Death toll in Bengal due to Cyclone Amphan rises to 80

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flew down to Kolkata to take stock of the situation in large swathes of West Bengal that were decimated by cyclone 'Amphan' and announced an advance......

'BJP will get 35% vote in Bengal'

With a substantially weakened Left Front and the Congress, political observers say the anti-Trinamool vote will go to the BJP.Avishek Rakshit reports. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party national......

Mamata's TMC sweeps aside opposition in West Bengal

Led by mercurial Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday stormed back to power in West Bengal getting more than two-thirds majority decimating the opposition Left-Congress alliance......

Artistes, academicians come out in support of Modi

A group of writers, academicians and artistes on Thursday came out in support of the Narendra Modi government and dismissed the protests over alleged rising intolerance as “much ado”......

How IIT Kharagpur researchers are leading a 'green revolution'

Indrani Roy/Rediff.com traces how researchers at IIT-Kharagpur have managed to turn barren land of surrounding villages to multi-crop farmland Image: Dr P B S Bhadoria of IIT-Kharagpur speaks to......

MCX to start full-time course in commodities

The Multi Commodity Exchange of India has decided to start a one-year full-time certificate course on commodities in March this year in Mumbai. The fee structure has not been decided so far. Aimed......

Subhash Ghai, Shah Rukh and Dilip Kumar

Subhash 'Showman' Ghai isa filmmaker who likes to do things in style.And Monday's inauguration of his dream project,the film school Whistling Woods International, was no exception. In attendance......

Kolkata police to probe power failure

The Kolkata police on Friday met the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) officials to inquire into the Eden Gardens power failure that disrupted the India-Sri Lanka day-nightfifth One-Day......