'There was trust, but perhaps there was also this apprehension that given the supreme post of prime minister, Sonia Gandhi felt her authority may be a challenged.' IMAGE: Pranab Mukherjee makes a......
Mother nature is in deep agony and the climate crisis can endanger the very future of this planet, outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind said in his farewell address to the nation on Sunday as he......
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was on Wednesday sworn-in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term after securing a massive mandate, and vowed to not "give......
They were rewarded by their new party with election tickets for switching allegiance. 5 STATE ELECTIONS: Full coverage IMAGE: TMC supporters celebrate party's winning trend during counting day......
West Bengal minister Bachchu Hansda and Tehatta MLA Gouri Sankar Dutta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday after being denied nominations for the assembly polls by the Trinamool......
With clientele ranging from Vijay Mallya to Rahul Dravid, Kolkata-based designer Sharbari Datta is trying to revive the classic combination of dhoti and kurta. In popular culture a well-draped......
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Dhaka has once again pumped up the strength of ties between the two neighbours, India and Bangladesh. Mukherjee announced in Dhaka on May 6 that India......
Far from the hurly-burly of politics, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee plays another role at this time of the year -- that of a priest worshipping Goddess Durga. Mukherjee worships Goddess Durga......
In 1919, three decades before Independence, Rabindranath Tagore declared, "All over India, there is a vague feeling of discontent in the air about our prevalent system of education. Signs have been......
The month is not yet over but Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has instructed his office to turn the leaf on his wall calendar to display the month of July. "What is the use of looking at June? I......
'But Telugu has done that.''The film that I'm doing right now is called Tiger Nageswara Rao, where I play a villain.''After this film releases, I guess things will be different.' Photograph: Kind......
Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......
'For an introduction to his career-spanning genius, watch just five of his movies: Anand, Saudagar, Abhiman, Black and Pink,' notes Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University......
Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. 'I don't need......
'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.......
Zimbabwe supporters at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images On a Sunday afternoon, in sleepy Hamilton, as one ambles through the quiet streets, the colourful billboards at......
Kaif top scorer, Yuvraj failsIndia's middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif was top scorer for Derbyshire in their matchagainst Worcestershire in the Frizzel County Championship at Worcester on......