Bypoll: BJP demands implementation of Sec 144 in Bhabanipur

A Bharatiya Janata Party delegation met the West Bengal chief electoral officer on Monday and demanded deployment of central paramilitary forces at every polling booth and promulgation of Section......

Day after announcing polls, EC removes Bengal ADG (law & order)

A day after announcing the dates for assembly polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Saturday removed Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag......

BJP fields Metro man in Kerala, Union min, 3 MPs in Bengal

Union Minister Babul Supriyo, former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri, Metroman E Sreedharan, film star Kushboo Sundar as well as five sitting MPs were among the Bharatiya Janata Party's......

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West......

Air India strike figures in Lok Sabha

The Air India strike issue was raised in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI) demanding that the government take concrete steps to revive the national carrier and stop patronising......

Corporate captains on African safari

Where are you likely to find India's largest two-wheeler producer Brij Mohan Lall, liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Ranbaxy head D S Brar, Pepsi India head Rajiv Bakshi and hotelier Lalit Suri over the......

Diplomats to help in oil, gas buyouts

India will use the services of its former diplomats in its pursuit of energy security through acquisition of oil and gas properties abroad particularly in West Asia, Africa and Central Asia.......

The blog as bazaar?

The request came in the form of an email from Anup Kurian, the Malayali filmmaker whose movie Manasarovar had won the best film award at the International Film Festival of Mumbai earlier this year.......

'I am the godfather of disco'

'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......

The WORST FILMS of 2021

Every year, with the good, there are bad movies too. Subhash K Jha picks his seven worst films of 2021. Bhuj: The Pride Of India As a pulp, patriotic drama, Bhuj is shamefully shoddy work,......

10 Amitabh THRILLERS

Though Amitabh Bachchan has been seen as an Angry Young Man, thanks to the kind of action films he did in the 1970s and 1980s, he has also done quite a few suspense thrillers. Right at the......

Box Office: Saaho is average

The much hyped Saaho meets with negative word of mouth. Described as all style and no substance, the film does satisfactory business over the weekend, thanks to its extensive release. The......

Sahara announces monetary support for archers

Their relationship with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) may be in troubled waters but Sahara India Pariwar has announced its support to Indian archers, on Saturday, by offering them a total cash......

Gavaskar stars in East's victory

A measured and watchful innings by Rohan Gavaskar guided East Zone to a one-wicket last ball victory over South Zone in the Deodhar Trophy limited-overs match at the Sardar Patel stadium in......

Bengal beat Hyderabad by four wickets

Bengal defeated hosts Hyderabad by four wickets to pick four points from the Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match on Friday. Resuming their second innings at 72 for 2, Bengal scored 188 runs, losing......

Bengal on course of victory

Fast bowler Ranadeb Bose wrecked the Hyderabad batting line-up with a seven-wicket haul to put Bengal on course for victory on the penultimate day of the four-day Super League Group B Ranji Trophy......

Bengal in dire straits

Bengal were 172 for 7 in reply to Hyderabad's first innings of 309 at close on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match, in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Hyderabad, resuming at 258 for six, folded up on......