Great intellectual to don V-P cap A Padma Shri awardee, Ansari will be the 13th Vice- President of the country. He brings with him a wealth of experience having handled an impressive range of assignments in a career spanning over 45 years...
MIM threatens to behead Taslima The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), whose legislators and cadre attacked Taslima Nasreen here, on Friday threatened to behead the Bangladeshi author, if she ever set foot in the city again...
SC to hear Dutts plea on August 20 A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran said the petitions filed by all the convicts would be heard on August 20 and the law of the land would not discriminate anybody...
Delimitation: Govt likely to call meeting The Government is likely to call a meeting of leaders of all political parties and discuss the demand of the hill states on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission...
GSM, CDMA in battle mode again A fresh skirmish between arch rivals GSM and CDMA, offering telecom services on two different technology platforms, seems to be brewing. The latter is accused of making a backdoor entry into the GSM sector...
Run for relief... Flood-affected villagers run to collect food packages and relief materials dropped from an Indian Air Force helicopter in the flood-hit area of Shivijinagar village in Samastipur district in Patna on Friday. Reuters
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