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On his 71st birthday, Kolkata cops grill Mithun over campaign speech

Actor-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mithun Chakraborty was on Wednesday questioned by the Kolkata Police in connection with a complaint accusing him of inciting post-poll violence in West......

I'm a cobra, one bite is enough: Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP

Yesteryear Bollywood heartthrob Mithun Chakraborty, who had millions of fans swooning with his dance and action moves, on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at Brigade Parade Ground......

Bengal's tinsel town takes sides in high-octane TMC vs BJP battle

Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in......

Hamid Ansari on 10 years as Rajya Sabha chairman

'The chair is a referee in a match, whether this side is playing better or that side is playing worse is no concern of the chair.' Part I: 'Indianness of any citizen being questioned is......

Trolls Impact? No Letters to the Editor please

'It may not be coincidental that the rise of these warriors with their bile and diatribes has come at a time when the concept of neutrality in journalism is fading,' says Amulya......

Innovation lessons for India from Isarel

Israel is an incredibly innovative nation. It ranks the highest in the world in the per capita number of patents filed, notes R Gopalakrishnan. One response to my last InnoColumn was......

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House faces commercial dilemma

Paribartan (change) in Bengal appears to have caught up with even the iconic Coffee House, a regular hangout for this city’s intellectuals. It is renting out its historical premises on......

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......

BHEL may have power venture at Nano's Singur site

There is a flicker of hope for Tata Motors' abandoned Singur site. A team from government-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) visited the place, along with state government officials, for a......

Men behind the Bharti, MTN merger talks

Roughly one year after the merger talks between the two broke down, Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel and South African telecom major MTN Group are back at the table discussing a possible $23......

Shyam Benegal's Life In Pictures

Shyam Benegal passed into the ages on December 23, leaving behind a rich legacy. We look back at some interesting moments from his life. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/X Shyam Benegal......

'I'm Being Used As A Potato For 25 Years'

'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.''The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.' IMAGE: Om Puri in Ardh Satya. In the final phase of his life, Om Puri......

Mithunda Seeks Sharmila Tagore's Blessing

The 70th National Awards saw some beautiful moments on stage and off it. What caught our attention was Sharmila Tagore's cute moment with Mithun Chakraborty when the Bengali movie legends caught up......

Mithun: The Outsider We Love To Watch

Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.......

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

National Award-winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-MP, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty......

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India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...

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GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS

The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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