Peacock deaths cause a flutter

Thursday , 4 September '08

As many as 30 peafowls -17 peahen and 13 peacocks - were found dead one after the other under mysterious circumstances...

Post-retirement, babus grab plum posts

Tuesday , 2 September '08

If you want lessons in post-retirement planning, turn to Chhattisgarh’s bureaucrats who have found ways and means...

Anti-terror Bill triggers fresh round of conflict between BJP, Congress

Saturday , 30 August '08

On Friday, as Chief Minister Narendra Modi left for New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and underline the need to have a legislation to curb terrorist activities...

Anxious to push projects, CM gets impatient with bureaucrats

Friday , 29 August '08

BJP chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is known to be hot headed and impatient...

Adoption racket connects India, Australia

Wednesday , 27 August '08

A tamil nadu racket under which children were abducted and then sold for adoption is back in the news three years...

In shot at ‘unity show’ ahead of polls, Cong revisits Dabra

Tuesday , 26 August '08

With the Congress in the state facing its real opposition from within, it’s not a surprise that it took 15 long years for the...

Where rains play havoc with road link

Monday , 25 August '08

The road length from Tezpur - Army’s Four Corps headquarters - to Tawang on the Chinese border is around 530 km.

Corporate hospitals reap fruits of a pro-poor scheme

Saturday , 23 August '08

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s most prestigious project...

Election frenzy in the hill state

Friday , 22 August '08

The state has been going through a series of political developments and a number of elections over the past few weeks...

The reality show and a reality check

Thursday , 21 August '08

Maharashtra takes pride in being one of the most industrialised and socially vibrant states that has a tradition of saints and reformers.

Kerala Centre steps in to revive state’s dying industrial units

Wednesday , 20 August '08

Private investors are still wary of stepping into Kerala, where business dreams of many entrepreneurs have wilted in the...

Dantewada awaits its first helping of Indiamix

Tuesday , 19 August '08

Clearing the initial bureaucratic red-tape and procedural delays, an ambitious scheme aimed at making...

The state can’t afford another temple tragedy

Wednesday , 13 August '08

The tragedy at Naina Devi temple, which claimed 141 lives, raises vital questions pertaining to the safety of pilgrims in such popular tourist...

Gauhati University: Groping in the dark

Monday , 11 August '08

When this university was born a year after independence, Bhupen Hazarika, then a young and upcoming musician...

Darjeeling’s loss is Shillong’s gain

Thursday , 7 August '08

While Gorkhaland agitation hits the tourism industry in Darjeeling, Meghalaya is seeing a steady increase in the influx of tourists.

Universities Bill a bone of contention between teachers and politicians

Monday , 4 August '08

The state is currently witnessing a battle over the proposed Uttarakhand State Universities Act - a major point of...

When lawmakers break the law

Saturday , 2 August '08

Abduction, fraud and attempt to murder are not unusual cases, but they become so when those charged with committing...

Admission crisis looms large over students, colleges

Friday , 1 August '08

Sixteen-year-old Vinay Prakash Minz’s suicide on July 22 underlined the worrying fact that undergraduate colleges in the state have run short of seats for many prospective matriculates.

Sting operation haunts BJP ahead of election season

Wednesday , 30 July '08

Beware of sting operations! That’s what the ruling BJP is telling its ministers, MPs, legislators and chairpersons of state-owned corporations and boards.