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Saffron sweep in Maharashtra; Fadnavis poised to return as CM

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance on Saturday retained power in Maharashtra, pocketing a whopping 230 of the 288 assembly seats, as the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream of......

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......

Did Lakshmir Bhandar Help Mamata Win?

The welfare schemes of the government, particularly Lakshmir Bhandar, have had a major impact on the electoral outcome. IMAGE: Trinanool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee shows a victory sign after......

Amit Mitra likely to step down as Bengal finance minister

Noted economist and senior Trinamool Congress leader Amit Mitra is likely to step down as the West Bengal finance minister and even retire from active politics due to ill health,......

TMC to go solo in Bengal; Mahua Moitra, Yusuf Pathan on 42 LS names

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday ended speculations of a possible seat adjustment with the Congress in Bengal by unveiling its candidate list for all 42 Lok Sabha seats, marking a significant......

Amit Mitra, Tarun Das leave a long legacy

When Amit Mitra took charge as secretary-general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry close to two decades ago, this grand old organisation of Indian business had lost much......

Amit Mitra's recipe to revive Bengal's economy

Trinamool Congress candidate Amit Mitra, who is an economist by training and is pitted against West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta in the Assembly polls, has said the state's financial......

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......

GST meets become toxic, consider course correction: Amit Mitra to FM

Stating that GST council meetings have become "almost toxic" with the erosion of trust between the Centre and states, West Bengal minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday urged Union Finance Minister......

Amit Mitra named chairman of GST panel

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra was on Friday named the new chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax. He will succeed Kerala Finance......

From Aamir to shocking TV truths

Rajeev Khandelwal, who featured in the critically lauded film Aamir, returns to the small screen with Sach Ka Saamna. He spoke to Rajul Hegde about his show. The show, to be broadcast on......

Winners at Cannes

Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber black-and-white drama The White Ribbon, a chilling account of a German village in the build-up to World War I walked away with the Palme d'Or for the Best......

Stars Dazzle At Amazon Party!

It's raining movies and Web series on Amazon Prime Video. The OTT platform, which is five years old in India, announced 41 titles at a big bash in Mumbai on Thursday. Please click on the images for......

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......

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