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Price rise, Ramzan - double whammy for kite sellers
Aug 13, 2011
Normally it would have been impossible to talk to 45-year-old Aslam Junaid, a shopkeeper in the wholesale kites market at Lal Kuan, a few days before Aug 15, with thousands thronging the market. But i... Read More
President, PM greet nation on Raksha Bandhan
Aug 12, 2011
President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and hoped the festival helps strengthen the bonding among people and highlights t... Read More
Reliance Communications officials refute 2G case charges
Aug 12, 2011
Two senior officials of Reliance Group told a special court on second generation (2G) telecom spectrum case Friday that the company's holding in Swan Telecom was 9.9 percent and within the limits pres... Read More
Boy prefers Hindu guardian to Muslim mother
Aug 12, 2011
"I do not wish to go back to my mother," 12-year-old Akbar says, looking up with love at his foster father Aiku Lal who has brought him up like his own since he found him sobbing and abandoned in a pa... Read More
Rakhi highlights importance of women in Indian society: PM
Aug 12, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday greeted the nation on the festival of Raksha Bandhan and said it fosters "community bonding" and also highlights the "importance of women in Indian society". ... Read More
Hazare's stir plan unjustified, says Chidambaram
Aug 12, 2011
The government Friday termed as "unjustified" activist Anna Hazare's plans for a hunger strike to press for an anti-graft law and said a bill on the issue has been introduced in parliament and was und... Read More
Chidambaram air concern at Gujarat cops' case
Aug 12, 2011
Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday expressed concern over the situation in Gujarat where some senior police officers have alleged victimisation by the state government, and said the central governmen... Read More
Government ready for talks on Lokpal: Chidambaram
Aug 12, 2011
The government is ready for talks on the Lokpal bill but it is for civil society leader Anna Hazare to decide, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday.... Read More
Wrong to say madrassas hub of terrorism: Author
Aug 12, 2011
It is wrong to say that madrassas teach students to hate other religions and are hubs of terrorism, says Arshad Alam, author of the book "Inside a Madrassa: knowledge, power and Islamic identity in In... Read More
Suspend cops behind firing on Maharashtra farmers: BJP
Aug 12, 2011
The killing of three farmers in police firing in Maharashtra figured in the Rajya Sabha Friday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding the suspension of the guilty officers.... Read More