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Mukherjee hints at austerity as rupee dips to record low

The government is planning to introduce some austerity to aid fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday as the rupee slumped to a record low  »

Rupee dips to record low of 54.42 against dollar

Rupee hits new low for third straight session

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IGNOU invites applications for online agriculture programme

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Pakistan is a 'black hole' for US aid

US lawmakers of both Democratic and Republican parties have slammed the Obama administration's request for $2.4 billion for Pakistan, calling it a "black hole" where the US has "sunk" $24 billion over the last decade. "Pakistan is like a black hole for American aid," Gary Ackerman, top Democrat on the House Foreign  »

'UPA Govt. has no strength to take on 'guilty' BJP leaders'

Were the guilty to be punished, the loss of faith can be restored to a large extent. But the CBI's report may well be only a storm in a tea cup. The Manmohan Singh government has neither the  »

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The Kuwaiti TV Band performs in the capital at the week-long panorama of Kuwaiti culture which opened in the capital May 15. It has for the first time brought arts, crafts and performing traditions of the ancient port-nation to India to strengthen people-to-people cultural ties between the two countries.

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No humour please, we are Indians!

The 63-year-old cartoon by the eminent Shankar - considered the father of Indian political cartoonists who ran the highly regarded Shankar's Weekly till it closed down during Indira Gandhi's Emergency regime  »

BSP runs for cover as skeletons tumble out

The skeletons are tumbling out of the corruption cupboard but Uttar Pradesh's former ruling party, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), is unusually quiet -- not even reacting to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's allegation that it   »

Construction at Musharraf's ancestral house stirs row

The demolition of a portion of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's ancestral home, Neharwali Haveli in Old Delhi's Daryaganj, has stirred a row with the legality of the construction coming under question.  »

JN Medical college of AMU: Victim of meager funding, disparity by Govt

A meager funding and disparity by the Government of India has led to inadequate supply of essential medical equipments and drugs available  »

Court notice on ads by political parties in power

The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued a notice to the central government on a petition that alleged political parties in power misused public funds by giving advertisements on the birth and death anniversaries  »

Modi to skip BJP meet? It's personal, aide says

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is expected to skip the upcoming BJP National Executive meet in Mumbai, with an aide saying it will be his personal decision. Although no one in the Bharatiya Janata Party is ready to confirm  »

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Shrinking space for dead in Hyderabad

"Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad. In this booming metropolis, where thousands struggle for a place to live in, even death offers no solution  »

Poor kids' paintings inspire Global Desi's collection

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Bangladeshi prisoners embroider a new life in Jammu jail

Years later, Mumbai digs up Saadat Hasan Manto's memories

Saadat Hasan Manto, a forgotten man in his Punjab village

Syria: Crashing tourism amid conflict and sanctions

'Indian-Americans working as change agents'

Coffee from Kerala, soon to 'Kic OFF' across India

Candid maternity talk with men - from behind veil

India's biscuit industry heading towards premiumisation

When Malegaon almost became a district

Srinagar facelift makes residents fume

'Absconding' after salary cut, Hyderabad engineer clears loan from abroad

A white ribbon flutters towards safe motherhood in Rajasthan

Assam's Guinness bid: 40,885 saplings planted in an hour

'More women stepping out to write'

This official doesn't want hiked dearness allowance!

Empowering rural women to fight for their rights

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Rural restaurants for food security - and jobs too

Most of these rural poor are landless labourers. After working the whole day in the fields in scorching sun they come home in the evening and have to cook for the whole family. The cooking is done on the most primitive 'chulha' (wood stove), resulting in tremendous indoor air pollution.   »

Politics through Food Habits

Absence of Big Idea leaves Congress without direction

How Terry Jones can get away with it

Race to Raisina Hill: Pranab has his nose ahead

Electoral Equations and Secular values

You are all suspects now. What are you going to do about it?

Can Siachen be an 'ice breaker' for India and Pakistan?

Why are Palestinians paying for Germany’s sins?

Bofors saga: a new twist and a story retold

Communal face of Team Anna

India's missile test is not bad news for the world

Neither Congress nor BJP has the people's mandate

Madrassas help students make sense of the world

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Manto: 100th birth anniversary

Zameeruddin Shah vows to maintain discipline in AMU at any cost

Wants to see students shine in sports; get placed in civil services, industries, police and armed forces

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has always been »

Girls shine, 67% pass in Jharkhand matric exams

Maharashtra HSC, SSC results dates announced

Govt asked to increase funds for higher education

Pakistani textbook says 9/11 happened last year!

US mother sends gay son with gun to school

'Iqra 2012' rekindles hope for a bright future of Indian Muslims

US-based charity builds schools for poor Muslims in Andhra

Now smartphones will help you navigate mega malls

Your smartphone helps you smoothly navigate highways and streets of an unfamiliar city. But once you enter a mega mall, its global positioning system (GPS) goes blind.  »

Scientist implicates insects in 'murder mysteries'

A vacuum cleaner that talks as it cleans

Online searchers can help strangers make sense of data

World's first super cool bra

Power is as addictive as cocaine, says expert

Robotic arm to reveal inner working of brain cells

World's fastest toilet on wheels

Dog faeces to be used to light street lamps

Solo theatre reflects on life and times of Manto

When he does not wield a pen, he is Saadat Hasan, just another man pilloried by the wars of survival. The "asfana" (short story) that keeps him alive hides in his pocket, says actor Ashwath Bhatt, encapsulating the spirit of the legendary storyteller Saadat Hasan Manto in his solo performance  »

Manto now: Irrelevant for young, icon for others

Years later, Mumbai digs up Saadat Hasan Manto's memories

Saadat Hasan Manto, a forgotten man in his Punjab village

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Kuwait brings middle-eastern culture to India

A week-long panorama of Kuwaiti culture which opened in the capital May 15 has for the first time brought arts, crafts and performing traditions of the ancient port-nation to India to strengthen people-to-people cultural ties between the two  »

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