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'We have an upper hand over terrorists'

Having served as governor of Jammu and Kashmir for two terms, Girish Chandra Saxena completed his tenure on June 4 and made way for retired Lieutenant General S K Sinha as the new occupant ofRaj......

N N Vohra gets second term as J&K Governor

Former bureaucrat N N Vohra was on Saturday appointed as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir for a fresh five-year term. The term of 76-year-old Vohra, who took over as Governor of the state in 2008 when......

UP: Mob tries to set ablaze district supply officer

A mob of over 150 people allegedly tried to set ablaze the district supply officer in Dehgava village, Uttar Pradesh, after he sealed a fair price shop selling adulterated diesel. An FIR has been......

63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

Ashram refuses to hand over Nigamananda's body

Three days after Swami Nigamananda died after a 114-day fast against the desecration of River Ganga, his father Prakash Chandra Jha has demanded that his body be handed over to him for the last......

Good times, bad times of the media

Is the Indian media and entertainment industry in the middle of a major consolidation wave?There are the done deals. In January this year, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries funded the merger of......

DNA: Zee close to buying out Dainik Bhaskar

Seven years after entering into a 50:50 partnership, the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee group is close to buying out Dainik Bhaskar Corp from Diligent Media Corporation, which publishes DNA, the......

Meet the new Petroleum secretary

When the word spread that Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy wanted to replace the secretary at his ministry, the questions that came to everyone's mind were why and who?Guessing why was not very......

The Toyota, Merc and Lexus of Bengali sweets

The American intellectual with a left inclination who was exploring Kolkata in the late sixties impressed me no end. Impressionable I was in my late teens, still taking in with wonder the confusion......

Ad firms welcome Zee's cricket league

Even as the World Cup debacle lingers on everyone's mind, advertising agencies have welcomed Zee group chief Subhash Chandra's announcement of a parallel cricket league in the country. "Everyone......

Pawan Kalyan returns with Komaram Puli

Pawan Kalyan is returningafter a hiatus with the Telugu film Komaram Puli directed by S J Suryah. The 'Power star's' last release was Jalsa in April 2008. Which meanshe's taken about two years to......

Counterview: Parineeta, just a music video

First, the baggage. The only Sarat Chandra Chatterjee works I have read are Ramer Sumoti-- about how a boy who is a complete nuisance becomes responsible, a story my mother insisted I read-- and......

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......

The 'Gracy' transformation

Gracy's transformationVickey Lalwani/PTIShe was the female lead of the Oscar-nominatedLagaan (it won a Best Foreign Film nomination), but Gracy Singh as good as disappeared from the scene after the......

National squash: Smooth sailing for men's seeds

The top 16 seeds in the men's section, including Saurav Ghosal and Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi, sailed into the second round, evens as the women side saw a few upsets in the 55th Senior ICL National......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Balakrishnan Sreenivas Message:May this genial man continue as our cricket team for many for years to come. He taught us what real professionalism is. A nation of 1 billion people who are......

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Q. Which fictional character have you had the most memorable love / hate relationship with, and why do you feel that way about your choice...?
: A. Dil, Fictional charcter which had impressed me is Lolita of Novel Parineeta written by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.I had read this novel even...... more

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Chisty pilots Sofast to victory in main event

Sofast, ridden by IChisty and trained by Eshwer, romped home in the Stewards Cup over 1400 metres, the feature event of Wednesday's race here at... ...

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rare reads rot

All the books in the world won't help you if theyre just piled up in a heap. David Eddings, King of the Murgos Heaps of books piled up to the... ...

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10 best kebab recipes

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Godly craft

The Kalighat temple, one of the oldest sites of worship in Calcutta, has gathered around it various occupations among which are devotees, sex... ...

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Theatre diaries

Back in the 1880s, Binodini Dasi, known as Notee Binodini was one of the most prominent Kolkata-based, theatre actresses. Most would not know that... ...

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