Ex-Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remains critical, on ventilator

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remained critical on Monday as he continued to be on mechanical ventilation, doctors treating him said. IMAGE: Bhattacharya was the chief......

Preparation For Biparjoy Paid Dividends

No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......

Is Stalin eyeing Modi's job?

Stalin, like his father M Karunanidhi did in 2004, may play the king-maker in a way -- not the king, unless the 2024 post-poll circumstances throws up a situation where he alone becomes acceptable......

Naveen Patnaik in a Tee and Tracksuit!

Long before he moved to Bhubaneswar to become a politician, Naveen Patnaik was an international globe trotter, an aesthete whose company was sought out by people like Jacqueline Onassis (who edited......

Don't the babus need a phoren summer break?

Codgers on holiday in rising India! Growing foreign travel is one sign of the radical change in rising India’s vacation dynamic. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. As scorching......

Budget doesn't have much for the youth

  The Budget won't create the millions of jobs Modi had promised in his election pledge, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. 'It's clearly a Budget,' said George W Bush when shown a document. 'It's got......

The story of West Bengal's dismal industrial performance

A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the ‘miniaturisation’ of projects, notes Ashok K Lahiri. Image: Miniaturisation will not work for industry and......

Kolkata set to become first digital metro

After witnessing the launch of the country's first mobile service in 1995, Kolkata is all set to become the country's first digital metro city with Reliance Jio unveiling its Wireless Broadband......