Asserting that the RG Kar incident was a "rare, heinous and sensitive crime," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee on Tuesday said if someone gets away after committing a crime, he will again......
A local leader of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party's Murshidabad unit has announced plans to construct a Ram temple in Berhampore, days after Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir proposed to set......
AAP projects its affordable 'health model' as a success story. The BJP calls it a hoax. IMAGE: A Mohalla clinic in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo The efficacy of Delhi's 'health model'......
A freebie once granted can hardly be discontinued. All that can happen is to substitute it with a bigger freebie, notes A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi presents a cheque to......
Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal defied a Supreme Court order, asking them to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, and said they would continue with their protest till their demands were......
There is now a new ray of hope for public sector reforms in this country. CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat has made a public statement that essentially gives the Manmohan Singh government the......
Flipkart’s hyper-value e-commerce platform Shopsy is intensifying efforts to tap over half of the 821 million internet users (about 442 million) in rural India. These efforts are being led......
The new four-wheeler (4W) electric vehicle (EV) policy may spur the entry of global majors. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The manufacturing policy cuts Customs duty to 15 per cent, given a......
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved seven multi-tracking projects of Indian Railways at an estimated cost of around Rs 32,500 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw......
West Bengal government on Thursday handed over nearly 1,200 acres of land to 13 companies in three industrial estates across the state.Three companies, DPSC Limited, Jai Balaji and Shyam Steel were......
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.' IMAGE: Shabana Azmi in Ankur. Shyam Benegal started his film career with the brilliant Ankur. The 1974 film not......