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In HC, Kheda SP defends public flogging of Muslims

Police have defended in the Gujarat high court the public flogging of some people from a minority community following stone pelting in the state's Kheda district last year saying the persons were......

6 killed, 45 injured as Bikaner-Guwahati Express derails in Bengal

At least six people were killed and more than 45 injured when 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derailed and some overturned near Domohani in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on......

BJP revamps Bengal unit, many from old guard axed

A day after its debacle in the Kolkata civic poll, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the formation of its new office bearers committee in West Bengal, axed several members of its......

'TMC will emerge as the real Congress'

'The decline of the Congress party and its inability to play the lead role in Opposition politics has created a space for the TMC to expand.' IMAGE: Pavan K Varma with Mamata Banerjee after......

Shah summoned by court after Mamata's nephew sues him

A designated MP/MLA court in West Bengal issued summons to Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22 in connection with a......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Auto Expo 2023 Day 1: EVs Rule!

IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan shows his signature pose at the launch of the Hyundai IONIQ 5 at the Auto Expo 2023 at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, January 11, 2023. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo......

Power sector: What the new government needs to do

The listless administrative machinery urgently needs to be galvanised to revive the power sector. Ashok Basu underlines a possible agenda to go about it A vibrant electricity sector is a......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker......

Bollywood's Famous Lost And Found Tales

Dramas woven around the theme of lost and found is a iconic trope in Hindi cinema. From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna......

Remembering Dhoom Director Sanjay Gadhvi

Sanjay Gadhvi once revealed to Subhash K Jha that he never wanted to make Dhoom.. IMAGE: Dhoom Director Sanjay Gadhvi. Photograph: From the Rediff Archives Sanjay Gadhvi died on Sunday morning.......

The 'Love' Who Makes Kareena Feel The Happiest!

Filmi folk celebrated Friendship Day by sharing pictures and thoughts with their besties. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram 'Happy Friendship Day my love... You truly know how to......

Looking At Bollywood's Lust Stories

Boy meets girl, sparks fly, eternal vows are sung, obstacles are overcome and the all-important happily-ever-after is accomplished. Every second plot in Bollywood is a love story. But there are few......

Modern Love Chennai: Whistle Podu!

Things may not always look bright, but the sun won't stay out forever is a running theme conveyed across its short films about people from various walks of life in all their varying moods and......

Paralympics: India's schedule on September 5, 2024

IMAGE: Shooter Mona Agarwal will be seen in action in the mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 qualification event at the Paralympics on Thursday. Photograph: ANI India's schedule on Day 8 of the Paris......

Angioplasty on Ganguly's other blockages to be done later

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly's close friend and CPI-M leader Ashok Bhattacharya had on Sunday said that the former cricketer was "under pressure" to join politics. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Board of Control......

Saha, Shukla rally Bengal against Punjab

A responsible knock by Wriddhiman Saha and his century partnership with senior pro Laxmi Ratan Shukla helped Bengal end the first day in the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab on a respectable 280......

Ganguly to lead in Vijay Hazare trophy

Fighting to keep himself in shape ahead of the IPL, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly will lead Bengal's challenge in the upcoming domestic one-dayers for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The state......

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