They say new rules that make over-billing by private hospitals a criminal offence will hurt their ability to treat patients properly, says Subir Roy. Illustrations: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Private......
For best-selling writer Sujata Massey, who was raised by her Indian father and German mother in the United Kingdom and America, going to India was never a very big thing. But, now that Sujata and......
Soon after Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee became the West Bengal chief minister, she declared her intent to transform Kolkata into London. At the foundation stone-laying event of a......
Unlike Saradha mastermind, Gautam Kundu used illegally collected money to expand the company's hotel business across India "I am not a fool like Sudipta Sen," Rose Valley Chairman Gautam Kundu shot......
The Reserve Bank of India first said that an Aadhaar letter containing name, address and Aadhaar number could be exclusively used as a 'know your customer' document for opening 'small' accounts,......
No period in the recent history of Indian oil and gas sector will perhaps leave its long-lasting imprint than 2010 that saw the unfolding of two events that could shape the future of this fast......
Subir Roy recounts his journey in the newly launched Duronto train from Mumbai to Howarh. The romance of train journeys, warts and all, came back to me recently. A hastily planned trip to Mumbai,......
Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2.To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives. IMAGE: Satyajit......
August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released.Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece. IMAGE: Harihar (Kanu Banerjee) returns to his village and ancestral home after having been away......
Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2.Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family,......
Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar with this special series, looking back at the very things that made him the BIG B. We first published this special in......
One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2. We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week. On May 12, Satyajit Ray's first film,......
Following in the footsteps of Board of Control for Cricket in India joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging that......
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was appointed president of the Cricket Association of Bengal on Thursday, ending the suspense on who will take over the state cricket body following the death of......
Memories of the 2012 grand felicitation of Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata are set to be relived, with the West Bengal government and Cricket Association of Bengal having......
With the series already decided and subsequent lack of interest among fans, ticket sales for the fifth and final One-dayer in Kolkata have been poor. The fact that Indians are in with a chance of......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singhon Wednesdayinaugurated theninth National Football Leaguein Kolkata with a call to the players to strive for achieving excellence in the "beautiful game" and make India......