Stand-off continues as docs leave from Mamata's house in tears

The proposed talks to resolve the impasse between agitating junior doctors and the West Bengal government over the RG Kar issue fell through on Saturday after protestors, who had agreed to join the......

Impasse continues as Mamata govt rejects junior docs' conditions for talks

The West Bengal government on Wednesday rejected junior doctors' demands for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's presence and a live broadcast as pre-conditions for talks to resolve the month-long......

Crisis deepens as Bengal docs defy SC order, reject Mamata's talk offer

Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal defied a Supreme Court order, asking them to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, and said they would continue with their protest till their demands were......

Stopped from speaking, Mamata storms out of Niti Aayog meet

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday walked out of a Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she was unfairly stopped midway through her speech,......

GST rates on host of goods rejigged

Term life insurance policies, and senior citizens' health insurance premium are likely to be exempted from GST as most members of a state ministerial panel favoured cutting taxes to benefit the......

Consensus eludes GoM on GST rate rationalisation, over 100 items discussed

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on goods and services tax (GST) rate rationalisation, which convened in Goa on Wednesday, reviewed the GST rates for over 100 items, including textiles, handloom goods,......

Textile industry joins hands with ILO

With cotton still figuring in the list of commodities that are produced using practices such as child labour, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has entered into an understanding......

GST To See Two Slab Rate Structure?

Of the two rate structures on the table, one suggests tax slabs of 8 per cent, 16 per cent, and 24 per cent.The other proposes tax slabs at 9 per cent, 18 per cent, and 27 per cent. Illustration:......

Spotted: Manisha Koirala at Yale University

Reader Chandrima Musib and her friends Piyali and Sarmistha met Manisha Koirala at a film screening at the Yale University, Connecticut. In the picture: Manisha Koirala with Piyali, Sarmistha and...

The Curious Case of Jaya Sawant

Chandrima Pal discusses why Rakhi Sawant's mum was evicted from the house of horrors. Most of us had not heard of Jaya Sawant when she walked up to Amitabh Bachchan last week, on the sets of Bigg......

When America did not vote for change

The eighth season of the all-American show,American Idol, came to an end last night with a shocker. Adam Lambert, the immensely popular and heavily praised singer lost out to Kris Allen in a finale......

Review: Kurbaan is bloody smart!

To the new breed of slick, sharp Hindi-film directors, please welcome debutant Rensil D'Silva, who till the other day was best known as the guy who wrote Rang De Basanti. For once here's a film......