Biju Janata Dal backs Vaishnaw in RS polls; no alliance, says BJP

The ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha on Wednesday announced that it will support the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ashwini Vaishnaw in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state. IMAGE:......

Rahul thanks BJP for 'confirming' that Modi is not OBC by birth

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday thanked the Bharatiya Janata Party for 'confirming' that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born in an Other Backward Class family, as he claimed earlier......

Cong reshuffle: Priyanka replaced as UP in-charge, new role for Pilot

In a major organisational rejig ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Saturday appointed Avinash Pande the general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, replacing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra......

It's official, Revanth Reddy to be Telangana CM

Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy will be the new chief minister of the state. IMAGE: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Revanth Reddy celebrates with party supporters, at......

Why linking loans to external benchmark won't be easy for banks

The debate on the merits or otherwise of external benchmarks also does not answer a fundamental question raised by Viral Acharya, the former deputy governor of RBI: “The issue is - who should......

Switzerland will share details of at least 50 Indian A/C holders

These individuals largely include businessmen associated with companies, including the dummy ones, in sectors ranging from real estate, financial services, technology and telecom to paints, home......

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......

Modi has turned unlucky for the economy: Congress

With the benchmark Sensex witnessing the biggest single day drop ever, Congress on Monday  took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has turned "unlucky" as the economy and......

'I feel I have lost a part of me'

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Apur Sansar. "I don't know of anyone as erudite as Soumitra," Sharmila Tagore's voice trembles with emotion as she talks about her first co-star,......

Moushumi Chatterjee: I was always a superstar

'I have been dropped from many movies. I did not want to compromise my self-respect.' 'I was born in a house with all the facilities. I had a car and servants. I got married into a family that......

Munnabhai: India's Best?

Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films. While none would question the brilliance of the selected......

The different faces of Parineeta

Like Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas, his other book Parineeta has also been filmed in Hindi thrice. And both the novels have shared the same director for one of its versions-- Bimal Roy made......

Ranji Roundup: Sarfaraz puts Mumbai in control

IMAGE: Gujarat captain Bhargav Merai scored 223 against Meghalaya. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put......

Mushtaq Ali: Punjab close in on knock-outs

IMAGE: Assam's Pritam Das celebrates after taking a Bengal wicket on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Punjab inched closer to a knockout berth with a 10-wicket rout of Jammu and Kashmir......

Ranji Trophy: Tiwary's triple ton puts Bengal on top

A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Bengal's Manoj Tiwary celebrates after scoring 300 against Hyderabad on Day 2 day of their Ranji Trophy match, at Kalyani, West......

Ranji Roundup: Pujara slams record-extending double ton

Pujara slams record-extending 13th first class double hundred in Ranji match against Karnataka IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara also became only the third player to record seven double centuries......

Hazare trophy: TN outplays Tripura for 6th straight win

IMAGE: Abhinav Mukund in action. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Abhinav Mukund (84) and Baba Aparajith (87) shone as Tamil Nadu thrashed Tripura by 187 runs for its sixth......