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Kolkata, May 20: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the steep fall in the rupee was a matter of great concern and the Centre was trying to resolve the situation. "It is a matter of great concern. We are watching the situation. The Centre is not (sitting) idle. We are trying to resolve (the issue)," Mukherjee told press here. "This is due to the Eurozone crisis," he said. Mukherjee

New Delhi, May 20: On Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called Presidency University student Taniya Bhardwaj a CPI(M) cadre and a Maoist for asking a question about the conduct of senior state ministers and officials over crimes against women. The question was asked at an open house session with the Chief Minister, conducted by CNN-IBN to mark one year of the Trinamool Congress's

New Delhi, May 20: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday took a dig at Team Anna, saying Satyagraha does not mean use of derogatory language. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a national seminar on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti here, Sibal evoked the principles of Satyagraha laid down by Mahatma Gandhi while taking a veiled potshot at the anti -corruption crusader. "As

Kolkata, May 20: It's been a year since the day Mamata Banerjee ended 34 years of the Left rule and came to power in West Bengal, and she has found a clever way to commemorate it. After the red rule of the Left and the green wave of 'Poriborton', Mamata is painting Kolkata blue. The state Chief Minister has decreed that the city needs a neutral uniform colour code. Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee

Kolkata, May 20: Moments after walking off the stage where a discussion hosted by a television channel on Friday evening was being recorded, an angry West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instructed the police to take photographs of those in the audience who had asked questions which did not go down well with her. The police, according to unofficial reports on Saturday, have begun enquiries

Hyderabad, May 20: The custodians of the 17th century Makkah Masjid, a popular tourist destination here, have prescribed a dress code for women visitors. Women wearing jeans, sleeveless tops and skirts would not be allowed inside the historic mosque. The authorities of the mosque said women visitors must dress appropriately keeping in view the sanctity of the place. “Women visiting the mosque

New Delhi, May 19: A day after the Italian Ambassador to India was recalled for "consultations", Italian Foreign Ministry today summoned Indian Ambassador in Rome Dabarata Saha in connection with detention of two of its marines charged with murder of two fishermen in Kerala. It was announced in Italy yesterday that it is recalling its Ambassador here, Giacomo Sanfelice, for consultations soon

Thiruvananthapuram, May 19: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy hopes that the long-pending dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam could be resolved through legal processes, as the neighbouring state has not come forward for talks. “We are always ready for talks, either bilateral or through the Centre’s mediation. But Tamil Nadu has not agreed for that. In this situation

New Delhi, May 19: Italy's recall of its envoy from New Delhi is aimed at signalling its "strong displeasure" with the Indian government's handling of a case involving two Italian sailors charged with murder, a top Italian official said on Saturday. The ambassador's recall on Friday escalated an increasingly tense diplomatic spat between Italy and India. The two naval guards, members of a military

Mumbai, May 19: Each year boys max out seats at the Indian Institutes of Technology. But the count of girls who secured JEE ranks has doubled to 2,886 since the last edition of the exam. Yet, the tech schools will on another front continue to be an unequal world: students from the IIT-Bombay zone (home to Kota) dominate the list of selected candidates. But the southern zone has bagged the credit