Thousands of sugarcane farmers demonstrate in New Delhi on Thursday to demand higher prices for their crop. Traffic in central Delhi areas came to a standstill as farmers protested against the government’s sugarcane policy. PHOTO: AFPPAWAR SUGAR PILL SOURS
Nov. 19: The main Opposition BJP, the Samajwadi Party and RJD on Thursday attacked Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, charging him with helping sugar mill owners by issuing the Sugarcane Control Full story![]()
IAF vice-chief Barbora lets fly again
Nov. 19: The vice-chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal P.K. Barbora, on Thursday said that political wrangling between the government and Opposition affected the IAF’s modernisation plans and acquisitionsFull story![]()
Pak current, ex-officers arrested in Headley plot
New York, Nov. 19: Some serving and ex-military officers are among five people arrested in Pakistan in connection with the LeT plot to carry out a major terror attack in India using American national David Coleman HeadleyFull story![]()
Navy is puzzled by Maha village of Nepali fishermen
Nov. 19: A growing number of people of Nepali origin in the fishing villages of Ratnagiri, in Maharashtra, has put the Naval Intellig-ence Unit on alert. Some officers do not rule out the possibility of these Full story![]()
PM-Obama dinner in a tent
Nov. 19: The Obamas will be holding their first state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not in the White House’s State Dining Room but under a white marquee erected on the South Lawn. Former President Bill Clinton Full story![]()
Punish the police, says Ishrat mom
Sept. 8: A day after the killing of Khalsa College student Ishrat Jahan was deemed a fake encounter by a judicial inquiry in Gujarat, her family demanded action against the policemen responsible. They also thanked Full story![]()
Kasab mom to visit him
April 14: External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday that 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab’s mother was coming from Pakistan to visit him in jail in Mumbai. Full story![]()
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- By Sudhir Tailang
India
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- Koda does not appear for probe
- Nitish to keep pressing for Bihar special status
- 5 cops suspended for ‘abetment’ of suicide
- Verma quits as poll commissioner
Sports
- India wage battle for survival
- Proteas ready to crush injury-plagued England
- ‘Application need of the hour’
- Fit Clarke returns for Windies series
- Dad wants more from Mahela
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International
- US: Finishing 26/11 trial crucial task for Pakistan
- Pervez desperate to join politics?
- Karzai pledges to fight corruption in 2nd term
- 23 die in Pak blast, US strike
- Jairam warns of drastic emission steps
Business
- Banks back mergers
- SFIO probes 22 firms for monetary frauds
- EGoM fails to solve 3G row
- Gold craze slips on record price
- Promoters sell 2.7% TCS stake
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