CBI files chargesheet against Lalu, Rabri in land-for-jobs scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet on Friday against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and 14 others in connection with alleged appointments made in......

'Mother Teresa must have been God incarnate'

'When one was with Mother, one realised you were with somebody who was the nearest person to God.' IMAGE: Preeti Roy with Mother Teresa. Photograph: Kind courtesy Preeti Roy   Preeti Roy is......

CPI-M will win, but by a narrow margin: Biman Bose

Alimuddin Street, off Lower Circular Road, one of the busiest thoroughfares in Kolkata, is more a Byzantine lane, cobbled in parts, than a street. Decrepit, nondescript houses with peeling paint......

A Salute to the Soldier at the LAC

Indian Army officers, serving and retired, will tell you that the one thing that makes the Indian soldier singularly unique is his josh and jazba, reports Archana Masih/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Army......

A new fintech world is upon us amid funding drought, lower valuations

In January, Visa’s chief executive officer, Al Kelly, said during an earnings call that “there’s been a burst of the balloon in valuations in the fintech world”.......

Flyovers: Big money guzzlers that fail to solve traffic problems

It should be clear to all that flyovers don't solve urban traffic problems. They make them worse by taking away scarce funding from solutions that could, notes Subir Roy. Image: Flyovers fail to......

InvITs with too few investors under Sebi lens

InvITs are a key way in which private developers could monetise their investments in infrastructure projects to enable them to raise cash for new project development. Photograph:Shailesh......

E-commerce deliveries come to a grinding halt

There is a lot of police action on the ground and even inter-state movement has been stopped, because of which deliveries of essential items via platforms, such as Flipkart, Amazon, Grofers, and......

Claudius laid to rest in presence of teammates

Olympians and dignitaries of the state government today bid their final adieus to legendary hockey player Leslie Claudius whose mortal remains were laid to rest at the Lower Circular Road Cemetery......

No state honour for Claudius; funeral on Sunday

The mortal remains of legendaryhockey player Leslie Claudius will be kept at Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata for public veneration on Sunday afternoon followed by his funeral at the Lower Circular road......