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AGP expels Mahanta

Founder president of the Asom Gana Parishad and its most visible face, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, was on Sunday expelled from the party for six years for anti-party activities.Contrary to......

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......

Floods and dams are campaign issues in Assam polls

Large dams and flood problems are campaign issues both for the Congress and Asom Gana Parishad locked in direct contest in most of the six assembly seats in THE flood-prone Lakhimpur and Dhemaji......

Stage set for Assam first phase assembly polls on Monday

Over 95 lakh voters will decide the fate of 539 candidates, including 43 females, in 65 constituencies spread across the state. IMAGE: Election officials examine the Electronic Voting......

All you need to know about Assam's National Register of Citizens

The citizens’ register in Assam does not get to the bottom of things, reports Nibir Deka. IMAGE: A National Register of Citizens centre in Sonitpur district in Assam. Photograph:......

IPL, coming soon to a theatre near you...

Cheerleaders will applaud each six or boundary in their unique way. Bands will play in between overs.Only the venue is different. Instead of the cricket stadium, Indian Premier League enthusiasts......

Do Audiences like Bollywood's SIBLING LOVE?

Think of a Bollywood movie portraying sibling love, and you are instantly reminded of Hare Rama, Hare Krishna; Majboor; Masoom. In recent times, siblings have given movies a whole new dimension.......

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......

'I'd have loved to present Pratidwandi at Cannes'

'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.' IMAGE: Dhritiman Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi. Dhritiman Chatterjee, a post-graduate in economics, came from a world......

How many times has Ajay Devgn made you laugh?

Just how well do Ajay Devgn's comedies fare? Ajay Devgn can be as hilarious as he is intense. He brings on the laughs in his latest film, Total Dhamaal, a multi-starrer helmed by Indra Kumar. The......

10 roles that proved Soumitra Chatterjee's versatility

This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......

Football Briefs: Giroud treble boosts France in friendly win

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: France's Olivier Giroud celebrates on scoring his hat-trick during the international friendly against Paraguay in Roazhon Park,......

Unofficial war: 'No Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, no ISL'

IMAGE: Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer Mahender Singh Dhoni and actor and owner of North East United Football team John Abraham at inaugural ceremony......

Manchester United keen to set up academy in Kolkata

West Bengal sports minister Madan Mitra on Thursday said that the world's most popular football club Manchester United are keen to set up an academy in Kolkata and develop tourism ties with the......

Messi to play in Kolkata in September

It's good news for football-crazy fans of the city. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi and his teammates will play a FIFA official international friendly against Venezuela at Salt Lake's Yuba Bharati......

Bayern Munich arrive in Kolkata

The famous German soccer team Bayern Munich arrived in Kolkata on Sunday by a special Lufthansa flight from Indonesia. Upon arrival at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, the team......

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