Bengal minister Bachchu Hansda, MLA Gouri Sankar Dutta join BJP

West Bengal minister Bachchu Hansda and Tehatta MLA Gouri Sankar Dutta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday after being denied nominations for the assembly polls by the Trinamool......

BJP leader Tapan Sikdar injured in clash

Tapan Sikdar, Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, was injured on Monday in a clash between BJP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists at Kapur in West Bengal's North......

Modi's Bengal strike rate: Less than 50%

The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal, reveals Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE:......

Campaigning ends in Bengal before scheduled time

In a first in the country, campaigning for nine Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal going to polls in the last phase came to an end at 10 pm on Thursday, 20 hours before the scheduled time, as per......

Now, trade unions plan national strike

Rejuvenated by the success of the all-India strike on July 5, the Left and the saffron forces are planning another strike. This time the trade unions of the Left parties will join hand with the......

3 power PSUs to be divested by March

Disinvestment in three power PSUs -- NTPC, Rural Electrification Corporation and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam -- would be completed during the current financial year while the process of selling stake......

PSU stock sale at throwaway prices, says Left

The Left on Tuesday accused the government of asking central public sector enterprises to raise capital from a sinking stock market and saw a game to hand over their shares to private sector at......

Recommendations on DTC to come into effect in 2013-14: FM

In what may bring relief to personal income tax assessees from the next financial year, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said many recommendations of the Parliament standing committee......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.......

Discovering the charming Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee -- one of the finest Indian actors of our time -- meant so much to Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Soumita Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar. He had a thick......

10 roles that proved Soumitra Chatterjee's versatility

This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......

Bhutia to lead Mohun Bagan

Mohun Bagan have named Baichung Bhutia captain and Brazilian Carlos Roberto Silva as chief coach for the 2007-08 season. Announcing the players' list at a crowded media conference in Kolkata on......