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DAWN TO DUSK
A living experiment
By Kallol Bhattacherjee
A day in the life of activist Aruna Roy, who has been living in a village in Rajasthan for the past two decades to experience first-hand the difficulties faced by the aam aadmi
68 per cent surplus rainfall this year   18 June, 2013
Monsoon has brought bumper showers this year, with the country receiving a remarkable 68 per cent surplus rainfall. 29 out of the 36 subdivisions have received excess rainfall so far, statistics released by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.According to the data, the normal expected rainfall in the country from June 1 to June 17 is 67.2 mm, while the rain gauges have measured...
Winning tribals   15 June, 2013
Aruna Roy’s exit from the National Advisory Council came four days after a Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh on May 25. She said the government must listen to what the people in Chhattisgarh and other parts of the country were trying to convey by embracing Maoism. The government has heeded her suggestion, it seems, by inducting Prof. Virginius Xaxa into the NAC.Like Prime...
Together to win   15 June, 2013
The DMK will go for an alliance during the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, writes party chief M. Karunanidhi
Cipher cipher seven   15 June, 2013
James Bond says in more than one movie that he does not believe in coincidences. But India's cyber spymasters would aver that it was sheer coincidence that the cabinet committee on security approved their new cyber security policy just a fortnight before news broke that the US had been cyber snooping on India.Breaking the practice of refusing to comment on media reports, foreign office...
73 killed, 73,000 stranded   18 June, 2013
PM ready for Rahul stepping into his shoes   17 June, 2013
NATO forces to withdraw in 18 months   18 June, 2013
Jindal steal?   15 June, 2013
Online RTI facilty extended to Prez Secretariat, MEA   17 June, 2013
Political twist in Rajya Sabha polls   17 June, 2013
No compromise made to end stand off: Army   17 June, 2013
Warbling woods   15 June, 2013
Teenager beheads father after he rapes her   17 June, 2013
Maken, Joshi made gen secys   16 June, 2013
JD(U) move sad and unfortunate: BJP   16 June, 2013
Delhi has highest swine flu cases   16 June, 2013
Rahul declines to comment on AFSPA revocation   15 June, 2013
'Decision to split not made in haste'   17 June, 2013
Sreesanth prays at Sabarimala, claims innocence   15 June, 2013
'Chalo Assembly' protest bid foiled   15 June, 2013
Early rains boost crop hopes   17 June, 2013
Sensex up in early trade   17 June, 2013
Take frogs off dissecting table: NBC   17 June, 2013
CPI has no plans for alliance with other parties   15 June, 2013
Reformist Rowhani gets wide lead   15 June, 2013
Britain lobbies to admit India   15 June, 2013
'Lobbies halt ministers from taking decisions'   14 June, 2013
BJP slams decision to discontinue telegrams   15 June, 2013
Sreesanth offers 'thulabharam' ritual   14 June, 2013
Government reaches out to Mulayam   15 June, 2013
Nitish hosted RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat: Lalu   15 June, 2013
Bardhan questions feasibility of Federal Front   14 June, 2013
India to be most populous nation by 2028   14 June, 2013
Telangana observes bandh   15 June, 2013
Another CBI probe against AgustaWestland   15 June, 2013
Pak suspects' case shifted to anti-terrorism court   15 June, 2013
'Cascade of errors behind Savita's death'   14 June, 2013
Announcement a mere formality: JD(U)   15 June, 2013
Left leaders meet JD(U), SP chiefs   15 June, 2013
Murdoch files for divorce   14 June, 2013
Govt error corrected after 20 months   14 June, 2013
Uma takes swipe at Congress over 1984 riots   13 June, 2013
Congress says Modi no challenge to it   14 June, 2013
JD(U) signals split with BJP   14 June, 2013
First navigation satellite set for July 1 launch   13 June, 2013
End to 160-yr-old telegram service from July 15   12 June, 2013
Snowden reveals fresh info on US, China   13 June, 2013
Obama gives CIA its first woman deputy   13 June, 2013
Sreesanth confident of getting a clean chit   12 June, 2013
12-member RPF team to escort trains   13 June, 2013
Mandela still 'serious'   12 June, 2013
CPI(M) not keen on Third Front: Karat   13 June, 2013
Modi's elevation to boost BJP's prospects: Sushil   11 June, 2013
My successor may be woman: the Dalai Lama   13 June, 2013
Gujral, my colleague, successor   08 December, 2012
Any decision on coalition after party meeting: JD(U)   13 June, 2013
Up in the air   08 June, 2013
Cong aiming for votes: Modi   13 June, 2013
Sibal challenges Modi to sever ties with RSS   12 June, 2013
Six Army personnel indicted for leak of top secret letter   12 June, 2013
It’s oily, Moily   08 June, 2013
Omar hails Shinde's statement on AFSPA   12 June, 2013
Hinterland hells   08 June, 2013
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