Amid protests by civil society organisations over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, three prominent stage and film personalities of West Bengal on Tuesday announced returning the honours......
In a new political alignment in poll-bound West Bengal, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday announced the inclusion of newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura......
In a first, India has seized a bank guarantee worth Rs 224 crore furnished by an Israeli defence vendor for breach of integrity pact after the company was blacklisted for alleged involvement in......
'With sufficient gaps between polling dates, the BJP will have time to convert the 'fence-sitter' votes,' observes Payal Mohanka. IMAGE: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee addresses an......
The Central Bureau of Investaigation has asked the defence ministry to blacklist six firms, including four international ones, for their alleged involvement in the Ordnance Factory Board scam.......
Following are comments from economists at leading financial institutions, banks and rating agencies on the interim Budget: Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC......
In power, Mamata Banerjee has tried to bury the ghost of the past, but it might still be work-in-progress. Big-ticket and eye-grabbing (in terms of investment size) projects are still few and......
Call for fiscal autonomy to Union Territories with Assemblies may get louder with ‘special status’ to J&K in the Finance Commission, say experts. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
The ministry of home affairs has turned to India's private sector to arm the police forces with weapons needed to respond to terror attacks like 26/11. On December 21, MHA promulgated a draft Arms......
Central Bureau of Investigation submitted its first chargesheet in a Kolkata sessions court on Wednesday, the 90th day of the agency's taking over the Saradha scam probe. CBI named Saradha group......
Popular reality show Bigg Boss now has a new edition in Bengali. Kicking off its first season on June 17, the show features 13 contestants as inmates and will be aired for three months on ETV......
These days there are more and more films being adapted from novels, the latest being The Namesake based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. The following quiz features popular movies......