No West Bengal MP in Narendra Modi team; BJP unit sulksTwo MPs, a 16.8 per cent vote share for BJP in WB are part of a growth script that fuelled expectations of a ministerial berth from the sta...
29 May, 2014, 12.40 PM IST
Bangladeshi infiltrators would have to go back: Narendra ModiModi today reiterated that infiltrators from Bangladesh would have to go back and claimed that Mamata Banerjee had said back in 2005 what h...
07 May, 2014, 07.57 PM IST
Vegetable prices rise by 10-20% as soaring temperature spoiling the cropsMay and June will be crucial for vegetables as there is every possibility of a major damage if temperature crosses 40 degree centigrade and...
18 Apr, 2014, 09.46 AM IST
- President Pranab Mukherjee returns home after 3-day visit to Mauritius
He had separate meetings with Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag and Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and discussed bilateral, regi...
13 Mar, 2013, 10.39 PM IST
- Low supplies lift onion prices 75% in Bengal region
Onion prices have risen 75% from Rs 20 per kg to Rs 35 per kg in a week in West Bengal and the northeast. Traders say low supplies from Nas...
05 Feb, 2013, 05.08 AM IST
- Orange prices may surge this season due to output crunch
Hailstorm has affected orange production in Sikkim and Darjeeling, adverse weather conditions like untimely heavy rains have severely affec...
19 Dec, 2012, 04.00 AM IST
- Retail fruit, vegetable prices stay high despite good rains
Though there is an improvement in the availability of fruits and vegetables in wholesale markets, prices continue to rule high at the retai...
31 Aug, 2012, 12.29 PM IST
- Metro derails, 2800 trapped in tunnel
At 9.21am, just as it was about to enter Central station, a severe jolt and screeching noise made passengers aware that something had gone ...
21 Oct, 2010, 09.35 AM IST
- Pak admits part blame for 26/11
Says it’s non-state actors, registers case against Kasab & 8 Others.
13 Feb, 2009, 02.28 AM IST
- Use official channels, India tells Pakistan
India has asked Pak to directly deal with it on issue of Mumbai dossier.
11 Feb, 2009, 03.07 AM IST
- Jaspal Rana ready to shoot into political arena on BJP ticket
Ace shooter and Asian Games gold medalist Jaspal Rana figures in the latest batch of Lok Sabha candidates declared by the BJP on Thursday.
30 Jan, 2009, 03.11 AM IST
- Pranab returns to tough talk, says Islamabad must extradite culprits
Govt came under attack after it said if for some reason extradition is not possible, there should be transparent trial in Pakistan.
17 Jan, 2009, 05.46 AM IST
- India, Pakistan tone down war talk
Pakistan, which had orchestrated a war frenzy to distract international attention from the 26/11 attacks, suddenly lowered the ante. Mumbai...
28 Dec, 2008, 07.40 AM IST
India stands firm, says done talking to PakWhen the deadline expired for Pak to act against terrorists, India rebuffed a push from US and China to drop the ante with Pak.
27 Dec, 2008, 03.43 PM IST
- Dalmiya prays for criminal proceedings against Pawar, BCCI
Former Indian Cricket Board Chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, who has moved a perjury case against BCCI president Sharad Pawar and other Board offici...
18 Apr, 2008, 01.38 PM IST
- PM writes to Musharraf, soothes Bhutto
India condemned the “reprehensible” attack on the convoy of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and conveyed to Pakistan that ter...
20 Oct, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- No redrawing of borders, Mukherjee tells Pak
Ruling out redrawing of borders, visiting external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee told Pakistan’s political leaders on Sunday that India...
15 Jan, 2007, 04.34 AM IST