West Bengal FM to miss date with Chidambaram

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra will not attend a meeting with Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi on Tuesday when the two leaders were to have discussed a special financial......

Will he be the change West Bengal seeks?

Trinamool Congress candidate and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry secretary general Amit Mitra, who is pitted against Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate and West......

What Our Leaders Were Up To

Glimpse what our politicians were doing at the beginning of 2025.   IMAGE: Elections are due in a few weeks so here's Delhi Chief Minister Atishi inaugurating a 6 lane flyover at Punjabi Bagh......

When Dr Singh Met Sachin...

22 images that captures glimpses of a most unusual Indian who led the nation for 10 years. The first of a series:   IMAGE: Dr Manmohan Singh, then prime minister of India, wishes Sachin......

In West Bengal, culture pips welfare in fund allocation

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra began his 2012-13 Budget speech by blaming the previous Left Front government for the dire straits of state finances. He said: "In a dozen years, debt......

A tale of West Bengal's missing data

A data battle is exciting news for us, almost like what breaking news is to many others. We've been closely tracking the 'Curious Case Of West Bengal's Missing Numbers' for a few months now.......

How Amit Mitra fixed Bengal's finances

Bengal Finance Minister Amit  Mitra may have stopped talking about relaxing rules for foreign investment in India, but there is clearly no dilution of his commitment to the cause of fiscal......

West Bengal's huge debt: Centre plans rescue package

The Centre is working out a financial package for West Bengal to tide over the huge problems the new government has inherited from the Left Front administration, Union Finance Minister Pranab......

Cricketers Azad, Pathan bamboozle opponents at polls

WC star Kirti Azad beats state BJP heavyweight Ghosh from Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency. IMAGE: TMC's Kirti Azad with party chief Mamata Banerjee. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kirti Azad/X Cricket......

When Patriotism Sets In, The Game Suffers A Rout

Just as the umpire's decision is no longer final, what is disdainfully rejected is the age-old dictum that the game should be played and watched in the spirit of the game, sighs Uddalok......