Why Mamata wants Bengal's colleges to be politics-free

'With the appeal of both the Left and the Congress fading, Banerjee fears the saffron brigade's inroads into her citadel,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Bengal once......

Bandh paralyses Bengal, 166 people arrested

The 24-hour bandh called by the Forward Bloc on Wednesday affected normal life in the state with rail and road transport disrupted even as police arrested 166 bandh supporters for putting up road......

AP CM's son gets clean chit in murder case

The Central Bureau of Investigationhas given a clean chit to Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy's son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Panchayat Raj Minister J C Diwakar Reddy in connection with murder......

CBI files charge-sheet in TDP MLA murder case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed the charge-sheet in connection with the murder of Telugu Desam Party legislator Paritala Ravi in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur town on January 24.......

India Inc hopes for a business friendly govt in Delhi

Hailing Aam Aadmi Party's victory in Delhi, India Inc on Tuesday expressed hope that the decisive mandate will help create a positive governance environment for growth of businesses in the......

'New breed' Indian Diaspora has its heart in the right place

Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai. 'The raising of extraordinarily large sums of......

Committed to UK-India strategic relations: Cable

Britain is strongly committed to building a strategic relationship with India, which has transformed considerably over the last decade, Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and......

Lalit Suri: The quintessential Delhi entrepreneur

Jyotsana Suri would have been preparing a party for his 60th birthday in November this year. Instead, the Suri family will probably mark the day paying him homage. For Lalit Suri succumbed to a......

Shahana Takes The Sari To Cannes

Photograph: Kind courtesy Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla/Instagram Shahana Goswami took her new film Santosh to Cannes, and made quite a statement with her style choices.   Photograph: Kind......

Nushrratt-Mandira Party With Fardeen

Do Aur Do Pyaar Producer Tanuj Garg hosted a party at a restaurant in Mumbai, and while the film's cast members -- Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Ileana D'Cruz -- did not......

Revealed! The Real Shammi Kapoor!

'When he was offered B R Chopra's Zameer, many advised him against playing Saira Banu's father, pointing out that a decade ago, he had been her hero in her debut film, Junglee.''When he asked me, I......

Shah Rukh Khan: The Ultimate Woman's Man

On Women's Day in 2016, Shah Rukh Khan had tweeted, 'Often I wish I was a woman... then realise I don't have enough guts, talent, sense of sacrifice, selfless love or beauty to be one.' These are......

U-19 World Cup: Unbeaten India take on struggling USA

IMAGE: India will look to finish their group stage unbeaten when they take on minnows USA. Photograph: ICC/X Having already sealed a super six berth, record five-time champions India will be......