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A first year student is battling for life and has been put on ventilator after being allegedly pushed off the roof by two seniors at the Bisnupur Mallabhum Institute of Technology in Bankura district. - November 20, 2010 at 00:11 AM

The Congress has agreed to a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday, though with a rider, sources within the party said. The Congress says that it is ready for a joint parliamentary probe — but it should cover spectrum scams right from the NDA’s time in 1998.
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Giving some relief to the producers of popular TV reality show Bigg Boss, the Bombay High Court on Thursday stayed the information and broadcasting ministry’s order to re-schedule the broadcast time of the programme until its next hearing.
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A major fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a highrise in suburban Bandra, fire officials said. “A fire broke out in the 10-storeyed Aarma Fort building on Anant Kanekar Marg near Bandra skywalk at 1.40 pm,” a fire official said.
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A young housewife, who courageously exposed her husband and in the process a huge answersheets-for-money scam in October, now finds herself in a Kafkaesque situation with the cops booking her on the grounds that she should have exposed her husband much earlier.... - November 19, 2010 at 14:11 PM

The CBI has not yet initiated any action against the officials of the department of telecommunications (DoT) who were allegedly involved in awarding questionable licences to new operators, government sources told Hindustan Times. - November 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM

Despite pressures from the industry regulator, DoT has no plans to cancel licences for 2G services awarded to new telecom service providers caught in the spectrum pricing scandal, but the government may take steps to realise the market value of the spectrum sold to them, government sources said on Friday. - November 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM

There seems to be no end to the controversy surrounding the law ministry's handling of the ongoing 2G spectrum case in the Supreme Court. - November 19, 2010 at 11:11 AM

After Metro and the proposed high-speed trains, gear up for Orbital trains. Serving commuters in an orbit, these trains will provide greater connectivity between Delhi and NCR areas. - November 19, 2010 at 11:11 AM

I agree with Namita Bhandare’s views as expressed in her article Make it work for working women (Another Day, November 13). - November 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address is still relevant for the modern world. It can startle the deprived with hope and scour deprivers with guilt, writes Gopalkrishna Gandhi. - November 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM

The US is unsure about its Afghan policy. All other stakeholders are biding their time. - November 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Director of Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases at Fortis Hospital and the director of the National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation, Dr Anoop Misra was one of the panelists at the session on Diabetes at the HT Summit on Friday. Dr Misra spoke to Nivedita Khandekar. - November 19, 2010 at 06:11 AM

Congress in Karnataka on Friday said that the judicial probe ordered into the alleged land denotification scam would have no meaning till Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa stepped down. - November 19, 2010 at 05:11 AM

Describing as a "milestone" the India visit of President Barack Obama, government today welcomed the US decision to ease export controls on dual-use items and removal of certain Indian companies from the Entity List. - November 19, 2010 at 05:11 AM

Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday expressed shock over the magnitude of the 2G spectrum scam, saying the size of the 1.76 lakh crore swindle was equivalent to the state's budget for three and a half years. - November 19, 2010 at 05:11 AM

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is likely to reach the capital later this evening to meet the party top brass to explain his position over the controversy on allocation of prime land to his family members. - November 19, 2010 at 05:11 AM

In 18 months as an environment minister Jairam Ramesh has brought a new focus on environmental issues irrespective of whether it had made him unpopular in his own government or made him hero of civil society. He spoke to Chetan Chauhan on some of the concerns he has on environment and how his task is tough. - November 19, 2010 at 04:11 AM

Tasked to conduct an agile and swift operation in case of a terror strike anywhere in the country, commandos of the elite NSG have still not been able to place their feet at their base in Kolkata even two years after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. - November 19, 2010 at 03:11 AM

JD(U) today said it is not averse to a Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the decisions taken on 2G Spectrum since 1998 but pointed out that the government should first agree to a JPC probe. - November 19, 2010 at 03:11 AM

Setting aside a 25-year-old Court Martial order of an Army officer, the Armed Forces Tribunal in Kochi has directed the Union Government and the Army Chief to and to pay him within 6 months the arrears of his salary, allowances, and full pension due to him. - November 19, 2010 at 03:11 AM

The Maharashtra cabinet was expanded in Mumbai on Friday with 29 more faces being sworn in to the two-tier council of ministers, including Congress party strongmen Narayan Rane and Patangrao Kadam. - November 18, 2010 at 23:11 PM

Buoyed by the Supreme Court’s observation on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ‘silence’ on the spectrum scam, opposition appears set to intensify its campaign in Parliament tomorrow for setting up a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC).
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Amid fresh charges by the opposition, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday ruled out change in his leadership over the land scam allegations and asserted that he will complete his five-year term in office.
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A French national who is wanted in his country for sexually assaulting nine minor girls was arrested by the Chennai police on Tuesday. The Crime Branch of CID (CB-CID) arrested Eric Martin, 53, who had fled France in 2000 after he was convicted of sexually assaulting nine inmates of an ... - November 18, 2010 at 14:11 PM

Waking up to the threat posed by unauthorised constructions after the tragedy in Laxmi Nagar, the MCD has asked the occupants of as many as 38 "dangerous" buildings in the East Delhi area to evacuate immediately. “During a survey, basements of at least 38 buildings were found to be water-filled. We have issued them notice ... - November 18, 2010 at 14:11 PM