Khanduri relies on sops, not good governance to repeat govt
byDehra Dun : As Uttarakhand vidhan sabha elections draw closer, chief minister B C Khanduri is lavishing from the starved cash coffers of the…
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Kanimozhi to leave Tihar in evening
byNew Delhi : Jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi will leave Tihar Jail Tuesday evening, a day after she was granted bail by the Delhi High…
Jaspal Bhatti sets up factory for foundation stones!
byChandigarh : After being a constant thorn in the flesh of self-serving politicians, greedy builders and oily middlemen, satirist-cum-actor Jaspal Bhatti has now ventured…
US shoppers spend record $52.4 bn on Thanksgiving weekend
byWashington : US shoppers spent a record sum of $52.4 billion over the long Thanksgiving weekend on purchases in stores and on the Internet,…
PM chairs all-party meeting on FDI in retail
byNew Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday chaired an all-party meeting to arrive at a consensus over allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in…
Indira Goswami: writer, peace broker and teacher
byGuwahati : A noted Assamese writer, a peace broker between the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and New Delhi, and a teacher…
‘Essential Tagore’ nominated best book of year
byNew Delhi : “The Essential Tagore”, a new anthology of Rabindranath Tagore’s translated literature and art works, has been nominated the “book of the…
Spain jobless rate may rise to 23 percent
byParis : Spain’s unemployment rate could climb to 23 percent next year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday in its latest…
Assamese writer Indira Goswami dead
byGuwahati : Noted Assamese writer Indira Goswami died early Tuesday at a hospital in this city after prolonged illness. She was 69. Doctors said…
Free sanitary napkins for students in government schools
byNew Delhi : In order to promote personal hygiene among young girls, the Delhi government Monday launched a scheme to distribute free sanitary napkins…