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Euphoric Bengal proud of Banerjee's Nobel win

IMAGE: Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, who have won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2019. Photograph: ANI West Bengal on Monday received with pride the news of Bengali origin......

'As one gets older, one is drawn towards home'

In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Mohammed Taufiq, a waiter for 36 years at Kolkata's famous Coffee House. A fan of Manna De, he encounters at......

Tarun Gogoi to continue as Assam CM

Congress president Sonia Gandhi rejected Tarun Gogoi’s offer to resign after the party’s poor performance in the state. Anurag Kashyap reports. Congress president Sonia Gandhi rejected......

63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

Intellectuals court arrest over Nandigram

At least 70 intellectuals were arrested by police on Sunday for protesting against the violence perpetrated in Nandigram by the Communist Party of India-Marxist activists and calling for a boycott......

Abhijit Banerjee, 2nd Presidency alumni to win Nobel in Economics

Amartya Sen was the other Presidency alumni to win the Economics Nobel. Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize along with two others - his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer on Monday "for......

Chit fund-hit Tollywood gets corporate balm

Major production houses like Reliance Entertainment and Viacom 18 seem to have come to the rescue of West Bengal’s film industry, Tollywood, which had been feeling the heat as some chit-fund......

New drug policy will hurt investment in pharma sector

Prices of various leading drug brands will come down by up to 80 per cent thanks to the newly-approved National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy but at the same time it will hurt investment sentiments......

Mithun: The Outsider We Love To Watch

Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.......

When Birju Maharaj Created Movie Magic

During the lunch or tea breaks, Maharajji, Manikda, Amjad Khan and I often sat together as Maharajji sang old compositions or recited some bols.Amjad Khan had a great music sense and sang very......

Goodbye, Mrinalda! We'll miss you

Kolkata begins the year on a sad note. National Award-winning film director Mrinal Sen, 95, passed away into the ages on Sunday, December 30. His funeral -- held at Keoratala Ghat, Kolkata, on......

'Badlapur: Fifty Shades of Dark, Delirious & Deadly!'

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Sriram Raghavan's Badlapur released today and several celebrities turned to Twitter to praise the film: Sonakshi Sinha: Badlapur......

Raima Sen, Prosenjit pay homage to Rituparno Ghosh

The Directorate of Film Festival along with Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata has organised a four-day festival to pay homage to filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh......

Why the once legendary football clubs of Kolkata are fading

Bogged down by inefficient administration and unable to attract financing, the once legendary football clubs of Kolkata are fading into irrelevance Odafe Okolie, right, trains with Jose Barreto,......

Prayag's spectacular journey in Indian football

"People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of." This inspirational line from Paulo Coelho's bestseller The Alchemist sits perfectly on Prayag United SC. From a......

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