How BJP's Chanakya met his waterloo in Bengal

The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......

India will be named after Modi one day: Mamata's jibe

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that women are safe in West Bengal but not in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while claiming that a......

2nd innings: Yuvraj Singh bats for startups

Yuvraj Singh has set aside Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) to fund startups. Dhruv Munjal finds out how the cricketer  became an angel investorIn early April last year, Yuvraj Singh strode out to......

Lata Mangeshkar defends A R Rahman

'Since when have our concert audiences become so intolerant?' the legend asks Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: The Legend and the Maestro: A R Rahman and Lata Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata......

Yearender 2023: So close, yet so far...: India's ICC trophy drought continues

IMAGE: India looked set to end the ICC trophy drought, but fell to a heartbreaking loss to Australia in the final of the ODI World Cup. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The last time Team India......

2nd Test: NZ edge Bangladesh to level series

IMAGE: Chasing 137 to win on a treacherous track at Mirpur's Shere Bangla Stadium, the tourists rode on Glenn Phillips's unbeaten 40 and Mitchell Santner's 35 not out to prevail. Photograph:......

Phillips' explosive heroics save New Zealand on Day 3

IMAGE: Glenn Phillips celebrates his half century. Photograph: Black Caps/X Glenn Phillips made a defiant half-century to keep New Zealand afloat before the tourists reduced Bangladesh to 38-2 in......

Bangladesh v NZ: Rain washes out 2nd day's play in Mirpur

IMAGE: The pitch is covered as rains played spoiled sport on Day 2 of the 2nd Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Mirpur on Thursday. Photograph: ICC/X Unrelenting rain prompted match......

2nd Test: Bangladesh in charge against New Zealand

IMAGE: Bangladesh seized control of the second Test against New Zealand. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Mushfiqur Rahim's brain-fade moment led to his obstructing-the-field dismissal but......