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BJP gives ticket to Sandeshkhali protester

The Bharatiya Janata Party surprised many with its latest list of Lok Sabha candidates for West Bengal, nominating a protester from Sandeshkhali for the Basirhat constituency and changing the seats......

Differences with Modi govt or BJP ticket?: Oppn on Goel resignation

A day after Arun Goel resigned as election commissioner, the Congress and other opposition parties on Sunday asked whether he did so due to any differences with the chief election commissioner or......

A day after PM, Mamata meets women from Sandeshkhali

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday received wholehearted support from a group of women from the troubled Sandeshkhali area who met her after a Trinamool Congress rally in......

Ex-Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP

Two days after resigning as a judge in the Calcutta high court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as the high court judge, he......

SC 'takes charge' amid tussle between 2 HC judges; stays proceedings

Seeking to resolve a piquant judicial situation, the Supreme Court on Saturday decided to 'take charge' and stay all proceedings in a tussle between two benches of the Calcutta high court over......

Should RBI print money and finance govt's fiscal deficit?

Experts disagree with the idea and the RBI, which has the sole right to print money, is not comfortable with it as well. IMAGE: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Photograph: PTI Photo Nobel......

COVID-19: How India Inc plans to keep employees safe

Encouraged by the arrival of vaccines, companies are taking a technology-backed calibrated approach to speed up employees’ return to the workplace while maintaining social distancing.......

Govt response to the pandemic was right

The government kept its nerve in the face of a massive shock.It chose not to resort to a massive fiscal stimulus.It focused instead on providing liquidity support and easing restrictions on......

India among world's worst performing economies: Abhijit Banerjee

Stating that India's economic stimulus was not adequate, Banerjee said, the measures did not increase consumption spending of lower income people as the government was not willing to put......

Abhijit Banerjee has a piece of advice for the Modi govt

In the short run, the government should loosen the purse strings but trying to invent new instruments is a bad idea, Banerjee said. Trust, he said, in the system is important at this point and......

Does Priyanka love Rhinos?

Or does Priyanka Chopra's love for Assam go beyond that? Priyanka Chopra is the latest actor to join the list of actors promoting different Indian states. The Quantico actor will reportedly promote......

It's a baby girl for Ali Zafar, Ayesha

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar has become a father for the second time. His wife Ayesha Fazli gave birth to a baby girl in......

Banerjee's Nobel prize much bigger: Ganguly

IMAGE: Abhijit Banerjee is the eighth Indian to win the Nobel prize. On the same day, Sourav Ganguly emerged the lone contender in the race to be the BCCI president. Photograph: PTI The Board of......

Maradona mesmerises children but Dada disappointed

IMAGE: Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona shows his skills during a football workshop at Barasat. Photograph: Ashok Bhaumik/PTI Diego Maradona showed glimpses of his famous dribbling......

Ranji round-up: Gambhir leads Delhi's strong reply vs Mumbai

Gautam Gambhir scored a patient half-century, but Virender Sehwag failed again, as Delhi put up 191 for 3 in reply to Mumbai's 324 in their Group A Ranji Trophy match in Mumbai on Friday. At stumps......

Ranji Trophy: Badrinath hits double ton; Sejwag, Gambhir fail

Subramaniam Badrinath (248) slammed a double hundred as Tamil Nadu amassed a massive 532 for 8 against Madhya Pradesh on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match. On Friday, he......

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