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'The Largest Peaceful Gathering Of Pilgrims'

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have been moved by its grandeur points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Sadhus after......

Mamata Ready To Take On BJP For 2026

The TMC-led West Bengal government has already started laying the groundwork for the election, setting the tone with the recent Bengal Global Business Summit and the state Budget. IMAGE: West......

Doctors Strike Opens Fissures In Bengal

'The Bengali middle class, who never fully embraced Mamata Banerjee's policies, are now expressing their deep-seated frustration by spilling out on to the streets.' IMAGE: A torch rally from......

Sangma camp to approach EC against Pranab

Bhartiya Janata Party general secretary Anant Kumar and Janata Party chief Dr Subramanian Swamy will meet the Election Commission to complain about the Rajya Sabha secretary general for rejecting......

Pranab's resignation from ISI NOT genuine: Swaraj

Launching a fresh attack on United Progressive Alliance's presidential nominee Pranab Mukerjee, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Friday alleged that his signatures -- on the......

Statistics body seeks detailed poverty estimates

To put at rest the controversy relating to poverty estimates, the National Statistical Commissionsought on Monday a detailed analysis of consumer expenditure with a view to adopting a firm......

Is Haldia Mamata Banerjee's Singur?

Dipankar DasguptaProfessor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 'Loss of ownership rights over land assets was a primary cause underlying the Singur struggle, whereas the Haldia......

'Nano fiasco failed to have any impact on the people of Bengal'

Economist Abhirup Sarkar does not mince his words. He is known for his inimical style, outspokenness, and though not too often liked by political honchos, is well respected by analysts and peers......

Indian economy doing a good job: Economist

Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Wednesday praised Indian economy's performance, saying the country had been doing a good job when institutions in the US and several other countries faltered. "India......

Govt determined to contain fiscal deficit: Rangarajan

The Centre is determined to contain fiscal deficit to spur economic growth and will take action in this regard, the chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, C Rangarajan, said on......

Satyajit Ray Had Warned Us About AI!

Satyajit Ray anticipated the issues we are only now starting to raise, long before large language models, AI chatbots, predictive algorithms, and autonomous systems began to control every bit of......

How T20 will change!

Fascinating predictions for the years ahead.A revealing excerpt from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde's Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution on the eve of the IPL 2021 Players Auction. IMAGE: The......