The Supreme Court on Monday ordered an SIT investigation into the alleged torture of a woman in police custody following her arrest over protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar......
Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital......
Hemant V Shivsaran/Rediff.com does a deep dive and lists the winners with the highest and lowest margins in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE: All India United Democratic Front candidate from......
The top leaders of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are likely to meet in the national capital on June 1 to assess their performance in the Lok Sabha......
In a setback for the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the exit polls on Saturday predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will move ahead of Mamata Banerjee's party in the Lok Sabha......
Water is drawn for agriculture, industry and cities, but only waste is returned to the river says Sunita Narain. Way back in 1986, Rajiv Gandhi launched the Ganga Action Plan. But years later,......
Meenakshi Halder, aka Minu, 13, had a dream of travelling around the world. As a child, on her way back home from school near Diamond Harbour in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, Minu would often......
Alizeh demonstrates smarts as sharp as her cheekbones and a restless fire in her eyes raging to conquer the world, observes Sukanya Verma. Cheating in exams is a little like stealing diamonds from......
'People gravitate towards me with their problems.' October 2, 1988, and May 22, 2016 are two dates etched permanently in actress-activist-parliamentarian Roopa Ganguly's life. On October 2, 1988......
YouTube sensation Bhuvan Bam has a presence about him, but his character's flare ups do not convince in the least, observes Sukanya Verma. If Charles Perrault's Toads and Diamonds fairy tale was......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy ANI/X Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho on Sunday arrived in Kolkata on a two-day visit. As he walked out of the terminal, a crowd of enthusiastic fans who had......