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Karpoori Thakur: Fountainhead of OBC politics in Bihar

Meeting Karpoori Thakur, the twice chief minister of a volatile state like Bihar, where he was reviled and respected in equal measure, was always easy for me and anybody who sought his audience.......

In bizarre robbery, 60-feet-long steel bridge stolen in Bihar

A 60-feet-long steel bridge was dismantled and stolen by a group of men posing as government officers in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said on Saturday. The bridge, weighing 500 tons, was......

Jammu toll attack: Terrorists carried ready-to-use IED

Three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, killed in Friday’s gunfight near a toll plaza in Jammu, had left an Improvised Explosive Device under a hoarding on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway......

PIX: Explosives recovered at Guwahati railway station

The Government Railway Police personnel on Wednesday recovered a huge quantity of high power explosives from a person travelling in a general coach of Delhi-bound North East Express at the Guwahati......

Hooch claims 8 lives in Bihar

Eight persons have died in Gaya district after drinking illicit liquor, taking the total number of hooch deaths in Bihar this month to 28. Of the victims, seven persons died in Rampur police......

'Budget is about growth, not anti-inflation'

The Budget announcements have been made. The finance minister changed the tax slabs giving more money in the hands of the people. However, he also hiked duty on petroleum leading to a fuel price......

The Film: Laudable effort

The Film could not have been better timed. Just when Mumbai is agog with Abu Salem's extradition from Portugal and how he exercised his sway over Bollywood, director Junaid Memon plays around with......

Tripura waits for Dipa's performance in Rio

IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar of India performs during the women's gymnastics vault apparatus. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters Excitement and expectations has reached a feverish pitch in Tripura......

How Dipa Karmakar is an inspiration to other gymnasts

IMAGE: India’s Dipa Karmakar in action. Photograph: PTI In many ways, most success stories in Indian sports are partly human interest stories. If it is in gymnastics, an obscure sport for......

Paddler Ghosh readying himself for Olympic challenge

Soumyajit Ghosh's qualification for the London Olympics has taken everyone by surprise. But the Siliguri paddler knows that it will not be a stroll in the park when it comes down to facing European......

Spotted: Anil Kumble

Reader Mantu sent us this photograph. 'Professionally, I am a hotelier.I metAnil Kumble during his stay in my resort. 'Along with me are my staff membersAshish and Wifred. 'He is so down-to-earth......

Renowned Italian coach to groom Indian paddlers

Renowned Italian coach Massimo Constantini will groom Indian paddlers for the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled in the capital. The Steering Committee for the Games which met in New Delhi on Friday......

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