Mamata wants UN peacekeeping mission in Bangladesh, says Modi must...

Concerned over the prevailing situation in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Centre to move the United Nations in deploying a peacekeeping mission in the......

'Thrashed in B'desh for being Hindu': Kolkata youth recalls horror

Amid reports of attacks on Hindus and other minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh, a youth from Kolkata claimed he was beaten up in Dhaka by unidentified persons after they learnt he was a Hindu......

3 temples vandalised in Bangladesh amid protests over Hindu leader's arrest

A slogan-shouting mob vandalised three Hindu temples on Friday in Bangladesh's Chattogram which witnessed protests and violence since a former International Society of Krishna Consciousness member......

SC grants bail to TMC ex-leader in Bengal school recruitment scam

The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to former Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in a corruption case linked to the West Bengal primary school recruitment scam. IMAGE: ED......

Tomato price volatility exposes gaps in India's agriculture supply chain

Tomato prices have been on the boil for more than a month. Data from major cities show that the spike has been between 125 and 150 per cent at the wholesale level. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters......

Global firms form 'good rice alliance' for Indian farmers

Four big global companies — Bayer, GenZero (a wholly-owned arm of financial major Temasek), Shell and Mitsubishi — have decided to scale up their carbon credit programme in nine states......

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

Here stood a man who embodied the legacy of whatever Brand Tata stood for, embellished it, and departed into the long night, leaving the brand legacy for others to further enrich, notes R......

GST rates on host of goods rejigged

Term life insurance policies, and senior citizens' health insurance premium are likely to be exempted from GST as most members of a state ministerial panel favoured cutting taxes to benefit the......

I-League kicks off amid broadcast drama

IMAGE: I-League will be telecast on Sony Sports from the 2nd round onwards. Photograph: All India Football/X The I-League's 18th edition kicked off as scheduled on Friday, following a......

A wake-up call for Indian cricket?

IMAGE: Former chairman of selectors MSK Prasad believes it is unfair to compare the two eras given the amount of cricket being played now. Photograph: MCA/X The gruelling Test tour of South Africa......

3 yr old Anish is youngest rated chess player!

IMAGE: Kolkata born Anish Sarkar's chess jouney commenced a year ago. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Ahmed via ChessBase India While most children his age are absorbed in cartoons like Peppa Pig......

Dada, Lara Celebrate Durga Puja

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly at the Durga Puja celebrations in Howrah. Photograph: ANI/X   Cricket legends Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara joined the Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata on Sunday,......

Hockey India league is back in a new avatar!

IMAGE: Hockey India League will return after seven long years in a new avatar, where both the men's and women's teams will participate in the event, starting on December 28. Photograph: Hockey......