Will Swapan Dasgupta be Bengal's BJP CM?

'I am as Bengali as they come in my cultural and personal orientation and I think probably all the BJP candidates who are contesting are pretty non-vegetarian in their food and as Bengali in their......

Providing secret info to scribe 'criminal act': Rahul on Arnab chats

Providing official secret information to a journalist is a 'criminal act' and both the giver and the receiver will have to go to jail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday referring to the......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

11-member committee for Katara issue

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday set up an eleven-member parliamentary committee to probe suspended BJP MP Babubhai Katara's involvement in a human trafficking case, misuse of......

When Dhoni lost to John Abraham

But won against Ranbir Kapoor, recalls adman Sandeep Goyal. It was well before M S Dhoni became the Rs 100 crore-brand that he is today. His management company was desperate to find him a spot, but......

Economic crisis: 'Modi should consult Manmohan'

'Vajpayee used to consult the Opposition; Indira Gandhi used to consult the Opposition. Which khet ki mooli is Modi?'Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "For growth to be equitable and fast we......

READ: Full text of what Chidambaram told LS on economy

Here is the speech of Finance Minister P Chidambaram on India's economy that he delivered to Lok Sabha. Mr Chairman, Sir, I am grateful to the honorable members. I think there were 18 of them who......

Brands target India's 'orange' men

Walk down any street in India and you are almost guaranteed to pass at least one middle-aged man with a glorious head of pumpkin orange hair. The use of henna, or mehendi, as the hair dye is known......

Amitabh Takes A Lift From A Stranger

Photograph: Kind courtesy Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram Amitabh Bachchan's social media posts are often filled with humour. On Sunday, the Big B dropped a picture in which he was seen taking a bike......

'Bachchansaab wants to get back to shoots but...'

'One cannot take risks at his age.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram There is still time before Amitabh Bachchan returns to film shoots. Last week, he did step out to shoot for......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

'After divorce, I shut myself in my flat for 3 years'

'Then, one fine morning, I returned to my first love.''All the top directors of the time were waiting for me.''In one day, I signed 12 films.''Prosenjit Chatterjee was back!' Photograph: Kind......

When Indian skippers and selectors crossed swords...

IMAGE: The team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli are peeved with the national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection.......

Kohli rested for Sri Lanka ODIs, Rohit to lead India

IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI India captain Virat Kohli was on Monday rested for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka but will play the third and final Test, starting in......

Australia's Khawaja gets Indian visa for CL T20

A day after he was denied an Indian visa, Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja was issued one to compete in the Champions League Twenty20 next month with the Indian Consulate in Melbourne insisting......

Rift in India's National Cricket Academy out in the open

The growing rift among the Board members of National Cricket Academy (NCA) came out in the open on Monday with a key functionary questioning the "restructuring policy" as well as the working......

Dalmiya was probably the best boss I worked for: Wright

'The thing I loved about him as a boss was that he never interfered, but you knew very well where you stood with him' IMAGE: Former India coach John Wright (right) with then captain Sourav Ganguly......