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  • Mamata’s West Bengal projects still on paper

    Indronil Roychowdhury:  Kolkata, Apr 27, 2011 at 0321 hrs ISTWith an one eye on the Bengal elections, Mamata Banerjee had announced 19 railway projects in the state, mostly in the heavy engineering sector, but none has taken off yet.

  • Review N-power plans: Karat

    fe Bureau: Kolkata, Apr 22, 2011 at 0252 hrs ISTReiterating that withdrawal of support from the UPA government was necessary, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday opposed setting up of nuclear plants in the country before a review.

  • Flab absent in Stalin and campaign

    E P Unny: Ukkadam, Apr 06, 2011 at 0338 hrs ISTThe legendary Abu Abraham ran a pocket cartoon in The Indian Express featuring two Congressmen in contrast - a roly-poly one and his thin companion.

  • Without wife, Buddha is worth Rs 5,000

    Shiv Sahay Singh: Kolkata, Apr 06, 2011 at 0328 hrs ISTChief Minister Buddhabeb Bhattacharjee is worth Rs 5,000 if one discounts the wealth of his wife, according to his declaration on Tuesday.

  • Criminal Connections

    fe Bureau: Apr 06, 2011 at 0324 hrsPolitical protection allowed several wanted men to evade arrest in West Bengal till pressure from the Election Commission ended their immunity.

  • Ballotin

    fe Bureau: Kochi, Apr 05, 2011 at 0343 hrs ISTThe Election Commission will use magic to encourage voting. Included in its voter awareness programme is a 25-minute show led by magician Gopinath Muthukad, which will be presented by Magic Academy at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
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  • The name of the game is the game of the name

    Shaju Philip:  Kochi, Apr 05, 2011 at 0340 hrs ISTK P Kunhalikutty against P K Kunhalikutty of the Indian Union Muslim League in Vengara. S Poovalappil against SK Puthiyavalappil in Koothuparamba. MP Abdullakutty against AP Abdullakutty in Kannur.

  • Boyhood friend waits for CM to come home

    Gopu Mohan:  Tiruvarur, Apr 05, 2011 at 0337 hrs ISTThe last time they worked shoulder to shoulder, they were boys, driven by the need for change. They were together during the formation of the first student organisation of the Dravidian kind.

  • Confidence all round

    Samudra Gupta Kashyap:  Apr 05, 2011 at 0334 hrsSamudra Gupta Kashyap captures the mood in opposing camps as Assam goes into the first phase of polls...

  • Quick view

    fe Bureau:  Apr 04, 2011 at 0321 hrsBJP has demanded removal of MK Alagiri as Union Minister for chemicals and fertilisers in the wake of police registering cases against him and some DMK workers on charges of assaulting an election official and a videographer at a village in the district.

  • AIR makes the most of Cup, least of commentary

    Seema Chishti:  New Delhi, Apr 04, 2011 at 0319 hrs ISTIgnored and unheralded, but radio commentary too is enjoying its brief moment in the Cricket World Cup sun.

  • Kerala polls: Coalitions not clear on top post

    Press Trust of India:  Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 04, 2011 at 0316 hrs ISTWill 87-year-old chief minister VS Achuthanandan buck the cycle of CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress controlled UDF alternating in power by clinching a back-to-back win in Kerala?

  • Telangana Cong to protest against Krishna report

    Press Trust of India:  Hyderabad, Apr 04, 2011 at 0313 hrs ISTLeaders of the ruling Congress from Telangana region will in a week's time announce a plan of action for the separate statehood, party's Rajya Sabha member K Keshav Rao said here on Sunday.

  • Voting today, 400 ‘Assamese Chinese’

    Samudra Gupta Kashyap:  Makum, Apr 04, 2011 at 0311 hrs ISTIn 1962, they were declared enemy spies, arrested and packed off to concentration camps, their “enemy property” confiscated. Half a century later, Wang Shing Tung, who was then about four, is still struggling to make both ends meet.