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A storm's brewing outside Mayawati's farmhouse

A grey stone wall with iron spikes demarcates around 100 bighas of land from the rest of Badalpur village. On the other side of the wall and the closed black gates, windows of a palatial......

Thousands of landless farmers hit streets in Guwahati

Vehicular traffic came to a halt in many parts of Guwahati city on Thursday for hours as thousands of landless farmers stormed the city demanding land and denouncing government’s design to......

Massive protests against Saradha Group in Guwahati

Even as the crackdown on Saradha Group involved in the chit fund scam continues, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity, a leading NGO in Assam, on Thursday staged a mass demonstration in front of......

25 killed in road accident on Bihar highway

At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured when a speeding truck overturned and fell into a roadside ditch near Titai Bigha village in Aurangabad district early on Thursday. The truck,......

Bihar's Gaya shivers under biting cold, power cuts

Residents of Gaya, which has recorded the lowest temperature in Bihar at 4 degrees Celsius, are suffering under the double agony of biting cold and acute power crisis. "For us, electricity is not......

Is Bengal ready for re-industrialisation?

"Sudhu bigha dui, chilo mor bhui, aar sab-i geche rine, Babu balilen, "Bujhecho Upen, e jami loibo kine."(After losing everything in debt, I had only two bighas of land left. But the Babu said,......

Maruti's first Gujarat site faces land hurdle

It’s not just the falling sales that worry the country’s largest car maker.Now, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd’s ambitious Gujarat project has hit a land hurdle. A 40-acre land parcel......

Maruti's entry sees land prices soar in Hansalpur

With Maruti Suzuki, India's largest passenger car maker, deciding to set up a plant at Hansalpur in Gujarat, the small village about 100 km from here is slated to become the next major......

On the ground, Singur remains disappointed, despairing

It is easy to spot the trappings of dejection along the now broken Singur roads, after the Calcutta High Court division bench judgment termed the Singur Act, a legislation introduced by the......

In Tripura, India-Bangla train link a dream

A train from this sleepy Indian village crossing the international zero line and entering Bangladesh is the dream of Daghu Miah.Miah, a septuagenarian peasant, does not have any objection to his......

Do you want to listen to Aamir's new song?

According to reports, Aamir Khan is all set to test his vocal cords in his new film, Dhoom 3. Pritam Chakraborty, the music director of the film, has been asked to set aside all his assignments......

Will it be Mallika or Bipasha for Jism 2?

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Rumours have it that Mallika Sherawat......

The Biggest Losers of Reality TV

There is a theory that the real winners on reality television aren't the people who win the grand prize, but the ones who come very near before finally losing out. This week, as we saw a Kaun......

Bollywood couples heat up mag covers

Nothing marks a greater exclusive than roping in a power couple to pose for a magazine cover. Considering the reluctance of Bollywood's celebrity couples to plug their 'together' status, this......

Looking back at Bollywood in Posters

Original hand-painted movie posters have become collectors' items these days. One such collector is S M M Ausaja, who has been collecting rare handmade film posters for the past 20 years and owns......

Ferguson must cope with life without Rooney

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson reacted with a flash of anger when asked recently if his team were too reliant on Wayne Rooney. What, Ferguson was asked, would United do if their......

Images: England survive, Argentina and Brazil win

Substitute Jermain Defoe struck twice after the break to spare the blushes of England's defenders and earn Fabio Capello's side a 2-2 draw in a friendly with the Netherlands on Wednesday. England......

For this 15-year-old, diving is a 'Daley' routine

While diver Tom Daley is already something of a celebrity, neither he nor his coach expected him to be world 10-metre platform champion at the age of 15. To his visible disbelief the pint-sized......

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Q. was Slum dog Millionaire worth an Oscar winning movie ... ????
Manoj M: A. more

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Q. number of sq.ft. in a uttar pradesh bigha
Syed Iqbal: A. absolutely not....when Pyaasa, Mother India, Do Bigha Zamin and Bandini did not win..... more

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Q. how many sq.ft. in a bigha
Syed Iqbal: A. in Uttar Pradesh 1 Bigha is divided into 20 Biswas. Each Biswas is 125 m2 or 154.32 sq.yd, hence one Bigha is 0.25 Hectare (or 2500 m2 or 3087.41 sq.yd). more

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Q. Which is best film of Balraj Sahani you liked ?
Jameel Ahmed: A. 107640 sq feet... more

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Q. Who played the lead role in the movie "Do Bigha Zamin" ?(a).Raj Kapoor(b).Balraj Sahani(c).Dev Anand(d).Guru Dutt
Sweet Swati: A. Do Bigha Zameen... more

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Dead MP chief minister sells land in Lucknow

In a bizarre incident, three-time Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shyama Charan Shukla sold a piece of land in Uttar Pradesh (UP) six years after his... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/339622/dead-mp-chief-minister-sells.html

Deforestation to blame for rising temperatures

TEZPUR, June 18 Scorching heat and gradual increase of temperatures surpassing all past records have almost paralysed normal life across the... ...

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Farmers plan big tractor rally today against SIR at Mandal-Becharaji

Stepping up their agitation against the proposed Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region (SIR), around 5,000 people from 44 villages to be... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/farmers-plan-big-tractor-rally-today-against-sir-at-mandalbecharaji/1130460/

Border fencing runs into trouble in Garo Hills

TURA, June 16 The border fencing between Bangladesh and India is almost complete. The fence has been constructed so as to ensure that people from... ...

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jun1713/oth07

Graft hits erosion work

Vagaries of nature, coupled with alleged government laxity and misuse of state funds, continue to spell doom for thousands of people residing near... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130613/jsp/bihar/story_16995192.jsp