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......

Twitter accounts of Anupam Kher, Ram Madhav, Kiran Bedi, Swapan Dasgupta hacked

Twitter accounts of Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi, actor Anupam Kher, Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Ram Madhav and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta were hacked by pro-Pakistan......

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......

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......

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......

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......

Finance ministry: Return of the Gladstonians

The global financial crisis has empowered fiscal conservatives in India, writes Sanjaya Baru. Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a finance ministry that liked to keep its Budgets balanced.......

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......

'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......

'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......

'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......

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......

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......

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......