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Set up delimitation panel for SC/ST quota, SC tells govt

The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Thursday to set up a fresh delimitation commission for ensuring a proportional representation of the communities specified as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled......

Anarchy In Manipur: Modi Missing Big Picture

Unless the anarchy in Manipur is brought under control quickly, we are sowing the seeds of a flare up in the entire North East and the end of our dream of checking China in South East Asia, warns......

TMC dominates Bengal rural polls, bags over 30,000 gram panchayat seats

The ruling Trinamool Congress looked set to sweep the violence-scarred rural polls keeping intact the mandate it won two years back during the assembly polls by taking a seemingly unassailable lead......

5 soldiers killed in blast triggered by terrorists in Rajouri

Five Army personnel were killed and a major was injured on Friday in an explosion triggered by terrorists in the thickly forested Kandi area in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district where an......

As mercury hovers above 40, rain likely to bring relief

Light rains in sun-scorched north India are likely to bring some relief in next three days, while heatwave conditions intensified on Wednesday in most parts of the country, including eastern states......

Crisis Brews In Darjeeling's Tea Gardens

In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers are from non-tea background. IMAGE: A worker gathers tea leaves at the Happy Valley tea garden estate in......

4 more products get GI tag

Kerala's Tirur betel leaf, Tawlhlohpuan and Mizo Puanchei from Mizoram, and Palani Panchamirtham, a temple 'prasadam' from Tamil Nadu have been awarded Geographical Indication tag.......

As gardens stay shut tea firms suffer heavy losses

The quality of Indian tea had lately come under scrutiny in major export markets, due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits. The Tea Board’s earlier decision......

The trouble with your Darjeeling tea

Amid the Gorkhaland agitation, the famous tea gardens of the area are now braced for a hefty hit from bonus payouts. Avishek Rakshit reports. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, stipulates that......

Real reason behind Bandhan Bank's rising NPA

Over 75 per cent of the bank's Rs 175 crore NPA arises from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Agri loan waivers in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have not only added......

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

'I always feel that to shake up human beings, you have to go a little extreme.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor, Mukti Mohan and Director Raj Singh Chaudhary on the sets of Thar. Raj Singh Chaudhary, who......

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

'I always feel that to shake up human beings, you have to go a little extreme.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor, Mukti Mohan and Director Raj Singh Chaudhary on the sets of Thar. Raj Singh Chaudhary, who......

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Set up delimitation panel for SC/ST quota, SC tells govt

Anarchy In Manipur: Modi Missing Big Picture

TMC dominates Bengal rural polls, bags over 30,000 gram panchayat seats

5 soldiers killed in blast triggered by terrorists in Rajouri

As mercury hovers above 40, rain likely to bring relief

Crisis Brews In Darjeeling's Tea Gardens

4 more products get GI tag

As gardens stay shut tea firms suffer heavy losses

The trouble with your Darjeeling tea

Real reason behind Bandhan Bank's rising NPA

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

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