Confusion over border worsened Partition violence

Exactly 75 years ago, the Radcliffe Line -- a geographical marker that demarcated the boundary between India and newly-created dominion of Pakistan -- was published, cartographically cleaving the......

Trinamool sweeps Kolkata civic polls, decimates Opposition

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress gained control of the 144-member Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday clinching nearly 72 per cent of votes, in a ringing endorsement for the party seven......

Kolkata's Durga Puja gets Unesco's heritage tag, Bengal ecstatic

Unesco on Wednesday accorded heritage status to Kolkata's Durga puja festival, bringing glory to the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lauding the move.......

Tagore's Gitanjali translation home in London for sale

A family home in the leafy Hampstead neighbourhood of north London where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore lived during a visit in 1912 is on the market, reviving some talk of its acquisition on......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Saradha scam: CBI to quiz Suvaprasanna

Artist Suvaprasanna Bhattacharya, known to be close to the Trinamool Congress leadership, has been summoned by the Central Bureau Investigation for his dealings with Saradha’s Sudipta......

'India's Dream Team failed to deliver'

Be it monitoring the nitty-gritty like the audio quality in the auditorium, signing cheques or rushing forward to post questions as soon as the floor was thrown open following a session, Dr Ajit......

Highlights of the Budget

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the 2006-07 Union Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. Presenting the Budget the FM described 2005 as: The best of times and worst of times.He projected the GDP......