Over 1.54 crore voters in the eastern states of West Bengal and Assam will exercise their franchise on Saturday in the first phase of polling to decide the fate of key candidates and whether the......
The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......
'The power of love is the greatest power in the world.''Add a smile and you can conquer the world,' Bengali actor June Maliah, the Trinamool Congress's candidate for the Medinipur constituency,......
'We provide unsecured loans of Rs 150,000-500,000 and secured loans of Rs 10 lakh-Rs 25 lakh. 'These are largely small businesses, traders, services and some manufacturing units.' Illustration:......
These banks need to build a significant deposit base to start full-fledged banking. With a number of small finance banks expected to start operations in the next six months, small savers are likely......
Experts have said stress building in rural areas due to deficient rains may hit the repayment capacity of borrowers and, in turn, affect MFIs.After a controversy over their debt-collection tactics,......
PMAY-Gramin, which was launched in November 2016, aims to construct 10 million homes by March 31, 2019, with private sector and state government participation The government’s Pradhan......
These banks are finding it hard to pick up seasoned bankers at the pay they are offering With all the ten small finance banks (SFB) set to be operational over the next two months, local hiring has......
"To me, it is an ode," says filmmakerGoutam Ghose, "not only to [Satyajit] Ray and his movie Aranyer Din Raatri [Days and Nights in the Forest], but to cinema, or more pointedly, to the......
Less than 24 hours after being dropped from India's Test squad, Cheteshwar Pujara struck an uncharacteristic 83-ball 91 to steer Saurashtra to a draw in their Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai......
Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday IMAGE: Saurashtra's wicket-keeper batsman Sheldon Jackson scored 61 runs against Mumbai in Rajkot on Saturday. Photograph: Sheldon......
Summary of results of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played on Sunday. IMAGE: Vidarbha's Yash Thakur celebrates a wicket against Tripura on Sunday. He finished with four wickets. Photograph: BCCI......
IMAGE:Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his fourth hundred of the tournament.Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Ruturaj Gaikwad continued to be in red hot form to smash his fourth hundred on Tuesday but Maharashtra,......
A round-up of Day 1 in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches. IMAGE: Odisha players appeal for a wicket on Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Bengal, in Cuttack, on Thursday.......