Bengal's tinsel town takes sides in high-octane TMC vs BJP battle

Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in......

'Amit Shahji, Naddaji, all of us do the same work'

You may be an MP or an MLA; when we go to Bengal, we go as cadre.'Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com speaks to BJP leaders deputed to go to West Bengal on election duty. IMAGE: Rajya Sabha MP Rupa Ganguly --......

Parliament passes bill to protect rights of transgenders

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill on protection of rights of transgenders after a motion to refer it to a select committee of the Upper House was defeated. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill......

Roopa Ganguly's son send to custody for rash driving

IMAGE: Akash Mukherjee, son of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rupa Ganguly, after being produced at a local court for allegedly ramming his car into the wall of prestigious a south Kolkata club, in Kolkata,......

Look, Who Attended Palak-Mithoon's Wedding Reception

Singer Palak Muchhal and Composer Mithoon had a weekend wedding. While the wedding was an intimate affair featuring only family and close friends, the couple hosted a grand reception for industry......

Gorgeous Bhumi, Seedha Saadha Akshay

Akshay Kumar has been taking his new film Raksha Bandhan across India to woo his audience. Whatever the reviews may say, the star is obviously proud of the movie. He invited his......

PIX: Katrina, Abhishek at Saraswati Puja

Prayer time in Bollywood! Barfi! and Jagga Jasoos Director Anurag Basu organised a Saraswati Puja at his home.   Katrina Kaif was one of the attendees.   Katrina performs the puja.......

Why Deven Varma retired from the movies

Deven Verma passed away into the ages on December 2. We re-publish an interview done with the veteran actor on July 23, 2013. At 76, Deven Varma looks very fit and active sitting in his......

'Kumble felt he was unfairly treated'

While former Committee of Administrators head Vinod Rai’s recently published book gives an insight into the Anil Kumble-Virat Kohli drama and Ravi Shastri’s eventual appointment as Head......

Why this man is taking on BCCI President Ganguly...

'Jay Shah's tenure as BCCI secretary ended in May.''Sourav Ganguly's tenure as BCCI president ended on July 26.''Why have they not quit?' IMAGE: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, left, with BCCI......

Upcoming BCCI AGM promises new challenges to Lodha Reforms

BCCI treasurer said that all the proposed amendments are aimed at strengthening the board's structure  IMAGE: BCCI's president Saurav Ganguly with secretary Jai Shah and treasurer Arun Singh......

Can Dada fix the BCCI?

'Somewhere along the way, elected office-bearers appeared to have lost sight of the interest of cricket and begun to pursue their own interpretation of what the game should be.' 'Families made it a......

Eight state units barred from attending BCCI AGM

Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra, Railways, Services and Association of Indian Universities (AIU) will not have any voting rights in case there is an election during the......