Stopped from speaking, Mamata storms out of Niti Aayog meet

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday walked out of a Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she was unfairly stopped midway through her speech,......

Phase 4: 76% polling in Bengal, Srinagar records highest turnout in decades

A voter turnout of nearly 63 percent was recorded on Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections covering 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories, with scattered......

How Ajay Banga Can Change The World Bank

The World Bank must become Archimedes' lever to help change the world into a more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable planet in the 21st century.The change in leadership now provides that......

WB Panchayat Polls: Dry Run For TMC, BJP

'For the politics of patronage in West Bengal, it has always been important to have territorial control.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.......

Centre-Bengal ties may hold key to investments

Though the mandate is seen largely an outcome of Banerjee’s welfare schemes, she has promised to industrialise at a faster pace, or so read the manifesto. Congratulations to the Tigress of......

SC strikes down WB law regulating real estate sector

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down West Bengal's law on regulating real estate sector saying it was “unconstitutional” as the state's statute encroached upon the Centre's Real......

India's growth will 'decelerate' to 5% in FY20: World Bank

In India, economic activity slowed substantially in 2019, with the deceleration most pronounced in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors, whereas government-related services sub-sectors......

Why India is expected to weather global volatility

  With the expected upward momentum in investment, the overall growth momentum can gradually reach 7.9 per cent in 2017/18. Lifted by the prospects of faster implementation of reforms and a......

'The National Award is my biggest achievement'

Uma Shree is arguably one of the best actresses in the Kannada film industry today -- she has picked up state awards quite regularly. Now, her first National Award further proves that fact. Uma......

Ram Gopal Varma takes on Aliens!

After scaring us with his last horror movie Phoonk, Ram Gopal Varma hopes to send more chills down our spine with Agyaat, a thriller set in a jungle. The film stars Priyanka Kothari and is set......

Gamyam star returns to Bollywood

It's a coup of sorts for Kamalini Mukherjee. The 29-year-old actress who made her acting debut in Phir Milenge, a Hindi film about AIDS starring Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty,......

World's footballing family bids farewell to Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson was described as a "footballing colossus" as some of the sport's greatest names attended a memorial service for the former England manager on Monday. More than 1,000 people,......