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Didi to ministers: Face bulldozers, but prevent Sen's eviction

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked state ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's residence in Santiniketan in Birbhum district to protest against the......

WB voted for cruel lady: Babul Supriyo on TMC's win

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo who lost from Tollyganj against Trinamool's Aroop Biswas posted a rant against Mamata Banerjee saying that he will not congratulate her as Bengal people did......

Amid rebellion in TMC, Shah on two-day visit to Bengal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night on a two-day visit to take stock of the Bharatiya Janata Party's affairs in the state as the assembly elections draw......

Finding Radha on Women's Day

'She exists alongside Sita, the archetype of the ideal woman,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What is love? This question, Google informs us, was the most searched......

Doctor hacked to death, professor injured by IS in Bangladesh

The ISIS on Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of a homoeopathic doctor in western Bangladesh, as the Muslim-majority country reels under a series of brutal murders of secular......

Bauls to come under medical insurance

In the first-ever initiative for the 'bauls' of rural Bengal, the folk baladeers now come under medical insurance. To honour and support the cause of 'bauls', whose stringed 'ektara' is unique......

Art in focus in AIDS fight

In an attempt to create awareness about AIDS and HIV in rural areas where media cannot reach, the Public Affairs Office of the US Consulate General, Kolkata, would make use of scroll-painters to......

Did Modi Inspire This Grammy Win?

'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ricky Kej/Instagram With two Grammys in the Best New Age Album category -- for Winds of Samsara in 2015......

'I have lost my mother all over again'

'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.' IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar with Bappi Lahiri. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Twitter Bappi Lahiri breaks down several......

What went wrong in Guru Dutt's marriage?

'He began to find her boring.''She felt lonely and unwanted.' Yasser Usman holds the rare distinction of writing four film biographies. After producing books on Rajesh Khanna, Rekha and Sanjay......

Mohanlal's conversation with God

Superstar Mohanlal has been actively blogging on various issues. The latest post is his conversation with God. 'I was shooting for Sathyan Anthikkad’s latest film at Cherthala recently, when......

Classic Revisited: Bimal Roy's satirical gem, Parakh

In Sukanya Verma's special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at 1960's Parakh, starring Sadhana, Motilal, Nazir Hussain and Durga Khote. In a year of opulent dramas like......

Abe siblings take golds on same day to create history in Tokyo

IMAGE: Uta Abe, 21, dominated her bouts in the 52kg category, but was taken deep into Golden Score overtime in the final against Amandine Buchard of France, eventually pinning her down on her back......

PHOTOS: Breathtaking scenes from the Tour de France!

Britain's Geriant Thomas of Team Sky won the Tour de France cycling race on Sunday. This is the British outfit's sixth title in seven years. However gruelling this race is known to be, there......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 2 at the Games

China got its first gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics thanks to some sharp shooting skills by Olympic debutant Zhang Mengxue on Sunday. Check out the athletes who shone bright to take......

Advani rallies to down Hughes

Eighteen-year-old Pankaj Advani stretched his form further to win a difficult match against Eugene Hughes of the Republic of Ireland as two other Indians, Rishabh Thakkar and Siddarth Parikh, won......

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