Protests Hit Retail Ahead of Durga Puja

West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver. IMAGE: People perform a street play during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee......

Tradition and heritage of West Bengal under threat: Modi

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated during Krishi Kalyan Sabha rally in Midnapore on Monday. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday......

14 BJP workers killed in Bengal, nearly 1 lakh fled: Nadda

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday claimed that 14 party workers were killed and nearly a lakh people fled their homes in post-poll violence, charges which were denied as fabricated by the......

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......

Job Quotas In Private Sector?

Rather than a blind reproduction of the government template, a more productive way of enforcing affirmative action in the private sector could be to emulate an American model, suggests Kanika......

'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......

The paradox of economic freedom

Which of these statements is correct? Chhattisgarh ranks fourth among states in terms of economic freedom; Punjab is 17th.Punjab is fourth in terms of economic freedom; Chhattisgarh is 19th.Answer:......

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......