3 killed in blast near venue of Abhishek Banerjee's rally in Bengal

At least three people were killed and several others injured in a blast near the venue of senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's rally in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district,......

Ananda Bose sworn-in as Bengal governor, Suvendu skips event

CV Ananda Bose on Wednesday took oath as the new governor of West Bengal. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of Calcutta high court Prakash Shrivastava in the presence of......

Soumen Roy becomes fourth BJP MLA to join TMC

BJP MLA from Kaliagnaj Soumen Roy Saturday joined the ruling TMC, becoming the fourth saffron party legislator to do so since the West Bengal assembly poll results were declared in May. IMAGE: BJP......

How BJP's Chanakya met his waterloo in Bengal

The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......

Situation in Afghanistan to impact trade with India: Exporters

With Kabul falling into the hands of the Taliban, bilateral trade between Afghanistan and India will get impacted significantly in these uncertain times, according to exporters. Illustration:......

India stares at trade war as Trump readies reciprocal tax

$5-billion worth of pharma exports would be in a tough place if tariffs are revised upwards. Trump signed two proclamations that levied 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminium. Illustration:......

Now, a book on capital markets in Braille!

The specially challenged people who gathered at Kolkata's Rotary Sadan on Monday could not have asked for a better gift than this on the Inetrnational Day of Persons with Disabilities.On this day,......

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......

Sporting Clube De Goa hold EB to goalless draw

Sporting Clube de Goa held a lacklustre East Bengal to a goalless draw in their penultimate I-League fixture at the Vidyasagar Krirangan, in Barasat on Friday. Playing their first match after the......

'Dhoni is a very good One-day leader, an average-to-poor Test captain...'

It's a lump-in-the-throat moment for Indians to see their team knocked out in the semis by Australia, but clearly the better team on the day made it to the final.For India, it was a long and......

Bagan, Sporting Clube in Durand semis

Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and Goa's Sporting Clube de Goa made it to the semi-finals in the Osian's Durand Cup football championship after registering identical 1-0 victories in Delhi on Thursday.......

Tollygunge hold Dempo goalless

Tollygunge Agragami came up with a strong defensive game to hold Dempo, Goa, to a goalless draw in a ninth National Football League match in Kolkata on Friday.The visitors, still leading the league......