Kolkata experienced a unique and powerful display of civic solidarity when residents turned off their lights for an hour from 9 pm on Wednesday and came down to the streets with burning candles to......
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......
The West Bengal crime investigation department on Thursday evening detained one person for his alleged involvement in the "murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said. The police......
Three persons, including the president and general secretary of the Assam Miya Parishad, have been detained for their alleged association with terror outfits, police said on Wednesday. Photograph:......
One more person with alleged links with Bangladeshi terror outfit Ansarul Islam was arrested in Assam's Morigaon district on Friday and he was charged under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,......
The cloud kitchen market in India will hit $1.05 billion by 2023.Just 13% of the total market has been utilised so far.Veer Arjun Singh and Dhruv Munjal report. IMAGE: A waiter with a protective......
Historically, Nadia has always attached considerable importance to sanitation and hygiene. A number of villages in the district are home to the Namasudras, who had migrated from the Khulna,......
Sari designs handpicked personally by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be available in the market here ahead of the Durga Puja festival. The range of saris will be sold under the......
'Holding on to superstardom is far more difficult than the struggle to get there.' IMAGE: Mithun Chakraborty in Kabuliwala. Mithun Chakraborty is still a superstar in Bengal, celebrating......
Bollywood is making beautiful pictures in different parts of the world. Take a look. Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram Alia Bhatt may be in Italy with Ranbir Kapoor for their......
'No other actor in India was as lucky as me,' Soumitra Chatterjee tells Indrani Roy/ Rediff.com The brilliant actor Soumitra Chatterjee turns 80 today, January 19. On this occasion, we......
Tasher Desh is staggeringly-original film, writes Raja Sen.The thing about building a house of cards -- indeed, a country of cards -- is that its very existence is rooted in caprice. With Tasher......
Sukanya Verma says Vidya Balan excels in Kahaani, a film which ismuch too enjoyable to find flaws.The concept behind a jigsaw puzzle is most fascinating. Its three-step model involves drawing an......
IMAGE: Emiliano Martinez is greeted by Mohun Bagan officials at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata, July 3, 2023. Photograph: Mohun Bagan Athletic Club/Twitter Argentina's World......
Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team Raised by a mother who pushed her to break barriers, 20-year-old Uma Chetry of Assam's Golaghat district has scripted......
IMAGE: India's Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar celebrate after winning the gold medal in the men's pair event in bridge at the Asian Games. Photograph: PTI They won a gold and couple of......
The official song for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 (ICC WT20) has been announced. ‘Char Chokka Hoi Hoi’ (roughly translates to ‘Fours, Sixes, Fun and Games’),......
International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar surprised everyone as he delivered the introductory lines of his speech at the openingceremony of the World Cup in Bangla. "Swagato (Welcome),"......