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Siddhartha Ray recalls Basu memories

Age is a complex thing. It does strange things to your mind. As you gradually start losing your contemporaries, you start dwelling in the past. On Monday evening, former West Bengal chief minister......

Former Bengal CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray dead

Former West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray on Saturday night died at his south Kolkata residence after a protracted illness. He was 90 and survived by his wife Maya Ray. "Ray was......

Jyoti Basu's condition extremely critical

The condition of Communist Party of India- Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, 96, turned extremely critical on Saturday evening after he suffered multi-organ failure, a medical bulletin said. The......

WB: BJP team stopped from shifting party workers' bodies

Security forces on Sunday stopped Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Basirhat while they were taking the remains of the deceased workers to the party office following which they started......

West Bengal: Is the Left on its deathbed?

The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in......

Manmohan Singh's reforms transformed India, unshackled economy: Economists

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 1991 Budget unshackled India's economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of......

The Mudra Mela Muddle

Not only has the Mudra loan mela generated no jobs, it has frittered away trillions of taxpayers' money and it's time to bury the scheme, argues Debashis Basu. Photograph: PTI Photo A few......

Lalu: My figures are not wrong

With his claims of the turnaround of the Railways coming under the scanner, former railway minister Lalu Prasad on Friday rejected the charge of juggling profit figures, insisting that he had......

India's ambitious solar power plans

India's Rs 4,800-crore (Rs 48 billion) solar power industry, which exports around 60 to 70 per cent of its wares to Europe, North America and China, seems to have taken a cue from the IT sector and......

How ICICI came a long way in a short time

From urging customers to live life on their own terms, to asking them to keep faith, brand ICICI has come a long way in a short time. ICICI Bank's market cap, growing at breakneck speed until last......

Raj Kapoor@100: The Essential RK Playlist

'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai' 'Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan' Even a sliver of a Raj Kapoor song has the finality of a statement, a slogan, a saga of life. A deep desire for......

Hindi Movies Coming Up In August

It's a big month at the marquee. The Independence Day holiday weekend is very popular amongst film-makers and film-goers. August also has other festive occasions like Rakshabandhan and Janmashtami,......

'No One Like My Papa'

Film folk celebrate Father's Day by posting lovely moments with their dads as well as adorable moments with their children. Photograph: Kind courtesy Aishwarya Rajinikanth/Instagram Aishwarya......

Do Sci-Fi Movies Like Brahmastra Make Money?

In Hollywood, some of the biggest blockbusters have come from the the sci-fi genre. In Bollywood, the sci-fi genre is still finding its feet. Yes, there have been a few hits in this genre, but......

Aishwarya Celebrates Kriti at IIFA

The 22nd IIFA Awards in Abu Dhabi saw big wins and surprise misses. Please click on the images for a look at the stars at the IIFA Awards. IMAGE: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gives away the......

Shubman Gill tops Yo-Yo test with impressive score

IMAGE: Shubman Gill topped with a score of 18.7. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters The Asia Cup bound India team has hit the ground running with the closed-door camp in Alur, where the squad......

Trainer Basu reunites with Kohli at RCB

IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli, right, with fitness trainer Shankar Basu. Photograph: BCCI Former India trainer Shanker Basu was on Thursday appointed as strength and conditioning coach of Royal......

WATCH: Will Shankar play against Afghanistan?

Shankar appears for fitness test, says hopeful of playing IMAGE: Shankar's responded to queries over his inclusion in monosyllables. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Injured all-rounder Vijay......

Team India trainer Webb to quit after T20 World Cup

IMAGE: Indian team's strength and conditioning coach Nick Webb with captain Virat Kohli. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nick Webb/Instagram Indian cricket team's strength and conditioning coach Nick......

PIX: Is this what makes Kohli happy?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Virat Kohli/Twitter Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli is back on the cricket field preparing hard for the IPL. Virat is determined that RCB wins the......

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