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......
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......
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......
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.......
'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.' IMAGE: The Ganges in Varanasi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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:......