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Breaking News Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Taslima Nasrin
Bangladesh   India   Kolkata   Media   Photos  
 The Times Of India 
Can't I be allowed to stay in Kolkata?: Taslima
|     | KOLKATA: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Friday said she would prefer to stay in Kolkata or Delhi, a day after she was quoted as saying that she wished to shift to Tripura if s... (photo: AP Photo)
 Indian Vegetables & Spice supermarket (nv1)
Economy   Food   Photos   Society   World  
 The Statesman 
Some good sense on food crisis
Finally, a voice from the UN is saying something sensible about the world food crisis. Mr John Holmes, the UN’s humanitarian aid chief, is asking UN agencies to cool some of their dire rhetoric about ... (photo: WN / Nicolov)
Tropical Cyclone Nargis Continues Its Trek Through the Indian Ocean  AOL 
Cyclone Death Toll May Hit 128,000
YANGON, Myanmar (May 14) - The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 -- a much higher figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a sec... (photo: NASA / JPL)
Disaster   Myanmar   Photos   Storm   UN  
Earthquake  International Herald Tribune 
Disasters, natural and man-made
| : On the day of the Sichuan earthquake, I happened to be in Bengkulu, the province of Sumatra, Indonesia, which has been experiencing almost weekly quakes that measure about 5 on the Richter scale, ... (photo: Creative Commons)
Disasters   Photos   Province   Sichuan   Sumatra  
Top Stories
INDIA-TMC-SUCI-PROTEST-RALLY The Times Of India
Violence continues in round two of Bengal panchayat polls
|     KOLKATA: Violence continued across five West Bengal districts on Wednesday in the second round of the three-phased panchayat polls with clashes between th... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Bengal   Communist   Kolkata   Photos   Violence  
The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Agriculture, Shri Sharad Pawar The Times Of India
Pawar bats for private horticulture
|     NEW DELHI: Stressing on a greater role for horticulture in improving the economic condition of farmers, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar on Mond... (photo: PIB / )
Agriculture   Delhi   India   Leader   Photos  
TATA motors The Times Of India
SC asks Tata, West Bengal govt to file reply on Singur land acquisition
|     NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought reply from Tata Motors, the West Bengal government and others as to why 'fertile multi-crop agricultural la... (photo: WN/Bholanath Bhattaray)
Court   Delhi   India   Industry   Photos  
INDIA-CRPF-NANDIGRAM-VOTE-POLLING The Times Of India
Row between MP, top cop creates a flutter in Delhi
|     NEW DELHI: The bullying of a CRPF DIG in Nandigram by CPM MP Lakshman Seth during the first phase of panchayat polls in West Bengal is making ripples at t... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Bengal   Election   Nandigram   Photos   Violence  
INDIA-NANDIGRAM-VOTE-POLLING Gulf News
Nandigram officials happy about peaceful elections
| Kolkata: Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, which had seen political clashes in recent days, breathed easy on Monday, a day after the first phase of t... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Election   Kolkata   Nandigram   Photos   Slideshow   Vote  
Supplies from the U.S. Agency for International Development from the American People on board a C-130 Hercules are headed for the Yangon International Airport, Burma May 12, 2008. Houston Chronicle
US begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims
TOOLS | YANGON, Myanmar - A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, but the... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Sgt. Andres Alcaraz)
Aid   Myanmar   Photos   Slideshow   US   Yangon  
Indonesia Agriculture Farm.(nu1) Dawn
‘Silent tsunami’ upsets family life across Asia
| SYDNEY, May 11: From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the spectres o... (photo: WN / nurkamiah)
Asia   Economy   Food   People   Photos  
 Bangladesh Cyclone The Australian
Deadly power of 'delicate daffodil'
| NARGIS, the name of the killer cyclone that has devastated Burma, was revealed by Indian officials yesterday to be an Urdu language word meaning "delicate daffodil". | ... (photo: AP Photo / Pavel Rahman)
Climate   Disaster   Nature   Photos   Society  
Politics Terrorism
- Aid at the point of a gun
- Violence continues in round two of Bengal panchayat polls
- Pawar bats for private horticulture
- Nandigram officials happy about peaceful elections
Cyclone Nargis' infrared image
Aid at the point of a gun
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- Who is behind the India bombings?
- US begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims
- Major Chinese Cities Within India's Range After Agni-III
- Delhi tests 3,000km N-capable missile
Supplies from the U.S. Agency for International Development from the American People on board a C-130 Hercules are headed for the Yangon International Airport, Burma May 12, 2008.
US begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- Can't I be allowed to stay in Kolkata?: Taslima
- E-mail and video just red herring
- Global SEs keen to tie up with CSE
- Religare picks: Sterlite Technologies, Rohit Ferro Tech
Taslima Nasrin
Can't I be allowed to stay in Kolkata?: Taslima
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- Global SEs keen to tie up with CSE
- Basics matter most
- Fuelling growth
- KEC International bags Rs 111.41 cr order from Power Grid Co
TATA motors
SC asks Tata, West Bengal govt to file reply on Singur land acquisition
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Health Society & Education
- How Chittaranjan Hospital is slowly killing a patient
- Scavengers in danger
- Myanmar toll could reach 128,000, Red Cross says
- Death toll still rising in Myanmar
Tropical Cyclone Nargis Continues Its Trek Through the Indian Ocean
Cyclone Death Toll May Hit 128,000
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- Basics matter most
- Who is behind the India bombings?
- in school:
- Abuse of power
 An aerial view of damage to villages and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr. (mb1)
Grief is compounded by desperation
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Science & InfoTech Culture & Sports
- Some good sense on food crisis
- Basics matter most
- Religare picks: Sterlite Technologies, Rohit Ferro Tech
- Disasters, natural and man-made
 Indian Vegetables & Spice supermarket (nv1)
Some good sense on food crisis
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- Actor relishes joys of playing hero to preschoolers
- in school:
- Chilling look at Everest: PBS documentary tells story of kil
- Asia's first museum of modern Art coming up in Kolkata
The Great Khali
Giant wrestler finds fame in India
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