Industrial area? It’s the new address in town! (Business Feature)
byChandigarh, June 30 (IANS) Here’s a classic misnomer. It’s called the Chandigarh Industrial Area but there are no noisy factories, no smoke billowing out…
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After Punjab, Haryana also wants higher MSP on paddy, cotton
byChandigarh: After Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal criticised the union government for the inadequate hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy…
Congress retains Himachal Lok Sabha seat
byShimla, June 30 (IANS) Congress candidate Pratibha Singh Sunday won the Mandi parliamentary bypoll with a margin of over 1.36 lakh votes, election officials…
Anaka, Veer lose in Asian Championship squash final
byAmman (Jordan), June 30 (IANS) India’s Anaka Alankamony and Veer Chotrani lost out in the girls (under-19) and boys (under-13) singles event finals, respectively,…
US spying on EU offices
byBerlin, June 30 (IANS) The US National Security Agency (NSA) not only monitors the communications of European citizens, but it also has an eavesdropping…
10,000 just an estimate, thousand bodies still lying around: Uttarakhand minister
byDehradun, June 30 (IANS) Uttarakhand Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi Sunday did not discount the state assembly speaker’s claim that 10,000 people have perished…
Makeup, hair, clothes an actor’s vital tools: Vidya Balan (Interview)
byNew Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Vidya Balan is often praised for her acting skills and is not one to fear experimenting with her looks….
Two killed in Kashmir firing
bySrinagar, June 30 (IANS) Two people were killed in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday allegedly in firing by security forces. Residents of Markundal village in…
India’s first midnight satellite launch set for Monday
byChennai, June 30 (IANS) The countdown for the Monday midnight launch of an Indian navigation satellite is progressing smoothly with the liquid fuel filling…
The anatomy of Narendra Modi — the man and his politics (Book Review)
byBook: ‘Narendra Modi – The Man, The Times’; Author: Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Publisher: Tranquebar; Pages: 409, Price: Rs.495 (Cloth) When he was six years old,…