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'Mamata Has Learnt A Lesson'

'If she manages to throw out people, go for surgical operations, clean up her image, she will be victorious.' IMAGE: A girl dressed as goddess Durga takes part in a protest against the sexual......

Striking Bengal docs await govt response to email

Agitating junior doctors on Thursday submitted to chief secretary Manoj Pant a draft of the key points of their meeting with the West Bengal government last night and were awaiting the state's......

'Unhappy with talks', Bengal doctors to continue 'cease work'

The second round of talks between junior doctors and officials of the West Bengal government failed to break the medics' strike over the RG Kar issue, following the state's refusal to give written......

Mamata accepts doc's demands, but docs continue 'cease work'. Here's why

Junior doctors continued their 'cease work' stir in hospitals and sit-in near Swasthya Bhawan on Tuesday morning, asserting they will take a final call on withdrawing their agitation only after the......

Mamata removes CP, top health officials, but docs to continue stir

Accepting the bulk of the five-point charter of demand placed by the agitating junior doctors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced her decision to transfer a section of Kolkata......

RIL to invest additional Rs 20,000 cr in Bengal in 3 years: Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Industries chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday announced an additional Rs 20,000-crore investment for West Bengal over the next three years. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff......

PHOTOS: Kolkata iconic trams are slowly fading out

It was quarter to nine on a cold December evening at the Kalighat tram depot in south Kolkata. A row of tramcars stood like ghosts under an iron shed. At the corner of one coach an elderly man......

Puja? It's now Durga Inc.

This column once suggested that Durga Puja, which will burst upon us on Monday with the resonance of Mahalaya chanting, should be showcased for tourists. That is beginning to happen in a small way......

Kumar Birla to get Kesoram Industries

Basant Kumar Birla, chairman of the Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80 billion)BK Birla group, has altered his succession plan and at the hub of the change is the Rs 2,500-crore (Rs 25 billion)diversified......

Protests over WB Tata unit disrupt traffic

Road and rail traffic in Kolkata and surrounding areas was thrown out of gear on Tuesday morning following an hour-long blockade by the Trinamool Congress to protest the 'forcible' acquisition of......

How mum's belief shaped Akash's career despite adversity

'If his father and brother were alive today, they would be brimming with joy. This is the life's most memorable day and only few are lucky to see it. I'm the proudest mom on this earth.' IMAGE:......

Samba Magic grips the City of Joy as Ronaldinho ignites Durga Puja festivities

IMAGE: In Kolkata for a two-day visit, Ronaldinho inaugurated several Durga Puja pandals. Photographs: ANI Wearing his infectious goofy grin, 'Samba Magician' Ronaldinho cast a spell on the......

KKR skipper Nitish Rana seeks blessings!

IMAGE:KKR skipper Nitish Rana and coach Chandrakant Pandit visited the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. Photograph: KKR/Twitter Ahead of the new Indian Premier League season, Kolkata Knight......

Toilet Break and A Trial: Mukesh's journey from 'khep' to India A

Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter It was sometime in 2014 that Cricket Association of Bengal had arranged for 'Open Trials' for its ambitious flagship project 'Vision 2020'. Hundreds had turned......

Engineer turned cricketer is now an RCB fan favourite

IMAGE: Shahbaz Ahmed returns to the pavilion after a quickfire 45 off 26 balls against Rajashthan Royals . Photograph: BCCI Kolkata club coach Partha Pratim Chowdhury has witnessed hundreds of......

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