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Tension in Bengal's Bhabanipur as police detain BJP chief, UK-based doc

Tension flared up in South Kolkata's Bhabanipur on Friday evening after West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Sukanta Majumdar and London-based doctor Rajatshubhra Bandyopadhyay were......

Bangladesh uprising protester found in West Bengal voter list

A fresh political row has erupted in West Bengal after a person allegedly involved in Bangladesh's August 2024 student protests was found listed as a voter in Kakdwip, triggering sharp Bharatiya......

5 bypolls peaceful across 4 states; high turnout in Bengal's Kaliganj

Bypolls were held in five assembly segments across Punjab, West Bengal, Gujarat and Kerala on Thursday, with the Kaliganj seat in West Bengal registering a polling percentage of nearly 70 by 5 pm.......

Stranded in Tehran, Bengal man plan to cross over Afghanistan or Pak

Forty-year-old Falguni Dey has barely slept during the last six nights. Stuck inside a hotel room in central Tehran, the assistant professor at Women's Christian College in south Kolkata and a......

Is all well in Bengal BJP? After Modi rally, Dilip Ghosh skips Shah event

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dilip Ghosh was conspicuous by his absence from the BJP's organisational meeting, in which Union Home Minister Amit Shah was present, in Kolkata on Sunday.......

JSW breaks ground for 1,600 Mw power plant in West Bengal

The $24 billion JSW Group on Monday kicked off a 1,600 megawatt (Mw) power plant at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal — a project that had been waiting in the wings for......

GST collections jump to Rs 2.01 lakh cr in May

Gross GST collections remained above the Rs 2 trillion mark for the second month in a row, rising 16.4 per cent in May to over Rs 2.01 lakh crore. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Goods and......

'Bengal Is In Business'

'This is the Bengal story, where businesses are nurtured, dreams are realised, and legacies are built.' IMAGE: Mukesh Ambani, Amit Mitra, Sajjan Jindal, Sanjeev Goenka and Sanjiv Puri at the 8th......

'I Adopted A Cat To Understand Motherhood'

'I am not a mother and never had an abortion either, so I had to understand motherhood and child loss from anecdotal experiences of others.' IMAGE: Mia Maelzer in Stolen. Mia Maelzer plays Jhumpa,......

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter Review: Entertaining Crime Saga

An upright police officer fighting wrongdoing is something we have seen umpteen times before, but Khakee: The Bengal Chapter holds our interest, thanks to a layered and complex story with a dozen......

Satyajit Ray Had Warned Us About AI!

Satyajit Ray anticipated the issues we are only now starting to raise, long before large language models, AI chatbots, predictive algorithms, and autonomous systems began to control every bit of......

Bengal T20: Writtick, Arjun star in Malda's stunning victory

IMAGE: Sobisco Smashers Malda's Arjun Bhardwaj hit a half-century in their win against Harbour Diamonds in the Bengal Pro T20 League Season 2 in Kolkata on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

East Bengal sent packing by Blasters in Super Cup shock

Defending champions East Bengal FC crashed out of the Kalinga Super Cup, losing 0-2 against Kerala Blasters FC at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. IMAGE: Kerala Blasters......

East Bengal pip holders Odisha, win maiden IWL title

IMAGE: East Bengal FC forward Soumya Guguloth celebrates after netting the winner against Odisha FC in the Indian Women's League in Kalyani on Friday. Photograph: East Bengal FC/X Twenty-one years......

Abhimanyu Easwaran Snubbed Again

IMAGE: Abhimanyu Easwaran has been a regular face in India’s Test squads since his maiden call-up during the Bangladesh tour in 2022, but he is yet to earn his first cap. Photograph: BCCI/X The......

When 16 people died during a Kolkata derby in 1980

IMAGE: In what was a dark day for Indian football, on August 16, 1980, 16 people were killed in a stampede and riot inside the Eden Gardens during a Mohun Bagan and East Bengal during a Calcutta......