CBI names RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in corruption FIR

The Central Bureau of Investigation has named Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in the FIR the agency has filed in connection with its probe into the alleged......

RG Kar victim's parents don't want death for Roy, claims their lawyer

On a day when both the West Bengal government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moved the Calcutta high court for admission of their appeals seeking capital punishment for RG Kar......

RG Kar verdict: 'Roy attacked victim while she was asleep'

Pronouncing sole accused Sanjay Roy guilty of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at state-run RG Kar hospital, Sealdah court judge Anirban Das on Saturday said the convict had attacked the......

Sanjay Roy found guilty of raping, murdering RG Kar doctor

A Kolkata court on Saturday convicted prime accused Sanjay Roy of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, 162 days after the crime that sparked......

India Inc draws govt attention on ease of doing business

In a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the corporate leaders highlighted several issues, including certain income tax matters which were coming in the way of mergers and......

The biggest challenge facing India Inc

The immediate concern for all companies is to prepare themselves - and their vendors and suppliers - for the new GST return filing mechanism, being test piloted from April 1. Illustration: Uttam......

Why GST will help the auto industry

Among other things GST will yield ‘better value for money’ for car buyers, increasing automobile industry demand, says Sandip Neogi. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com.   The......

The BEST of my father, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. 'I don't need......

'All the greats are gone'

'I met him in September, just days before he was hospitalised for Covid, for a documentary that his daughter was making.''He was in the pink of health, conversing with everyone the whole day.'......

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES of Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2.To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. A lot has been......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

Footballers set out to help Amphan-affected West Bengal

'Life is all about helping each other in times of crisis -- it's about humanity.' IMAGE: A man salvages his belongings from the rubble of a damaged shop after Cyclone Amphan made its landfall, in......

Koevermans names probables for AFC Challenge cup

National football coach Wim Koevermans today named 30 probables for the preparatory camp for the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers scheduled to be held in Myanmar capital of Yangon from March 2-6 with......

Koevermans names 23 for Palestine friendly

National football coach Wim Koevermans has named his squad of 23 for the international friendly against Palestine, scheduled to be played in Kochi on February 6. Koevermans, under whom India had......

The footballer Satyajit Ray adored

Satyajit Ray's world revolved around Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known to millions of football fanatics as Pele."It was not possible to watch a match on television during Baba's (Ray's)......

East Bengal go down 1-3 to Vasco

Defending champions East Bengal's title aspirations went up in smoke as they were beaten1-3 by Vasco Sports Club, Goa, in their concluding ninth National Football League match on Saturday.Anthony......