Rice Economy Faces Turmoil as El Nino Turns Up Heat

In the coming months, globally as well as in India, rice might remain a hot potato. IMAGE: Women plant rice saplings in a paddy field in Assam. Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters A fortnight or......

Mamata calls emergency meeting as heatwave lashes Bengal

Western and southern parts of West Bengal sizzled on Tuesday as heatwave conditions scorched the state, prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to convene an emergency meeting. IMAGE: Boys......

Stage set for Assam's final phase of polling in 40 seats on Tuesday

Assam is all set to witness direct and triangular contests in 40 assembly constituencies that are going to polls in the last of the three phases on Tuesday to decide the fate of 337 candidates,......

Why did Mamata call herself a 'big donkey'

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday blamed herself for not recognising the 'true face' of the influential Adhikari family of Purba......

How Mamata can woo big-ticket projects to Bengal

The words ‘industry’, ‘industrial development’, ‘jobs’, and ‘employment’ have been ringing with higher frequency since Mamata Banerjee stepped into......

Emami may sell land, non-core assets to cut debt

Last month, Emami Group completed divestment of its 100 per cent stake in Emami Cement to Nuvoco Corporation for an enterprise value of Rs 5,500 crore. Promoters of Emami may look at selling land......

Specialty teas become popular with Assam's growers

Sale of India's specialty tea varieties from exclusive estates in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are on the rise in the domestic market, and sought after in overseas markets too. Mokalbari Tea......

Who's the fairest of them all? Emami-HUL spat revives an old brand war

The two battle it out in the controversial but lucrative fairness cream market, spark a fresh bout of aggression in the war between the brands Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Hindustan......

How Lovlina broke bronze medal jinx

'I had two bronze in Worlds and one in the Olympics. Worked really hard to change the colour' IMAGE: Lovlina has had a roller coaster of a year and a half. The Assam boxer, who prefers to keep a......

Asian Boxing Championships: Sumit advances to semis

IMAGE: Boxer Sumit Sangwan is now in the semis of the Asian Boxing C'ships. Photograph: Files Indian boxer Sumit (75kg) eked out a 3-2 win over Thailand's Borworn Kadamduan to advance to the......

Hussamuddin punches his way into Asian Elite semis

  IMAGE: Mohammad Hussamuddin will fight for a place in the final on November 10. Photograph: Jono Searle/Getty Images Two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin......

National Games: Swimmers Advait, Sajan make splash

  IMAGE: Shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa and K Sai Prateek made a perfect start to their journey as a mixed doubles pair, winning 21-16, 21-13 victory over Rohan Kapoor and Kanika Kanwal (Delhi) to......

Olympic Medalist Dances Garba!

Photographs and Video: Kind courtesy Lovlina Borgohain/Instagram   Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain danced the night away at a garba event in Ahmedabad. Lovlina along with......