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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......

Flood-like situation in Bengal, Bihar rivers in spate

Many low-lying areas in West Bengal's sub-Himalayan region were reeling from a flood-like situation while major rivers in Bihar were flowing above the danger level at several places as unabated......

Captain among 4 Army soldiers killed in Doda encounter

Four Army personnel, including a captain, were killed in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed terrorists of Pakistan-based banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Doda district, the third major......

Darjeeling: Protests erupt after weapons recovered from GJM chief's office

Protesters and riot police hurled stones at each other and a car was set ablaze after a series of raids on Thursday on premises connected with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief, whose separatist......

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......

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

The alpona (artwork) on the steep, winding road leading to Makaibari bears testimony to the visit of G20 delegates for the second tourism working group meeting in April last year. Photograph:......

Airfares to summer destinations defy heat, stay cool

Notwithstanding the sweltering heat engulfing major cities, travellers can find solace in the steady airfares to popular summer destinations like Srinagar, Bagdogra, and Kochi. Photograph: Greg......

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......

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......

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.......

'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

Flood-like situation in Bengal, Bihar rivers in spate

Captain among 4 Army soldiers killed in Doda encounter

Darjeeling: Protests erupt after weapons recovered from GJM chief's office

5 soldiers killed in blast triggered by terrorists in Rajouri

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

Airfares to summer destinations defy heat, stay cool

Crisis Brews In Darjeeling's Tea Gardens

The trouble with your Darjeeling tea

4 more products get GI tag

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

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