'Situation along border with China stable but ...': Eastern command chief

The situation along the eastern border with China is "stable" but "unpredictable" due to the absence of delineation of boundaries, said general officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Command,......

Bengal panchayat polls: Cong, govt employees demand more central forces

Stating that 822 companies of central forces would not be adequate for free and fair panchayat elections in West Bengal, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday demanded......

Furfura Sharif cleric floats new political outfit in Bengal

In a development that might upset several political equations in election-bound Bengal, Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui of Hooghly district's Furfura Sharif on Thursday floated a new political outfit,......

'Unity in diversity has helped us survive'

'The BJP is trying to change this mantra.' Photograph: ANI Photo On December 30, freedom fighter Dr G G Parikh, who was jailed during the 1942 Quit India movement and again during the Emergency,......

Pune farmers join hands to improve earnings

Abhinav Farmers' Club acts as a platform for sharing information; transforms lives by focusing on dairy farming, floriculture. Kailas Jadhav, a farmer near Pune, finds it difficult to hide his......

Ad-man R K Swamy is dead

Doyen of Indian advertising R K Swamy died at his residence in Chennai on Thursday. He was 80.Chairman of the R K Swamy BBDO Advertising Private Ltd, Swamy is survived by wife, two sons and four......

Meet the man behind the Jet pilots' strike

NAG President Girish Kaushik was in the pilot's seat in last week's face-off against the Jet Airways' management, writes Mihir Mishra. Captains Sam Thomas and D Balaram were the focus of all eyes......

India Inc's shining stars and few who lost glory in 2014

2014 was a mixed bag for India Inc, few made it, few slipped. An employee uses a computer mouse inside an office. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/ Reuters Sachin Bansal: India's e-tail poster boy For......

'Another win, another step forward'

IMAGE: Mohun Bagan Super Giant's chairman Sanjiv Goenka is pleased as punch after his club made it to the ISL play-offs following their win over Punjab FC on Wednesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

'Ahmedabad to host pink ball Test against England'

IMAGE:  BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI Ahmedabad will host the day-night pink ball Test during England's big-ticket tour of India early next year, BCCI president Sourav......

ODI World Cup Schedule: Another date change for Pakistan?

IMAGE: Pakistan’s match at the Eden Gardens might see a date change. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters The Cricket Association of Bengal on Saturday requested ICC recce team about concerns......

How Eden Gardens fought for the WC semis and won!

IMAGE: The iconic Eden Gardens. Photograph: BCCI Having edged out Chennai and Bangalore in the race to host a World Cup semifinal, Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish Ganguly on......

When Pelemania Gripped India

The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today?Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it.By just being brilliant,......