'V P Singh is needlessly maligned'

'As his close associate Som Pal told me, "Mandal was never V P Singh's brainchild. It was a Janata Party commitment he inherited".''He would have done it anyway at some point, but the specific......

Cases being transferred en masse to CBI: WB govt tells SC

The West Bengal government Monday alleged before the Supreme Court that "shocking things" have happened in the state and cases were being transferred "en masse" to CBI including the dacoity cases.......

SC to hear Bengal's plea on post-poll violence on Sep 20

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on September 20 the West Bengal government's appeal challenging the Calcutta high court order directing court-monitored Central Bureau of......

Ex HC judge to oversee post-poll Bengal violence probe

A five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday appointed its former chief justice Manjula Chellur to "overview" the functioning of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) that has been formed......

Singur land deal: Mamata wins, Tata loses

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld as constitutional and valid the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 by which the West Bengal government vested the land leased to Tata......

New judge to hear Singur case from tomorrow

A new judge of the Calcutta high court who took up the Singur case on Wednesday directed that the matter would be taken up for hearing from Thursdaay, after Justice Saumitra Pal recused......

The world's first Islamic search engine

Across the world, Muslims can now safely surf the Internet without having to face the embarrassment of bumping into explicit or sexual content. AZS Media Group, a Dutch company on September 1......

Food security can control inflation: Brinda Karat

Polit Bureau member of communist party of India-marxist, Brinda Karat said on Wednesday that food security could bring inflation under control.She was addressing a convention for the......

'I saw the magic of cinema in Rani'

'Every day, I was wonder-struck.' IMAGE: Rani Mukerji in Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway. Rani Mukerji's act in her latest film Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway may have been a bit screechy, but the box office......

Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway Review: Rani's Screechy Ode To Motherhood!

Instead of feeling her desperation, despair or extreme acts stemming from a mother's primal need to protect her brood, what comes through is hollow theatrics, feels Sukanya Verma. If feeding one's......

When Bollywood Travelled To Pakistan

India and Pakistan's tumultuous relationship is fodder for drama in many Bollywood movies. Be it Partition, war, jingoism or aman ki asha, there is a movie for every theme and timeline. In......

Ranbir's 40 on 40 Playlist

Raj Kapoor's grandson and Rishi and Neetu's son Ranbir proved he's a chip of the old block when he made his acting debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya. Though Bhansali's 2007 musical......

Images: India celebrate Nehru Cup triumph

Goalkeeper Subrata Paul's heroics were the highlight of a dramatic summit clash as defending champions India beat Syria 6-5 via the tie-breaker to win the five-nation Nehru Cup international......