Senior Indian Police Service officer Manoj Kumar Verma was appointed the new Kolkata Police commissioner, replacing Vineet Goyal, on Tuesday, a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a......
Amid claims by the Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal police of potential disruptions, student organisation Chhatra Samaj insisted that its Tuesday's 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally will be peaceful......
Amid the mounting outrage over the alleged rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata, the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the case and will take it up on August 20, even as junior......
Former Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court verdict convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment in a 2006 fake encounter case.......
Mumbai's controversial encounter specialist, former policeman Pradeep Sharma, faced a significant legal blow on Tuesday, as the Bombay high court convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment in......
The state is now under pressure to revise the salaries of its 800,000 employees, which would add to the strain of an already debt-laden state exchequer. West Bengal Finance Minister Amit......
Bollywood's mega stars came together to celebrate Producer Anand Pandit's 60th birthday in Mumbai. Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com brings back some snapshots. With his film Dunki getting a warm......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Pradeep Sarkar/Instagram Parineeta Director Pradeep Sarkar passed away early on Friday, his wife Panchali said. He was 67. The director was admitted to the ICU at......
It's a season of sequels, with Gadar 2 and OMG 2 hitting the cinemas together. it took a while for Bollywood film-makers to cash in on sequels and franchises, but over the last decade or so, there......
And the starry Diwali parties continue! Producer Anand Pandit invited Bollywood's A-listers for a grand get-together and they arrived in their glamorous avatars. Ajay Devgn's Diwali release......
Ram Gopal Varma's last few films were so cringingly bad that a new generation of film-goers might not even remember that he was once admired as a maverick, who marched to the music of his own drum,......
IMAGE: Bronze medalist Manoj Sarkar of Team India poses on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Men's Singles SL3 on day 11 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty......
IMAGE: In the summit clash, Nitesh will face Great Britain's Daniel Bethell. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nitesh Kumar/ X Top-seeded Indian para shuttler Nitesh Kumar secured a maiden medal in men's......
IMAGE: Sukant Kadam sealed a hard-fought victory against Malaysia's Mhd Amin Burhanuddin in the Men's SL4 category. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sukant Kadam/X India's voyage at the Paris Paralympics......
Inspired by the humility of fellow para shuttler Pramod Bhagat and the relentless dedication of star cricketer Virat Kohli, Nitesh began to rebuild his life. IMAGE: Nitesh Kumar of India......
IMAGE: Nitesh Kumar beat Mongkhon Bunsun of Thailand in straight games for his third successive win at the Paralympics. Photograph: ANI India's shuttlers Nitesh Kumar and Sukant Kadam qualified......