Will Phase 6 Stun BJP?

In Phase 6, indications are that the BJP, which is defending 40 seats, will lose in double digits and gain in single digits.Not good, if you are the ruling party scrambling to earn a working......

Cyclone Remal to hit Bengal on Sunday, Kolkata airport to suspend flights

A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, named Remal, on Saturday evening and is likely to turn severe before making landfall between the coasts of West Bengal......

Suvendu's Career Hinges On Tamluk

'The life of his political career is dependent on success in this constituency.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Amit A Shah and Suvendu Adhikari during an election rally in Birbhum, May 10,......

Cyclone Remal: 'WB elections won't be disturbed'

'There will not be very heavy rain.''Moderate showers will be there and winds will be, say, somewhere between 20 and 40 km/hr, gusting to 35 km/hr.' IMAGE: South Mumbai's normally bustling beach......

How Mamata can woo big-ticket projects to Bengal

The words ‘industry’, ‘industrial development’, ‘jobs’, and ‘employment’ have been ringing with higher frequency since Mamata Banerjee stepped into......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Is Gurugram going the Kolkata way?

Militant labour policies compounded a poor security environment for capital in West Bengal and encouraged the business community to relocate. constraining the private sector’s right to hire......

Samba Magic grips the City of Joy as Ronaldinho ignites Durga Puja festivities

IMAGE: In Kolkata for a two-day visit, Ronaldinho inaugurated several Durga Puja pandals. Photographs: ANI Wearing his infectious goofy grin, 'Samba Magician' Ronaldinho cast a spell on the......

23-year wait ends! Bagan stun EB; seal Durand Cup triumph

Photograph: Kind Courtesy AIFF/X (formerly Twitter) A moment of sheer brilliance from Dimitri Petratos proved decisive as 10-man Mohun Bagan Super Giant beat arch-rivals East Bengal 1-0 in a......

Durand Cup: East Bengal secure knockout berth

IMAGE: East Bengal downed Punjab FC to enter the knockout stages. Photograph: Kind courtesy East Bengal/Twitter Spain's Javier Siverio produced the solitary goal as East Bengal beat Punjab FC 1-0......

Football icon Mohammed Habib passes away

Photograph: Kind Courtesy East Bengal/Twitter Mohammed Habib, the playmaker par excellence of the 1970s who scored against Pele's New York Cosmos in Mohun Bagan colours and made the football icon......

Durand Cup: Nandhakumar breaks East Bengal's derby drought

Nandhakumar ends East Bengal's 1658-day wait to beat Mohun Bagan Photograph: Kind Courtesy East Bengal FC/Twitter Seasoned Nandhakumar Sekar enjoyed the most defining day of his football career......