Mamata's 'Satyagraha' continues for 3rd day

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's sit-in against the Central Bureau of Investigation's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit fund scams continued for the......

'Saline Rao': The man behind the kidney racket

How did a small-time businessman from Hyderabad mastermind the multi-million rupee kidney racket?Indrani Roy/Rediff.com finds out. The palatial building stands out amid its modest surroundings in......

SC asks Kolkata hospital to pay highest-ever payout of Rs 5.96 cr

The Supreme Court on Thursday awarded a whopping Rs 5.96 crore as compensation to be paid by Kolkata-based Advanced Medical and Research Institute Hospital and three doctors to a United......

How long will we turn a blind eye to the Maoists?

Association For Protection of Democratic Rights member and civil rights activist Sujato Bhadro has his hands full these days. Bhadro, along with other APDR members, are busy appealing to the state......

This 12-year-old earns Rs 15 a day

Subhankar Halder, aka Mejo, comes across as a feisty 12-year-old, who is always looking for something. Ask him what he is looking for and pat comes the reply, "Empty bottles. They are strewn......

She wanted to be a globetrotter but is a housemaid

Meenakshi Halder, aka Minu, 13, had a dream of travelling around the world. As a child, on her way back home from school near Diamond Harbour in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, Minu would often......

Eminent Bengali filmmaker Anjan Das dies

National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Anjan Das, best known for films like Saanjhbatir Rupkathara, Achin Pakhi and Faltu, passed away today, family sources said. Das, who was in......