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......
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) has elected its first Dalit president from the Left-backed groups after nearly three decades. IMAGE: Dhananjay from the All India Students'......
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the West Bengal government has made all necessary arrangements in dealing with the aftermath of cyclone Yaas, which might affect 20 districts......
The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal, reveals Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE:......
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......
'I would advise at least a 7-year investment time frame for equity investing.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Mutual funds are a popular investment tool for investors because it offers a......
Image: Avijit Ghosh. Photograph: Dipak Chakraborty Coal stocks in Indian power companies are abysmally low. Supreme Court's mass cancellation of coal block licences recently will only make matters......
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sanjeev Kumar's Dastak (1970). Image: Sanjeev Kumar and Rehana Sultan in Dastak Snapshots of Mumbai’s......
How many of these have aged well? Fifty years ago, while India was engaged in war with Pakistan, Hindi cinema flourished in effervescent, excited Eastman colours. 1965 is significant in more ways......
When Rajesh Khanna made his Hindi film debut in 1966 with Aakhri Khat, a low budget film, few paid attention. Even fewer must have imagined that the 23-year-old would go on to become the first ever......
Not so long ago, there was random moaning about increasing parochialism in Indian cricket. Players were being booed in the home stadiums of their perceived rivals; it was no longer about wanting......