Kolkata rape: Break fingers of those blaming Mamata, says TMC minister

Senior Trinamool Congress minister Udayan Guha has sparked controversy by claiming that fingers of those blaming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and demanding her resignation over the......

Women fill streets across Bengal in midnight stir against doctor's murder

Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital......

SC to hear Kolkata rape-murder case first on Tuesday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear as the first matter on Tuesday a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata......

Classical dancer shot dead in another attack on Indians in US

In yet another deadly attack on Indians and Indian-Americans in the United States in recent months, a 34-year-old trained classical dancer from India and a student of Washington University, was......

Wipro opens door to non-science graduates

These recruits, after going through training, would be sent in areas like infrastructure management services and application support and services. In what could well become a larger sectoral trend,......

Ramesh Pandey beats Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet

When the votes for the Reader's Choice CEO of the Year by MarketWatch were counted, Dr Ramesh Pandey of Xechem came first, relegating Steve Jobs of Apple Computers to second place and Warren......

A cure for India's traffic mess

There is an urgent need for better infrastrcutrue, proper traffic management and smarter planning, if Indian roads are to be safe and good to drive on, says S S Kumar. When I was in school, the......

This is what dreams are made of

Imagine the view from the 20th floor of a condominium with its grounds landscaped into lush green gardens, a swimming pool and interesting water features.A place where you walk into a plush......

'Ananya Gives It Her 100%'

'In anything in life, privilege helps.''Privilege means access. Access means connections.''Does it help? Of course, it does. In whatever you do.' IMAGE: Ananya Panday and Vihaan Samat in Call Me......

'How much more Indian can my film get?'

'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.' Even as a raging debate eddies around him about whether his film, Chhello Show (Last Film Show), is a......

'We wanted to select a film that celebrated humanism'

'If we selected a political film or a film on a specific cultural event, they could easily be bypassed if they don't match with the political ideologies of the people viewing the film at the......

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The stars were there. For a small festival in its fourth year, the International Film Festivals and Awards Macao brings quite a few global film personalities to promote their films. French actress......

Boxer Vikas Krishan targets gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

'We have got quite a strong team, we have got two world championship medalists in Amit Panghal and Manish Kaushik. You know that those guys are tough and they can beat any guy on the given day.'......

'Attacking is an important word in spin bowling'

It is a treat to watch him spin the ball with his ownmagic. Legendary off-spinner Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna was at the nets at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore,......

Pakistanis to train at MRF Academy

The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed that three Test bowlers besides an under-19 player would be joining for training under former Australian speedster Dennis Lillee at the MRF Pace foundation......

Pathan, Balaji, Zaheer to train under Lillee

Pace bowlers Irfan Pathan and Lakshmipathy Balaji, India's bowling heroes in the recent Test series against Pakistan, along with left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan will fine-tune their skills at the MRF......

10 Indian sports stars who left a mark on 2015

What a year Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, Saina Nehwal, Vijender Singh and Anirban Lahiri had! IMAGE: Sania Mirza. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images 2015 was an extraordinary year for Sania......