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From the Print Edition
Jayalalithaa sworn in, gives clearance to new proposals
Provision of 20 kg rice free of cost under Public Distribution System

We will not take any unconstitutional step, says Centre
NDA delegation meets Manmohan, calls for “immediate recall” of Bhardwaj

Yeddyurappa arrives with MLAs, to meet President today
NEW DELHI: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa arrived here on Monday night with the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs from his Assembly, besides party MPs and MLCs, to meet President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday and prove his majority. Mr. ...

Debendranath Sarangi, new Chief Secretary
J.K. Tripathy new Chennai police Commissioner

BJP steps up offensive against Governor
Bangalore: With the Karnataka government headed by B.S. Yeddyurappa being pushed to the brink, the governing Bharatiya Janata Party has stepped up its offensive against Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and the Union government to ensure that no harm is ...

NEWS ANALYSIS
Challenges ahead for Mamata
KOLKATA: None more than Mamata Banerjee herself will be expected to realise the enormity of the challenges awaiting her as West Bengal's next Chief Minister. The times of rhetoric are over; delivering on the high level of expectations only ...

Advani wanted Mamata to win in West Bengal, says BJP
KOLKATA: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani had initially disapproved of the decision taken by the party's West Bengal unit to field candidates in almost all seats in the Assembly elections as he felt it would prove ...

Another park taken over for Metro Rail
CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has taken over the Chennai Corporation park in Ashok Nagar for construction-related activities. This is the fourth lung space in the city that has been closed to the public for the work on the ...

Mamata invites PM, Sonia for swearing-in ceremony
New Delhi: The Congress appears to be veering around to the idea of joining the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, with a majority of the 42 newly elected MLAs expressing their desire to participate in it. Officially, however, the ...

Oath-taking on May 20
KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday sent a letter to Mamata Banerjee, leader of the Trinamool Congress Legislature Party, inviting her to form the next government in the State, sources in Raj Bhavan here said on Monday. The ...

Rahul takes farmers to meet PM
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who declared his solidarity with the villagers of western Uttar Pradesh, who are protesting at the manner in which the State government has been acquiring their land, took a delegation of ...

We gave better compensation, says BSP government
LUCKNOW: Having been pushed to the defensive owing to developments related to land acquisition, the Bahujan Samaj Party regime in Uttar Pradesh on Monday said the compensation given to farmers by the State in the last few years was more than ...

Supreme Court raps IT department for slow progress in 2G probe
“We are sure the department would have slept over it if the court had not intervened”

IPL CARNIVAL 2011
RCB can spike Kings' aspirations
Gayle's savage attack upfront could well dictate the course of the match

TENNIS
Novak Djokovic's dominant run continues
Rome: Novak Djokovic took his unbeaten start of the year to 37 matches as he stunned World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 to win the Rome Masters on Sunday. Sunday was the fourth time in a row the Serbian has beaten Nadal in a Masters final this ...

Easy win for Deccan Chargers
Pune Warriors' strokemakers fail to get going as team manages just 136

Those writing epitaph for CPI(M) are mistaken, says Karat
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday said it would assess why people of West Bengal voted for a change in the Assembly elections and take steps to reconnect with people. “While acknowledging this defeat, some ...

Endeavour's final flight launched
Washington: Endeavour on Monday lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on its final flight, taking a particle detector to the international space station. The Endeavour began its 16-day mission at 8:56 a.m. (1256 GMT) after ...

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