Mamata's idol to be placed in Kolkata Durga pandal

A controversy has erupted in West Bengal over the organisers of a Durga puja deciding to put up an idol of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at their marquee alongside Goddess Durga's, provoking angry......

Trinamool sweeps Kolkata civic polls, decimates Opposition

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress gained control of the 144-member Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday clinching nearly 72 per cent of votes, in a ringing endorsement for the party seven......

Azaan at Kolkata Durga Puja pandal kicks up row

A Kolkata Durga Puja committee, with a senior Trinamool Congress leader as its patron, has courted controversy by playing azaan along with Sanskrit hymns as the theme music of the festivities,......

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West......

Kolkata potters join e-selling

Working out of their tiny tents in the dingy bylanes of north Kolkata, potters of Kumartuli are now banking upon the Internet to reach out to the overseas clients. E-selling of idols of Goddess......

Alibag lures Mumbai's rich

One hundred and ten kilometres from the megalopolis that is Mumbai is Alibag, likened by some to Martha's Vineyard with its weekend homes for the privileged. You can drive for miles in Alibag (used......

50 Years Of Abhimaan

Hrishida's Abhimaan captured the real life pair Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's dazzling chemistry in the many stages of the husband-wife relationship, observes Sukanya Verma. 'Kala main jo baat keh......

'Award Raju Srivastav Bharat Ratna'

'Today's generation can learn from him how not to hurt anyone's sentiments at a time when many stand-up comedians deliberately set out to do so.' Photograph: PTI Photo On September 21,......

PIX: Ranbir Kapoor celebrates Durga puja

Ranbir Kapoor, who is busy promoting his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, attended Durga puja celebrations over the weekend at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Pooja in Andheri, a western suburb of......

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......

Olympic-bound Sable breaks record at Delhi half marathon

IMAGE: Avinash Sable, who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 3000m steeplechase event during the World Athletics Championships last year, became the first Indian to run a half marathon under sixty......

Readers on whether Ganguly should play

Vikram Shah: Can someone from your organisation lead a discussion on the validity of this penalty, please?Let us not talk about Saurav's form as a batsman as that is not the issue here.Do the rules......