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Sugarcane protests stall House, force Govt relook

Hours after hundreds of farmers from western Uttar Pradesh, protesting against low state-controlled sugarcane prices, descended on Delhi...

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We aren’t schoolkids, won’t accept demeaning RTI awards: Wajahat

Calling it “demeaning,” Central Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has said that information commissioners will...

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IAF Vice Chief’s latest: politics stalls defence purchases, look at China

Two days after he said women could be recruited as fighter pilots only if they did not become mothers till a certain age, Vice Chief of Air Staff...

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Mirwaiz gets an invite, says will go to China

Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq — engaged in “quiet” diplomacy with New Delhi — is going to China after his travel to Pakistan later this year on Islamabad’s invitation.

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Maoists derail train in Jharkhand, casualties feared

Maoists bombed a major railway line in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district late Thursday evening, derailing the engine and several...

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Editorials

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Capital idea

North Block hopes it has found a lever to increase bank lending — money will come in (capital infusion in state-owned banks) if money goes out (loans to business).

Let them talk

During the last days of the 14th Lok Sabha, its speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, drew a dispiriting profile of the House. In a term of five years it had managed just 322 sittings.

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Op-Ed

Yprajesh
Mumbai’s unanswered questions

Until less than a fortnight ago, the run-up to the first anniversary of the 26/11 nightmare was moving along predictable lines.

Mulayam-Kalyan honeymoon: RIP

Former wrestler and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav distancing himself from Kalyan Singh has not impressed the Urdu world.

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National Network

N-deal: Last-minute flurry ahead of PM visit

In a last ditch effort to have some strategic deliverable, India and US have hurriedly scheduled another round of talks on Friday in Washington...

Business

Rbi
‘Monetary policy has a bearing on food inflation’

Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is exiting its accommodative monetary policy, economist and policy doyen C Rangarajan says...

Eye

Paa
‘The make-up was the difficult part’

Director R Balki on his new film Paa, music maestro Ilayaraja and those ads

Travel writers
Time travel

How the earliest travel writers from India saw the world

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Sunday Stories

A Town Awaits its guests

Jhargram in Bengal was once a bustling tourist spot. But today, Naxal attacks have hit the region’s tourism industry....

In Tawang, among the Monpas

Monpas, the original inhabitants of Tawang, have worked hard to bring in visitors to their town....

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International

Int
Karzai sworn in for second term

Tainted by a flawed election and allegations of high-level corruption in his regime, Hamid Karzai was inaugurated on Thursday for a second...

Sports

Harshabhogle
Like suspect actions, Board should crack down on overage players too

So umpires in India have started calling bowlers for chucking and it is nice to see a forgotten law being implemented!

Hope floats on dead wicket

Over four days, a total of 1,376 runs have been scored at just under four an over, with one batsman getting a big double-hundred and four others getting to three figures.

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Letters to Editor

Finding our feet

The Sino-US summit has heralded a major shift in the global power equation.

Our unlearning

Jaithirth Rao has brought before us some blatant truths behind India’s intellectual exodus, which has made it an area of darkness.

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RXpress

When diabetes strikes early

Diabetes has seen a three-fold rise among children, but lack of awareness among parents and teachers is common....

The oral drug treatment

Dr Anoop Misra and Dr Shuchee Madhusudan answers ten common questions and provides some guidelines....

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From The Fields

Agri
Four years of bitter harvest

Since the seeds were first sown in their lands four years ago, farmers of Katpur village in Amravati district have been patiently waiting each season for wonders to happen.

Post-Aila, farmers wake up to forgotten salt-resistant paddy varieties

Cyclone Aila has altered their calculations. Hit by crop failure due to increased salinity caused by sea water surge...

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Delhi Confidential

Out of power, close to power centres

Some BJP spokespersons are making the most of the seemingly never-ending fight in the party.

Race for V-C’s post

With the University Grants Commission likely to be closed once an overarching higher education body is created, its officials are already scurrying for cover.

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Movie Reviews

Saif ali khan kareena kurbaan
Kurbaan

'Kurbaan' raises the near-defunct issue-based cinema in Bollywood to the next level.

What on Earth’s Happening?

2012 DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich CAST: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Jimi Mistry rating: HHH

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Money

Money
Are you adequately protected?

How much insurance do you need? Why is a pure risk cover better than an investment-cum-insurance plan? And what are the points to keep in mind while buying a term plan?

Efficient and more transparent

In recent years the Indian stock markets have taken giant steps forward. Technology has made our markets among the most efficient and transparent stock markets in the world.

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Columns

Ilapatnaik
Seasoning the stock

The sale of shares of up to 60 public sector enterprises by the Central government will have many advantages.

Shubhragupta
Big B’s late style

When you think of Amitabh Bachchan today, what is the first thing you see? It is the parcel. And the packaging. A Harlequin jacket.

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Reviews : Books

Kashmir
All views are not picture-perfect

The Limits of Influence: America’s Role in Kashmir Howard B. Schaffer Viking Pages: 286 Rs 499

Reviews : DVD

Akin to Incandescence

Films by the young German Fatih Akin....

Golden Jubilee

gold collection: 50 Must-See Movies Before You Die DVD Box Set Moser Baer Rs 2,999

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Reviews : MUSIC

Music This week

Oracular Spectacular MGMT Sony/Columbia Rs 399 rating: HHHH

Music This week

Endgame Megadeth Roadrunner Records Rs 395 rating: HHHH

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Estates

Artificial sales, inflated prices

Acting in concert, developers allow brokers to corner most of the apartments in their projects. End users pay the price of this artificial scarcity by having to purchase apartments at inflated prices....

Regulating realty

Developers complain that the draft Bill on real estate regulation will lead to overregulation and cost escalation of properties, which will be borne by home buyers. Is there any substance to their arguments or are they merely crying wolf?

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