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Normal life hit due to bandh in Odisha

Around 200 protesters were on Monday taken into custody for picketing near government offices and other place during a statewide bandh which disrupted train and road traffic and hit normal life. The bandh has been called by Congress agains

Is Bharat Ratna demand for Kurien an honour or an insult?

Forgotten and bitter, there were hardly any takers for the nation’s Milk Man during his twilight years in Anand. Some say because he was pompous. Well, he wasn’t young at 90, but he was hardly senile! The truth is he wasn’t worth

A simple idea that launched the white revolution

The milk industry is perhaps the only industry that has led to the large-scale upliftment of the poor – providing them with both money and health. This was the essence of the dream that Dr Verghese Kurien had. This remains perhaps the only i

Satyamev Jayate: why the news really is not very good

With Aamir Khan it is always all or nothing. All for Aamir and nothing for you. So, it is not surprising that Aamir walked away with all the attention and kudos for Satyamev Jayate, the big programming gamble of Star India, the country&rsq

Govt may hike fuel prices next week

The government may hike petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices simultaneously as early as next week, with Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Friday saying "difficult and painful" decisions need to be taken. "There ar

Odisha converted to a `police state`, says Jena

Accusing the BJD government of turning Odisha into a "police-state", Congress leader and union minister Srikant Jena on Friday said it had lost the moral authority to continue in office, particularly after yesterday`s action against demo

Inconvenient truths: Jairam`s posers for BJP on coal scam

Union minister for rural development and Rajya Sabha member from the Congress, Jairam Ramesh, hit out at BJP after the opposition party demanded that the prime minister resign over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks. The prime ministe

Parliament disrupted on last day of monsoon session

Parliament was disrupted even on the last day of the Monsoon Session on Friday with BJP members insisting on their demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue of coal block allocation. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha w

NDA leaders hold demonstration in parliament

With the monsoon session drawing to a close, BJP-led NDA on Friday held a demonstration in Parliament House complex demanding prime minister Manmohan Singh`s resignation, cancellation of coal blocks, and a fair probe and declared that it will now

Coalgate: govt to place views before PAC by Sept 14

Amid furore over coal blocks allocation, the government will place its views before Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by September 14 on the observations made by CAG. "The Coal Ministry will submit its comments to the PAC o

Real story of tragic PM and more tragic media management

Simon Denyer, the New Delhi bureau chief of the Washington Post, has been requesting an interview with the

The missing “patient” in the US health reforms

As one glances through the huge media coverage of health reforms in the US, one is amazed at the way the heath care issues are debated. The debate is more focused on insurance, drugs, medicare and medicaid complexities, billing by hospitals, use a

PMO protests against Washington Post

The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) has lodged a formal protest with Washington Post newspaper for an article critical of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, terming it as "unethical and unprofessional" conduct of the journalist. The

First Dreamliner for Air India to land on Sat

Air India`s long wait for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally over, with the first of these long-haul planes set to arrive here on Saturday, sources said on Thursday. The national carrier, which had placed orders for 27 of these aircraft

Parliament paralysed for the twelfth day

The fracas over coal block allocations continued for the twelfth day in Parliament on Thursday as BJP members vociferously demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon after

Insurgents ask migrant labourers to leave Manipur

Insurgents of seven major outfits on Thursday asked the outsiders particularly migrant labourers to leave Manipur as their presence overwhelmed the identities, customs and cultures of minority communities who have been living here peacefully for s

CBSE felicitates mentors, principals to promote CCE

The CBSE honoured 15 mentors and 32 teachers on Tuesday at the India International Center for their efforts to promote Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). Speaking at the awards function, minister of state for human resource

PM continues to get more and more bad press abroad

The Time magazine called him ‘underachiever’. Today, the Washington Press has some more choicest epithets to describe prime minister Manmohan Singh. “But the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual te

Shinde dismisses Uddhav`s remark against Biharis

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday dismissed Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray`s comments against Biharis living in Maharashtra, saying every citizen has the right to travel freely across the country. "It is not in the int

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