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Carroll, Archie B., author

Avolio, Bruce J., author

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today presented the interim budget for 2013-14, in which he managed to contain the fiscal deficit for the current financial year at 4.6 percent, much lower than the targeted 4.8 percent. The current account deficit for ...

Shailendra Sengar, Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha national vice-president, called for a 'complete boycott' of all Chinese goods on April 25

As India continues its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Tendulkar made a donation to a Mumbai based non-profit organisation to aid 4,000 underprivileged people, including children

Sarat Chandra Bose claimed the Government of India had definite information of Netaji being in Red China of Mao Tse-Tung

All India Trinamool Congress Yuva president Abhishek Banerjee party would fight the 2014 Lok Sabha elections alone.

A State Crime Records Bureau-backed report has termed West Bengal the source point for child trafficking within the country.

The international sportsman met children of St James School who teach underprivileged children from nearby slums.

A girl, who had resisted the attempts by her family to marry her off as a child, died late Wednesday.

The CAB has decked up the stadium facade and interior with Tendulkar''s posters and cut-outs.

The minimum and maximum deposit is Rs 1,000 and Rs 25,000 and it will earn interest between 9 and 9.25 per cent depending on its maturity period.

Mohammed Shami''s 9/118 is best by Indian pacer on debut.

As a mark of respect, Mamata also presented Tendulkar with a turban apart from her painting.

"If the CM cannot explain the failure of the state government in implementing the Aadhaar project, she must apologise,'' Bhattacharya said.

Adhikari said the Centre must stop unwanted intervention into cooperative societies.

Leading the demand for the change is a group led by Union minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Choudhury.

Tower Infotec had collected money from public without taking permission from concerned authorities.

Over 25 kg of red sandalwood was seized today from a Chinese national at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose international airport.

Meets CM, reviews construction of cancer hospital.

The hearing date has not been fixed yet, but a copy of the PIL has been sent to Ganguly.

Inaugurating the session on behalf of the CM, state finance minister Amit Mitra pointed out the "massive increase" in the budget allocation for minorities since Mamata came to office in 2011.

To take oath next week, says Gorkhaland statehood demand 'not on the agenda now''

GJM supremo termed hill council 'necessity'', months after he said it should scrapped

Legendary actor Suchitra Sen is in a serious condition after she was admitted to a private hospital here following a respiratory tract infection, doctors said Sunday.

The condition of 82-year-old Suchitra Sen, who was admitted to a super specialty hospital here after complaining of respiratory tract infection, is stable now, doctors attending on the veteran actress said.

Chief Secretary Sanjoy Mitra''s claim that the rape victim received adequate medical attention drew flak from the All India Democratic Women''s Association (AIDWA), the women''s wing of the CPM.

Former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, accused of sexual harassment by a woman lawyer who interned under him, is contemplating resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).

Ailing actress Suchitra Sen, who has remained a recluse for the past three decades and is currently undergoing treatment at a Kolkata hospital, made an exception for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday and met her.

India has lost about 10% share of the global BPO market in the last five years to destinations like China, the Philippines and Brazil, raising concerns for the $20-billion Indian BPO industry.

The Economic Survey today said slippage on fiscal deficit will be restricted to 0.2 percentage point this year as expenditure measures could offset the shortfall in revenue collections

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has exuded confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to achieve higher growth of around 6.1 to 6.7%, up from the advance estimates of 5% economic growth in the ...

"These machines have become all the more significant with the government declaring support price on the basis of parameters like staple length and micronaire value"

They slogged to make it to prestigious engineering colleges of the country. Only to return to the farms in their villages and try their hand at something.....

Come litchi season this summer, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would be ready with the customary packets of the fruit...

It pays to go Dutch. Ask Rasila Kothari, 52, who took to commercial cultivation of Dutch roses in Chandwe village, near Ranchi in Jharkhand.

Assam is counting on boro rice to achieve the target of 46.7 lakh-metric tonnes that it has set for the crop this year.

With private exporters locating overseas customers for bhot jolokiya, Assam has for the first time gone for a systematic cultivation of one of world''s hottest chillies....

Pearl spot fish or Karimeen, favoured by tourists and declared state fish by Kerala govtlast year, is facing extinction. Cage culture can help check the trend

Imported power tillers, mini-tractors to mechanise hill farming in Himachal Pradesh

BARC technology to considerably increase shelf life of the highly perishable fruit

Manipur has discovered an entirely new variety of orchid, names it Ione Kipgenii; orchid gene conservation centre has also found 24 other species new to the state

Farmers are using innovative trench technique to grow the European vegetable they call 'jugni'', and are earning a good profit; none of them aware of its real name

Khargone strives to outmatch Guntur, with help from Andhra

Tractor sales pick up; govt promotes use of implements, launches schemes for machines on rent and at subsidy

How to prepare soil for next crop without burning field