WB: Shouts of change, whispers of scepticism

Sumit Bhattacharya listens in to conversations in poll-bound Kolkata. "This kind of confrontational reports you write, always remember -- we have given you the right to do so," says an employee......

Why India should be worried even though tiger numbers are up

Image: An Indian Royal Bengal tiger at the South Khairbari nature park near Siliguri. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters   'We are rushing to 'develop' without carefully valuing natural......

'For Sonia, Mulayam is a long term, unpredictable ally'

The race to elect the 13th President has so far seen plenty of action and intrigue, it even appearing for a brief while as if the government of the day could be challenged and actually brought down......

A hatke film fest!

Subcultures would be the engines of change, Alvin Toffler had declared in his groundbreaking book Future Shock. In India today, especially in the arts, the fringe is making his predictions come......

Thank an ad crisis for Parineeta's music

For Lucknow-born Shantanu Moitra, composing the score for Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Saif Ali Khan starrer Parineeta was a dream come true. The 37 year old had always "fantasised about Kolkata in the......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

Vijay Hazare: Gaikwad, Bharat continue hot streak

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,......

Sports Shorts: Twelve-toed Swapna gets customised shoes

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: 'The journey from here should get easier. I would like to thank the Adidas team in India and at the Athlete Services Lab for......

Indian football: Dheeraj gets maiden call-up for WC qualifiers

IMAGE: Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem impressed under the bar at the 2017 Under-17 World Cup. Photograph: Indian Football Team/Twitter Young goalkeeper Moirangthem Dheeraj Singh got his maiden call-up......

Humpy stunned on day one

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy's unhappy memories of the national capital came to haunt her again as she was stunned in the opening round of the second Parsvnath Chess championship by unheralded Harish......