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Hope floats as water level falls

After 14 days of devastation, there seems to be a slight glimmer of hope for people in the flood-affected districts of north-west Bihar.

Fear of thugs adds to sorrow of marooned Kosi victims

Brothers Arun and Ashok Sah are desperately waiting for a boat to rescue them from Tikulia village in Madhepura district.

‘I can’t wait, will go and get grandchildren on my shoulders’

Seventy-year-old Ganesh Prasad Yadav starts wading through knee-deep water even as a group of men try to dissuade him from going any further.

Sunny side up: ‘cross-connection’ keeps mobiles of victims going

The entire family of Shiv Kumar Suman, who works in Bihar’s Health Department, is stranded on the roof of his house..
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No problem if Husain’s paintings displayed: Govt

The Government on Thursday sought to steer clear from the controversy surrounding the absence of artist M F Husain...

Telugu, Kannada to get classical language status

The Government has approved the proposal to grant classical language status to Telugu and Kannada...

After a lull, monsoon set to pick up over central, western India

After playing flip-flop for most of the season, the monsoon is finally showing signs getting back to normal.

All parties present a united front in call to bridge the J&K divide

The nation’s political establishment, split right down the middle after a bitter trust vote...

PM to tell all parties today: Jammu versus Kashmir will help our enemy

Ahead of the all-party meeting to resolve the crisis in Jammu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is learnt to have conveyed to the top BJP leadership...

India to send more security forces for its Afghan offices

With latest intelligence reports from Afghanistan pointing to continued security threat to Indian installations there...

South, west India reservoirs fall below 10-year-average levels as rain plays truant

Deficient rainfall in the last few weeks has led to a huge shortage in the water storage levels in the country’s...

Parties put peaceful Samba on the boil

As protests against the revocation of land allotment to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board continue to disrupt normal life...

BSF loses Bhondsi campus to police varsity, yet to get a new one for itself

Even as anticipation builds over the Government’s ambitious plan of setting up a National Police University...

Indian scientists study eclipse from Arctic

While people across the country observed only a partial solar eclipse...

Priyanka booked for passage to Beijing, Sonia and Rahul likely but not final yet

She will be there to cheer the Indian contingent at the opening on Aug 8; Gill and Deora also going

At IAEA, Karat, Advani have an unusual ally: Islamabad...

...For exactly the opposite reasons, Pak says IAEA is being asked to accept India’s nuclear weapon state status

IAEA safeguards agreement takes care of India’s strategic interests

As India debates whether the safeguards agreement with the IAEA is in the interest of the country or not...

Centre ropes in Doordarshan, AIR in drive against Naxals

The centre has asked its media units to intensify the information drive launched in Naxal-affected areas in November last year.

India climate plan is roadmap for energy security, says Saran

The National Action Plan on Climate Change, which was unveiled by the Government last week, is much more than India's response...

NPT-like approach on climate change not acceptable: Saran

Ahead of the G8 summit in Japan where climate change is expected to figure prominently in the discussions...

Naxals now active in 22 states: report

The growing strength of Naxal groups has emboldened them so much that they are harbouring ambitions of controlling more than a third of India's territ

A second green revolution?

India has finally unveiled the national action plan on climate change. Amitabh Sinha distills the document.

New norms to speed up senior IPS officers’ promotions

The Government is likely to approve new norms for empanelment of senior IPS officers in the ranks of IG...

India is South Asia’s largest market for drugs: UN report

Though a relatively small player in the global trade in illicit drugs, India has seized the largest quantities of drugs like opium...

Northernmost settlement to get a new resident - India

Three decades after it set up base in Antarctica, India will have a home on the other extreme of the globe when a permanent...
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