'The Gandhis have swallowed their pride for now and deflected the attention to Kharge'

'Gehlot is right now doing things, which are not appreciated by the Gandhis.''The Gandhis have realised that their writ does not run in Rajasthan, therefore they have deflected the issue to......

Kharge or Tharoor? Cong to get first non-Gandhi prez in 24 years today

The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday after more than 9,500 votes cast to choose between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are counted to......

Congress presidential poll: Sixth in party's 137-year history

With the Congress set to vote to elect its new chief, it would be the sixth time in its nearly 137-year-old history that an electoral contest would decide who would take up the mantle of the......

TMC's Subrata Mukherjee no more, 'big blow' says Mamata

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died while being treated for cardiac ailments at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.......

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......

Lending to friends and family can be risky

Despite bad experiences it's not easy to ignore a relative or a friend is in need of financial help. It is often said that the easiest way to lose a friend is to extend him a loan. Many would have......

Mamata's superficial ideas fail to revive Bengal

Mamata Banerjee's triumphal declaration of having attracted investments worth Rs 2.43 lakh crore at the summit, are numbers that no one but she and the enigmatic state finance minister Amit Mitra......

Kamal Nath benefited from Bengal contract: WikiLeaks

In 1976, Kamal Nath, now urban development minister, may have benefited from “a very large” contract awarded under the then West Bengal power minister, A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury,......

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......

The BEST celeb book? VOTE!

And you thought actors only acted! Do you know how Salman Khan's relationship with Aishwarya Rai soured? Did you know Shammi Kapoor wanted to marry Madhubala? Did you know Shatrughan Sinha was in......

Satyajit Ray's Feluda turns 50

While Calcutta has transitioned to Kolkata, Satyajit Ray's detective, Feluda, has remained unchanged in the Bengali consciousness Here’s a mystery for Prodosh C Mitter to solve. How can a......

Mysskin, on making Anjathe

One of the biggest hits of 2008 is Mysskin's Tamil movie, Anjathe, also hailed as one of the best films made so far this year. When I met the director at his office, he was in a very jovial mood,......

HC vacates stay, tells Dalmiya to reply

A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated the stay on the show cause notice slapped on former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya, on charges of......

BCCI replies to ICC submission

The BCCIsent a reply to arbitrator Justice Albie Sachs rebutting the ICC's contentions on the six-ODI ban slapped on Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly. The 11-page missive senton Friday evening......

BCCI inducts Sorabjee, Ray for Ganguly case

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has roped in the country's leading legal brains, Soli Sorabjee and Siddhartha Shankar Ray, in its bid to prepare a watertight defence for India skipper......

Ganguly to appeal again

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is likely to go for another appeal against the six-match ban slapped on him after ICC Appeal Commissioner Michael Beloff rejected his first appeal to overturn the......

Ganguly hearing on Thursday

The International Cricket Councilconfirmed the timetable for the hearing of India captain Sourav Ganguly's appeal against his two Test match ban, an ICC press release saidAlso ReadGanguly joins......