byShimla : The P.K.Dhumal led BJP government in Himachal Pradesh may have got a blanket clean chit from the party high command’s review team…
Mayawati misused funds for rural health, says PM
byKanpur : Attacking the Mayawati government ahead of the fourth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday charged it with…
Rahul, Akhilesh, Jayant: Young brigade leads dynasty charge in UP
byNew Delhi : The old order changeth, yielding place to the new… Alfred Tennyson’s immortal words are playing out again in the dusty heartlands…